In the beginning...

So, I start to do some "guerrilla". During March, I tried to search people that have same passion about peace and making interfaith dialogue. In the community development analysis, the name is micro process. I start to build conversations with my closest friends in campus. I am so fortunate that I study about community development. With this study, I can talk about any important issues that happen in Indonesia in development perspective that includes peace and faith issues. So I discuss with Andri, my incredible friend of discussion. We share that peace should be start from the most basic things, a relationship.

A book from Lederach reminds us about creating " a moral imagination". One of the story is about a professor in Afghanistan who tried to build peace by making soulful dialogue with one of the Mullah, religious leader in that country. In another story tells how a group of women in Africa try to pursuing peace by doing what women usually do in that area, building a safe market that every women in that community can trade in secure place. The point is, peacebuilding need a creative act. In my own thinking, creating a group is one of the starting point to pursue this objective. I hope it become a snowball of many other positive actions. From the discussion with Andri, I learnt that this group is not only for share the common things but also understanding differences.

I also try to engage with other friends, that have same eagerness. Most of them agreed that the dialogue should build in mutual and respectful relationship. It is good to focus on how people can share their perspective that can help others. A friend agreed that 'just be yourself' in the group. My other friend Ratna who interested to join in the group said she is longing of this kind of dialogue since she has similar group while she in Indonesia. In short, this micro method 0-1 process succeed in reaching 7 people. We agreed to meet this weekend just to set up first meeting. I really hope we can enjoy our discussion and knowing the expectation of each persons. Therefore, I cross my finger for this meeting. Just lets do some actions!