Tuesday, 31 March 2015
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Be Smart to Manage Conflicts
Villa Taman Eden 1, Kaliurang
March 27 – 29, 2015
 
 

 

Hearing the word ‘conflict’, most people define a problem that should be avoided, something bringing negative impact and will be ended with violence. Actually, conflict could bring positive impact for our life. Based on the limited knowledge about conflict among students, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta held a training on Conflict Management with a topic  of “Be Smart to Manage Conflicts “, on March 27 – 27, 2015 in Villa Taman Eden 1, Kaliurang.
 
 
The training was attended by 30 participants from various universities in Yogyakarta. The speakers  delivering the materials are Rev. Wahju Satria Wibowo,M.Hum (UKDW), Romo. Baskara T. Wardaya, Rev. Paulus Hartono, M. Min, and Hamzah Wahyudin, SH from Legal Aids Institution (LBH) Yogyakarta.
 

 

 

The training is started with introductory material conveyed by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta team and continued by a session to understand personal conflict potencies delivered by Rev. Wahju Satria Wibowo, M.Hum. In this session he explained that in fact, many people judge a person or group just based on perception or 'stereotypes'. It often causes misunderstandings among them. Rev. Wahju also said that everyone has epistemology ability, an ability to process information to make an understanding.
 
Pastor Baskoro told further about “Hope of Peaceful Life”. When someone wants to be a 'peacemaker', s/he should be ready with all risks and having courage and hope. Pastor Baskoro also mentioned some world peacemaker figures, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Alfred Nobel, Pope, Chico Mendes and many other figures mentioned by participants.
 

 

Pdt. Paulus Hartono, M. Min, talked about differences between conflict and violence. Violence will lead to conflict and conflict  does not always lead to violence. Next, participants were trained how to map symptoms of conflict, to analyze conflict, and to reach final step for conflict resolution. To get a better understanding how to analyze conflict and conflict resolution, the participants were invited to perform a role-play. At first, the participants were divided into four groups and asked to analyze the conflict and how to solve it. At last, the discussion of each group were performed in a short drama.  The drama helped participants to see obviously the causes of a conflict  that’s helpful to get the solution.
 
The last day of training emphasized on how to handle legal process. Legal Aids Institute (LBH) Yogyakarta sent Hamzah Wahyudin, SH., as the representative. He explained procedures how to make indictment to police that will be processed after completing  five requirements of evidences  including; 1) witness (must be more than one person), 2) clues/indications, 3) description of the accused, 4) testimony (from the hospital as evidence of persecution), and 4)  expert’s testimony.
 

 

Some action plans that participants want to do are sharing the experience to friends and other communities, doing a session and environmental action, having a further discussion with LBH  for deeper study on conflict resolution. (ITM)
 

 

 

 

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Friday, 20 March 2015
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Youth Spirit to Know Sumba
and Share Talents
Exploring Sumba Program 2015
 
 
Unique and impressive experiences got by participants of Exploring Sumba in 2014 trigger enthusiasm of students and activists of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta to be candidates for the next Exploring Sumba program. Regional and its weather differences, the diversity of customs and traditions, unique cultures and society, the beauty of its beaches and nature become an interesting story and immortal memory of each participant.
 
 
Exploring Sumba program is a program of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta which sends students and activists to Sumba. Students sent to Sumba for a month will share their knowledge and skills to students and young people there.
 
In the beginning of 2015, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta sent two students, namely Petrus Maure and Elisabet Novia Listiawati. Petrus Maure, a young man from Alor, is currently waiting for his graduation day in STMIK AMIKOM. Bung Pet, familiarly  he was called, is also actively involved in campus organisation through IKNA (Association of Christian Students in Amikom). Bung Pet has several times joined Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta trainings such as agriculture and food diversity, public speaking and social studies and several group discussions. As a student studying informatics techniques, he wanted to develop his skills and share it to students in Sumba. In this program, he wants to share his computer knowledge to design and create documentation pictures of Sumba area. He hopes it will be useful for others, especially people in his surrounding.
 
Next, Elizabet Novia Listiawati, commonly called Elis, is a young woman from Karanganyar, Central Java. She is currently waiting for her graduation day in Mercu Buana University, Yogyakarta. She studied in Department of Agrotechnology. Her spirit of devotion and service has emerged since she started her study in UMBY Agrotechnology Student Association and was much invloved in Christian Students Activity Unit in UMBY. Some programs for communities have been conducted and gave good results. As an activist of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, Elis has attended several trainings, such as Creative Business, Bamboo, Renewable Energy, Global Education and Food Diversity.
 
"My motivation to join Exploring Sumba is applying my knowledge gained during my study, sharing with others in one hope that it will be useful and beneficial for the future", she said.
 
Finally, with this program, she hopes to find new experiences with students and the community of Sumbanese, to learn directly the agriculture condition in Sumba and to do something in line with the program planning she has made, that is, optimalizing house yard by planting medicinal crop, based on sustainable agriculture in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara.
 

 

Have nice services and keep the spirit, friends! (TRU)
 
 

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Wednesday, 18 March 2015
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A Workshop on Political Education

 

UKDW Campus Hall, March 16, 2015

 

 

 

  

Local elections is an issue widely discussed in Sleman, Bantul and Gunungkidul. The process of finding a prospective candidate is already underway in these three districts. What role the Christians should have to response these local elections?

 

 

 

This topic encouraged the administrators of Klasis GKI Yogya, Indonesia Christian Society (MKI) and Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM) Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW) held a workshop on political education in UKDW campus hall, on Monday (03/16/2015). The workshop was attended by some representatives of churches in Yogyakarta, Christian service agencies and Christian students, Including Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta which sent Trustha Rembaka.

 

 

 

 

Bambang Priambada, the chairman revealed that Christian community needs awareness to unite them spiritually for the development of Special Region of Yogyakarta. Then, the rector of UKDW Ir. Henry Feriadi, M.Sc. Ph.D., confirmed that the core-business of UKDW is education, so UKDW supported this workshop. Further he said that we should realize that education is a long-term investment which requires process. Also, education is a kind of transformation process experienced by a person, community and region for a better condition. In fact, many Christians are reluctant to enter politics nowadays. Politics is important to be learned. Actually it is not about anyone but how politics may be able to bring welfare for society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yogyakarta Election Commission represented by Guno Tri Tjahjoko, MA., described the regulation of local elections. The elections in Sleman, Bantul and Gunungkidul will be held at the same time on December 9, 2015. Prof. Dr. Nindyo Pramono, SH., a business law experts from Gadjah Mada University reminded that this nation restoration requires Christians’ participation and it begins from ourselves, our character and integrity. While Drs. Katin Subiyantoro from Democration Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said that Christians tend to avoid politics because they assumme that politics is dirty. It affects the number of Christians in the house of representative. A Christian eager to plunge into politics should be ‘well-managed' either within or having sincere motivation. It becomes a challenge for churches! They cannot keep silent, churches should prepare and empower people into good and decent cadres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nationalist political party functionaries like Drs. John S.Keban criticized Christians in Yogyakarta. There are many Christians in this city, but it’s hard to be united. Golkar Party opens an opportunity to be its candidate if there is a qualified Christian cadre as local leaders,  for a vice position. Then Brig. Ret. RM. Noeryanto from Gerindra Party revealed that Special Region of Yogyakarta has good governance, relatively high life-expectancy, comfortable and livable city of tolerance. Unluckily the situation now begins to be less tolerant as there are some incidents indicating intolerant atmosphere. Christians and churches in Yogyakarta should be dare to take roles in politics and make actions. Now, it is the time to start doing something benefit to public. Bertha Cahyani H.A from Democratic Party, elected as an council declared that she got votes not only from Christians.

 

 

 

One criticism for Christians was also launched by Drs. Bambang Praswanto of Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan). Nowadays Christians become very spiritual in church, but then ‘lost’ outside. It should not happen as they must play a role in society. Many Christian cadres plays role as functionaries in PDI Perjuangan. Next, Nasdem Party represented by Cornus Dwisaptha, S. Sos, stated that eventhough the party is still new, it stands firm for its members. Whoever involved in crime, he or she will be fired.

 

 


In the discussion moderated by Sri Bayu Selaaji said that the workshop should have some follow up actions, such as, a reinforcement activity for Christians to play role in politics, especially for the next elections. A real action needs to be done together is empowering young Christians in politics, even though a priori grows well among them. Hopefully. (TRU)


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