Inspired By Experience
Annual Report
2014-2015
Interfaith Peace-Builders Annual Report for 2014-2015 details the past 12 months of IFPB's delegation-based education and advocacy initiatives. Below is the welcome letter penned by Board Chair Cathy Sultan. Click the link at left to download the full Annual Report as a pdf.
IFPB is thriving today because of you. For 15 years, you have stood with us. You have inspired our work and helped us inspire others as they discover the truth about Palestine/Israel. But you have done much more. You have become an integral part of a movement for justice.
When Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent resistance groups first asked us to send regular delegations in 2000, you signed up for a delegation yourself. You recruited friends and helped spread the word.
When we spun off from the Fellowship of Reconciliation ten years ago, you supported us as we began anew as an independent organization.
When we started sending people of color delegations in 2008 and African Heritage delegations in 2011, you helped us fundraise so we could more effectively link our joint struggles.
Because you have stood with IFPB, a thousand people have followed your lead and taken this consciousness‐raising journey of a lifetime. Their actions after the delegation — everything from telling a co‐worker a different narrative to planning and leading national speaking tours of Palestinian freedom fighters — have inspired countless Americans to understand Palestine/Israel differently, to transcend narrow misconceptions and the media bias, and work for justice.
This past year has been no different. With the help of hundreds of supporters like you, IFPB sent close to 100 people on four unique delegations. A distinctive hallmark of IFPB’s approach remains our commitment to mentoring delegates and supporting their education and advocacy efforts. Delegates this year reported engaging in 900 activities, more than any previous year. Our African Heritage delegation published a powerful statement that tens of thousands viewed and shared. This same delegation was tear‐gassed in the village of Bil’in and the video of this outrage resonated powerfully across the social media spectrum.
Your support empowers IFPB to play a crucial role in building and broadening our movement for justice in Palestine/Israel. We are heartened by the growing strength of this movement here, even as we mourn the continued repression, occupation, and violence. Our partners on the ground tell us that our delegations are more important than ever at this critical time.
Peace with justice is possible. Our efforts are changing attitudes here in America where it most counts.
With you, we look forward to a day when all can live in peace with justice in Palestine/Israel.
Cathy Sultan
Chair of the Board of Directors