Online Training Webinars
Webinar Schedule and Additional Information
Interfaith Peace-Builders' online training webinars are specially designed for recent IFPB delegates. Unless otherwise noted, webinars are open only to participants in the past year of IFPB delegations. Please do not invite others without prior coordination.
The training curriculum focuses on identifying concrete skills and tactics to work for change in your local community. See below for a schedule of upcoming trainings. We hope you will be able to join, to learn, and to share your own work and experience!
ALL WEBINARS TAKE PLACE ON THE GOTOWEBINAR PLATFORM
Before you join, please access this GoToWebinar Guide:
GET READY FOR YOUR FIRST WEBINAR
To join, you will need a standard internet connection (for visuals) and headphones (for audio). For computer audio, please use headphones.
If no internet connection is available, you may join the meeting over a standard phone line (audio only).
Online Training Webinars
November 2017 - January 2018
(click here for past webinars)
Speak Truth to Power: Lobbying Legislators for Palestinian Human Rights
Led by Leah Muskin-Pierret, Government Affairs Associate, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Kareem El-Hosseiny, Government Relations Coordinator, American Muslims for Palestine
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
This workshop will detail the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. BDS strategies have proven effective in mobilizing support for Palestine and other progressive causes. It will also offer examples of how you can implement BDS tactics to pressure a wide range of corporations and state entities, complicit in oppression of Palestinians and exploitation of Palestinian land and resources, in your own communities. Sydney and Rick will share insights on BDS campaigns in North America, particularly in faith spaces, and discuss what is in store after BDS is passed.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Leah Muskin-Pierret works with the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights to communicate a policy agenda of freedom, justice, and equality to Congress and mobilize activists to do grassroots advocacy. She joined the US Campaign in 2017, after working with the Friends Committee on National Legislation and organizing with National Students for Justice in Palestine. Leah organizes around racial justice and anti-militarism in DC. She has steered a successful campaign to defeat a youth curfew proposal, helped win increased campus resources to support survivors of sexual violence, and researched the impact of US policy towards Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.
Kareem El-Hosseiny graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in Political Science/International Relations. In 2009, one year after the Gaza Massacre, Mr. El-Hosseiny had the honor of participating in the Viva Palestina medical aid convoy to Gaza with British MP George Galloway. The images that he witnessed and the people that he met forged a deep love within him and solidified his dedication to the Palestinian cause. Since joining AMP in 2016, Mr. El-Hosseiny has worked to defend and promote the rights of Palestinians within the context of the US political discourse. He currently resides in DC.
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse and Reaching Thousands Through Your Local Media
Led by Naomi Dann, Movement Media Strategist (previously Media Program Manager at Jewish Voice for Peace)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
This webinar will focus on building media advocacy skills, including especially writing and publishing potent Letters to the Editor and Op/Eds based on your delegation experience. The eye of the US media stays trained on events in Palestine/Israel and your voice can contribute positively to the coverage and the discourse in your community. Learn how to use your experience to get coverage and build relationships with your local media!ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Naomi Dann, movement media strategist and formerly media program manager at Jewish Voice for Peace. Naomi holds a BA in peace and justice studies from Vassar College. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Hill, The International Business Times, Haaretz, The Forward, +972 Magazine, and In These Times among others.
De-Exceptionalizing Palestine: Messaging to Further Justice and Equality in Palestine and the United States
Led by Sandra Tamari and Nadia Ben-Youssef of the Adalah Justice Project
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
The webinar will show participants how to shape messaging on Palestine around a framework of universal human rights and collective liberation. It will demonstrate that the Israeli occupation and Palestinian resistance, while having unique details and history, are not exceptional examples of the oppressed struggling against power. The presentations will give concrete examples of frameworks and language that will have messaging about Palestine understood by audiences in a simple way that doesn't require a deep knowledge of the region or of the history of the conflict.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Nadia Ben-Youssef, Esq., the director of Adalah Justice Project (AJP), and works at the intersection of law, advocacy, and art to advance human rights. Prior to leading AJP, she worked with Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah) both in Israel/Palestine and in the US. She coordinated Adalah's international advocacy on behalf of the indigenous Palestinian Bedouin community in the Naqab, and most recently served as the organization's first USA Representative. As an outgrowth of her work in the US, AJP was launched in February 2017 to influence American policy and practice in Israel/Palestine. Much of the work of AJP has focused on building a transnational movement against supremacy and state-sanctioned violence together with cause lawyers, community organizers, and artists across diverse movements for social justice.
Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian-American organizer and the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Adalah Justice Project (AJP). Prior to her work with AJP, Sandra served as the Senior Program Manager for AMIDEAST, the Assistant Director of Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, and from 2008-2009 worked with Al-Jana, Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts in Beirut. She is a co-founder of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and co-chairs the Steering Committee of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Join a BDS Campaign: We Need YOU!
Led by Rochelle Watson, National Organizer of Friends of Sabeel North America, and Garik Ruiz of the BDS National Committee
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
Back from Palestine and ready to put your new understanding of the reality on the ground into action? Looking for ways to heed the 2005 Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions in your community by getting involved in or launching a winnable campaign? Join Garik Ruiz, from the BDS National Committee and Rochelle Watson from Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), as they highlight current BDS campaigns underway in the United States.
An example of a growing campaign: Encourage your city to adopt a human rights screen for all investments to joining the campaign against Hewlett-Packard until they end their complicity in the Israeli apartheid system.
We need your help to build the BDS movement! Come learn how to get involved and build your skill for engagement.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Rochelle Watson, the National Organizer for FOSNA, has 15 years’ experience as a community organizer. She co-founded the Olympia Rafah Sister City Project after her friend, Rachel Corrie, was killed by the Israeli military in 2003 while protecting a Palestinian home facing demolition. In 2010 Rochelle co-founded Olympia BDS, which led to Olympia Food Co-op becoming the first U.S. grocery store to boycott Israeli goods.
Garik Ruiz, the North America Liaison for the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), works with local and national partners throughout North America to support BDS campaigns and be a direct link for local organizers back to the BNC leadership in Palestine. Garik spent 6 months in Palestine at the height of the second Intifada in 2002 and 2003 working with Palestinians resisting the occupation non-violently through the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). LA-based, Garik has been deeply involved in local struggles for racial and environmental justice over the years.
About IFPB's Online Training Webinars and GoToWebinar:These webinars will take place on the GoToWebinar platform. Unless otherwise noted, they are open to participants on IFPB's recent delegations.
TO JOIN:
You will need a standard internet connection (for visuals) and headphones (for audio). NOTE: If you plan on using computer audio, please use headphones.
If no internet connection is available, participants may still join the meeting over a standard phone line (audio only). There is no charge for the service, but standard long distance rates do apply for the phone call (consider using google chat for free calls inside the US).
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
- Get Ready for Your First Webinar! (GoToWebinar Guide)
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Attendee Guide for Joining a Webinar (GoToWebinar Tutorial)
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Joining a Webinar (GoToWebinar Support Page)
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Test Your Internet Connection and Audio (GoToWebinar Resource)
Please register for each webinar by clicking the links above and check your email for the call in numbers and PIN numbers for each training. Contact IFPB if you have any questions.
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