Online Trainings and Workshops
Past Training Schedules and Recordings
Interfaith Peace-Builders' online training webinars are specially designed for IFPB delegates. Training videos are made available, when possible, to IFPB delegates and their contacts. Video links below are not for public distribution.
Past Online Training Webinars
AUGUST 2017
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement & You!
Led By Sydney Levy, steering committee member of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Rick Ufford-Chase peace activist and long-time member of the Southside Presbyterian Church
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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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:
Sydney Levy is a Latino Jewish Palestine solidarity activist. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and is active with Jewish Voice for Peace. He has supported campus and church divestment efforts as well as other BDS initiatives. Sydney studied Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was a settler without even realizing he was one. He has co-led two delegations with IFPB.
Rick Ufford-Chase is a member of the Activist Council of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. He served as Moderator of the 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) from 2004 to 2006 as the church began it's journey of "phased, selective divestment" from companies that were doing business in a way that benefited from or contributed to Israel's occupation of Palestine. Rick is a founding member of the Community of Living Traditions, a multifaith community based at Stony Point Center in the Lower Hudson Valley of NY. Rick has participated in two delegations co-sponsored by IFPB and the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Messaging That Moves People: Best Practices for Getting Through to Your Audience
Led By Nadya Tannous, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders and Taher Herzallah, Associate Director of Outreach & Grassroots Organizing at American Muslims for Palestine
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
Studies on how people form opinions have shown us that the words we choose are critically important. Statistically speaking, people are less responsive to facts and figures alone. This workshop will build on recent messaging research in order to help participants develop clear, effective and accessible messaging while remaining true to the movement's principles. We will discuss myth-busting, understanding diverse audiences, what messages move conversations forward and why. The workshop will examine movement messaging in general while also providing a close look at BDS messaging specifically.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Nadya Tannous is Education & Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Nadya holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies from UC Santa Cruz. She is a passionate community organizer with a focus on refugee rights, transitional justice, youth education, and inter-community empowerment movements. Nadya is a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement –USA Branch and was previously on staff with Friends of Sabeel North America. She was Coordinator and Co-Speaker on the 2017 US-National tour of No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the US to Palestine.
Taher Herzallah is the Associate Director of Outreach & Grassroots Organizing for the American Muslims for Palestine. In this capacity, he acts as a liaison between campus activism groups on campuses across the country. He also coordinates AMP's grassroots organizing and helps facilitate national coalition building. Taher is one of the 'Irvine 11," a group of students who were arrested and prosecuted for expressing their rights of free speech and political dissent when they walked out of a speech given by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at UC Irvine in 2010.
Christian Zionism (& Moving Past It)
Led By Rev. Joi Orr, Interim Operations Director of Interfaith Peace-Builders and Rev. Taurean J. Webb of DePaul University in Chicago
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
The objective of this webinar is for participants to be able to recognize the ways in which Christian Zionism operates globally, oftentimes in support of racialized oppression. Joi and Taurean will specifically discuss: the entrance of Christian Zionist logic and language into the historical scaffolding of the Occupation; how Christian Zionist logic plays out in the USA; and how Christian Zionism and White supremacy are tethered together, inside and outside the USA.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Rev. Joi R. Orr is a progressive minister, advocate, and Graduate Fellow at Emory University in the Graduate Division of Religion. Graduating in 2004, Joi received a B.A. in Philosophy and Comparative Religion from the University of Maryland College Park. In 2006, she earned the AmeriCorps Siegel Education Award for her service with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd where she practiced living simply so that others may simply live. Later, in 2010, she graduated from Howard University School of Divinity. As a doctoral student in Christian Ethics and Society, Joi is interested in the efficacy of faith based social justice organizations, social movement theory, and black Christian thought. She aspires to become seminary faculty and serve as a strategist for progressive faith based nonprofits. She currently serves on the board of Interfaith Peace-Builders.
Rev. Taurean J. Webb teaches African American Studies at DePaul University in Chicago. Self-identifying as a pastor, civic intellectual, pedagogue and abolitionist theologian, Webb has been involved in the MBL and Palestinian justice movements since 2013. With earned degrees from Morehouse College, Columbia University and Northwestern University, he is currently completing a PhD dissertation in religious thought and racial history, writing on the questions of ‘Blackness’ and ‘Palestinian-ness’ as racial formations. Outside of formal leadership in the education and civil society sectors, Webb is affiliated with Friends of Sabeel – North America; Coloring Mental Health Collective; and the Black4Palestine activist network.
JUNE - JULY 2017
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse and Reaching Thousands Through Your Local Media
Jacob Pace, Communications Director at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, JUNE 6
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This webinar will focus on building media advocacy skills, including 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:
Jacob Pace is the Communications Director at IFPB. Jake joined theorganization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. Jake spent more than a year in Palestine/Israel between 2003 and 2005 working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip and has returned a number of times with IFPB delegations. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing.
Messaging That Moves People: Best Practices for Getting Through to Your Audience
Tanya Keilani, Communications Associate at the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
Studies on how people form opinions have shown us that the words we choose are critically important. Statistically speaking, people are less responsive to facts and figures alone. This workshop will build on recent messaging research in order to help participants develop clear, effective and accessible messaging while remaining true to the movement's principles. We will discuss myth-busting, understanding diverse audiences, what messages move conversations forward and why. The workshop will examine movement messaging in general while also providing a close look at BDS messaging specifically.ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Tanya Keilani, Communications Associate at the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), where she coordinates with journalists, pitches stories, helps develop media campaigns and provides media support and training to students and activists across the country. Tanya holds a B.A. in history and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in anthropology from Columbia University, where she surveyed the impact of Israeli law and policy on Palestinian marital, familial and communal life
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement & You!
Andrew Kadi, Steering Committee member at the US Campaing for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
THURSDAY, JULY 6
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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. Andrew will share insights on BDS campaigns in North America and provide tips and ideas to help you get involved.ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Andrew Kadi is a human rights activist and steering committee member of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights who has been published in The Guardian's Comment is Free, the Electronic Intifada. Left Turn, and Mondoweiss. He presents on panels and workshops across the U.S.
Lobbying Your Representatives for the No Way to Treat a Child Campaign
Jennifer Bing, director of the Palestine-Israel program for the American Friends Service Committee –Midwest; and Beth Miller, US Advocacy Officer at Defense for Children International - Palestine
THURSDAY, JULY 13
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
The No Way to Treat a Child campaign uses Congressional advocacy initiatives as a tool to develop and mobilize a grassroots movement around the narrow and compelling Palestinian rights issue of children in Israeli military detention. Jennifer Bing, Middle East Program Director in the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee, and Beth Miller, US Advocacy Officer with Defense for Children International - Palestine, will lead a webinar to connect you with campaign resources to organize in your community, raise awareness and understanding on this issue, and prepare you to meet with your member of Congress. Join this workshop to learn about the issue and receive guidance on how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Jennifer Bing directs the Palestine-Israel program for the American Friends Service Committee –Midwest . She has worked with AFSC since 1989, organizing dozens of speaking tours, conferences, educational workshops, protests, delegations, and public events. She is a founder and lead organizer of the No Way to Treat a Child campaign.
Beth Miller is the US Advocacy Officer at Defense for Children International - Palestine where she supports and develops advocacy initiatives and community outreach. She coordinates the No Way to Treat a Child campaign, organizing grassroots support and regularly speaking on issues involving Palestinian child detention by the Israeli military.
2016 WEBINARS
Messaging That Moves People: Best Practices for Getting Through to Your Audience
Led by Yasmin Hamidi, Communications Director at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
Studies on how people form opinions have shown us that the words we choose are critically important. Statistically speaking, people are less responsive to facts and figures alone. This workshop will build on recent messaging research in order to help participants develop clear, effective and accessible messaging while remaining true to the movement's principles. We will discuss myth-busting, understanding diverse audiences, what messages move conversations forward and why. The workshop will examine movement messaging in general while also providing a close look at BDS messaging specifically.ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Yasmin Hamidi has served as communications director for the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) for the past three years. In this role, she oversees the IMEU's efforts to educate Americans about Palestine and Palestinians through mainstream media coverage and helps lead integrated campaigns. She previously served as the IMEU's development director for three years. Before joining the IMEU, Yasmin was an account director at Fenton, a leading social change communications agency, and served in a communications capacity at two other nonprofit organizations. She holds a B.A. in international relations and journalism from George Washington University. She works out of the IMEU's NYC office.
Putting BDS in Action: Challenging Prison and Security Industries in Your Community
Led by Rochelle Gause, National Organizer of Friends of Sabeel North America; and Mohamed Shehk, National Media and Communications Director of Critical Resistance and member of IFPB's 2016 Indigenous and People of Color Delegation
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
The Palestine Solidarity Movement has used strategies of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions to pressure a wide range of corporations and state entities complicit in oppression of Palestinians and exploitation of Palestinian land and resources. BDS strategies have proven effective in mobilizing support for Palestine and other progressive causes. How can we implement effective BDS campaigns against prison and security industries in our own communities? What lessons can we draw from ongoing efforts, such as the campaigns against HP and G4S? What actions can we each take to shine a light on corporate complicity in exploitative prison and security industries? This workshop will begin to answer these questions and more.This webinar is co-sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America and is open to all members of IFPB and FOSNA delegations
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Rochelle Gause is a mother with 15 years experience as a community organizer and project coordinator. She currently works as National Organizer for Friends of Sabeel North America. Rochelle has worked as Project Manager for Art Forces, a mural-based social change organization based in San Francisco. 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.
Mohamed Shehk is the National Media and Communications Director of Critical Resistance, an organization dedicated to building an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex. A member of the Stop Urban Shield Coalition, he has worked and organized around issues of policing and surveillance, discriminatory post-9/11 policies and practices that target Arab and Muslim communities, and activism around Palestine. Mohamed was also a member of IFPB's 2016 Indigenous and People of Color Delegation to Palestine.
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Telling Your Story: The Why and the How
Led by Sydney Levy, a member of the Steering Committee of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and leader of two IFPB delegation
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: Storytelling is the most effective tool we have for reaching others. This workshop will focus on telling your story. Through your story, the stories of those you met in Palestine/Israel can take on renewed relevance for others. Join this workshop to learn why and how to tell your story in ways that reach people and make an impact!
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Sydney Levy Sydney Levy is a Latino Jewish Palestine solidarity activist. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and is active with Jewish Voice for Peace. He has supported campus and church divestment efforts as well as other BDS initiatives. Sydney studied Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was a settler without even realizing he was one. He has co-led two delegations with IFPB.
Messaging and Framing: Strategies and Techniques to Reach Your Audience and Advocate for Justice in Palestine/Israel
Led by Cecilie Surasky, former Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace
THURSDAY, JUNE 23
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie's previous webinars with IFPB have been among the most invigorating and we are lucky to have her with us!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Cecilie Suraskyis the former Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She joined the staff of JVP in 2003 as part of a Ford Foundation human rights fellowship following 15 years working with NGOs on advocacy communications. A videomaker, former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Cecilie's analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors for her work in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP's acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy, and leads JVP's fundraising, media and online outreach efforts.
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse and Reaching Thousands Through Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, JUNE 14
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including especially writing and publishing a potent Op/Ed based on your experience during the delegation. The eye of the US media stays trained on events in Palestine/Israel and your voice can contribute positively to that coverage and the discourse in your local community. Join this webinar to learn how to use your own experience to craft the kind of op/ed your local newspaper will want to publish!
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Jacob Pace is the Education and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He has co-led four IFPB delegations and staffs the San Francisco office.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Maia Carter Hallward, associate professor of political science and international affairs at Kennesaw State University and author of “Transnational Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and offer examples of how you can implement BDS tactics in your own community! Maia has led several IFPB delegations and is an internationally recognized scholar on Palestinian activism, popular resistance, and international solidarity. She will share insights on BDS campaigns in North America and provide tips and ideas to help you get involved in BDS work in your own community.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Maia Carter Hallward is associate professor of political science and international affairs at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of “Transnational Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict", “Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada”, and co-editor of "Nonviolent Resistance in the Second Intifada: Activism and Advocacy". Maia is a Lead Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development and her articles have appeared the Journal of Peace Research, International Political Sociology, and Critical Middle Eastern Politics. She worked for four years in the Middle East, including teaching and research positions in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Amman; and has co-led several Interfaith Peace-Builders delegations.
2015 WEBINARS
Messaging and Framing: Strategies and Techniques to Reach Your Audience and Advocate for Justice in Palestine/Israel
Led by Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace; and Naomi Dann, Media Coordinator of Jewish Voice for Peace
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie and Naomi are part of a powerful team at JVP. Cecilie's previous webinars with IFPB have been among the most invigorating and Naomi is an IFPB delegate who has consistently brought a strong voice and powerful framing to media outlets around the country. Cecilie and Naomi will bring their expertise to this important webinar and we are lucky to have them!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Cecilie Suraskyis Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She joined the staff of JVP in 2003 as part of a Ford Foundation human rights fellowship following 15 years working with NGOs on advocacy communications. A videomaker, former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Cecilie's analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors for her work in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP's acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy, and leads JVP's fundraising, media and online outreach efforts.
Naomi Dann is the Media Coordinator at Jewish Voice for Peace. Naomi received a BA in peace and justice studies from Vassar College and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Besides her work with JVP, she also has previous experience in campus organizing and media relations from her work with Open Hillel and Students for Justice in Palestine at Vassar. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, the International Business Times, the Jewish Daily Forward, and more. Naomi was part of an IFPB delegation in 2014.
#blacklivesmatter and the US Palestine Solidarity Movement: What Does Solidarity Look Like?
Led by Kristian Davis Bailey, Colleen Kelly and Sandra Tamari
WEDNESDAY, October 28
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This webinar will share insights gained from work in the racial justice movement, including recent #blacklivesmatter actions and civil resistance mobilizations in Ferguson and Baltimore. How can the US-based Palestine Solidarity Movement respond to this moment? What is the imperitive for action and what does effective solidarity look like?
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Kristian Davis Bailey is a Detroit-based freelance writer and activist. He has been deeply involved in initiatives for Black-Palestinian solidarity, including the Black for Palestine statement and recent Black-Palestinian Solidarity video project. Kristian graduated from Stanford University in 2014 with a degree in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity. While at Stanford, he was active with Students for Justice in Palestine locally, regionally, and nationally. Since graduating, his journalism and organizing have focused on Black liberation, Black-Palestinian solidarity, and transnational solidarity between social movements more broadly. His writing has appeared on Ebony.com, Colorlines, and Truth-Out.
Colleen Kelly is a community organizer and activist raised in St. Louis. As a member of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, she has worked closely in solidarity with organizations in Ferguson, Missouri, since the killing of Michael Brown last summer. Colleen is part of the Catholic Worker community, and co-runs a house of hospitality for homeless women and children in North St. Louis. She has organized with Occupy St. Louis, Midwest Rising, People’s Settlement, Camp Hope, and the Occupation Project; and has worked in conjunction with various national organizations, such as Voices for Creative Nonviolence, United for Peace and Justice, and the American Friends Service Committee. She is a speaker and trainer on anti-oppression work, anti-militarization and nonviolence. She joined an IFPB delegation in 2011 and co-lead the 2014 Olive Harvest Delegation.
Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian-American activist and organizer. As a member of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, she has worked closely in solidarity with organizations in Ferguson, Missouri, since the killing of Michael Brown last summer. Sandra also co-chairs the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and has worked nationally on initiatives for Black-Palestinian solidarity. A member of the St. Louis Religious Society of Friends, in May 2012 she was jailed and denied entry into Palestine by Israel because of her work to encourage U.S. churches to divest from the occupation. She holds a Master’s degree in Arab Studies from Georgetown University.
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including especially writing and publishing a potent Op/Ed based on your experience during the delegation. The eye of the US media stays trained on events in Palestine/Israel and your voice can contribute positively to that coverage and the discourse in your local community. Join this webinar to learn how to use your own experience to craft the kind of op/ed your local newspaper will want to publish!
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Messaging and Framing: Reaching Your Audience and Making a Difference *
Led by Margaret DeReus, Executive Director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact. Whether you're giving an interview to a reporter, presenting at your local library, making a protest sign, or talking to your neighbor, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. The information and skills covered will help you craft messaging for local media approaches, powerful presentations, campaigns, and other activities.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Margaret DeReus is executive director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU). She joined the organization just after its founding in 2005. Prior to joining the IMEU, she worked at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) where she managed democratic development projects throughout the Middle East. Margaret helped to organize the international observer mission that monitored the first Palestinian Authority elections in 1996, in partnership with former President Jimmy Carter. Margaret holds a Master’s in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders and Michael Brown, Director of Opinion and Analysis at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
5:30 – 7:00 PM (pacific) / 8:30 – 10:00 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including especially writing and publishing a potent Op/Ed based on your experience during the delegation. The eye of the US media stays trained on events in Palestine/Israel and your voice can contribute positively to that coverage and the discourse in your local community. Join this webinar to learn how to use your own experience to craft the kind of op/ed your local newspaper will want to publish!
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Michael Brown is Director of Opinion and Analysis at the Institute for Middle East Understanding. Michael is the former executive director of Partners for Peace and Washington correspondent for Middle East International. In 2006-2007 he was a fellow at the Palestine Center. He worked off and on in the Gaza Strip between 1993 and 2000 for the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. His op-eds on Israel/Palestine have been published in the International Herald Tribune, The News & Observer, and The San Diego Union Tribune as well as online at TheNation.com. A former IFPB board member, Michael continues to work today on the media and Palestine. Michael led a general IFPB delegation in 2008 and an IFPB delegation to the Gaza Strip in 2012.
Grassroots Lobbying for Policy Change: Bring the No Way to Treat a Child Campaign to Your Representatives this August
Led by Jennifer Bing, Middle East Program Director in the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee; and Mike Coogan, Legislative Coordinator and Director of Development at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
JULY 24, 2015
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will prepare you to meet with your congressional representatives during the upcoming August recess. With your reps back in the district, the summer is the best time to reach them without traveling to Washington DC! There are crucial policy initiatives that need our voices and support. Join this workshop to learn about the issues and receive guidance on how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Jennifer Bing is the Middle East Program Director in the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Jennifer began her activism on Palestine and Israel in 1982, and during the early years of the first Intifada she was a teacher at the Friends Boys School in Ramallah and a human rights researcher at Save the Children. Jennifer’s research on the first Intifada and its impact on Palestinian children was published in a three volume human rights report printed by Radda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children) in January, 1990. She has also worked closely with IFPB on a number of delegations, co-leading the 2008 Olive Harvest Delegation.
Mike Coogan is Legislative Coordinator and Director of Development at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Mike joined the US Campaign after spending eight months volunteering as an English and photography teacher in Palestinian refugee camps. He holds a undergraduate degree in Political Science from University of Portland, in Oregon. Mike has been with the US Campaign since 2009, starting out as an intern, and now working full-time on a range of issues.
Messaging and Framing: Reaching Your Audience and Making a Difference?
Led by Andrew Kadi, a human rights activist and steering committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact. Whether you're giving an interview to a reporter, presenting at your local library, making a protest sign, or talking to your neighbor, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. The information and skills covered will help you craft messaging for local media approaches, powerful presentations, campaigns, and other activities.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Andrew Kadi is a human rights activist and steering committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation who has presented on panels and workshops across the U.S., and been published in The Guardian's Comment is Free, the Electronic Intifada. Left Turn, and Mondoweiss.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” Sydney brings years of experience organizing successful BDS campaigns and will share insights on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally. He has also worked closely with Presbyterian activists to support the Presbyterian Church’s stand on Palestine/Israel.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
Media Advocacy: Using Your Local Media to Reach Tens of Thousands
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, JUNE 9
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, 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. Join this webinar to learn how to use your experience to get coverage and build relationships with your local media.
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Grassroots Fundraising: Raising Money for Your Campaigns and Events
Led by Sasha Gelzin, Communications Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will provide a roadmap and resources for raising the funds needed to bring your projects and campaigns to life. Influenced by INCITE's 'The Revolution Will Not Be Funded' and other critical inquires into resourcing social justice work, Sasha turned to the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training to learn how to support her organizing. Join this webinar to learn the basics of grassroots fundraising and gain confidence to begin or strengthen your fundraising.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sasha Gelzin is the Communications Coordinator at IFPB. She spearheaded the fundraising work within the NSJP fundraising committee and collectively they raised more than $40,000 to fund two national conferences. Sasha has been active within the Palestine solidarity movement for more than six years. She is an active member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) Organizing Committee. She has also organized with Students for Justice in Palestine - on a local and national level as a member of the NSJP Steering Committee. Sasha brings her experience as a former media coordinator in Palestine to IFPB.
2014
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders and Michael Brown, Director of Opinion and Analysis at the Institute for Middle East Understanding
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
4:00 – 5:30 PM (pacific) / 7:00 – 8:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including especially writing and publishing a potent Op/Ed based on your experience during the delegation. The eye of the US media stays trained on events in Palestine/Israel and your voice can contribute positively to that coverage and the discourse in your local community. Join this webinar to learn how to use your own experience to craft the kind of op/ed your local newspaper will want to publish!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Message Framing: 6 Secrets to Messaging to Build the Movement for Justice
Led by Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie is a leading strategist in the US-based movement for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, and she will bring her expertise to this important training.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Sandra Tamari, member of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and Steering Committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.
JUNE 2014 - JULY 2014
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
Messaging and Framing: Reaching Your Audience and Making a Difference?
Led by Andrew Kadi, a human rights activist and steering committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
TUESDAY, JULY 1
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Palestine/Israel. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led By Anna Baltzer, National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and award-winning lecturer, author, and activist
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
12:00 – 1:30 PM (pacific) / 3:00 – 4:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Anna Baltzer is National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian human rights. Anna has appeared on television more than 100 times (including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and lectured at more than 500 universities, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, and policy institutes around the world with her acclaimed presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos," and her full-color book, Witness in Palestine. Baltzer is co-founder of the St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and last month, she received the Inspiration for Hope Award from the Middle East Committee of the American Friends Service Committee.
December 2013 - March 2014
Message Framing for Access: Building the Movement for Justice in Palestine/Israel
Led By Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and editor of the Muzzlewatch blog
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie is a leading strategist in the US-based movement for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, and she will bring her expertise to this important training.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Cecilie Surasky is Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She joined the staff of JVP in 2003 as part of a Ford Foundation human rights fellowship following 15 years working with NGOs on advocacy communications. A videomaker, former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Cecilie's analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors for her work in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP's acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy, and leads JVP's fundraising, media and online outreach efforts.
* Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Education and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Presbyterian participants on IFPB delegations, please contact Jacob Pace for video link
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Riham Barghouti, Adalah – New York and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR THIS TRAINING
see past trainings for older videos on this subject
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Riham Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (which is part of the BDS National Committee in Palestine) and a founding member of Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel. A Palestinian American activist who lived in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for 10 years, she currently resides in New York City where she works as a teacher. Riham has lectured extensively and led numerous workshops on strategic boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns.
* Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in the Presbyterian Context: What’s at Stake at the General Assembly?
Led by Noushin Framke, Communications Chair for Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Presbyterian participants on IFPB delegations, please contact Jacob Pace for video link
ABOUT THIS TRAINING:This workshop will focus on BDS issues in the Presbyterian context and bring participants up to speed on the issues and debates expected at the General Assembly. It will build on the general BDS training offered in January, but include specific and detailed information for Presbyterians.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Noushin Framke is a writer who lives in New York City and is involved in advocacy and education at the grassroots level on the Israel/Palestine conflict. As a Presbyterian Ruling Elder, Noushin serves on ACREC, the Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a liaison from that committee to MRTI – the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment. She also serves as the Communications Chair for the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is part of the team of writers and editors who produced Steadfast Hope and Zionism Unsettled for the IPMN and did the videography for the DVDs. Noushin holds degrees in English and Philosophy from The George Washington University.
* Messaging and Framing: Focus on the General Assembly
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Presbyterian participants on IFPB delegations, please contact Jacob Pace for video link
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will include a robust discussion of strategies, tactics, and plans for messaging and framing the issue, within the Presbyterian context generally, and specifically at the General Assembly. Sydney brings years of working with Presbyterians to this workshop and is leading JVP’s own efforts to support the movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA). This is a very important workshop for anyone working on these issues.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
* Special Prep for the General Assembly: Reviewing the Overtures and Sharing Your Story
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
5:30 – 7:00 PM (pacific) / 8:30 – 10:00 PM (eastern)
NO VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Presbyterian participants on IFPB delegations, please contact Jacob Pace for video link
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop is essential for any IFPB delegates planning on attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church-USA this Spring in Detroit. We will review the overtures submitted on the topic of Palestine/Israel and begin to craft a message using your own personal story. Sydney brings years of working with Presbyterians to this workshop and is leading JVP’s own efforts to support the movement within the Presbyterian Church (USA).
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Messaging and Framing: How Can You Reach The Widest Possible Audience?
Led By Samer Badawi and Zoe Zenowitch of the Institute for Middle East Understanding
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
5:00 – 6:00 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:00 PM (eastern)
DUE TO TECHNICAL ERRORS, NO RECORDING IS AVAILABLE (sorry)
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact. Focus will be on media messaging, but the information and skills covered will also be relevant for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving an interview to a reporter, presentating at your local library, making a protest sign, or talking to your neighbor, the way you frame your message can make all the difference.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: Samer Badawi is a Communications Manager at the Institute for Middle East Understanding. Previously, he served as a director with the Welfare Association, as executive director of United Palestinian Appeal, and as Washington, DC correspondent for Middle East International. Zoe Zenowich is a Senior Communications Associate for the Institute for Middle East Understanding, where her primary focus is to provide media guidance and resources to students on university campuses across the country. In this role, Zoe has assisted with everything from drafting op-eds and consulting on campaign messaging to holding media trainings and workshops. Prior to working at the IMEU, Zoe interned at both the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and The Economist; she has also worked as a freelance multi-media journalist and project consultant for Legal Aid Jordan.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Dalit Baum, Regional Program Coordinator of the Middle East program the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco, Coordinator of the Economic Activism for Palestine Program of Global Exchange, and founder of whoprofits.org
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Dalit Baum, Ph.D., is the regional program coordinator of the Middle East program of AFSC - the American Friends Service Committee- and with the Economic Activism for Palestine Program of Global Exchange, which supports corporate accountability campaigns. She is also a co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation, an activist research initiative of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. Dalit is a feminist scholar and teacher in Israel, who has been teaching about militarism and about the global economy from a feminist perspective in Israeli universities. As a feminist/ queer activist, she has been active with various groups in the Israeli anti-occupation and democratization movement, including Black Laundry, Boycott from Within, Zochrot, Anarchists against the Wall and Women in Black.
Constituent Lobbying and Political Advocacy: Policy Change in Washington and at Home
Led by Kate Gould, Legislative Associate for Middle East Policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will share proven tactics and new resources for engaging US policy regarding Israel/Palestine. Information will include how to work with your congressional representatives in Washington; how to work for policy change locally; and how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Kate Gould is the Legislative Associate for Middle East Policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), a Quaker lobby in the public interest fielding the largest team of peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. She is one of only a handful of registered lobbyists working to prevent war with Iran, and also lobbies on Israeli/Palestinian peace. Kate also represents FCNL on the board of Churches for Middle East Peace and writes on foreign policy for The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in The Hill, PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau, Foreign Policy in Focus, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and other national outlets. She is also an IFPB delegate.!
June - July 2013 Trainings
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF THIS TRAINING
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Messaging and Public Speaking: Who is Your Audience and How Can You Reach Them?
Led By Anna Baltzer, National organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and award-winning lecturer, author, and activist
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF THIS TRAINING
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Anna has given hundreds of presentations around North America and will bring her expertise to this important training.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Anna Baltzer is National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian human rights. Anna has appeared on television more than 100 times (including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and lectured at more than 500 universities, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, and policy institutes around the world with her acclaimed presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos," and her full-color book, Witness in Palestine. Baltzer is co-founder of the St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and last month, she received the Inspiration for Hope Award from the Middle East Committee of the American Friends Service Committee.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
THURSDAY, JULY 11
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF THIS TRAINING
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
NOVEMBER 2012 - JANUARY 2013
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS TRAINING
If you watch, please fill out the evaluation survey here
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Message Framing for Access: Building the Movement for Justice in Palestine/Israel
Led By Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and editor of the Muzzlewatch blog
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS TRAINING
If you watch, please fill out the evaluation survey here
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie is a leading strategist in the US-based movement for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, and she will bring her expertise to this important training.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Cecilie Surasky is Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She joined the staff of JVP in 2003 as part of a Ford Foundation human rights fellowship following 15 years working with NGOs on advocacy communications. A videomaker, former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Cecilie's analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors for her work in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP's acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy, and leads JVP's fundraising, media and online outreach efforts.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Riham Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and Adalah-NY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS TRAINING
If you watch, please fill out the evaluation survey here
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Riham Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (which is part of the BDS National Committee in Palestine) and a founding member of Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel. A Palestinian American activist who lived in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for 10 years, she currently resides in New York City where she works as a teacher. Riham has lectured extensively and led numerous workshops on strategic boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns.
Congressional Engagement and Grassroots Lobbying: Advocate for Policy Change in Washington and at Home
Led by Noura Erakat, attorney, human rights advocate and Policy Advisor for Al Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS TRAINING
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will share proven tactics and new resources for engaging US policy regarding Israel/Palestine. Information will include how to work with your congressional representatives in Washington; how to work for policy change locally; and how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Noura Erakat is a Palestinian attorney and human rights advocate. She is currently an adjunct professor of international human rights law in the Middle East at Georgetown University and a Policy Advisor for Al Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. She previously served as Legal Counsel for a Congressional Subcommittee in the House of Representatives and as an advisor on Middle East affairs for Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Noura comments regularly on US foreign policy and international law matters. She has appeared on Al Jazeera International, NBC's "Politically Incorrect," and Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor." Her writings have appeared in The Huffington Post, Berkeley Law School's Journal for Middle East and Islamic Law, Counterpunch, Al-Majdal, and the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP).
August - SEPTEMBER 2012
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RECORDING OF THIS TRAINING
Click here to fill out the evaluation of this training
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Messaging and Public Speaking: Effectively Engage and Educate your Community about Palestine/Israel
Led By Anna Baltzer, National organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and award-winning lecturer, author, and activist
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RECORDING OF THIS TRAINING
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Anna has given hundreds of presentations around North America and will bring her expertise to this important training.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Anna Baltzer is National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian human rights. Anna has appeared on television more than 100 times (including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and lectured at more than 500 universities, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, and policy institutes around the world with her acclaimed presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos," and her full-color book, Witness in Palestine. Baltzer is co-founder of the St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and last month, she received the Inspiration for Hope Award from the Middle East Committee of the American Friends Service Committee.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
June - July 2012
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
TUESDAY, JUNE 12
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He lived Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005, working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Messaging and Public Speaking: Effectively Engage and Educate your Community about Palestine/Israel
Led By Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and editor of the Muzzlewatch blog
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will explore the importance of framing your message so it has maximum impact and developing skills for delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Whether you're giving a presentation at your local library, making a protest sign, talking to your neighbor or giving an interview to a reporter, the way you frame your message can make all the difference. Cecilie is a leading strategist in the US-based movement for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, and she will bring her expertise to this important training.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Cecilie Surasky is Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She joined the staff of JVP in 2003 as part of a Ford Foundation human rights fellowship following 15 years working with NGOs on advocacy communications. A videomaker, former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, Cecilie's analyses of Israel-Palestine politics have appeared in numerous media outlets around the world. Cecilie graduated from Brown University with a BA in Religious Studies with special honors for her work in Modern Culture and Media. She is the editor of Muzzlewatch, JVP's acclaimed blog documenting efforts to silence open debate about Israel-Palestine policy, and leads JVP's fundraising, media and online outreach efforts.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Dalit Baum, Regional Program Coordinator of the Middle East program the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco, Coordinator of the Economic Activism for Palestine Program of Global Exchange, and founder of whoprofits.org
THURSDAY, JULY 12
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Dalit Baum, Ph.D., is the regional program coordinator of the Middle East program of AFSC - the American Friends Service Committee- and with the Economic Activism for Palestine Program of Global Exchange, which supports corporate accountability campaigns. She is also a co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation, an activist research initiative of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. Dalit is a feminist scholar and teacher in Israel, who has been teaching about militarism and about the global economy from a feminist perspective in Israeli universities. As a feminist/ queer activist, she has been active with various groups in the Israeli anti-occupation and democratization movement, including Black Laundry, Boycott from Within, Zochrot, Anarchists against the Wall and Women in Black.
Congressional Engagement and Grassroots Lobbying: Advocate for Policy Change in Washington and at Home
Led by Mike Coogan, Legislative Coordinator at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
MONDAY, JULY 23
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will share proven tactics and new resources for engaging US policy regarding Israel/Palestine. Information will include how to work with your congressional representatives in Washington; how to work for policy change locally; and how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Mike Coogan is Legislative Coordinator and Manager of Finance & Administration at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. He has been with the US Campaign since 2009, starting out as an intern, and now working full-time on a range of issues. Before joining the US Campaign, Mike spent eight months volunteering as an English and photography teacher in Palestinian refugee camps. He holds a undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Portland in Oregon.
November 2011 - January 2012
Media Advocacy: Broadening the Mainstream Discourse in Your Local Media
Led by Jacob Pace, Communications and Grants Coordinator at Interfaith Peace-Builders
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21
5:00 – 6:30 PM (pacific) / 8:00 – 9:30 PM (eastern)
RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE
ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on building skills for advocating with your local media, including: pitching your story; publishing Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor; pursuing Editorial Board Meetings; and building relationships with your local media outlets. Our discussion will also seek to answer “what is media?” and “how are we not only consumers, but also producers of media?”; and focus in on structural dynamics in the mainstream media.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: You know Jacob Pace as the Communications and Grants Coordinator at IFPB. Jake joined the organization in 2007 after first traveling to the region with an IFPB delegation in 2003. He previously worked with Partners for Peace, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, California. He spent more than a year in Israel/Palestine between 2003 and 2005 working with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip. His work experience has focused particularly on media advocacy and grassroots organizing. He co-led IFPB delegations in 2008 and 2010 and staffs the San Francisco office.
Messaging and Public Speaking: Effectively Engage and Educate your Community about Palestine
Led By Anna Baltzer, National organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and award-winning lecturer, author, and activist
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5
6:00 – 7:30 PM (pacific) / 9:00 – 10:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will focus on delivering powerful presentations on your experience in Israel/Palestine. Anna will bring her expertise in conducting thousands of presentations to the table and share techniques and strategies for successfully sharing the findings of your delegation and the importance of the issue for audiences in your community. As an IFPB delegate herself, Anna will also draw on her own delegation experience to highlight the stories of the Palestinians and Israelis you met on the ground.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Anna Baltzer is National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian human rights. Anna has appeared on television more than 100 times (including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and lectured at more than 500 universities, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, and policy institutes around the world with her acclaimed presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos," and her full-color book, Witness in Palestine. Baltzer is co-founder of the St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and last month, she received the Inspiration for Hope Award from the Middle East Committee of the American Friends Service Committee.
Congressional Engagement and Grassroots Lobbying: Advocate for Policy Change in Washington and at Home
Led by Mike Coogan, Legislative Coordinator at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18
6:00 – 7:30 PM (pacific) / 9:00 – 10:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will share proven tactics and new resources for engaging US policy regarding Israel/Palestine. Information will include how to work with your congressional representatives in Washington; how to work for policy change locally; and how to work with others to build collective power for real policy change.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Mike Coogan is Legislative Coordinator and Manager of Finance & Administration at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. He has been with the US Campaign since 2009, starting out as an intern, and now working full-time on a range of issues. Before joining the US Campaign, Mike spent eight months volunteering as an English and photography teacher in Palestinian refugee camps. He holds a undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Portland in Oregon.
Mobilizing the Grassroots: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign and You
Led by Sydney Levy, Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace
MONDAY, JANUARY 23
6:00 – 7:30 PM (pacific) / 9:00 – 10:30 PM (eastern)
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ABOUT THIS TRAINING: This workshop will detail the burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and answer the questions: ‘What is BDS?”and “Why BDS?” It will also offer successful strategies for organizing BDS campaigns and focus on specific targets that are currently the aim of campaigns in North America and internationally.ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Sydney Levy is the Director of Advocacy at Jewish Voice for Peace. Sydney has worked for over 15 years in nonprofits advocating for LGBT human rights, organizing for media justice, and assisting in the preparation of death row appeals. He is the son of Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Venezuela, where he was born. Sydney lived in Jerusalem for seven years, where he received his Masters degree in Jewish History from the Hebrew University. Sydney has been working with JVP - first as a volunteer, then as a staff member - since 2000.
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