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Wake Forest Baptist Church Winston-Salem, NC September 18–20, 2015 SPONSORED BY THE ALLIANCE OF BAPTISTS ORGANIZED BY JUSTICE IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL COMMUNITY Waging Peace: Doing Justice Through BDS

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Wake Forest Baptist ChurchWinston-Salem, NC

September 18–20, 2015

S p o N S o r e d B y T h e A l l i A N C e o F B A p T i S T S orgANized By JuSTiCe iN pAleSTiNe & iSrAel CommuNiTy

Waging Peace: Doing Just ice T h r o u g h B D S

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Waging Peace: Doing Just ice T h r o u g h B D S

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welcome From The BoArd

Dear Conference Participants,

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Alliance of Baptist, I want to express my appreciation for the work of the Alliance Community for Justice in Palestine and Israel. Alliance communities are impor-tant to the Alliance’s work for justice and peace. In Communities, people can come together to learn and work on specific issues that are particularly important to them.

For several years now you have worked to keep the vital concern for justice in Palestine and Israel in front of the Alliance as a whole. You keep us aware of our responsibilities as followers of Christ the Peacemaker in the troubled and complex land of Jesus’ birth. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in the third conference on “Waging Peace in Palestine and Israel.”

Your consideration of the strategy of using Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a tool for “waging peace” will guide the Alliance in our future consideration of effective ways to bring about the day when Palestinians and Israelis can “sit at peace under their vine and fig tree, and none shall make them afraid.” The BDS campaign, first proposed by Palestinian Christians in the 2009 Kairos Palestine document, has been adopted by organizations in many parts of the world and by several denominations in the United States, though not without controversy.

As you learn from Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers, Jews, and others this weekend, our hope is that you will help the Alliance shape a faithful and effective response. We look forward to hearing your con-clusions after your weekend of listening, learning and discernment.

Peace and grace to all of you as you engage this important work!

Faithfully yours,

Rev. DR. Michael D. castle, PresidentAlliance of Baptists

3939 LaVista Road, Suite E-122 Ι Atlanta, Georgia 30084allianceofbaptists.org

connect ● engage ● belong

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welcome From The plANNiNg CommiTTee

Dear Participant,

On behalf of the “Waging Peace: Doing Justice Through BDS” Planning Committee, I want to welcome you to this timely event. With your presence here, you clearly show your desire to learn about this multi-layered issue and discern how you and/or your church can get involved.

We are delighted to have speakers—Palestinian American Christians and Muslims, American Jews, and American Christians from a variety of churches and faith-based organizations—who are involved with boycott and divestment activities. You will also hear from church groups who are already working in a variety of ways to bring peace with justice to the Holy Land.

This powerful weave of voices is both exciting and challenging. It is exciting because we can feel the long and stubborn moral arc of the universe bending toward justice. It is challenging because we are God’s hands bending this arc, as we collaborate and participate with God. Our God who is a lover of justice!

Our prayer for you is that while you are here, you will learn, have time to discern, and be led to act in the work of justice in Palestine and Israel.

With gratitude,

G.J. taRazi

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dinner & PartyFr idAy N ighT

Friday, September 18, 2015

Time Location Activity

5:00–8:00 p.M. Magnolia Room

Palestinian Hafleh

In addition to a great meal, we will also enjoy:

• Palestinian music performed by Foty Fusion

• The Dabkeh, a traditional Palestinian dance (for the adventurous)

• Palestinians will share poetry and stories about their Nakba experiences

Registration begins at 5:00 p.m.

Psalm ThreeMahmoud Darwish

On the day when my words were earthI was a friend to stalks of wheat.

On the day when my words were wrath I was a friend to chains.

On the day when my words were stones I was a friend to streams.

On the day when my words were a rebellion I was a friend to earthquakes.

On the day when my words were bitter apples I was a friend to the optimist.

But when my words became honey, flies covered my lips!

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Watching the Palestinian menemerge from the Church of the Nativity,

I considered birth: being born into light againafter so many cramped weeks inside,

born into air and space,how we wish the best for one another when someone

is being born, born into deportation and exile,born, and banished.

Across the street, their women were wailing.They could not greet or hug them.The men were shuffled onto buses

to be sent away.On the white and dusty street of Bethlehem,

where so many travelers have stoodholding candles, wrapped in song,

the prisoner men, in their own town.

An American TV announcer’s voice sounded excitedto be present at the births—

over and over againhe hailed the table of sandwiches and bottled water

provided by Israeli soldierswho actually looked perplexed

whenever the camera came in close.

One is born to wear a helmet, carry large artillery.One is born to be thin, to wear raggedy clothes

and be shot in the leg. And some are bornto wonder, wonder, wonder.

“I have had enough of burnt offerings . . . I cannot endure solemn assemblies . . .

seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”—First isaiah 1:11–17

“your weight, at birth”poem By NAomi Sh ihAB Nye

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Saturday, September 19, 2015Morning general SeSSion

Time Location Activity Speaker

8:00 a.M. Wait Chapel registration

8:15– 8:45 a.M.

Davis Chapel Morning Prayer Mark Reeve

9:00 a.M.

Wait Chapel

Welcome; opening Prayer

Paul Hayes; Lia Scholl

9:15 a.M. introduction of Keynote SpeakerMarshall Marks

9:20 a.M.Keynote Presentation

Why should BDS be used as a strategy for doing justice in the Holy Land?

Jonathan Kuttab

PanelS

Panelists will share their intimate experiences with BDS within their respective church and organization; explain why they advocate for the use of BDS; and take questions. Panelists will facilitate Round Table discussions immediately after the panel.

Time Location Panel Speaker

9:45– 10:45 a.M.

Wait Chapel

introduction of Panelists Paul Hayes

United Church of Christ/ Kairos USA

Diane Dulin

United Methodist Church Janet Lahr Lewis

Jewish Voice for Peace Steven Feldman

Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace/Friends of Sabeel

North America/Christian Peacemaker Team-Palestine

Tarek Abuata

10:45– 11:15 a.M

Question & answer Paul Hayes

weekend Program SATurdAy

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Saturday, September 19, 2015 (continued)breaK-out SeSSionS

round table Discussions

Panelists will share details of their BDS efforts, provide literature, discuss planned next steps, and answer questions.

Time Location Round Table Discussion Speaker(s)

11:45 a.M.–12:45 p.M.

Room 202

United Church of Christ/Kairos USA & Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace/Friends of

Sabeel North America/Christian Peacemaker Team-Palestine

Diane Dulin & Tarek Abuatawith Kay Tarazi

(facilitator)

Room 206United Methodist Church & Jewish Voice for Peace

Janet Lahr Lewis & Steven Feldmanwith Leslie Withers

(facilitator)

Room 306

Prayer & Letter Writing: This quiet room is available all day for individual prayer and contemplation.

There will also be a list of names of people in Palestine and Israel who are

working for peace with justice. Letters and cards will be sent to

these laborers for justice.

Mark Reeve

Faculty Lounge

Discernment: Rev. Ben Wagener and Rev. Steve

Hyde will be available for discussions about the process of discernment,

answer questions, and provide spiritual direction.

Ben Wagener &Steve Hyde

Room 314

Responding to Myths, Questions & Objections:

G.J. Tarazi will be available to discuss the “myths” that hinder the work of justice, offer responses to questions and concerns about the situation in the Holy Land, and provide more

comprehensive narratives from all perspectives.

G.J. Tarazi

weekend ProgramSATurdAy ( CoNT iNued)

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Saturday, September 19, 2015 (continued)lunCH

12:45 p.M.There are places to eat within a very short walking distance around Wingate Hall. Snacks and drinks are available at no cost all day in the Lower Auditorium in Wingate Hall. Please refer to the map.

aFternoon general SeSSion

Time Location Topic Speaker

1:45– 2:30 p.M.

Wait Chapel

updates & Presentation Paul Hayes

Current Conditions in Palestine & israel G.J. Tarazi

Parallels between uSa & Palestine/israel:race relations and Militarization of Police

Mai Abdul Rahman

breaK-out SeSSionS

round table Discussions

Church leaders will share what they are doing in their churches to bring about peace with justice in Palestine and Israel, answer questions, and share how to get involved.

Time Location Round Table Discussion Speaker(s)

Room 206Churches Doing Justice:

Calvary BC, Vienna BC, Ravensworth BC, and Watts Street BC

Leslie Withers (facilitator)

Room 306

Prayer & Letter Writing: This quiet room is available all day for individual prayer and contemplation.

There will also be a list of names of people in Palestine and Israel who are working for peace with justice. Letters

and cards will be sent to these laborers for justice.

Mark Reeve

Davis Chapel

Discernment: Rev. Ben Wagener and Rev. Steve Hyde will be available for discussions about

the process of discernment, answer questions, and provide

spiritual direction.

Ben Wagener &Steve Hyde

weekend Program SATurdAy ( CoNT iNued)

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Saturday, September 19, 2015 (continued)Time Location Round Table Discussion Speaker(s)

2:50– 3:50 p.M.

Room 314

Responding to Myths, Questions & Objections:

G.J. Tarazi will be available to discuss the “myths” that hinder the work of

justice, offer responses to questions and concerns about the situation in the Holy Land, and provide more comprehensive

narratives from all perspectives.

G.J. Tarazi

CloSing general SeSSionTime Location Activity Speaker

4:00– 5:00 p.M.

Wait ChapelA Call to Action Steve HydeWorship LitanyClosing Prayer

Sunday, September 20, 2015 Time Location Activity10:00 a.M. Wingate Hall Sunday School11:00 a.M. Wait Chapel Worship Service

“I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies . . .

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

—amos 5:21–24

weekend Program SATurdAy ( CoNT iNued) & SuNdAy

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They tried to make us invisible:the silencing bullets invaded,

disappeared without fearinto our flesh.

The killer and the instrumenthave no words,

just tear gas and F16sand unknowable means.

Our bodies, like our maps,filled with holes.

My hands are up, don’t shoot meMy food has run out, don’t evict me

My face is brown, don’t choke meMy baby is crying, don’t tear gas meMy family is homeless, don’t jail me

My flag is flying, don’t arrest meMy job is gone, don’t erase me

My son is dead, don’t torture meMy door is broken, don’t rape me

My school was bombed, don’t dismiss meI have nowhere to go, don’t starve me

“With what shall I come before the Lord . . . Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression . . .

what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”

—michah 6:6–8

“Ferguson & gaza”poem By ze iNA AzzAm

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JonatHan Kuttab is an articulate, passionate, compassionate, and involved Palestinian American. He is a human rights attorney who splits his time between Jerusalem and the Washington, D.C., area. He is a lead-ing human rights lawyer in Israel and Palestine. He grew up in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem, but after the Six Day War, his family moved to the United States. After practicing with a Wall Street law firm for several years, he returned home to cofound the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence, Al-Haq (lawyers and others who assist with human rights issues), and the Mandela Institute for Political Prisoners. He is licensed to practice law in Palestine, Israel, and New York, and was a founding member of The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem.

tareK abuata grew up in Bethlehem, Palestine, and moved to the United States along with his family at the age of twelve, two years after the 1987 Palestinian uprising. After receiving his J.D. with a focus in international law from the University of Texas Law School in 2002, he spent a year in Palestine working with the Negotiations Support Unit, a group of advisers to the Palestinian Negotiations. Over the past fifteen years, Tarek has been involved in various nonviolence workshops, including trainings led by Dr. Bernard La Fayette, one of the leaders of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. In addition to his speaking and nonviolence trainings, Tarek serves as the Palestine Coordinator for the Christian Peacemaker Teams-Palestine and interim Executive direc-tor of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace.

Diane Dulin is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and served churches as pastor for thirty-four years. Now she spends her time as Kairos USA Director of Church Participation and member of the UCC Palestine Israel Network Steering Committee. Diane is married to Thomas Beilman, with whom she shares three children and three grandchildren. Diane’s first trip to Palestine was through an olive harvest program in 2011. Since returning, issues of justice for Palestine have been at the forefront of her prayer, study, and activism.

Steven FelDMan is a professor of dermatology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He attended the Hebrew Academy of Washington, a school his grandfather helped to found. Feldman is an international expert on psoriasis. The American Academy of Dermatology gave him one of its highest awards in 2006. Feldman’s medical work has been published in more than 700 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has also given more than 700 invited lectures to dermatology groups and organizations around the world, including the Pan Arab Dermatology Meeting held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Dermatology Society meeting in Tehran, Iran, and the Pan Asian Dermatology Meeting held in Seoul, Korea. Feldman’s book Compartments had a profound influence on the Middle East Study Committee Report of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Feldman is author of A Jewish American’s Evolving View of Israel published by the American Council for Judaism and A Doctor’s Prescription for Peace with Justice published by Americans for Middle East Understand-ing. He serves on the board of the Coalition for Peace with Justice and is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

SanDra Korn lives in Durham and is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace-Triangle N.C. She attended the Presbyterian Church-USA’s general assembly in 2014 as a Jewish delegate in support of BDS and witnessed there the power of interfaith coalition and of people’s personal stories. As a queer Jew, Sandra opposes pinkwashing of the Israeli occupation and wants to build an intersectional and justice-oriented Palestine solidarity movement in North Carolina. Through the Durham Drop G4S campaign, she grew to understand better some of the links between racist policing in the US and the Israeli occupation.

sPeakers & Presenters B iogrAph ieS

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Janet laHr leWiS is mission staff with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Method-ist Church, currently serving as Advocacy Coordinator for the Middle East and as Peace with Justice Program Associate with the General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C.

In 1994, Janet sold her house in order to volunteer as Archbishop Elias Chacour’s personal assistant in a Pal-estinian village inside Israel. In 1997, she moved to Bethlehem to volunteer with Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, where she was the coordinator for International Friends of Sabeel, international conference coordinator, and director of media and communications. In 1999 she returned to the U.S. as Execu-tive Director of Friends of Sabeel North America until 2001, when she was commissioned as a missionary and returned to Jerusalem to continue her work at Sabeel. In 2007, Janet began serving as the Methodist Liaison in Palestine and Israel, where her efforts in coordinating education and advocacy for the global Methodist Church resulted in a partnership between the Methodist Church of Britain, Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, and the World Methodist Council and the opening of a new Methodist Liaison Office in Jerusalem in 2012. In 2014, having exhausted all her visa options, Janet returned to the U.S., where she continues to work for peace with justice.

Mai abDul raHMan is a long time Washington, D.C, resident. She is a lecturer, organizer, activist, writer, and researcher. She received her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from Howard Univer-sity’s School of Education, MA degree in education from Trinity University, and BA degree in political science from Drake University.

She has spent her career analyzing, researching, and documenting the intersections between, poverty, un-employment, homelessness, education, and youth. In addition, her research on the role of racial diversity on in-stitutional competencies received the endorsement of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO). As a United Nations consultant, she assisted in developing short- and long-term strategies for Birzeit University in Palestine. She developed and produced Johns Hopkins Documentary “Arab Women speak out.”

In 2010, she initiated and established an African Americans peace advocacy group, the first of its kind. African Americans for Peace in the Middle East and North Africa (AJJMENA) is comprised of prominent African American educators and academicians, as well as religious, political, and union leaders. In December 2013, several AAJMENA members traveled to Palestine on a fact-finding mission, and since their return, have lectured across D.C. and in their respective states to inform their constituents of the dire conditions and hardships Palestinians endure. Their trip has firmed their support of the Palestinian BDS movement: http://www.bdsmovement.net/tag/aajmena

Steve HyDe has been pastor of Ravensworth Baptist Church in Annandale, Virginia, since September 2001. In addition to pastorates in Kentucky, Arkansas, Maryland, and Virginia, he was Coordinating Producer at Capi-tal Concerts for eleven years, engaged in the production of live, PBS concerts on the west lawn of the Capitol. His degrees are from Ouachita University, Southern Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Since 2005, he has been in Palestine and Israel three times, the third visit a sabbatical in which he spent a month in Galilee, followed by a month on the West Bank. His passion for justice in Palestine is kept alive by the faces of Palestinian friends and the transformative experience of seeing the inhumane and unjust face of the Israeli occupation. Steve and his wife, Jean, have three sons and five grandchildren.

sPeakers & PresentersB iogrAph ieS ( CoNT iNued)

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Foty FuSion is a family band that consists of a Palestinian father and his five American-born children. Their music combines traditional Arab rhythms and scales with the dual influences of classical music training and an urban upbringing in Washington, DC. Growing up as Palestinian-Egyptians in D.C., the children of the family took pride in their ethnic identity and incorporated it with the various cultural communities to which they were exposed in the city, as seen through the combination of political rap, gospel, jazz, and other diverse sounds that were fused together. Rather than choosing between being American or being Arab, Foty Fusion’s music rep-resents the family’s deliberate refusal to select one identity or another, seeking to increase awareness of social injustice via their lyrics, as well as the blending of diverse rhythms and sounds. They have been referred to as the “Palestinian Jackson 5.” Each child took classical music lessons in a different instrument from a very young age. In 2004, inspired by the recent occupation of Iraq by the United States, Foty Fusion debuted their first self- composed CD entitled The Key of Life. In 2013 after composing, recording, filming, and editing in Montreal, Canada, Foty Fusion released their first music video single “Sejil ana Araby” (Write It Down, I’m an Arab).

bSHara naSSar is the Founder and Executive Director of the Nakba Museum Project of Memory and Hope, a newly formed project to tell the Palestinian story in the nation’s capital. He grew up on his family’s farm, the Bethlehem-area Tent of Nations, and has played an integral role in educating international visitors about how the occupation threatens Palestinian land rights and livelihoods. He has spoken publicly on these topics in diverse venues, including the French Embassy, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a number of churches. Bshara is deeply passionate about peace building and recently earned a master’s degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University. Bshara’s focus on advocacy, strategic peace build-ing, and development led him to Fiji to work with the United Nations Development Programme.

“ . . . if you truly act justly one with another,if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow,

or shed innocent blood in this place . . .then I will dwell with you in this place . . .”

—Jeremiah 7:4–11; 26:8; 26:8-16

sPeakers & PresentersB iogrAph ieS ( CoNT iNued)

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notes

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To the people of Israel who fear our freedom:Don’t be afraid, we will liberate you too.

This is my renditionOf an anthem to be sung

That day you and IWill stand side by sideShoulder to shoulder

Watching a new dawnWipe away

Decades of hate and savageryThe day I rise

From the ruins of your oppressionI promise you I will not rise alone

You too will rise with meYou will be liberatedFrom your tyranny

And my freedomWill bring your salvation

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke,

to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?”—third isaiah 58:5–7

“liberation anthem”poem By SAmAh SABAWi

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cosPonsors & endorsers

Oakhurst Baptist Churchan inclusive community

shining a light in the world.

We are together only to be the church of God in Christ. We are not here by chance, but God through grace is making of us a fellowship to embody and to express

the Spirit of Christ.

In our church covenant, “we reject any status in this fellowship in terms of church office, possessions, education, race, age, gender, sexual orientation,

mental ability, physical ability or other distinctions.”

222 east lake Drive Ι Decatur, georgia 30030www.oakhurstbaptist.org

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cosPonsors & endorsers

The Alliance of Baptists is a vibrant movement of people, faith communities and ministry partners who are deeply passionate

about ecumenism, partnership in mission, relentless hospitality and social justice.

allianceofbaptists.org/ouralliance

We are a progressive Baptist congregation seeking to be responsive to the movement of the Spirit to establish justice, peace, and the reign of God “on

earth, as it is in heaven.”

Sharing Love – Doing Justice – Building Community

ravensworthbaptist.org

facebook.com/RbcVA?hc_location=stream

Ravensworth Baptist Church

Annandale, VA

We are a progressive Baptist congregation seeking to be responsive to the movement of the Spirit to establish justice, peace, and the reign of God “on

earth, as it is in heaven.”

Sharing Love – Doing Justice – Building Community

ravensworthbaptist.org

facebook.com/RbcVA?hc_location=stream

United Church of Christ - Palestine/

israel network

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cosPonsors & endorsers

Palestinian Christian alliance for Peace

The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP) is a grassroots organization created to support churches

and faith-based communities to work for justice in Palestine and Israel. As Palestinian American Chris-

tians, we are claiming our narrative in the Palestinian solidarity movement in the United States by passion-ately sharing our stories of dispossession, oppression, migration, and deep roots to our ancestral homeland.

Our voices are critical for the success of efforts that promote peace through justice.

http://pcap-us.org/

www.facebook.com/PCaPeace

United Methodist Kairos response

UMKR is an international peace movement in the United Methodist Church responding to the urgent

call from Palestinian Christians—in “Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth”—for effective action to help end

the Israeli occupation and support a just peace in Israel/Palestine.

www.kairosresponse.org

www.facebook.com/UnitedMethodist KairosResponse?fref=ts

Presbyterian israel/ Palestine Mission network

In joyful obedience to the call of Christ, and in solidar-ity with churches and our other partners in the Middle

East, this network covenants to engage, consolidate, nourish, and channel the energy in the Presbyterian

Church (USA) toward the goal of a just peace in Israel/Palestine by facilitating education, promoting partnerships, and coordinating advocacy. Our net-work speaks TO the Church not FOR the Church.

www.israelpalestinemissionnetwork.org

www.facebook.com/ipmnpcusa

Friends of Sabeel – North America

Friends of Sabeel—North America (FOSNA) is dedi-cated to the support of Sabeel, an ecumenical lib-

eration theology movement founded by Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land. As friends of Sabeel, we share its mission to amplify the voice of Palestinian

Christians and to work with peace builders of all faiths and convictions who stand with the oppressed and

who work for a just peace in Palestine/Israel.

http://fosna.org

www.facebook.com/pages/ Friends-of-Sabeel-North-America-

FoSna/126793740682727

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cosPonsors & endorsers

Jewish Voice for Peace

North Carolina – Triangle Chapter

Jewish Voice for Peace is a national membership organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all the people of

Israel and Palestine.

https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org

www.facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace?fref=ts

Christian Peacemaker teams – Palestine

Christian Peacemaker Teams Palestine is a faith-based organization that supports Palestinian-led, non-violent, grassroots resistance to the Israeli occupation and the unjust structures that uphold it. By collabo-

rating with local Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers and educating people in our home communities we strive to help create a space for justice and peace.

www.cptpalestine.com

www.facebook.com/cptpalestine?_rdr=p

Kairos uSaKairos USA is a movement of U.S. Christians rep-resenting the body of Christ in all its diversity who

believe the time is right for decisive action to end the crisis in Israel and Palestine. We work to unify and mobilize American Christians—lay, academic, and

clergy—to take a prophetic stance for a just peace. In so doing we heed the call of our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers, who have called us to stand with

them in their struggle for freedom.

http://kairosusa.org/about-kairosusa/

http://kairosusa.org/blogs-3/

Nakba Museum Project of Memory and Hope

We believe that sharing stories is a powerful tool to change perceptions, and to transform systems and

conflicts. Our mission is to tell the Palestinian story through art, photography, oral history, theater, and multimedia art forms. Our vision is to give the first Nakba Museum in the United States a permanent

home in Washington, D.C., where the whole Palestin-ian experience can be understood, acknowledged,

and empowered.

www.nakbamuseumproject.com

www.facebook.com/pages/nakba-Museum-Project-of-Memory-and-

Hope/360510197447516?ref=hl

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W A g i N g p e A C e : d o i N g J u S T i C e T h r o u g h B d SPlanning Committee & Consultants

Tarek Abuata Margaret Holding Barrett Susan Bell Patti Brockmeier Leah Grundset Davis Paul Hayes Steve Hyde Emily McCoy Ralph McCoy Marshall Marks Jamal Najjab Bshara Nassar Bill Plitt Mark Reeve Donnis Sakran Ghazi Sakran Marla Schrader Ziad Said Bob Stillerman Sandra Tamari Kay Tarazi Eda Ruhiye Uca Ben Wagener Leslie Withers

Carole Collins Paula Dempsey Lia Scholl Don Roberson

ThANK you!