Zimam: Positive Efforts toward Peace from Palestinian Civil Society
Jul 14 2017
Friday
– EST
Cannon House Office Building
Room 441,
Washington, DC 20001
Room 441,
Washington, DC 20001
Churches for Middle East Peace invites you to attend a Congressional Briefing on positive efforts toward peace from Palestinian civil society. You will have the opportunity to hear from two Palestinian civil society leaders and Churches for Middle East Peace’s Executive Director.
Zimam: Positive Efforts toward Peace from Palestinian Civil Society
Friday, July 14, 2017
9:30 – 10:30am
Cannon House Office Building, Room 441
Washington, D.C. 20002
As Israeli control over the West Bank enters its 50th year, people around the world are asking what are the concrete, positive and productive steps that can be made to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Palestinian society itself – despite enormous barriers – Zimam is leading the effort to encourage and train young activists to fight against extremism, to promote nonviolence and counter the hopelessness so many feel. By taking responsibility for those elements that everyday people have control over, Palestinian civil society will grow stronger, healthier and more resilient. It will also help people gain the confidence that can empower Palestinians to renew and re-energize their campaign for freedom, statehood and a peaceful end to the conflict.
Speakers:
Samer Makhlouf, CEO of Zimam
Obada Shtaya, Regional Director of the OneVoice Movement for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, Executive Director of CMEP
Sponsors:
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church
Speakers Bios:


Obada Shtaya, Regional Director of the OneVoice Movement for the Mid-Atlantic region: After earning his undergraduate degree in English Literature, Obada worked in multiple management positions for non-profit and for-profit companies. In August 2015, he decided to move to the US after receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his MS in conflict resolution. A strong believer in the important role and potential of students, Obada was one of the founders of the OneVoice on Campus fellowship program, which provides American students with an opportunity to engage in constructive activism, especially surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Obada is from the West Bank town of Nablus.
