GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY TRAINING & LOBBY DAY

March 6 - 7, 2011 · Washington, DC

2011 Grassroots Advocacy Training Videos:

 

Watch the videos below or click the links to view them on youtube or ustream. Click here for a full schedule of events. Click here for presenter bios.

*Please note: Opinions expressed in the video clips are those of their respective presenters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Interfaith Peace-Builders.

Special thanks to:
Ed Thompson, Birgetta Sunderland, Joshua Hough and Megan Driscoll for their help in filming these events.

 

Video 1:

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
ISRAEL/PALESTINE IN THE AGE OF OBAMA AND THE TEA PARTY: What Does the Future Hold?

• Nadia Hijab - Co-Director of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, and a writer, public speaker and media commentator.  She has served as co-chair of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and currently sits on its advisory board, and is a past president of the Association of Arab American University Graduates.

 

Video 2:

Plenary
INTRODUCING OUR POLICY ASKS
A chance to focus on Monday's Lobby Day, this session introduces our shared policy asks and discusses strategies to use on Capitol Hill

• Josh Ruebner - National Advocacy Director at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
• Abed Ayoub - Legal Director at the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Click here to download the full conference packet, including all Congressional Asks introduced in this session

 

Videos 3-5:

Workshop
MOBILIZING THE GRASSROOTS: GENERATING LEVERAGE THROUGH CONSTRUCTIVE CAMPAIGNS (three parts)

Part 1: Introduction and Loubna Qutami

• Loubna Qutami - an International Executive Board Member for the Palestinian Youth Network and Special Events Coordinator at the Arab Cultural Center in San Francisco (introduction by Anna Baltzer)

Part 2: Dalit Baum

• Dalit Baum - Coordinator of whoprofits.org, a project of the Coalition of Women for Peace (Israel), and director of Global Exchange's Palestine Economic Activism Project

Part 3: Anna Baltzer

• Anna Baltzer - award-winning lecturer, author, and National Organizer at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

 

Video 6:

Facilitated Panel Discussion
POLICY LEVERS AND GRASSROOTS FULCRUMS: WHERE CAN WE PUSH AND BE EFFECTIVE?

• Adam Horowitz - Co-editor of Mondoweiss, founding member of Jews Against the Occupation in New York city and board member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
• Loubna Qutami - International Executive Board Member for the Palestinian Youth Network and Special Events Coordinator at the Arab Cultural Center in San Francisco
• Phyllis Bennis - Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Steering Committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
• Facilitated by Mike Daly, Program Coordinator for Interfaith Peace-Builders.
  

(note: this video begins part way through the panel and does not include Phyllis Bennis' opening remarks or the start of Adam Horowitz's remarks. We will post the beginning of the panel when available)

 

Video 7:

Roundtable Discussion
ON REVOLUTION AND IDENTITY IN THE ARAB WORLD

• Helena Cobban - Veteran writer and researcher on global affairs and publisher of "Just World News," a blog on international issues with broad international readership
• Laila El-Haddad - Palestinian blogger and journalist from Gaza, Ms. Haddad obtained her M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
• Yousef Munnayyer - Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, The Palestine Center
• Facilitated by Abed Ayoub, Legal Director at the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
  

Hosted by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (this video also begins shortly after the start of the panel).

 

Video 8:

Congressional Briefing
HOW U.S. POLICY IMPACTS US: TESTIMONIES FROM ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS

• Leila el-Haddad - Palestinian blogger and journalist from Gaza, Ms. Haddad obtained her M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Elik Elhanan - Former Israeli soldier and current peace advocate, Elik Elhanan has been involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict both as a fighter and as a victim. He is a founding member of Combatants for Peace.
• Moderator: Helena Cobban - Veteran writer and researcher on global affairs. Ms. Cobban publishes "Just World News," a blog on international issues with broad international readership.

Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee in cooperation with Interfaith Peace-Builders and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

*Please note: Opinions expressed in the video clips are those of their respective presenters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Interfaith Peace-Builders.

We hope to post more videos from the 2011 Grassroots Advocacy Training online soon. Until then click here for videos from the 2010 Grassroots Advocacy Training and Lobby Day.

Click here for other videos from IFPB

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This event sponsored by:
Interfaith Peace-Builders and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

Endorsed by:
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Friends of Sabeel - North America, Friends of Tent of Nations - North America, the Islamic Circle of North America, ICNA Council for Social Justice, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions - USA, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Middle East Research and Information Project, the National Peace Foundation, Students for Justice in Palestine (American University), and the Washington Peace Center

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