Tomorrow's Leaders: Youth Realities and Peacebuilding Initiatives in Palestine and Israel
July 24 - August 6, 2010
Co-Sponsored with AFSC-Great Lakes Region
Delegation Leaders: Jacob Pace and Miryam Rashid
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Two thirds of the Palestinian population and one third of the Israeli population are under the age of 25. More than just numbers, youth in Israel/Palestine play important roles in community development, lead nonviolent struggles for justice, and work together across national lines towards reconciliation. They are also among the conflict’s most tragic victims.
This delegation will explore issues relevant to young people in Palestine/Israel, including efforts to educate and empower future generations working towards a just resolution to the conflict. Our itinerary will feature meetings with Palestinian and Israeli youth and youth workers as well as leaders of civil society groups, grassroots organizers, religious leaders and more.
Join Interfaith Peace-Builders and the American Friends Service Committee (Great Lakes Region) for a unique opportunity to learn about the current situation in Israel/Palestine through the eyes of youth and activists. The on-the-ground experience will enrich your understanding of the conflict as you meet courageous Israelis and Palestinians working for peace and justice, and witness the current realities of life in Israel and occupied Palestine.
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To express interest in this delegation and get updates and more information as it becomes available, send us an email so we'll be sure to add you to the July 2010 delegation mailing list. Send an email to office@ifpb.org.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until late May, 2010. Apply early to reserve and lock in lower airfares.
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Leaders
Jacob Pace is Communications and Grants Coordinator at IFPB, and staffs the San Francisco office. 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 an IFPB delegation in August 2008.
Miryam Rashid is the Director of the Middle East Program at the American Friends Service Committee in Chicago. She completed an MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Chicago in 1998. Miryam lived in the occupied West Bank for five years. She was involved with Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations from 1998 to 2000. Her research and educational work at non-governmental organizations in Washington and Chicago has focused on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and US policy in the region. Miryam co-led two American Friends Service Committee-Interfaith Peace-Builders delegations to Palestine and Israel from 2006 to 2008.
Logistics
The cost of the delegation will be $2100. This includes 13 days of the delegation, hotel and home stay accommodations, breakfasts and dinners, local transportation, guides, speaker/event fees, basic tips and gratuities. Partial scholarships may be available for those with demonstrable need.
The cost does not include domestic and international airfare. Interfaith Peace-Builders works with a local travel agent in Jerusalem to secure the best group rates for the delegation to travel together on the same flight from Washington, DC to Israel/Palestine. Therefore, delegates do not need to book their own international airfare.
Delegates will be expected make arrangements to be in Washington DC by 2pm on July 24, 2010.
Photos from Past IFPB Delegations