2nd Annual Community Education Day in DC - Strengthening Isr...

Second Annual Community Education Day presented by the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues American University, Ward Circle Building, Washington, DC (on Nebraska Avenue at Ward Circle; free parking in lot across the street; free shuttle from Tenleytown Metro) Here is the link to a campus map: http://www.american.edu/aumaps/upload/campus_map.pdf Here is a link to the broader transportation Page (directions, parking, maps): http://www.american.edu/aumaps/index.cfm Here is info about the shuttle from Metro: http://www.american.edu/finance/facilities/maincampusmetro.cfm For more information on the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues, visit: http://www.iataskforce.org/members/greater-washington-forum-israeli-arab-issues and www.facebook.com/greaterwashingtonforumonisraeliarabissues Strengthening Israel's Democracy: Arab Citizens of Israel Second Annual Community Education Day Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm American University, Ward Circle Building presented by the Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues Draft Program Opening plenary 1:00 to 2:15 pm Welcome Embassy of Israel speaker to be introduced by Caryn Wolf Wechsler, Vice President, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (to be invited) Introduction Anne Clemons, Co??hair, Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues "Israel: A Nation of All of its Citizens" Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director, AJEEC - Arab Jewish Center for Equality Empowerment and Cooperation Shalom (Shuli) Dichter, Executive Director, Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish??rab Education in Israel Moderated by Ami Nahshon, President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives Break with refreshments 2:15 to 2:30 pm Workshops 2:30 to 3:30 pm Concurrent workshops to be repeated in two sessions; participants may register for two out of four workshops. Aspiring to Equality: Overcoming Discrimination Aviva Meyer, Associate Director, New Israel Fund Ami Nahshon, President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives Moderator: Melanie Maron Pell, Washington Regional Director, American Jewish Committee (invited) What Does Israeli Citizenship Mean? Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director, AJEEC - Arab Jewish Center for Equality Empowerment and Cooperation Professor Yoram Peri, Kay Chair in Israeli Studies and Director, Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland Moderator: Rabbi David Shneyer, Am Kolel Jewish Renewal Community of Greater Washington Advancing Shared Society through Arab??ewish Partnerships Yaniv Sagee, Incoming Executive Director, Givat Haviva Vivian Silver, Co??xecutive Director, NISPED - Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development Moderator: Laura Cutler, Acting Director, American University Center for Israel Studies Education and Economic Empowerment: The Building Blocks of Equality Shuli Dichter, Executive Director, Hand in Hand Howard Sohn, Executive Director, Fohs Foundation (invited) Moderator: Judge Ellen Heller, Trustee, Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Foundation; past President and Chair, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Break with refreshments 3:30 to 3:45 pm Workshops 3:45 to 4:45 pm Above workshops to be repeated Town Hall Meeting 4:45 to 5:15 pm Moderated by Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Co??hair, Greater Washington Forum on Israeli Arab Issues Co??ponsors as of 12/8/2011 The Abraham Fund Initiatives Adas Israel Congregation Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation Am Kolel Jewish Renewal Community of Greater Washington American Jewish Committee, Washington Regional Office American University Center for Israel Studies Anti??efamation League, Washington Regional Office Beth El Hebrew Congretation Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation Congregation Bet Chesed, Bethesda Embassy of Israel Lois and Richard England Family Foundation Inter??gency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington Jewish Council for Public Affairs Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Rabbi Jonah Layman (of Shaare Tefila Congregation) The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds New Israel Fund Sixth and I Historic Synagogue Temple Beth Ami Temple Micah Temple Shalom The Israel Project Tifereth Israel Congregation Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation of Greater Washington University of Maryland Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies Washington DC JCC 2nd Annual Community Education Day in DC (171.6 kB) (http://www.iataskforce.org/sites/default/files/Jan-22-flyer.pdf)