BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:639@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150324T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150324T211500 DTSTAMP:20150316T160250Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/palestine-101-notareligiousconflic t-2/ SUMMARY:Palestine 101: #NotAReligiousConflict DESCRIPTION:MASSACHUSETTS\n\nJoin BU Students for Justice in Palestine for an event that will provide an insightful discussion regarding the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel. We will have three panelists that a re knowledgeable in their three different faiths: Judaism\, Christianity a nd Islam. The panelists include Dr. Othman Mohammad\, Rabbi Joseph Berman\ , and Rev. Karlene Griffiths Sekou\, Pastor. We hope to see you there!\n\n The panel would touch on the topic of how the Palestinian struggle for hum an rights is one that is supported by people of faith. Particularly\, the panelists would speak on how their respective religions provide religious contexts\, grounded in human rights\, for why the Palestinian cause for hu man rights is supported by practicing Muslims\, Christians and Jews. The p anelists will explore the sources of religious authenticity that provide f or the respective religious logic on human rights.\n\nDr. Othman M. Mohamm ad is a Palestinian physician\, who was born and raised as a refugee in Le banon\, where he finished his undergrad in human Biology at the American U niversity of Beirut\, and his Doctorate in Medicine at the University of B alamand. He trained in basic sciences and clinical research as a research fellow at the American University of Beirut then as a post-Doctoral fellow at the University of California at San Diego. He joined the Harvard Medic al School Adult Psychiatry training programs in 2009\, and has recently gr aduated from his specialty in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Ch ildren’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is currently an outpati ent Psychiatrist and a School Psychiatrist with the Lynn Community Health Center. He is active within the Muslim community in the Greater Boston are a\, in working closely with the youth and families\, and in participating in community workshops pertaining to mental health\, and its cross-current s with Islamic teachings and values.\n\nRabbi Joseph Berman has organized for justice and equality for Palestinians and Israelis for over a decade. Drawing upon years of training and experience in faith-based community org anizing\, Joseph was a leader with JVP Boston for the past five year\, hel ping to build and grow a vibrant and powerful community of activists. Sinc e graduating from the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2010\, Joseph has served as the rabbi of a congregation outside Boston\, completed thre e units of Clinical Pastoral Education\, and worked for four years as a ch aplain. Joseph is the co-founder of Ruach Guild\, a skill development and support group of activists who provide spiritual support to social justice movements and organizations. He is incredibly grateful and excited to be joining JVP staff in April as the Federal Policy Organizer in Washington D C. More about him here: http://www.tbirevere.org/rabbi%27s_page.htm\n\nKa rlene Griffiths Sekou is a public theologian\, pastor\, international huma n rights and women’s advocate\, public speaker\, and global health strat egist. She has traveled extensively building bridges to human rights\, jus tice\, and public health towards a more equitable world. Born in Kingston\ , Jamaica\, Karlene has also lived and worked in Argentina\, Nicaragua\, a nd Cuba working with diverse communities in transnational contexts\, parti cularly focusing on the flourishing of women and girls. Her early years in public health focused extensively on HIV/AIDS prevention\, and designing and developing contextually appropriate interventions for specific populat ions. Also\, she has worked in the area of maternal and child health to re duce disparities in birth outcomes\, and increase healthy equity for women of color. Ms. Griffiths Sekou has served as a delegate with Doctors Witho ut Borders\, and the Health and Human Rights Project to Israel/Palestine. And\, in 2014\, Karlene was appointed by the late Mayor of Boston\, Thomas Menino\, as a delegate to the Global Parliament of Mayors in the Netherla nds. There she addressed the Parliament about pressing human rights issues related to the Ferguson uprisings\, police brutality\, and creating just and inclusive communities in the multi-ethnic city of Boston. Karlene is c urrently building Dignidad International\, a transnational organization th at addresses interlocking systems of health\, education\, and economic jus tice for the creation of sustainable\, flourishing communities\, especiall y for poor and marginalized populations. Her academic and research interes ts intersect at the crossroads of religion\, ethics\, politics\, internati onal relations using de-colonial frameworks. She is a current graduate stu dent at Harvard Divinity School\, and is the recipient of the inaugural Pr esident Jimmy Carter Scholarship for advancing studies of human rights iss ues. More about her here: http://thefreedomchurch.blogspot.com/p/rev-karl ene-griffiths-sekou-pastor_29.html\n\nThis event is a part of Israel Apart heid Month which is taking place from February 25th to March 24th. This ev ent is co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and Boston University's Cent er for Gender\, Sexuality and Activism. More co-sponsorships to come!\n\nT RANSPORTATION: Green Line\, “B” train\, Blandford Street stop\n\n*COM 101 Auditorium can be located on the first floor of the School of Communic ation\, Room 101\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/03/11057273_902550116462372_5203598652130677961_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Academic Lecture,Advocacy,Community,Student Group LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston University \, Boston\, MA\, 02215\, Uni ted States GEO:42.3504997;-71.1053991 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Boston University \, Boston \, MA\, 02215\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Boston University :geo:42.3504997,-71.1053991 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR