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Refugee Solidarity

Reportback from a Diaspora Delegation to Greece

Join us, as WRL hosts a reportback from members of the Iraqi Transnational Collective (ITC), recently returned from working with refugees in Athens, Greece. Learn about the remarkable groups ITC collaborated with, the ways refugee communities are supporting each other in the face of war trauma and harsh criminalization, and discuss the role diasporas and campaigning can play to build solidarity across closed borders.

Wednesday evening, May 10th, 5:00 PST/7:00 CST/8:00 EST

Speakers:
Vanessa Faraj: Iraqi Transnational Collective
Loubna Qutami: Palestinian Youth Movement
Ali Issa: War Resisters League/Iraqi Transnational Collective

Moderator:
Sarms Jabra: Iraqi Transnational Collective/War Resisters League


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BIOS


Loubna Qutami
is a founder, member, and central organizer of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), an international body of young Palestinians spanning 33 countries. In their April 2011 2nd International General Assembly in Istanbul, Qutami was elected as the movement's International General Coordinator.


Vanessa Faraj
has nearly fifteen years experience as a community organizer and social worker. She loves righteous collective struggle, making Arabic Youtube mixes, and warm weather. She is Palestinian-Iraqi-American, a member of the Iraqi Transnational Collective, and currently resides in Atlanta, GA.


Ali Issa
is the National Field Organizer with WRL, where he co-coordinates #NoSWATzone a campaign to end police militarization, and the author of Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq. He is a member + co-founder of the Iraqi Transnational Collective and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.


Sarms Jabra
is a refugee of the Gulf War, a talented organizer and strategist currently working as a project manager for the City of Detroit. As a Challenge Detroit Fellow, he serves as a consultant to social organizations in the city. Sarms is also a member of a National Lawyers Guild, the National Committee of War Resisters League and the Iraqi Transnational Collective - a grassroots collective of Iraqis working for a just Iraq, with members in over 10 cities around the world.

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