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7:30pm - 9 pm Eastern / / 6:30pm - 8:00 pm Central
via Zoom
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Join Churches for Middle East Peace's Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations, Kyle Cristofalo, for an advocacy training on The Palestinian Children and Families Act, HR 2590. UN Reporting indicates that since President Biden has taken office, Israel has demolished over 1,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank resulting in the displacement of 1,300 Palestinians and further annexation of Palestinian land. Despite the realities of COVID, Palestinian youth in the West Bank have continued to face abuse and detention within the Israeli military system. HR 2590, The Palestinian Children and Families Act, introduced by Rep. Betty McCollum seeks to ensure no US taxpayer funds are utilized by the Israeli military for these purposes.
Kyle Cristofalo
Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations/Special Advisor to the Executive Director
Kyle holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Messiah College, and a Master of Divinity Degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. Kyle was first introduced to Middle East advocacy work during a semester abroad in Cairo, Egypt. After graduating from college, Kyle spent 10 months serving with the Mennonite Central Committee in Bethlehem, Palestine, where he was seconded to work with Bethlehem Bible College. Most recently, Kyle served as the Program Assistant for Middle East Policy at the Friends Committee on Legislation where he helped coordinate lobbying work on Middle East policy and trained grassroots advocates on how to lobby their Congressional representatives.
Brian Evans
Mobilization Manager
Brian holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a Masters's in Middle East Studies from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, before joining Amnesty International as a Country Specialist focusing on Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman. Since then, he has worked for many years as an advocacy organizer and campaigner on several human rights issues, including U.S. human rights abuses in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, capital punishment in the U.S. and worldwide, and the prosecution of children as adults in the U.S. criminal legal system.
7:30 pm - 9 pm Eastern // 6:30 pm - 8 pm Central
via Zoom
Link provided upon registration
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