A voice of conscience for peace, justice, human rights, and intercultural encounter
Mark your calendars for our 9th annual commemoration of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year's celebration will include live music, readings - including excerpts of the UN's Declaration - and Fort Wayne's own social justice leaders sharing "Why I Do What I Do!" It is sure to be an evening of inspiration...
January 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of Kahlil Gibran's beloved "The Prophet." Dr. Michael Spath will discuss the spiritual classic, connecting it with larger themes from Gibran's life and work, and explore what it means for us today. Those attending will be invited to share their Kahlil Gibran quotes. Free! Open to the public. Masks strongly...
ICMEP is delighted to host Terry Dougherty’s good friend, Baktash Ahadi. Baktash’'s current projects address Peace and Justice issues both globally and locally. His most recent documentaries deal with the US exit from Afghanistan (August 2021) and with the life of Afghan refugees as they arrive in the USA. Executive Producer of the National Geographic...
In A Surgeon under Israeli Occupation, Dr. Shawki Harb shares his experiences about Palestine and life as a Palestinian surgeon practicing medicine under Israeli occupation from 1975 to 2003, at the Ramallah Hospital and teaching at Al Quds Medical School in Jerusalem. He also describes his medical school training in Germany and specialty training in the...
ICMEP is delighted to host Edward Curtis for a fascinating look into a new chapter in the diverse history of central Indiana, IUPUI Professor Edward Curtis’s film explores the first Arabic-speaking neighborhood in Indianapolis, the founding of St. George Church in the 1920s, the establishment of a prominent Arab American business on Monument circle, the...
Israeli and international human rights organizations (Yesh Din and B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International), Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, the United Church of Christ, Presbyterian Church USA, and others have designated Israel an “apartheid state.” And South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has described Israel’s apartheid as worse than...
Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian organizer and the Executive Director of Adalah Justice Project. She is a co-founder of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and was co-chair of the Steering Committee for the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (2015-2018). Sandra was the Palestinian liaison with the St. Louis Black community when Michael Brown was murdered in Ferguson, MO...
Our month-long commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba continues with an evening hearing from Philip Farah. Philip Farah is a Palestinian Christian born and raised in East Jerusalem. He immigrated to the US in 1978 at age 27. He has lived, studied, and worked in several countries in the Middle East. Philip is...
Join ICMEP and our cohost, the Chicago Faith Coalition for Middle East Policy, for this important webinar. Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American businessman, will speak, and we will hear stories shared from 1948 Nakba survivors. This will be a fascinating and moving presentation, and we do hope that you'll join us for the second installment of...
This will be the final interview of our series commemorating The Nakba @ 75: The Ongoing Palestinian Catastrophe, and you will not want to miss it! Phil Weiss is the founder of the must-read daily web-based news source, Mondoweiss, covering American foreign policy in the Middle East from a "progressive Jewish perspective." It fosters greater...