Brown Bag Biography with JVP

November 21, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, KUY 410

The Center for Biographical Research presents: / “The Place of Jewish Voice for Peace in Hawaiʻi: An Intergenerational Roundtable”/ Moderated by Cynthia G. Franklin, Professor, Department of English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa / Featuring panelists Imani Altemus-Williams, Josie Brody, Rose Elovitz, George Hudes, and Julie Warech / In this roundtable, panelists review the history of Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai‘i, including its founding in 2014, and its revival and new leadership in 2023. Panelists share their own relationship to Judaism. They also reflect on how and why they became involved in JVP, the work this organization has done and is currently doing, and the role they see JVP-Hawai‘i playing in the community as an anti-Zionist, Jewish-led, organization supporting the liberation of Palestine. / Cosponsored by Students and Faculty for Justice in Palestine at 51 (SFJP@51), Hamilton Library, Conflict and Peace Specialist, Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: Native Hawaiian Initiative, the Center for Oral History, the School of Communication & Information, the School of Cinematic Arts, and the Departments of American Studies, Anthropology, English, Ethnic Studies, Political Science, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies / Thursday, November 21 / Kuykendall 410 / 12PM to 1:15PM HST


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