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2017 NMM Program Book (PDF, 14MB) W f , k ed t. widad al Ghoul, age 11 Village of Al Seifa, Northern Gaza #JvP all in #jvp 2017 T e Overview Welcome ............................................................ 1 JVP Guiding Principles ...................................... 3 Overview of Events ............................................ 5 Follow JVP and the NMM: Building a Community of Respect and Trust .... 7 Hashtags Accessibility, Shabbat, and Childcare ............... 9 #JVP ALL IN BDS Movement Victories .................................. 11 #JVP 2017 Facebook jewishvoiceforpeace Programming Instagram Jews of Color and/or Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews jewishvoiceforpeace Day in Solidarity with Palestine ........................ 15 Tumblr Schedule At A Glance ........................................ 17 jewishvoiceforpeace Friday, March 31st ............................................... 19 Twitter st Saturday, April 1 ............................................... 21 jvplive Sunday, April 2nd .................................................29 Snapchat Keynote Speakers .............................................. 37 jvplive Staf .................................................................... 45 Website Sponsors .............................................................47 jvp.org Getting around Use the JVP National Member Meeting App to get info about Chicago Food Guide ......................................... 61 workshops and presenters, view Hotel Map ..........................................................62 a map of the hotel, connect with fellow members, and more. Download the app by searching “JVP 2017” on the App Store or on Google Play. Jewish Voice for Peace Back Cover: 1611 Telegraph Ave, Suite 1020, Oakland, CA 94612 From the film Flying Paper (510) 465–1777 www.flyingpaper.org O overview | Page 1 overview | Page 2 Wm! T Dear JVP Members and Friends, I have been to enough JVP National Member Meetings by now to know just how transformative and powerful they can be, and how they propel our work, relation- nmm Core team Accessibility team Board of Directors advisory Board ships, and strategies forward for the two long years between each gathering. Samantha Brotman Billie Rain-Shadid Grace Lile Udi Aloni Stefanie Fox Tallie Ben Daniel President Ed Asner Grieving the war on Gaza together in 2015, holding a workshop on legislative Natasha Perlis Elana Baurer Rabbi Linda Holtzman Rabbi Buzz Bogage outreach that jump-started our Congress program in 2013, and gathering commu- Rabbi Alissa Wise Ilana Lerman Vice-President Daniel Boyarin nity input on our BDS policy in 2011, stand out in my mind as key moments of our Ilana Rossof Seth Morrison Judith Butler growth that happened at NMMs. And the amazing thing is that you can ask anyone Jesse Yurow Treasurer Debra Chasnof else and probably their key moments are diferent than mine. The richness and Program Committee Jimmy Pasch Glen Hauer Sami Chetrit variety of the thinking and approaches might be a little overwhelming, but also Ari Wohlfeiler Sam Katz Secretary Noam Chomsky hopefully ofer everyone – from those at their frst JVP event to those who have been Chelsea Noriega Stefanie Fox Karen Ackerman Rami Elhanan here since the beginning – an opportunity to think in new and deeper ways. EE Miller Phyllis Bennis Eve Ensler Michael Deheeger * ז״ל Scout Bratt Ronnie Gilbert We don’t yet know in exactly what new directions this year’s NMM will take us. Rabbi Alissa Wise Rabbinical Council JoEllen Chernow Goapele But this year especially, I am quite sure that being together to think through how Rachel Brown Co-Chairs Beth Harris Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb to tackle the new reality we are living in will help all of us to have the strength, Rachel Buf Rabbi Brian Walt Jessie Spector Adam Hochschild determination, skills, and analysis we need to bring to all of the fghts that we are Rebecca Vilkomerson Rabbi Laurie Zimmer- Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz contributing to at home. Scout Bratt man Board Members who Naomi Klein Shachaf Polakow B et k completed their service Tony Kushner Putting on an event like this one takes an enormous amount Stefanie Fox tg l artist and Cultural since the last NMM: George Lakof of work and planning. From our phenomenal speakers to Tallie Ben Daniel n i n workers Council Jethro Eisenstein Aurora Levins-Morales our registration process, to the design of this book itself, w Steering Committee Cindy Greenberg Rela Mazali and everything in between, countless hours were spent to t n, ert, JOCSm Day Elijah Oberman Lev Hirschhorn Robert Meeropol make the 2017 NMM an experience to cherish. * ז״ל ss y .. Planning team Una Osato Donna Nevel Michael Ratner * ז״ל Ilise Cohen Shachaf Polakow James Schamus Adrienne Rich Enormous thanks to everyone who made the NMM possible. In this book you’ll see Sydney Levy Tamar Sharabi Rebecca Subar Sarah Schulman the names of the members of the many teams who contributed to bringing us all Tallie Ben Daniel Wendy Somerson Wallace Shawn together: the JVP Staf, our Board, our Accessibility Team, our Hospitality Team, Billie Rain-Shadid Michael Shimkin the Program Committee, and our Jews of Color and/or Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews Day academic advisory Avi Shlaim Team. Chicago hospitality Council Steering Cecilie Surasky team Committee Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman I want to especially thank the Core Planning Team: Stefanie Fox, Rabbi Alissa Wise, * ז״ל Howard Zinn Samantha Brotman, and Natasha Perlis. They oversaw every detail of the NMM David Orkin Judith Butler with enormous grace, spirit, and smarts and we are all in their debt! Lynn Pollack Katherine Franke Michael Deheeger Donna Nevel See you in the halls and at the sessions, Samantha Brotman James Schamus Susan Etscovitz Rebecca Vilkomerson *Of blessed memory Rebecca Vilkomerson overview | Page 3 overview | Page 4 J i Pis HROUGH CREATIVE STRATEGIZING AND BRAVE ACTION, JVP members forge our commu- nity rooted in shared commitments. And at a time when political elites draw on fear and T racism to gain power, we unwaveringly uphold the values that have always made up our collective voice for justice. We know that there is too much at stake not to hold this work deep in our hearts. The following guiding principles arm the strategies that many of us discussed at the 2015 National Member Meeting: Transform Jewish Communities, Sustain and Support our Allies in the Movement, Win Campaigns to Challenge Oppression and Build Power, Shift Culture and Public Discourse, and Build Capacity and Scale. In short, this is how we win: Grassroots organizing, leadership development, and relationships respect for the humanity of all people We believe that global systems of power that uphold injustice can be changed by We believe parity of power will create opportunities for peace between individuals grassroots movements. We build grassroots power through relationships that move and globally. Our vision of peace, justice, and equality for all people guides our //1 people to action. //4 work. the capacity for people to change Jewish communities centered around justice Foundational to our work for justice and peace is believing people, organizations, and We are inspired by Jewish traditions to work for justice, and such work is part of our communities are dynamic. We create space for people to move and transform. We own liberation. We work to build Jewish communities that refect the understanding encourage continual learning, skill-development, and political education for people that being Jewish and Judaism are not synonymous with Zionism or support for to evolve in their thinking and deepen their investment in action to realize justice for Israel. Our work is part of a broader struggle and commitment to end racism, 2// all people. //5 anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry, and all forms of oppression. Solidarity and accountability Flexibility and tenacity for the long haul As part of the global movement for justice in Palestine, we work in close partnership As an organization, and as individual activists, we understand that this is long-term with a broad spectrum of allies, partners, faith-based, peace, and social justice work and the change we seek likely won’t happen quickly or through just one strat- organizations in the U.S., Palestine/Israel, and beyond. We seek to be accountable to egy. We enable broad participation, employ multiple approaches, adapt based on 3// those directly afected by Israel’s discriminatory and violent policies and practices, //6 what we are learning, and honor the diverse contributions of activists and leaders. while working to efectively build and accountably deploy our power as American Jews and allies. overview | Page 5 overview | Page 6 ing practices to make your activism sustainable. No matter where you are looking to Oi expand and enrich your organizing, there is something here for you. We hope you will check out workshops where you’d be a beginner, and also those in which you have a lot to bring to the conversation. If you are here with your chapter o t or council, you can all go to diferent workshops and bring your learnings back to your chapter intentionally in the weeks to come. Dear Friends, Cultural work is deeply woven into the schedule this weekend. In Welcome to the 2017 National Member Meeting: All In! W addition to cultural worker speakers on our plenaries and in every qi workshop block, the Gaza Mono-Logues performance on Saturday This political moment demands we give all we have and resist together: ALL IN! b k u night is a bold, innovative production accompanied
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