BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250804T210941EDT-7586A093j4@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250805T010941Z DESCRIPTION:“Advancing social justice through rights based practice in the Middle East: ICAN ɬ﷬”\n\n \n\nICAN\n\nThe International Community Acti on Network (ICAN)\, formerly known as the ɬ﷬ Middle East Program (MMEP )\, is committed to creating a world in which all people share the same ri ghts. We believe that social justice is the most reliable foundation for s trong\, healthy\, and tolerant communities. Since 1997\, ICAN hasestablish ed 11 community centres in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Palesti ne\, Jordan and Israel.  These ICAN centres provides basic human rights su ch as legal aid\, education\, housing\, and much\, much more to over 120\, 000 people each year\, implementing programs that engage\, educate and emp ower the citizens most affected by conflict\, economic hardship\, and inst ability. \n\nAmal Elsana Alhjooj is one of the key shapers of public opini on regarding the status of the Arab minority and the status of women in Is rael. In 2010\, she was chosen by The Marker (Israeli business publication ) as 1 of the 101 most influential people in Israel\; was one of the women leaders recognized in 2005 by the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises for her contributions to economic empowerment programs for Bed ouin Arab women. She has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Sh e is the founding director of AJEEC - Arab Jewish Center for Equality\, Em powerment and Cooperation and co-director of NISPED - Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development. As a former graduate of the ICAN Fell owship Program\, Amal has returned to ɬ﷬ to pursue a Ph.D and become t he new Executive Director here at the International Community Action Netwo rk (ICAN) in ɬ﷬'s School of Social Work. \n\nSami Al Kilani began his career as a physicist and poet\, and was an Amnesty prisoner of conscience in the 1980s. He was a delegate to the Madrid Conference and has been a s trong advocate for non-violence since the 1980’s.  Sami is one of the foun ding members of the Arab non‐violence movement\, which meets for one month each summer in Beirut and has evolved into the first Arab University for Non Violence (AUNV). It aims to institutionalize the culture of non‐violen ce in Lebanon and all the Middle East. Sami is the founder of the first RB CP centre in the West Bank and his doctoral thesis explored the implementa tion of the RBCP model in Palestine. Today he is Dean of the Faculty of Ed ucational Sciences at An Najah National University.\n\nDr. Jim Torczyner j oined ɬ﷬ in 1973 after obtaining his D.S.W. from the Univer sity of California\, Berkeley. In 1975\, he founded Project Genesis\, a co mmunity-based grassroots organization that empowers people from diverse ba ckgrounds to advocate for entitlements\, to change social policy\, and to develop alternative community organizations. In 1990\, Professor Torczyner founded the Montreal Consortium for Human Rights Advocacy Training (MCHRA T) which extends multi-disciplinary expertise to groups that have traditio nally lacked access and power such as the disabled\, members of minority g roups\, and homeless youth. In 1994\, Professor Torczyner refocused his at tention primarily on the Middle East and founded The ɬ﷬ Middle East Pr ogram in Civil Society and Peace Building (MMEP)\, now ICAN\, with a belie f that the reduction of inequality and the promotion of civil society are intricately related to peace building.\n\n \n\nYou are invited to Homecomi ng 2016. Mark your calendars and join us on Thursday\, October 27\, 2016 i n the Wendy Patrick Room in Wilson Hall\, School of Social Work.  \n\nThis is your chance to:\n\nReconnect with friends\, relive your student days\, find out what's new in Social Work and discover how alumni like you are m aking a huge difference.\n\n \n DTSTART:20161027T220000Z DTEND:20161028T000000Z SUMMARY:The Kagedan Lecture of Social Work and Human Rights. “Advancing so cial justice through rights based practice in the Middle East: ICAN ɬ﷬ ” URL:/socialwork/channels/event/kagedan-lecture-social- work-and-human-rights-advancing-social-justice-through-rights-based-practi ce-261481 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR