This session will be a platform for the 5 IREX Community Solutions fellows being hosted at the Carter School to discuss their projects–their goals, program design and plans for implementation upon return to their communities at the end of the fall semester. They are from Bangladesh, Guatemala, Palestine (West Bank), Palestine (Gaza), and Slovakia.

Facilitated by: Jeffrey Helsing, Executive Director, Better Evidence Project, Carter School

Speakers:

Ula Zakaria Hindi, Better Evidence Project

Simona Marcinkova, Program on History, Memory, and Conflict

Yonathan Josue Jimenez Ramirez, Mary Hoch Center on Reconciliation

Niamat Ullah, Better Evidence Project

Karam Al Zaanin, Program on History, Memory, and Conflict

Karina Korostelina, Program on History, Memory, and Conflict

Paid parking is available in Van Metre Parking garage located at 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA, 22201- off of North Kirkland Rd. Located behind Van Metre Building. If parking in garage, take elevator up to first floor and cross pedestrian bridge over to Vernon Smith Hall then take elevator in Vernon Smith Hall building to floor 5. Metered parking available on roads around building.

Register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-solutions-and-peacebuilding-tickets-397187146447

*Sessions may be recorded for documentation purposes and shared on public platforms