Civic Diplomacy and Peace Activism
Co-Director: International Council of Diplomacy and Dialogue
Executive Committee of the UNESCO Chair for Genocide Prevention
Chair of the Executive Committee: US Academics for Peace
Advisory Board: Brussels International War Crimes Tribunal
Advisory Board: Conscience International
Member: International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes against Humanity in Iraq
Advisory Board: Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (Human Rights)
Works Undertaken
Kyoto Peace Conference at International Christian University, Osawa, Japan; September, 2021
Kyev School of Diplomatic: Ukraine; August, 2021
Work with political and social leaders of Lebanese society; May 2021
Skype: Mediation: Azeris and Armenians; May, 2021
“Yemen Can’t Wait!” Campaign for the Liberation of Yemeni Women
“Human Rights in Yemen” Riyadh for International Human Rights Day: UN; December 10, 2020
Paris Peace Forum; November 2020
T-20 Summit: Riyadh; October 31, 2020
Zoom Series of Symposia and Podcasts: “The Crisis” with International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue; July 23, 2020
Zoom with Yemeni Associations of Civil Society; September-October, 2020
Skype Meeting with Roma Prime Minister; March 23, 2020
Skype Meetings with Free Lawyers Association of Syria; January-March, 2020
Doha International Peace Forum in Qatar; December 3-5, 2019
Paris Peace Forum; September 11-13, 2019
UN Meetings: Days of Peace in Geneva: Meetings with the Yemen Delegation, and Israeli Ambassador Permanent Representative to UN: CAP Freedom of Conscience; September 17-19, 2019
Oslo Peace Center; June 12, 2019
Global Consortium Against Bigotry and Hate; April 25, 2019
International Expert Forum on Tolerance and Xenophobia: Athens; October 22, 2018
International Delegation to meet with Nour Dine (Shaik Suleiman Sidibe) at University of Kankan, University of Guinea; April 2018
Steering Committee for “Arab World—Humanitarian Aid” Conference at the UN House (Geneva); March, 2018
Protecting the Future: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism (Moscow); November 1-2, 2016
Conference on Human Rights in the Soviet Union, Sponsored by the Russian Jewish Congress (Moscow); October, 2016
International Forum of the Ninth International Conference: Lessons of the Holocaust and Contemporary Russia, Sponsored by the Russian Holocaust Fund and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte-Munich (Moscow); June 22, 2015
Delegation with Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry to Congressional Representatives (Washington DC); September 17, 2014.
Delegation with Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry (Ukraine); August 2014
Delegation with US Academics for Peace (Tehran, Iran); January 18-26, 2014
Speech for the “Voices of the Free Syrian Children” Benefit Concert at the Kaufman Center (New York City); October 26, 2013
International Conference on Peacekeeping at the New York Theological Seminary (New York City); May 23, 2013
Meeting with the Iranian Mission to the United Nations (New York City); September 24, 2012
Consultations with Syrian Exile Community (USA and Europe); 2012
Meetings with Hakiyetu (Our Rights), A Congolese NGO; 2011-2012
Meetings with Social Democratic Activists (Cairo); 2011
International Conference on Circassian Genocide; Meetings with Georgian Officials: Georgia (Tbilisi); 2010
Conference and Meetings with Township Leaders in South Africa (Cape Town); 2009
Meetings with Political and Civic Leaders in Darfur (Nyala) and Sudan (Khartoum); 2008
American Mideast Leadership Network: Conference of Syrian and American (Rutgers) Students (New Brunswick, NJ); 2008
Meetings with Political and Civic Leaders in Darfur (El Fasher) and Sudan (Khartoum); 2006
Meetings with Political and Civic Leaders, Center for Strategic Services (Iran); 2005
Meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Ministry (Damascus); 2005
Conference Organizer: “Impasse: Alternative Voices in the Middle East” at Columbia University (New York City); 2004
International Conference Participant: “A Just Peace for Israel-Palestine” (Brussels); 2004
Meetings with Civic Leaders in Israel and Occupied Territories, Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace; 2004
International Conference on Human Rights, Mofid University (Qom, Iran); 2003