Panel Discussion: Bombs, the Blockade, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Please join our brothers and sisters for this panel discussion on the crisis in Yemen.

	Date:	Thursday, Feb 22, 2018
	Time:	4:30 – 6:00 pm
	Location:	University of Washington Kane Hall, Room 110 4069 Spokane Lane Seattle, WA 98105
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	Tickets:	Free

Speakers

• Congressman Adam Smith, Congressional Representative, Washington’s Ninth District
• Kate Kizer, Policy Director at Win Without War (formerly with Yemen Peace Project)
• Kate Gould, Legislative Director for Middle East Peace at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
• Aisha Jumaan, Yemeni-American Activist, President of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
• Amy Hagopian, moderator

Event Details

The UN describes Yemen as having one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. A UNICEF report says 9.6 million children (80% of all the children in Yemen) need humanitarian assistance, and the World Food Program predicts the deaths of 150,000 malnourished children in the next few months. The current cholera outbreak, a direct result of this siege, reached its millionth case and has been characterized as the worst and fastest spreading cholera epidemic in modern history.

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