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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| Information: | Download event flyer here → | ||
| 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.
