Please plan to attend as we have a great Keynote Speaker: Joyce Ajlouney, AFSC General Secretary. For those of you who do not know Joyce, a brief bio follows for Joyce.
Joyce Ajlouny has served AFSC since September 2017, where she is responsible for the organization s worldwide peace and social justice programs and advocacy. Before this appointment, Joyce served for 13 years as the Director of the Ramallah Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine. For 14 years prior to that, Joyce worked in international development and relief as a United Nations consultant, as a Country Director for the Palestinian territories and Israel for Oxfam GB, and as a program officer and manager at various UN agencies. A lifelong Quaker, Joyce grew up in Palestine and attended the Ramallah Friends School herself for her elementary and secondary education. She is a member of Ramallah Monthly Meeting and attends several monthly meetings in the U.S.
We are very excited about this year s theme Knowing, Being, Doing and Joyce Ajlouney as our keynote speaker and we hope you will be able to attend.