An Evening with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, cofounder of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (palestinenature.org).
Prof. Qumsiyeh was born and raised in Beit Sahour on the outskirts of Bethlehem. His evolving world views have been shaped by living under Israeli occupation, the education he received at universities in the Middle East, the U.S., and years of extensive travel throughout the world. After obtaining a doctorate in Zoology and Genetics from Texas Tech, he trained at the St. Jude Children Research Hospital and taught at the University of Tennessee, Duke, and then at Yale. He is author of 190 scientific papers, hundreds of articles, and several books on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer.
After returning to Palestine in 2008, Mazin and his wife Jessie Chang founded and run (as volunteers) the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability and the Palestine Museum of Natural History—both situated on the Bethlehem University campus.
Massachusetts events with Professor Qumsiyeh:
Wednesday, December 4th, 1:00 pm. Decolonizing People and Nature in Palestine and Globally Frederick Douglass Unity House, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Rd., Dartmouth, MA
Wednesday, December 4th, 7:00 pm. First Parish In Lincoln, 4 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, First Parish Church Lincoln
Thursday, December 5th, 7:00 pm. Environmental Justice and Genocide First Baptist Church JP, 633 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, First Baptist Church JP
Friday, December 6th, 7:30 pm. Where Can We Go From Here: Resistance, Solidarity and Building Community, with Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Community Church of Boston JP, 565 Boylston St., Boston MA. Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, JVP Boston, CCB
Saturday, December 7th, 2:15 pm. Where Can We Go From Here: Resistance, Solidarity and Building Community, with Mark Braverman, Executive Director, Kairos USA Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA Sponsored by the GRALTA Foundation, MAPA Ed Fund, NENJP
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