Albany: Talk by director of West Bank Quaker school
Date : 13 February 2010
From : 7:00pm
To : 9:00pm
Category : Education
Location : 12208
Event Description :
Joyce Ajlouny is in her sixth year as the director of the Ramallah Friends School (RFS), located in the West Bank/Palestine, about 15 miles north of Jerusalem. She will speak about the important impact that the RFS has had on the community throughout its 140 year history as a leading school in the Middle East. She will also describe her personal challenges, as well as those of the RFS community of students and teachers, which result from living and working under a military occupation.
Ms. Ajlouny is a member of the Ramallah Monthly Meeting and is one of the very few Palestinian Quakers left in the country. She is a graduate of RFS and also a parent of three boys who attend the school at present. Her job involves oversight of the functioning of both the lower and upper school campuses. This includes ensuring the rigorous academic program develops to meet the modern day challenges, fundraising, community building and administration.
Refreshments and a question and answer period will follow the presentation. Donations to RFS as well as Joyce Ajlouny's ministry account will be welcomed.
Cost: Free.
Location:
Friends Meeting House
727 Madison Ave
Albany, NY 12208
Map and directions at: Map and directions: maps.google.com...
Contact: 518 766-2992, or via the email address below.
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