Khaled Alqaddumi
|
Khaled was born in Jordan and migrated to Kuwait with his family in 1972 where he finished high school. In high school, he was heavily involved in the activism space, as a student and head member of the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS). GUPS focused on educating the public, organizing demonstrations, and raising money for the people of Palestine.
He came to the USA in 1983 to study business finance at the University of Louisiana. As a student, he was again an active member of the GUPS and became president while attending university. Projects included explaining the Palestinian cause to the American public and organizing students to work for the cause. He moved to Connecticut in 1987 and started his own business in Hartford. He is a strong advocate of the Palestinian people, employs Palestinian workers, helps them to settle in CT, and to open businesses of their own. He motivates fellow Palestinians to become active in the community and has worked with Palestinian American Congress, non-profit SAMS children, Tree of Life, and the United Holy Land Fund. |
John Fussell
|
A career trade unionist and labor lawyer, John represented Teamsters and Building Trades Unions before his retirement in 2023. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Dr. Mina.
He previously served as Vice-President of the Tree of Life Educational Fund, a non-profit corporation established by the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT to provide journeys of cross-cultural and transnational travel experiences, interfaith conferences and educational opportunities. In this role he traveled to Palestine numerous times including leading delegations of U.S. trade unionists to Palestine in 2015 and 2017. John was a founder of the Connecticut Anti-Apartheid Committee which succeeded in passing divestment legislation through the Connecticut legislature in support of the struggle for freedom and equality in South Africa. John and Mina have two grown daughters, Leila and Maya. |
Nancy Mansour serves as the Executive Director of Eyewitness Palestine, an educational program that inspires and trains participants to be accountable social justice advocates for Palestine and within their own communities. Nancy Mansour is also the co-founder of Existence is Resistance, a grassroots organization dedicated to the liberation of Palestine. Renowned for her unwavering dedication and bold spirit, Mansour has years upon years of experience advocating for justice in Palestine and working for collective liberation across social justice movements. She tirelessly lends her presence to a myriad of US-based Palestinian solidarity events and serves as a strong voice for Palestine in the US, the UK, and across the globe.
|
Osama Amous
|
Ph.D Engineering Science
Minor in Information Systems and Decision Science Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Bachelor of Science in Computer Science LA. State Government Employee State Government Retirement Researcher. Adjunct Faculty at FRANU former Adjunct Faculty at LSU former Vice President of LSU Alpha Pi Mu President of Palestinian American Society of Engineers (PASE) Member of Higher Council of General Union of Palestinian Engineers (GUPE) former National General Secretary of General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS). |
Mohammad Eirefaei
|
-
|