JUSTICE FOR KURDS INC
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
JUSTICE FOR KURDS AIMS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH CONFERENCES, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND PUBLIC EVENTS AND GENERATE AND ADVANCE DIALOGUE WITH CONSTITUENTS, ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES, THOUGHT LEADERS AND THINK TANKS RELATED TO THE KURDS, FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION. IN 2020, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED AND ORGANIZED MANY ACTIVITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE KURDISH CAUSE IN THE UNITED STATES. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, IN JANUARY 2020, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A FILM RETROSPECTIVE WHERE THE TWO FILMS PESHMERGA AND THE BATTLE OF MOSUL, WHICH FEATURES KURDISH SOLDIERS BATTLING ISIS, WERE SCREENED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS QUAD CINEMA IN NEW YORK AND THE NUART THEATER IN LOS ANGELES. DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC WERE HELD FOLLOWING THESE SCREENINGS AND HELPED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE KURDISH CAUSE AMONG MOVIE-GOERS. IN FEBRUARY 2020, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A ROBUST CONFERENCE IN COLLABORATION WITH YALE UNIVERSITY'S JACKSON INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS. JUSTICE FOR KURDS, WITH YALE, CONVENED LEADING ACADEMIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL FIGURES INCLUDING BRETT MCGURK, STEFAN DE MISTURA, JANINE DI GIOVANNI, THE CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF JUSTICE FOR KURDS, DAVID PETRAEUS, SIR GRAEME LAMB, AMBASSADOR RYAN CROCKER, KARIM SADJADPOUR AND WITH STUDENTS TO DISCUSS THE KURDS AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A SPECIAL FREE SCREENING OF CAROLINE FOUREST'S FILM, SISTERS IN ARMS, FOR STUDENTS FOLLOWED BY A VIBRANT DISCUSSION. JUSTICE FOR KURDS ALSO SUPPORTED RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA IN WHICH THE THINK TANK'S SCHOLARS DELVED INTO THE COMPLEXITY OF KURDISH AND REGIONAL QUESTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTED THE DEMOCRATIC AND UNIVERSAL VALUES EXEMPLIFIED BY THE KURDS. THIS PARTNERSHIP LED TO SCHOLARLY PAPERS BEING PUBLISHED, PRESS COVERAGE AND THE REINFORCING OF ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL TIES IN THE SPHERE OF KURDISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$646.9KProgram 2 [2020]
JUSTICE FOR KURDS PROVIDED PUBLIC, FREE PROGRAMMING IN THE FORM OF MANY ZOOM EVENTS, ONCE THE PANDEMIC WAS UNDER WAY, AND CONVENING IN PERSON WAS NO LONGER FEASIBLE.THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED SEVERAL EVENTS WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR PEACEBUILDING AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUDED SPEAKERS FROM THE WILSON CENTER AND MIDDLE EAST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. JUSTICE FOR KURDS ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CONCORDIA SUMMIT, A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT FACILITATES MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. TOGETHER THEY HOSTED AN EVENT WITH GENERAL SIRWAN BARZANI, THE KURDISH MILITARY COMMANDER OF THE KURDISTAN REGION'S COMMANDER OF SECTOR 6 WHO DEFENDED ERBIL AGAINST ISIS. IN ADDITION, JUSTICE FOR KURDS PRESIDENT BERNARD-HENRI LEVY WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY ON THE TOPIC OF GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, WITH A FOCUS ON KURDISTAN.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$139KJustice For Kurds Awareness Initiative
JUSTICE FOR KURDS AIMS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH CONFERENCES, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND PUBLIC EVENTS AND GENERATE AND ADVANCE DIALOGUE WITH CONSTITUENTS, ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES, THOUGHT LEADERS AND THINK TANKS RELATED TO THE KURDS, FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION.IN 2022 THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED AND SUPPORTED MANY EVENTS TO REINFORCE THIS MISSION. THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND HIGH PROFILE WAS THE NOVEMBER 2022 EVENT TO BRING A DELEGATION TO PARIS TO MEET PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON. ON NOVEMBER 11, 2022, JUSTICE FOR KURDS ORGANIZED THE VISIT OF MASIH ALINEJAD, LADAN BOROUMAND, ROYA PIRAEI AND SHIMA BABAEI, A GROUP OF WOMEN ACTIVISTS TO MEET WITH THE FRENCH PRESIDENT ABOUT SUPPORT FOR THE WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN IRAN. THE MOVEMENT WAS SPARKED AFTER THE MURDER OF A KURDISH WOMAN IN IRAN, MAHSA AMINI, AND THIS IGNITED WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SPEAK OUT FOR WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. JUSTICE FOR KURDS WAS PROUD TO HOST THESE FOUR EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN AND THIS DELEGATION VISIT PROMPTED PUBLIC AWARENESS IN THE US AND IN FRANCE ABOUT THE WOMEN'S PLIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE KURDISH REGIONS OF IRAN. FOLLOWING THIS EVENT, KURDISH ACTIVIST, ROYA PIRAEI, WAS INTERVIEWED FOR TIME MAGAZINE BY ANGELINA JOLIE AND HER STORY OF SURVIVAL AND COURAGE WAS SHARED WITH MILLIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$87.8K
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