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ABOUT US Gaza Freedom March Working Group (GFM-WG)
This working group is made up of volunteers active during the first Gaza Freedom March.
- Felice Gelman works on Palestine issues with WESPAC Foundation. She is on the board of the Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, and recently organized a New York area delegation to Gaza.
- Dina Kennedy is a member of American Palestinian Women's Association and a U.S. coordinator for Free Gaza.
- Ehab Lotayef is a Montreal-based writer and engineer, and a veteran activist in the struggle for Palestinian rights.
- Nancy Murray is president of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation and a long time activist for civil and human rights
- Ann Wright is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former U.S. diplomat who resigned in opposition to the Iraq war and co-leader in 2009 of three CODEPINK delegations to Gaza and one delegation to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Gael Murphy is co-chair of the legislative committee of United for Peace and Justice and a cofounder of CODEPINK. Murphy is the contact person for the Elected Officials Outreach Committee.
- Ziyaad Lunat is the contact person for the European Outreach Committee. He is an activist for Palestine and a former BBC journalist. He was the head of the Palestine Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Pam Rasmussen is on the steering committee of Peace Action Montgomery and was an International Solidarity Movement volunteer in the West Bank. Rasmussen is the contact person for the Peace and Justice Outreach Committee.
| - Max Ajl is a writer, graduate student in political science and member of the Israel-Palestine Committee of Brooklyn for Peace. He is co-chair of the Media Outreach Committee.
- Sandra Ruch is the Canadian coordinator for the march. She lives in Toronto and is the administrative coordinator for the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, on the steering committee of Independent Jewish Voices and Gaza coordinator for CODEPINK Toronto.
- Desiree Fairooz is a CODEPINK member and has been involved with other organizations in the Metroplex such as the Dallas Peace Center and the Arlington Peace Center. She also takes part in many pre-war demonstrations, marches, and anti-war actions.
- David Heap is a life-long peace and social justice activist. A University of Western Ontario faculty member (French & linguistics), he is particularly connects with academics and students at the universities in Gaza. He hopes to help foster people-to-people links which build solidarity with Palestine.
- Basem Emara has been a developer and consultant for dozens of Internet projects for educational, advocacy, and non-profit organizations. Leverages the power of the web for GFM to effectively apply the best that today’s technology has to offer on a local, national, and international level.
- Wendy Goldsmith has been a social worker in London for the past 20 years, working with children, families, newcomers, survivors of abuse and women's groups. She is committed to promoting peace and social justice.
- Salena Tramel is the Grassroots International Program Coordinator for the Middle East and Haiti.
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