They Deserve to Know More
Thursday, July 31st at 7:30pm
Peace & Justice Center, 60 Lake St, Burlington

Join the Peace & Justice Center as we hear from Meg Audette-Nikolic about her experiences living in Jerusalem and working in Palestinian territories. Ms. Audette-Nikolic will speak about the region at this moment in history, including how moderate Palestinians and Israelis are responding to a crisis fueled by extremist beliefs. The current crisis in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Israel is creating untold hardship for civilians. In the Gaza Strip, the ongoing Israeli operation "Protective Edge" has resulted in a high number of casualties, the majority of whom are civilian according to the United Nations. In the West Bank, there have been ongoing search and arrest campaigns carried out by Israeli Security Forces on Palestinian cities and towns on a regular basis. In Israel, in spite of the protection afforded by the government's Iron Dome defense system, civilians across the country are experiencing disruptions in their everyday lives due to rocket attacks. In the middle of this crisis are ordinary civilians on all sides that are living in a climate of fear, separation, and misinformation.

Meg Audette-Nikolic is an international aid worker with more than six years’ experience working in the Palestinian territories. Since she first went to work in the Middle East in 2003, she has worked on development and relief initiatives funded by the US government, the European Union, and AusAID in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In her current work with the United Nations Agency for Relief and Works for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Meg works on strategic planning, monitoring, and evaluation. A graduate of the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Meg is committed to finding just solutions to global inequality and poverty and has additionally worked in Sierra Leone, Nicaragua, the Balkans, and Southeast Asia. She and her husband Ivan live in Jerusalem and own a house in Essex Junction.

Please note that Ms. Audette-Nikolic is not a spokesperson for UNRWA or the United Nations. The views and opinions shared at this event do not reflect official United Nations positions. For further information on UNRWA, please visit www.unrwa.org.

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