Iraqi Citizens: War And Exile<\/b>
\nNearly a quarter of all Iraqis, more than 4 million people, have fled their homes. The panelists will describe this crisis and discuss the potential for photographers and visual artists to bring human rights issues to public attention, and to advocate for policy change. A question-and-answer session will follow.<\/p>\n
Location: Fordham University, Lincoln Center 113 West 60th Street (at Columbus Ave.), LL Room 816
Tuesday, Feb 5th, 7-9 pm <\/p>\n
Please RSVP to martinezb@humanrightsfirst.org<\/a> or nailya@mindspring.com<\/a><\/p>\n MODERATOR: Fred Ritchin<\/b> \u2013 director of PixelPress<\/a>, creating web sites, books and exhibitions investigating new documentary and promoting human rights. <\/p>\n PANELISTS Sponsored by Fordham Visual Arts Program, Fordham University Center for Peace and Justice, Nailya Alexander Gallery<\/a> 24 W 57 St. #503, and Human Rights First<\/a><\/p>\n * Featuring a multimedia piece by MediaStorm with images from her exhibition: IRAQ: Scars and Exile, January 9 \u2013 February 16 at the Nailya Alexander Gallery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iraqi Citizens: War And Exile Nearly a quarter of all Iraqis, more than 4 million people, have fled their homes. The panelists will describe this crisis and discuss the potential for photographers and visual artists to bring human rights issues to public attention, and to advocate for policy change. A question-and-answer session will follow. Location: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNour Al-khal<\/b> \u2013 an Iraqi translator who worked with the journalist Steven Vincent.
\nMatisse Bustos Hawkes<\/b> \u2013 Communications and Outreach Coordinator at WITNESS<\/a>.
\nLori Grinker<\/b><\/a> \u2013 photographer represented by Contact Press Images*
\nAmelia Templeton<\/b> \u2013 Lifeline for Iraqi Refugees Project at Human Rights First<\/a>. <\/p>\n