N.C. Peace Action Peacemaker Award Dinner

Dr. Mark Perlmutter, an orthopedic surgeon returned from a medical mission to Gaza. President of the World Surgical Foundation, he has joined over 40 medical missions to North, Central and South America. "His work has been featured on Democracy Now! , CBS News, and Lauren Steiner will interview him at our 2024 Peacemaker Dinner."

Hashem Amireh, a doctoral student in economics is President of the UNC Graduate Student Union and the UNC Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). An activist in the encampment at UNC- Chapel Hill, the encampment drew activists from UNC, Duke, NC State chapters of Students for JVP and Jewish Voice for Peace. Student protestors faced arrest, suspension.

Lauren Steiner is an activist, organizer and independent journalist based in Asheville, NC. She has fought against fracking, the climate crisis, education privatization and the Trans Pacific Partnership and for net neutrality, clean energy, Medicare for All, racial, economic and environmental justice and Palestinian human rights. On her internet show The Robust Opposition, she interviews organizers, activists, authors and progressive elected officials and candidates.

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