my name is diane halley. everyone calls me dee. irdmoum fm th s a wngird raadte and alum from 2001 which is the program that paul spoke to you about earlie and which was actually ver t ishonc. d he. condf n y leadership for the middle east. i undertook my initial visit to the middle east while working as euanaren see t d t, fveus in aenhe dto theuman rights unit from the european parliament, mr. jeffrey hrris, who we are ceaiy go sowpe topog s er. mias ivid el palestine, including gaza, a few weeks after the '08-'09 gaza war. ere posis t athhead enacinat mariaw bthsi riheflt. upon visiting gaza and see hocs toent of devastationo r , so mb ci m in faces, kids on their way to school waving at our convoy, adults peering out from behind their crushed places in du misin09e credible resilience of the people of gaza. and their ability to get on with life because they just had t heee, iembe ar oe f et atsrs lhve i sadat as rockets are fired from gaza towards southern israel. this entire experienceawed asihein wo nt w--o fa to inork anunopn

any name is diane halley. everyone calls me dee. i'm from the santa gardens. washington program graduate and alum from 2001, which is the program paul spoke to you about earlier, which is actually my first time in washington, d.c. and in the u.s i under took my initial visit to the middle i'm also, as patrick said, a co-founder for new story leadership east while working as a human rights and their ability to get on with life because they just had to. at the same time i remember learning of the fear and anxiety that israelis live with every day as rockets are fired from gaza towards southern israel. this entire experience awakened in me a desire to find a way to continue to work in support of palestine and israel and young people in this important part of the world w regard to my washington ireland program experience over 10 years ago, i always felt a sense of indebtedness to the program, which john, who you met earlier this morning on the first panel, is also my fellow alum. so reconnecting with paul costello on facebook in 2009 presented me with an opportuni