BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31545@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230823T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230823T140000 DTSTAMP:20230815T203526Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/lunch-learn-with-dr-mazin-qumsiyeh/ SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh DESCRIPTION:FARMINGTON HILLS\, MI\n\nThe Congregation for Humanistic Judais m and Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit invite you to a Lunch &\; Learn wi th Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh. Mazin and his wife Jessie will explore diversity an d decolonization of minds and nature\, and challenges to climate justice a nd human rights in Israel-Palestine and globally . A light lunch will be s erved.\n\nOur planet is suffering from human-induced climate change\, over -exploitation\, habitat destruction\, pollution\, wars\, colonialism\, and other effects. These cause massive destabilization and suffering that imp act all living forms. Sustainable human and natural communities are achiev able and dependent on creating nature-based solutions.\n\nDr. Mazin B. Qum siyeh will discuss examples of challenges and solutions with a focus on Pa lestine.\n\nMazin mentions in his book Sharing the Land of Canaan about peaceful coexistence between the different ethnicities and religions in Pa lestine and Israel. A great many of Palestine’s ancestral farmlands and orchards have been destroyed\; bulldozed and replanted with non-native pin e trees. These pine plantings have been at the expense of native biodivers ity and have been the cause of much wildfire the past few years\, subseque ntly causing erosion and ecological disaster. Meanwhile\, much of the wate r flow to the West Bank has drained wetlands and water tables\, causing fu rther depletion of biodiversity. These are some of the issues that Mazin a nd his wife Jessie will explore.\n\nA renown Palestinian-American author\, educator and activist\, Mazin formerly worked at Tennessee\, Duke\, and Y ale Universities in the medical field. He returned to Palestine in 2008\, and currently is a professor at Bethlehem University. He is the founder an d director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University (palestinenature.org). Both he and Jessie a re volunteers at PIBS. He has published widely on the topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. He oversaw a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biod iversity Strategy and Action Plan to empowerment projects with farmers\, w omen\, and children. The programs he and his wife created have impacted th ousands.\n\nPlease RSVP so we prepare enough food. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-16-at-00.31.19.png LOCATION:Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit\, 28611 West 12 Mile Road\, Farmington Hills\, 48334\, United States GEO:42.498984;-83.330478 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28611 West 12 Mile Road\, F armington Hills\, 48334\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Congreg ation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit:geo:42.498984,-83.330478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR