MESOP : GREAT EVENT ! – UNITED STATES MEET WITH PYD/PKK & ASSYRIANS & PESHMERGA
Co-Existence through Democratic Autonomy and Self-Governance: The Kurdish Case in Washington DC
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Representative Office in the U.S. and Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC) invite you to a special presentation: Friday, April 29, 2016 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge – 529 14th St NW Washington, DC 20045 – 12:10 ET from Peoples’ Democratic Party; Kurdish Policy Research Center
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Opening Remarks by Deniz Ekici, Executive Director, Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC)
The Crucial Role of Kurds in the Fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
9:30am – 10:45am
Moderator:
Yousif Ismail, Director of Media and Policy at the Washington Kurdish Institute WKI
Speakers:
- Omar Saeed Hasan Saeed, Commander of the Sengal Resistance Units (YBS)
- *Redur Xelil, Spokesperson for People’s Protection Units (YPG)
- *Polar Jangi, Commander of the Pesmerga’s Counter Terrorism Group (CTG)
- *Kino Gabriel, Spokesperson of Syriac Military Council
Question & Answer Session
Ezidi’s and decentralization in Iraq
11:00am – 12:00pm
Moderator:
Kirmanj Gundi, Prof. at Department of Educational Administration and Leadership, Tennessee State University
Speakers:
- David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights in New York
- Khalaf Salih Faris Ali, Representative of Shingal Assembly
Question & Answer Session
The Kurdish Challenge in Syria: Building Democracy in the Shadow of War
1:00pm –02:30pm
Moderator: Deniz Ekici, Executive Director, Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC)
Speakers:
- *Salih Muslim, Co-Chairman of Democratic Union Party
- Amberin Zaman, Journalist, Columnist for portal Diken, and for Al Monitor Pulse of The Middle East.
- Mehmet Gurses, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University
Question & Answer Session
Keynote Speaker: The Kurds of Turkey: Civil War, Self-Administration, and the Peace Process 2:45pm – 3:45pm
Moderator: Omer Taspinar, National Security Strategist at National War College
- Selahattin Demirtas, Co-Chair of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
Please RSVP at event@kprc.us to confirm your participation
* Through Video Conference
CONTACT: KPRC: 202-701-3175
SOURCE Peoples’ Democratic Party; Kurdish Policy Research Center www.mesop.de