CEOs stand in solidarity to fight targeted discrimination against NGOs. Photo By: Leigh Vogel
In ‘Courage of Our Convictions’, NGO Leaders Recount Efforts to Defeat Discriminatory Legislation
At InterAction Forum 2018, leaders of member organizations, Islamic Relief USA, Catholic Relief Services, American Jewish World Service, and CARE, shared individual accounts of how our community came together to oppose legislation threatening to defund one of our partners in the fall of 2017.
Featured Speakers:
Anwar Khan, President, Islamic Relief USA
Michele Broemmelsiek, Vice President, Systems and Operations, Catholic Relief Services
Robert Bank, President and CEO, America Jewish World Service
Rachael Leman, Executive Director, CARE Action!
Sam Worthington, CEO, InterAction
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