Grassroots Diplomacy
My Trip to Iran and What We Can Do to Promote Peace
Speaker: Rebecca Griffin
Program in English
Rebecca Griffin is Political Director for Peace Action West, an organization that advocates for a foreign policy that embodies the best values of the American people on behalf of its 50,000 supporters in the western US. Ms. Griffin has traveled extensively throughout the western states organizing with community leaders and citizens, meeting with members of Congress, and educating congressional candidates about pragmatic and peaceful solutions to our greatest foreign policy challenges. She has spearheaded campaigns to work toward nuclear disarmament, promote nonmilitary solutions for Afghanistan, end the war in Iraq, and promote diplomacy with Iran. In May 2009, Ms. Griffin traveled to Iran with a grassroots diplomacy delegation to build people to people relationships and mobilize support for diplomacy between the US and Iran, collecting messages of peace from Iranians and Americans Ms. Griffin will discuss future prospects for diplomacy between the United States and Iran through the lens of her recent trip, the aftermath of the June 12th presidential election and the political landscape in the United States under the Obama administration, as well as how Americans can actively promote better relations with Iran.
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