Webinar: The U.S. Military Industrial Complex and the Assault on Gaza

What military weapons are used today to devastate the lives of millions in Gaza? Which are the U.S. companies that profit from this catastrophe? How can we challenge this business of death and hold these companies accountable? This webinar will feature the staff of the Action Center for Corporate Accountability, a project of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), who will share their research and stories of intersectional creative divestment campaigns.

Speakers:
Dov (Dalit) Baum, Ph.D., is the Director of Corporate Accountability and Research in AFSC, leading the Action Center for Corporate Accountability. She was the cofounder of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel, of the Who Profits research institute, and of Black Laundry direct action group. Dov holds a Ph.D. in Math from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Noam Perry, Ph.D., is the Strategic Research Coordinator in the Action Center for Corporate Accountability. He coordinates the Investigate project, researching corporate complicity in state violence and human rights violations around the world. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Noam holds a Ph.D. in Law and Public Policy from Northeastern University.

Davi Sherman is an Investigative Research Fellow with the AFSC’s Action Center for Corporate Accountability. She researches corporate complicity in the prison industrial complex, migrant control, and the Israeli occupation. She received her graduate degree in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics.