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Lessons learned at ETVTC: “Friendship is more important than winning”

March 13, 2023- Posted in Education, Palestine, People, Vocational Education, West Bank

Thanks to Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) volunteer extraordinaire Jo Bronson of Portland, Oregon, for sharing a story and photo from this year’s high school cooking competition. Jo spends several months each year in Ramallah at ETVTC tutoring, supporting, and nurturing vocational students as well...

Bearing Witness to launch in early 2023

November 2, 2022- Posted in AFEDJ, Bearing Witness

After many pandemic-related delays, AFEDJ’s video-based study program provides a window into the remarkable witness of Christians in the Holy Land  AFEDJ’s education program, Bearing Witness: A Journey with Holy Land Christians, is one the Episcopal Church has been calling for at regular intervals over...

Q&A with Eileen Spencer 

November 1, 2022- Posted in People

Spencer will become AFEDJ’s new executive director in December After a thorough, thoughtful national search, Eileen Spencer joined AFEDJ as its Executive Director-Elect on September 6. She will work alongside John Lent, the current Executive Director, who will retire at the end of this year....

Welcome Eileen!

September 26, 2022- Posted in AFEDJ, People

Eileen Spencer begins the transition process to become AFEDJ’s new executive director on December 1. Early Tuesday morning Eileen Spencer joined a Zoom call with leaders of the Princess Basma Center in Jerusalem to learn more about the USAID grant project to make all areas...