Organizations Filed Purposes:
JUSTICE FOR KURDS,INC. (JFK) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE KURDISH CAUSE, POLITICS, HISTORY, CULTURE AND SOCIETIES IN AMERICAN AND ABROAD.
JUSTICE FOR KURDS AIMS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH CONFERENCES, PUBLIC EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES TO GENERATE THOUGHTFUL AND PERSUASIVE DIALOGUE WITH CONSTITUENTS, ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES, THOUGHT LEADERS AND THINK TANKS ON ISSUES RELATING TO THE KURDS, FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION. THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS AN INCUBATOR CREATED TO GALVANIZE INTEREST IN KURDISTAN THROUGH CREATIVE CHANNELS, BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG ENGAGED STUDENTS AND CREATE A LASTING TIE TO THE KURDISH CULTURE FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONNECT AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
JUSTICE FOR KURDS PROVIDES PUBLIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING PANEL DISCUSSIONS, CULTURAL EVENTS AND FILM SCREENINGS RELATED TO KURDISH CULTURE, HISTORY AND POLITICS. EXAMPLES OF THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE AN EVENT AT THE JCC IN WASHINGTON DC WHICH WAS A CONVERSATION WITH BERNARD-HENRI LVY AND FILM SCREENING OF PESHMERGA AND THE BATTLE OF MOSUL. THE EVENT WAS WIDELY ATTENDED AND PRESS WAS GARNERED ON THE KURDS ON THIS OCCASION. OTHER EVENTS HAVE INCLUDED A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE KURDS AT THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE'S 2018 POLICY CONFERENCE WITH BILAL WAHAB, FELLOW AT THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE AND SINAN CIDDI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF TURKISH STUDIES, AND DR. COLIN WINSTON, AIPAC'S SENIOR ANALYST AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND BERNARD-HENRI LVY ON THE FUTURE OF KURDISTAN, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL AND HOW UNITED THE KURDS ARE ACROSS THE REGION. OR, ANOTHER EXMAPLE WOULD BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN CHAIRMAN THOMAS KAPLAN AND ARCHITECT DANIEL LIBESKIND ABOUT THE NOTION OF MEMORY, GENOCIDE AND HOW IT IS WOVEN INTO HISTORIC CULTURAL PATRIMONY IN KURDISTAN.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Emily Hamilton | EXECUTIVE DIR,TREASURER,SE | 40 | $0 |
| Bernard-Henri Levy | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
| Dr Thomas S Kaplan | CHAIRMAN | 5 | $0 |
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