A Community in Crisis
Posted By: Erica A billboard in a town east of Kabul urges citizens that if they love their communities they should not let their family members become suicide bombers.
VIDEO BLOG: Qiryot Shemona, Northern Israel
Posted By: Marla B. CIVIC’s executive director Sarah Holewinski talks briefly from Qiryot Shemona, arguably the hardest hit city in the 2006 war. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/THXJ05fxIH0]
VIDEO BLOG: Israel’s Northern Border
Posted By: Marla B. CIVIC’S Executive Director Sarah Holewinski reports from Israel’s Northern Border with Lebanon. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/ML0zXSo0bw4]
VIDEO BLOG: War and beauty together
Posted By: Marla B. Check out this quick video. As we travel to document the lives of war victims, it’s also important to see the balance in life… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/TuhGDsSY_9s]
Lingering Woes of War
Posted By: Sarah If you know CIVIC, you know we stay above the fray of politics. It’s not often easy, but we want to focus on the suffering of war victims without getting diverted from their faces, stories, and needs. Who was hurt? How? What help do they need? This trip to Lebanon and Israel…
VIDEO BLOG: Israel… working out the details
Posted By: Marla B. Hey there… as you saw from the previous video, Sarah and I are now in Jerusalem talking to everyone we know and working on finding the correct person to take us up to the North. It is important that we get someone who knows the landscape, the people and can get…
VIDEO BLOG: We’ve arrived in Israel
Posted By: Marla B. CIVIC arrives in Israel. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTDKYUWarxw]
VIDEO BLOG: South Lebanon
Posted By: Marla B. CIVIC’s executive director, Sarah Holewinski, discusses our recent trip to South Lebanon. NOTE: There are fewer videos from Lebanon as we had a hard time uploading. As we create the entire story you will see our equal coverage of both sides. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEei2a2jl5M] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOh-pBZVHhU]
Lebanon to Israel… via Jordan
Posted By: Sarah We’re in Israel now, but only just. Having grown fond of the many wonderful people we met in southern Lebanon, our departure seemed to come almost too soon. Still, we were able to accomplish so much in those five days. The devastation suffered by civilians in war is gut wrenching to see…