Centering Palestine: Culture as Palestinian Resistance w/ Katherine Hanna

Centering Palestine is a limited conversation series curated by researcher and activist, Khury Petersen-Smith. Khury will be conversing with Kathrine Hanna, a Palestinian American and retired educator who is working to support education projects in occupied Palestine.

Katherine Hanna is an American-born Palestinian. She is a recently retired public school educator in Massachusetts with 26 years of experience in early elementary grades & literacy. She is co-founder of the Boston Palestine Film Festival where she volunteered for eleven years as film program curator & finance manager. Through her continued online presence @palestinefilm, she has helped to support new Palestinian film festivals & connect the community around the world. Since 2019, Katherine has been working with the education team of US based non-profit 1for3.org to build & support Zahrat Al-Yasmeen kindergarten in Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, Palestine. She collaborates with other US-based teachers & the Palestinian teaching team to support an…