Support educational opportunities for children in the West Bank on May 20 and 22 with Peacebuilding Behind the Wall: Educating Palestinian Children and Families in the West Bank. Founded in 2008, House of Hope Vision School is a trauma-informed school for children living under occupation in the West Bank of Palestine. Supporting Hope is an organization founded to provide crowd sourced funding to the school. “They’re trying to get these kids to keep their hearts open and not to hate, because hate is not going to get you anywhere,” says Steve Goldman, secretary of the board of the school. Currently, 59 people give money monthly to the school founded by Milad Vosgueritchian and Manar Wahhab. “They wanted to give the kids a vision of a meaningful life despite the trauma around them,” Goldman says. At the two events, Vosgueritchian will talk about how the school began, how it helps people in the surrounding Palestinian communities and how the school plans to continue in the future. Originally, Vosgueritchian was scheduled to give the talk in person, but this was later changed to virtual due to the current political climate, according to Ellen Rifkin, volunteer for Supporting Hope. Attendees can expect to learn about how education is a leading path to peace and prosperity for all living in the West Bank. “He’ll be appearing virtually, and he’ll be talking about his own life to some degree,” Rifkin says. — Eve Weston

Peacebuilding Behind the Wall: Educating Palestinian Children and Families in the West Bank of Palestine is 7 pm Tuesday, May 20, and Thursday, May 22. The May 20 talk is at Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, 1685 West 13th Avenue, and the May 22 talk is at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, 2537 Game Farm Road, Springfield. The talks are free, but donations are encouraged.