Monday, February 28

8:00-9:00am
Briefing for Lobby Day Team Leaders

8:00-9:00am
Breakfast

9:00-10:30am
Plenary Session
The US-Israel Relationship

10:45am-12:00pm
Concurrent sessions
1.    What about Hamas?
2.    AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW PRESENTS: Is the Settlement Enterprise Destroying Israel’s Democracy?
3.    Can Young Jews Reclaim (or Redefine) a Robust Connection to Israel?
4.    The Campus Challenge: Changing the Conversation in an Environment of Extreme Polarization
5.    Elusive Peace to Inclusive Peace: The Role of Women in Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

What About Hamas? Video:

12:15pm
Lunch on your own   

Optional Sessions

• Sneak Film Preview “Between Two Worlds” with Directors Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman
• Moving Women to the Fore and Advancing Peace: Conversations Over Lunch

1:30-3:00pm
Lobby Day Training

3:15-4:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
1.    Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in 2011: Who’s Afraid of the BDS?
2.    The Synagogue as a Laboratory for the Conversation on Israel
3.    Can Pro-Israel be Pro-gressive?
4.    The Continued Quest for Statehood: A Palestinian View
5.    Creating the Space: Pro-Israel and Pro-Peace in Congress
6.    TIKKUN PRESENTS: After the Egyptian Uprising: Psychodynamic, Spiritual and Religious Strategies for Mideast Peace

The Continued Quest for Statehood, A Palestinian View Video:

Optional Sessions
5:00-7:00pm

• J Street U Film Screening: Budrus (2010) Directed by Julia Bacha, Student Screening and Discussion

5:30-6:30pm

• IR AMIM AND J STREET DC METRO PRESENT: What's at Stake in Jerusalem?" A workshop on how to educate about the city within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

6:30pm
J Street Gala Dinner Reception

7:30pm
J Street Gala Dinner

• Keynote: Naomi Chazan
• Honoree: Kathleen Peratis