In 2009, Matthew Hoh resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matt took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-2005 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-2007 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matt worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-2008.
From 2010-2024, Matt was affiliated with the Center for International Policy, first as a senior fellow and later as a senior fellow emeritus. He is a disabled veteran.
Matthew Hoh had nearly twelve years experience with the US military and the wars overseas with the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense and State Department.
Matthew Hoh is the Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network.
Nora Lester Murad is a writer, educator, and activist. Her young adult novel, Ida in the Middle, won an Arab American Book Award, a Middle East Book Award, a Skipping Stones Honor Award, and was a finalist for a Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award. From a Jewish family, Murad raised three daughters in the West Bank with her Palestinian husband. She shares teaching and advocacy resources at IdaInTheMiddle.com and can be reached through her blog at NoraLesterMurad.com.
The initiative to Drop the ADL from Schools (DropTheADLFromSchools.org) is part of the national #DropTheADL campaign (DropTheADL.org). It is a response to interest from educators, students, and families across the United States who believe the ADL’s destructive role in schools must be exposed and that communities must organize for educational policy and pedagogy that genuinely promote social justice.
