Peace by Piece Tour: East Coast
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is excited to announce our Fall 2025 “Peace by Piece” Tour in collaboration with the Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (BFTA)! We invite you to join us for a meaningful event in your community centered around peacebuilding, economic justice, and advocacy related to Israel-Palestine. In collaboration with Bethlehem Free Trade Artisans, this program offers a unique opportunity to support Christian-led Palestinian craftspeople while fostering dialogue about paths toward peace and justice in the Holy Land. Our tour will visit select U.S. communities, featuring both a CMEP representative and a BFTA leader from Bethlehem who will share firsthand experiences about daily life, creative resilience, and hopes for peace. This initiative is particularly timely as communities in the region continue to recover from recent violence and conflict.
Public Events
Albany
Adult Education at First Presbyterian Albany
November 2nd, 9:15-10:15
362 State St, Albany, NY 12210
Albany Festival of Nations
November 2nd, 12:30-4:30
Empire State Plaza – Convention Center
279 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12242
Delmar Reformed Church
November 2nd, 5:30-7:00
386 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054
Niskayuna Reformed Church
November 3rd, 7:00-8:30
3041 Troy-Schenectady Rd, Niskayuna, NY 12309
New Jersey
First Congregational Church of Montclair
November 4th, 7:00-8:30
40 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
The Perfecting Church
November 5th, 5:15-6:00 dinner, 6:00-8:00 program
274 Delsea Dr, Sewell, NJ 08080
Delaware
Newark United Methodist Church
November 8th, 1:30-4:00
69 E. Main St., Newark, DE 19711
Washington DC
Christ Lutheran Church
November 9th
Bible Study 9:30-10:15
Guest Sermon 10:30-11:30
Post-Worship 11:30-12:30
5101 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20011
Speakers
Destiny Magnett is the Programs and Outreach Manager at Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) where she serves as the primary liaison for church partners, oversees CMEP’s online and in-person educational programming, and co-leads grassroots regional coordinator network. Grounded in deep commitments to justice, she draws from her own ecumenical Christian identity to help diverse American Christian communities deepen their understandings of the Middle East through storytelling, theological and scriptural investigation, and dialogue. Destiny holds an MTS and Religion & Public Life Certificate from Harvard Divinity School, where her work focused on decoloniality, religious ethics, peacebuilding, and religion in the public sphere. She also holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Grinnell College. Prior to joining CMEP, Destiny has lived and worked at the intersection of religion and peacebuilding in several contexts, including the Office of International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, Search for Common Ground– Jordan, Harvard’s Office of Religion and Public Life, and on the digital humanities project Mapping Islamophobia. While born and raised in Kansas, she is now based in the Boston area.
Suzan Sahori is a Palestinian Christian from Bethlehem, who serves as the executive director of the Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (BFTA). She helped establish the BFTA in 2009 to create export opportunities for the handicraft sector working with the most talented, yet very marginalized producers who benefit from being a part of a large network. She led the organization to becoming a member of the World Fair Trade Organization and to be the pioneer of fair trade principles in Palestine and Israel. Susan’s goal is to have the hand-made ethically produced products reach the whole world, and that the stories behind each product are shared.