What does daily life look like for Palestinian families living under occupation in the South Hebron Hills? Julia Julstrom-Agoyo will tell us about her three months spent in Masafer Yatta, a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets in the southern West Bank in the fall of 2025. Julia combines historical background on Palestine and the West Bank with personal observations of settler intimidation, military incursions, and struggles over land, community, and survival.


Julia Julstrom-Agoyo grew up in the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago, where the values that guide her were fostered. She holds a Master of International Affairs in Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy from Columbia University and has worked in immigration defense, asylum support, peacebuilding, and human rights research domestically and internationally. Her previous talks at the Society have recounted her undergraduate study abroad in Rwanda and her Fulbright grant year in Malaysia.

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𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰.