Bert Sacks - Iraq speaker
Bert Sacks, a native of the Boston area, resides in Seattle. Though raised in the Jewish faith, Bert has a strong interest in Buddhism; he is a committed pacifist whose peacemaking efforts have taken him to Iraq at least 9 times in the last decade in violation of US/UN economic sanctions. For breaking US law in traveling to Iraq and bringing relief aid to Iraqi families, Bert was fined $10,000 by the US Treasury Department. In response, he raised an additional $10,000 to deliver medical relief to Iraq; Bert refuses to pay the fine.
Bert Sacks lived in Israel for five years and has visited the occupied territories of Palestine twice; his peacemaking has taken him across many borders, and through his practice of “compassionate listening” he expertly carries the human stories of war, nonviolence and reconciliation to thousands across the United States.