Lysander Puccio
Lysander Puccio is a member of the International Solidarity Movement. She has volunteered several times in the Occupied West Bank supporting Palestinian led non-violent direct action against the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. She is currently producing a documentary about Palestinian Christians and their experiences of occupation and exile.
During her most recent trip to the region in the spring of 2005, she taught a class in video production to Palestinian Christian and Muslim teenagers who produced a segment to be included in the documentary. She also immersed herself in the richness of Christian ritual, community service, and life throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and within the 1948 boundaries of Israel.
In New York City where she lives, Lysander is a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem and has been active in social justice organizing and advocacy for many years. She works closely with groups such as Jews Against the Occupation to educate and inform diverse communities about the day to day realities of the Israeli occupation and United States support of it.
A video-activist, she founded an award-winning project to teach low-income New Yorkers and activists video production. Her video “Once Upon A Time: Welfare Made A Difference”, introduced by US Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, has been screened across the country. She holds a BA in Religious Studies from Hunter College, CUNY.
Lysander returned from Palestine August 2005.