Working for a Peaceful World
SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA -- "Today we pause to honor the memory of Joseph Ileto and the survivors of the North Valley Jewish Community Center shooting. The ugly factors that fueled that fateful day over twenty years ago - senseless gun violence, antisemitism and other forms of hate - are still sadly all too common.
While this tragic anniversary has left an indelible mark on our community, it also serves as a stark reminder on the need to never waver nor wilt in the face of hatred in any of its ugly forms."
WASHINGTON, DC -- On July 26th, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Dr. Asif Mahmood, noted expert on Pakistan, co-organized a Congressional briefing on Human Rights and Democracy in Pakistan. The discussion focused on four key points: human rights and democracy, free and fair elections, the importance of a free media, and the internal politics of U.S.-Pakistan relations.
Washington, D.C. -- On May 25th, the Biden Administration released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitismthat includes over 100 new actions the Administration will take to raise awareness of antisemitism and its threat to American democracy, protect Jewish communities, reverse the normalization of antisemitism, and build cross-community solidarity.
Los Angeles, California -- Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, hosted a meeting with Horn of Africa Special Envoy Mike Hammer and the Tigrayan California diaspora.
Washington, D.C. -- Today we remember and honor the lives lost during the Armenian Genocide - one of the darkest chapters in human history. We just commemorated Yom HaShoah - the Holocaust - and we were taught that to forget the name of the victim is as if to kill them again. That's why today we pause to honor and remember the 1.5 million Armenians who were tragically murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 because genocide denial is the first step in the next genocide.
Washington, D.C. -- This week, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), along with more than 20 lawmakers, joined together with several Holocaust survivors for an event on Capitol Hill in honor of Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Reps. David Kustoff (TN) and Brad Schneider (IL) hosted their colleagues for an emotional event that included remarks from Holocaust survivor Rachel Mutterperl Goldfarb, a candlelighting, a recitation of names of Jews who died in the Holocaust and remarks by Stuart Eizenstat, chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former Chariman of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, authored a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding Democracry and human rights in Pakistan.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32), senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 19 members of Congress in re-introducing the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act – bipartisan legislation that calls for serious, urgent diplomatic engagement in pursuit of a formal end to the Korean War.