Hamza Al Haidari
Programs Director, America Scores
Website: https://www.americascoresbayarea.org
Hamza Al Haidari moved to California as a refugee from Baghdad, Iraq in 2008. He has traveled from small towns all over the US to the full stretch of the Camino de Santiago across Europe to share his story as a tool to combat fear and racism. He has been a keynote speaker at immigration marches around the state, the Multicultural Festival in San Diego, and by special invitation to TEDxBaghdad.
Al Haidari taught emergency response courses and gave lectures on diversity while on staff at Stanford University. Hamza now works for a national nonprofit; America SCORES, developing learning curriculum, teaching poetry and soccer to at-risk youth. He is also involved with Do/Love/Live, an organization dedicated to encouraging positive change through real life story telling.
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Hamza Al Haidari moved to California as a refugee from Baghdad, Iraq in 2008. He has traveled from small towns all over the US to the full stretch of the Camino de Santiago across Europe to share his story as a tool to combat fear and racism. He has been a keynote speaker at immigration marches around the state, the Multicultural Festival in San Diego, and by special invitation to TEDxBaghdad. Al Haidari taught emergency response courses and gave lectures on diversity while on staff at Stanford University. Hamza now works for a national nonprofit; America SCORES, developing learning curriculum, teaching poetry and soccer to at-risk youth. He is also involved with Do/Love/Live, an organization dedicated to encouraging positive change through real life story telling.