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Crestline native and resident Mary Eileen Holm will present “My Palestinian Experience” at the Crestline Public Library. Holm’s presention will be at 7 p.m., Nov. 10. Ms. Holm visited Israel and the Palestinian territories in May of this year as part of a peace delegation organized by Project Peace of Tiffin.
In the eleven days of her journey, the delegation of six met with over 20 Palestinians, a rabbi, and an Israeli citizen. The group asked each person they met how they could help. The common thread of their answers was to remember them and to share their stories with others.
Ms. Holm received an undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Ohio Dominican University in 1972, her J.D. degree with distinction from Ohio Northern University in 1977, and a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University of New Orleans in 2012. She has worked as an attorney in private practice, as an assistant prosecuting attorney, and, for the past 19 years, for the Crawford County Common Pleas Court. She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Ashland University.
She and her husband, Doug, have four adult children and one grandson.