March 27 - April 6, 2008
This speaking tour explores Israeli and Palestinian experiences of 1948, the creation of the Palestinian refugee crisis and the role of the right of return in any just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It has been organized by the American Friends Service Committee's Middle East Peacebuilding Program.
Speakers
Muhammad Jaradat is a Palestinian activist and co-founder of Badil Resource Center (http://www.badil.org/) for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, established in 1998. Badil takes a rights-based approach to the Palestinian refugee issue through research, advocacy and promoting the participation of refugees themselves.
Eitan Bronstein is a Jewish Israeli educator, activist, and Director of the Israeli organization, Zochrot (http://nakbainhebrew.org/). Founded in 2002, Zochrot seeks to educate Jewish Israelis about al-Nakba, the Arabic word for "catastrophe" which refers to the 1948 displacement and dispossession of Palestinians.
Event Locations
Providence
* March 27, 1:00 PM The Diocesan Annex 275 N. Main St. Providence
Boston
* March 27, 7:00 PM Cambridge Friends Meeting House Longfellow Park Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by: Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Cambridge-Bethlehem People to People Project, Cambridge UJP, Friends of Sabeel New England, Jewish Voice for Peace-Boston, Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, Somerville-Medford UJP, Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety, UJP Israel/Palestine Task Force, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East
Chicago
* March 31, 12:00 PM DePaul University Cortelyou Commons Hall 2324 N. Fremont Street
Co-sponsored by: Students for Justice in Palestine * March 31, 7:00 PM International House Assembly Hall at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St.
Persons with disabilities may request assistance in advance by calling the International House at 773 753-2274.
Portland
* April 1, 6:30 PM Reed College Vollum Lecture Hall
Sponsored by: AFSC-Portland, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Jews for Global Justice, Friends of Sabeel North America, Northwest Jews Against the Occupation, Lutherans for Justice--Central Lutheran Church, and Chevarim.
* April 2, 10:30 - 11:30 AM University of Portland 500 N. Willamette Blvd. Franz Hall, Room 206. Seating is limited
Seattle
* April 2, 7:00 PM Presentation and Fundraiser 1125 Harvard East, Seattle
* April 3, 7:00 PM Lutheran Church, just south of town, 18632 Vashon Hwy SW.
New York
* April 5, 2:00 PM Alwan for the Arts 16 Beaver Street, New York, NY
Co-sponsored by: Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
* April 5, 7:00 PM Al-Salam Church 345 Ovington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
There will also be a performance by Al-Nujoom Dabkeh Troupe and a fashion show of Palestinian traditional dress. Food will be served. Please RSVP: info@mideastjustice.org, by March 25th
Co-sponsored by: Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, Arab Muslim American Association, National Council Arab American, and Palestinian American Congress
Lancaster, PA
* April 6, 2:00 PM East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church 432 East Chestnut Street
Co-sponsored by:the Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
Philadelphia
* April 6, 6:00 PM Presentation and Fundraiser RSVP to tgreen@afsc.org or philly@jvp.org for location
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Voice for Peace - Philadelphia
More Information
* Badil Website * Zochrot Website
Contact Us
For more information about the Acknowledging the Past, Imagining the Future speaking tour, contact Adam Horowitz at ahorowitz@afsc.org.
* This tour is endorsed by longtime ANC leader, Minister Desmond Tutu
Topics covered
- Israel, Palestine and the Right of Return