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Palestinian Truth Tour In Urbana Today (Sunday) 1:30 - 3:30 Pm |
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by Jim B
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13 Apr 2003
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The Palestinian Truth Tour comes to Urbana today (Sunday, 4/13) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Channing-Murray Foundation, Oregon and Matthews Streets, Urbana. The Truth Tour features testimonials from American activists working in solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Photographs and stories of Palestinian life under occupation, performance by political hip-hop artist The Iron Sheik, how to get involved in the struggle to free Palestine, and information on going to Palestine. |
Here are details about the Palestinian Truth Tour today (Sunday) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Channing-Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon, Urbana). This event is in the Red Herring space, downstairs.
The Truth Tour features testimonials from American activists working in solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Photographs and stories of Palestinian life under occupation, performance by political hip-hop artist The Iron Sheik, how to get involved in the struggle to free Palestine, and information on going to Palestine.
AWARE is sponsoring the event locally, and among the tour organizers are the International Solidarity Movement, The Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, SUSTAIN - Stop US Aid to Israel Now, and Jews Against the Occupation.
Here is additional information about the Tour, from a recent post to the St. Louis Indymedia website (http://stlouis.indymedia.org/email_display.php3?article_id=5698)
*Please circulate widely*
Palestinian Truth Tour - Midwest 2003
Tour Info:
By giving first-hand accounts of activis'ts experiences in Palestine, we hope to give more information about the reality of life under occupation. This tour gives voice to those the mainstream media chooses to ignore - the activists living and working with the people in Palestine. The tour consists of a group of diverse volunteers who will be sharing their experiences through video, pictures, music and art. We hope to appeal to a broad and diverse audience across the Midwest. We also hope local groups will be able to use this tour to support their local organizing, outreach and fundraising, as well as to raise awareness and encourage activism.
Speakers: Not all speakers will be available at all events - further details are available.
**Possible speaker depending on arrest and deportation status**: Susan Barclay: An amazing activist who has spent nearly a year working in Nablus as a coordinator for the International Solidarity Movement. Susan is currently facing arrest and deportation as a result of her non-violent actions in Palestine. Her case has drawn the attention of the press - both domestic and international.
Iron Sheikh: A Palestinian-American hip-hop artist from the Bay Area. He has a new CD coming out March 17. An an activist for seven years, the Iron Sheikh merges his political activism with his music.
Liv Leader: Liv has been one of a growing number of Jewish Americans standing
against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. Leader received her BA in Peace and Global Studies from Earlham College in 2002 and has since been working for Tikkun Magazine in Berkeley, CA. In addition, she is a contributing photographer and
editor for Muslim Wake Up. She was been to Palestine and Israel three times, most recently as an activist with the International Solidarity Movement. She also spent four months working with the Alternative Information Center.
Garrick Ruiz: Garrick Ruiz has been an organizer and activist in Los Angeles for nearly a decade. On his second trip to Palestine in the summer of 2002 he spent nearly three months working as a coordinator in Gaza with the International Solidarity Movement. While there he accompanied ambulances, engaged in monitoring Israeli
military checkpoints, stayed in homes threatened with destruction, documented human rights abuses by the Israeli Occupation Forces, accompanied Palestinians in demonstrations and many other activities. He is most currently working in L.A. on issues of labor and divestment.
Hadeel Assali: A Palestinian-American currently active in
Al-Awda-Chicago and AWSA (Arab Women Solidarity
Association). Before coming to Chicago, she was an
organizer at University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where she was involved with the divestment campaign and other Palestine solidarity work.
Flo Razowsky: An activist based in Minneapolis who has also spent time in Occupied Palestine. Recently she has co-coordinated the Art Across Borders Exhibit, which features work from artists in Palestine and Iraq.
Kelly Bornshlegel: Activist based in Madison, WI who has spent time volunteering in Occupied Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement.
More speakers are also in the process of being finalized!
Logistics:
The tour will be taking part in events in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan from April 2 - April 17. Local groups are asked to provide a venue and local promotion for events. If anyone is interested in hosting or would like more information on the tour, please email kel156 (at) yahoo.com or kbornshlegel (at) yahoo.com We are looking for new venues to incorporate into our schedule.
Most events will feature 2-3 performers, with stories, video, pictures and music. We are completely flexible depending on the needs of the audience, but the event will generally run 45 minutes to an hour with time left for question and answer. We will be performing in a variety of venues - public forums, concerts, radio shows, open mics, and school presentations. We are always open for new and creative forms of presentation
Who is sponsoring this tour?
We are activists from the International
Solidarity Movement
(www.palsolidarity.org); Al-Awda, the Palestinian
Right of Return Coalition
(www.al-awda.org); SUSTAIN (Stop US Tax Aid to
Israel Now -
www.sustaincampaign.org); and Jews Against the
Occupation
(www.jewsagainsttheoccupation.org); among other
groups. For more
information on us, see below for news coverage of
the other tours we’ve
sponsored.
4) Press Coverage of previous tours:
We’ve had events covered by radio, tv and
newspapers across the US. Here are
some links to news coverage of previous tours:
Midwest Tour:
>From Urbana, Illinois:
http://www.ucimc.org/feature/display/8150/index.php
>From St. Louis, Missouri:
http://www.stlimc.org/front.php3?article_id=3834&group=webcast
Winter Tour:
>From Jackson, Mississippi:
http://www.etv.state.ms.us/news/0301/stories.html#030113
(audio file)
http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0301/13/m07.html
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comments.php?id=574_0_1_0_C
>From Atlanta, Georgia:
http://atlanta.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=11637&group=webcast
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See also:
http://www.anti-war.net
http://www.palsolidarity.org
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