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Announcement :: Peace |
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Palestinian Activist To Speak At Illinois Disciples Foundation |
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by Meridith Kruse
Email: bmmk (nospam) soltec.net (unverified!)
Phone: 217-352-8721
Address: 610 E. Springfield Champaign IL 61820 |
21 Sep 2002
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Monday September 23rd the Illinois Disciples Foundation will sponsor a talk by Palestinian Activist Osama Saba entitled, "The Occupation is Killing Us All" from 7-9pm in Wisegarver Lounge, located at the corner of Springfield and Wright in Champaign. |
Osama Saba was born in Jerusalem to Palestinian parents and lived in Ramallah on the West Bank where his family still lives. He left to Egypt in 1987 for college and after obtaining his bachelor's degree from the University of Cairo he worked there for two years. After college he returned to Palestine where he worked for two years with the Palestinian ministry of health. In 1996 he came to University of Iowa as a Fulbright scholar and is currently at this University completing his Ph.D. He participated in the Iowa International Fellow program and is a member and the president of the Palestinian student organization on campus. Osama has spoke at a number of events on and off campus including the "Christian Witness For Middle East Peace and Justice" event sponsored by Middle East Forum and Friends of Sabeel-NA (Iowa chapters) held in both Des Moines and Iowa City.
On September 23rd Osama will discuss the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, share personal accounts of daily life for Palestinans living in the West Bank, and discuss the challenges that must be met for there to be lasting peace in the Middle East. The final hour of his presentation will be devoted to a question and answer discusssion with audience members.
Additionally, a statement of support will be read from Not in My Name on behalf of Champaign resident David Green. Not in My Name is a Jewish peace group that was formed in November 2000 to work for a just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. As an organization Not in My Name has declared, "We believe that the first step toward attaining peace must be for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. We call ourselves "Not In My Name" because we feel that the State of Israel often claims to act in the name and interests of world Jewry, but that these actions do not reflect our Jewish values and beliefs We do not believe that the conflict is a religious one, so we do not believe that the fact that we are Jews should in any way prevent or discourage us from working with Palestinians, whether they are Muslim or Christian, religious or secular."
The talk is free and open to the pubic. Childcare can be provided upon request.
This event is co-sponsored by 85% Coalition, Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort, Channing-Murray Foundation, Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, Muslim Students Association, Unitarian-Universalist Social Action Committee, and the Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative. |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/idf
http://www.nimn.org
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Please Record This Event |
by Clint Popetz
cpopetz (nospam) cpopetz.com (verified) |
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21 Sep 2002
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The UCIMC Radio News Group needs your help
We would like to have an audio recording of this event for later broadcast on the Radio News program on WEFT. If you can stop by the IMC and check out a minidisc recorder and record the event, please let me know, at cpopetz@cpopetz.com or 328-1774. I can also help you learn how to use the equipment. Help support independent media! |
