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StopTheWall.org Worldwide Activism Global mobilization June 9/10: Short overview of major actions planned around the globe: (To add your action to the list, please write to ICNPcall@gmail.com) Palestine: Place: Ramallah Location: Al Manara Square Date: June 5 Time: 10:30am Type of Activity: Demonstration and rally with speeches Place: Jerusalem Location: Ambassador Hotel Date: June 5 Time: 9:00 am Type of Activity: Conference on Jerusalem Place: Ramallah Location: Best Eastern Hotel Date: June 6 Time: 9:00 am Type of Activity: Conference on Jerusalem Place: Haifa Location: Haifa Date: June 7 Time: 9:00 am Type of Activity: Conference on Jerusalem Place: Um Salamoneh, South Bethlehem Date: June 8 Time:11:00 am Type of Activity: Two central demonstrations from Bethlehem and Hebron towards Um Salamoneh Place: Qalandiya, Ramallah Location: Entrance of the Refugee Camp Date: June 9 Time: 11:00 am Type of Activity: Demonstration Place: Bethlehem and Qalandiya Location: In front of the checkpoints of Qalandiya and al Kubbe Date: June 28 Type of Activity: Marches towards Jerusalem until the two checkpoints isolating the Palestinian capital Place: Amwas, Yalu, Beit Nuba(villages destroyed in 1967) Latroun Date: June 9 - 23 Type of Activity: Central march towards the demolished villages to remember their destruction and the expulsion of the people Place: Qalqiliya Location: Workers Terminal Date: June 10 Time: 11:00 am Type of Activity: Demonstration Place: Nablus Location: city of Nablus Date: June 17 Type of Activity: Human Chain **************************** Argentina: Palestinian Federation of Argentina organizes a march during the action days. Australia: City: Sydney Location: Sydney Town Hall Date: June 9 Time : 1 pm Type of initiative : rally Organizers: www.coalitionforpalestine.org, cjpp@coalitionforpalestine.org City: Sydney Location: Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street Date: June 6 Time : 6:30 for 7 pm Type of initiative : Public meeting Organizers: www.coalitionforpalestine.org, cjpp@coalitionforpalestine.org City: Adelaide Location: Victoria Square Date: June 5 Time : 12 noon - 2.00 pm Type of initiative : Vigil Other details: Walk to office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer where he will be presented with postcards on the Wall for federal members of the Liberal and Labor Party Organizers: Australian Friends of Palestine City: Canberra Location: Nara Peace Park Date: June 3 Time : 2:30 pm Type of initiative : Rally and march to Israeli Embassy Organizers: Fair Go For Palestine, AJPP Contact: www.fairgoforpalestine.org City: Canberra Place: Garema Place Date: June 5 Time: 5.30 pm Type of Activity: Candle light vigil outside the Israeli Embassy Organizers: AJPP City: Brisbane Location: Queen's Park Date: June 3 Time : 1 pm Organizers: Australian Friends of Palestine Contact: afopawa@friendsofpalestine.org.au, web:www.friendsofpalestine.org.au City: Brisbane Location: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia, WA Date: June 6 Time : 6:15 - 9:30 pm Type of Initiative: Film screening : The Iron Wall Organizers: Australian Friends of Palestine Contact: afopawa@friendsofpalestine.org.au, web:www.friendsofpalestine.org.au City: Melbourne Location: Bourke Street Mall, corner Elizabeth Street Date: June 9 Time : 12 noon - 2.00pm Type of Initiative: Vigil Organizers: Women for Palestine Contact: enquiries@womenforpalestine.com, web:www.womenforpalestine.com City: Melbourne Location: Conference Centre and Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Entry 3, 179-181 La Trobe Street, Date: June 16 /17 Time : 10.00 am - 8.30 pm both days Type of Initiative: The "Occupation" Exhibition and Palestine Film Festival Organizers: Women for Palestine Contact: enquiries@womenforpalestine.com, web:www.womenforpalestine.com Austria: City: Graz Location: Central Square Date: June 9 Time: 11:00-14:00 Type of initiative: Rally Details: Mock wall, exhibition, leaflets, speaches, music. Organizers: Solidaritätskomitee für Palästina, Steirische Friedensplattform Contact: solidaritaetskomitee@gmx.net City: Vienna Location: in front of the Burgtheater Date: June 6 Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Type of activity: Vigil, after which we will hand over letters to officials at the Vienna Parlament Organizers: Women in Black (Vienna) www.fraueninschwarz.at and the Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (Austria) www.nahostfriede.at and supporters City: Vienna Place: Amerling Haus Date: June 6 Time: 7:00 pm Type of Activity: film screening of “Private” by Saverio Costanzo City: Vienna Date: June 9 Type of Initiative : Public Meeting with Palestinian minister for tourism and antiquities Dr. Khouloud Deibes Organizers: SAAR with the Palestinian Community Belgium: City: Brussels Location: Parc du Cinquantenaire Date: June 9 Time : 3 pm - evening Type of initiative : rally and cultural evening Other details : 3 pm : workshops and debates 6 pm : political testimonies 7 pm - 9 pm: Solidarity concert 9 pm: Orchestre National de Barbes Organizers : Association Belgo-Palestinienne Contact details: tel. 02 223 07 56 www.association-belgo-palestinienne.be City: Brussels Location: Shuman Place Date: June 4 Type of initiative : Street Action Further Details: 40 chained persons will hold each a picture of daily life under occupation. At the same time 40 white pigeons will be released. Organizers: Actieplatform City: Leuven and two other Cities in Wallon and Flemish Brabant Date: June 2 Type of Activity: It’s ENOUGH! 40 km for 40 years of occupation – cycling protest towards Bruxelles. Brazil: City: Sao Paolo Place: Av. Paulista, at the "vao livre do Masp" (large public square beneath the MASP, Sao Paulo Art Museum) Date: June 9 Time: 3 pm Type of initiative: Demonstration - "O mundo diz Não à ocupação israelense" Other details: Speeches, followed by street theatre performance "Boys and Stones", and a dance performance(combination of Brazilian Indian dances, with Beduin, and Arab folklore) Organizers: Institute for Arab Culture Supporters: Theatre Company Nucleo Entrelinhas, Mila Dance company Contact details: www.icarabe.org and www.icarabe.org/palestina City: Sao Paolo Place: Polis Institute, Rua Araujo, 124 - Centro, Sao Paulo Date: May 31 Time: 6 pm Type of initiative: Build-up activity for the June 9th Demonstration Other details: Exhibition of the film "L`Attente", followed by a debate with Abdel Latif Hasan Abdel Latif, Gershon Knispel and others. Organizers: Institute for Arab Culture and Polis Institutewww.icarabe.org and www.icarabe.org/palestina and www.polis.org.br Canada: City: Toronto, Montreal and various other major cities across Canada Date: June 9/10 Type of initiative: pickets against Chapters&Indigo book store support for Israeli military Organizers : Coalition against Israeli Apartheid and various national groups and organizations Contact: www.caiaweb.net City: Montreal Location:In front of Queen Elizabeth Hotel 900, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, Montréal (between Av. Universite & Mansfield) Date: June 6 Time: 4:30 -6 pm Type of Activity: Demonstration Further Details: Protest against the JNF annual fundraiser Organizers: PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) and the JAAO (Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation) City: Montreal Location: Dorchester square (corner René-Lévesque Ouest & Peel, Peel or Bonaventure Metro) Date: June 8 Time: 1 pm Type of Activity: INFO-FAIR Further Details: 24 hours of info stands and movies on "40 years of occupation, 59 years of apartheid" Organizers: Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine Contact details: www.cjpp.org City: Montreal Location: Dorchester square (corner René-Lévesque Ouest & Peel, Peel or Bonaventure Metro) Date: June 9th Time: 1 pm Type of Activity: Demonstration Further Details: "40 years of occupation, 59 years of apartheid" Organizers: Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine Contact details: www.cjpp.org City: Montreal Place: Indigo Bookstore, corner Ste. Catherine & McGill College (McGill Metro) Date: June 2 Time: 1:00 pm – 3 pm Type of Activity: Picket Further Details: Boycott Indigo Bookstore for links to Israeli Apartheid Organizers: Tadamon! Montréal Contact Details: tel. 514 664 1036,http://tadamon.resist.ca City: Montreal Place: Cinema du parc, 3575 Parc Ave. (Place des arts Metro) Date: June 5 Time: 6.30 pm Type of Activity: Picket and outdoor film screening Further Details: Cultural boycott of the 2nd Israeli film festival Organizers: Coalition against Israeli Apartheid-Montreal Contact Details: bdsmontreal@gmail.com , tel. 514 664 1036 City: Fredericton Location: In front of City Hall, corner of York and Queen. Date: June 1 Time: 12 noon Type of Activity: Peace Vigil and Info Picket Organizers: Women in Black Fredericton Chapter and the Fredericton Peace Coalition. Contact: www.frederictonpeace.org Denmark: City: Copenhagen Place: in front of the Israeli Embassy Date: June 9 Time: Type of Activity: protest/rally Further details: The rally is the culmination of a week of actions from June 5 - 8 Orgaizers: Danish Palestinian Friendship Association City: Copenhagen Date: June 9 Type of initiative: a mobile Wall to move through Copenhagen Organizers: Tear Don the Wall Initiative, Denmark Contact details: www.riv-muren-ned.org France: Location: la Rortande Stalingrad/Jaurès Date: June 9 Time 4pm – 8 pm Type of initiative : outdoor concert/meeting Further Details: 40 chained persons will hold each a picture of daily life under occupation. At the same time 40 white pigeons will be released. Organizers: Collectif National pour une paix juste et durable entre Palestiniens et Israéliens and others City: Nantes Location: Place du Cirque Date: June 9 Time : 5 pm - 8 pm Type of initiative : creative demonstration against occupation Other details : Big creative demonstration with drums, painting clothes with anti-occupation slogans, Marmoud Darwhish's poems, drawings on the road and so on Organizers : Association France Palestine Solidarite, CCFD, Pays de Loire Gaza Jerusalem, and many others Supporters : to come Contact details: nantes@ism-france.org City: Strasbourg Location: Kleber Place, in front of the FNAC-Bookstore Date: June 9 Time: 4 pm - 6 pm Type of Activity: rally (distribution of leaflets and collection of signatures for a pettiton to the presidency of the European Union) Organizers: Women in Black and others Germany: Palestine events are scheduled during the G8 protests and alternative summit. City: Rostock Date: to be defined Type of initiative: workshop "G8 - Peace brokers or war profiteers?" Organizers: IPPNW, EJJP, Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, National Coordination Stop the Wall in Palestine Contact details: info@stopptdiemauer.de City: Rostock Date: June 2 Type of initiative: large international demonstration in Rostock with Palestine bloc Contact details: www.heiligendamm2007.de City: Rostock Date: June 5 Type of initiative: action day against war with Palestinian participation Contact details: www.g8-alternative-summit.org City: Berlin Place: Breitscheidplatz at the Gedächtniskirche (Memorial Church) Date: June 9 Time: 2 pm Type of Activity: Rally City: Berlin Date: June 9 Type of initiative : vigil and presentations at Hackescher Markt City: Hamburg Date: June 9 Type of initiative : demonstration and rally , information desks , leaflets etc. City: Frankfurt / Main Location: Katharinenkirche / Hauptwache Date: June 9 Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Type of initiative : vigil, information, leaflets and collection of signatures for a petition to the presidency of the European Union Organizers: Arbeitskreis Palästina/Israel, Frankfurt Contact: ClaudiaKaras@web.de Greece: Details to come soon. Iceland: City: Reykjavi Date: June 9 Organizers: Association Iceland-Palestine Contact details: palestina@palestina.is India: City: Mumbai Place: Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines Station, Mumbai. Date: June 7 Time: 6pm - 9pm Type of initiative: Conference : "Indians for Solidarity with Palestine" Organizers: Various Secular democratic as well as faith based organizations Supporters: Peace Mumbai, Pak-India Forum for Peace and Democracy, Focus on the Global South, Muslim Intellectual Forum, Build, Ambedkar-Phule Vichar Manch, Vidhyarthi Bharthi Sangathana. Contact details: Jatin Desai : 00-91-93222-55812 : desaijatin@yahoo.co.uk ; Feroze Mithiborwala : 00-91-98208-97517 : ferozearachne@gmail.com ; Varsha Berry : 00-91-98206-03704 : varshab@yahoo.com Ireland: City: Dublin Place: Assemble at Central Bank, Dame Street Date: 9 Jun 2007 Time: 2:00 pm Type of Initiative: National Demonstration Further Details: the demonstration is the culmination of a week of action, including an open-air press conference outside the Israeli Embassy on the 5th, a public meeting with Michael Warschawski on the 7th, a film-showing on the 8th. Contact: www.ipsc.ie/ Italy City: Rome Location: Piazza S. Maria Liberatrice Date: June 8 Time: 6:00 pm -11:00 pm Type of initiative: Rally with speakers, music, dance, poetry, videos, and photographic exhibitions. Other details: Concert by Dalouna-Al Khamandjati Palestinian International Solidarity Orchestra Organizers: Associazione per la pace, Arci, Piattaforma ONG per il Medio oriente, Fiom-Cgil, Donne in nero, Cgil, Ebrei contro l'occupazione, Giovani Comunisti, PRC Comunità palestinese in Italia, Associazione amici della mezzaluna palestinese Contact: http://www.assopace.org/ City: Rome Place: Piazza Esedra Date: 9 Jun 2007 Type of Initiative: National Demonstration Japan: City: Osaka Place: Dawn Center(Osaka Prefectual Women's Center) Date: June 10 Time: 15:00pm - 18:30pm Type of initiative: Conference : Rally 15:00 speach by Professor Susumu Fujita 17:00 presentation about BDS campaign 17:30 video conference between Palestine and Osaka Organizers: Kansai Network for Peace in Palestine Supporters: ATTAC Kansai, Osaka YWCA International Department, Kansai United Action,Society of persistent for Article 9, The United Church of Christ in Japan (Social Committee of Osaka district) and Palestine Forum Japan Contact details: email: palestine.forum@gmail.com tel: +81-90-9273-4316 fax: +81-6-6624-2835 City: Tokyo Location: Bunkyo civic center Date: June 10 Time: 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Type of initiative: "This about Palestine" week Other details: JVC, the Japanese NGO working in Palestine, will hold a series of events "Think about Palestine" week from 5th to 10th week. On the final day, 10th June, we will have an event to consider the problems of the conflict from various angles. Session one:"Walking NOW in Palesine" by Hirotaka Hayashi Session two:"Reading Palestine from map" by Taizo Imano Session three:"Discrete people: Palestinians" by Ai Nishikida Session four:"Consider the root of Palestinian problem" by Akira Usuki Organizers: JVC (Japan International Volunteer Center) Contact details: JVC: http://www.ngo-jvc.net/index.html, Rika Fujiya: jvc-jer@ngo-jvc.net Netherlands: City: Amsterdam Place: De Dam Date: June 9 Time 1 pm - 3 pm Type of initiative: demonstration'Ik ben ontzet!' Organizers: Initiatiefgroep, including Alternative View, Coalitie Stop de Oorlog, Een Ander Joods Geluid, ICCO, Internationale Socialisten, Humanistische Partij, Nederlands Palestina Komitee, Oxfam Novib, Palestijnse Gemeenschap Nederland Palestina Komitee Rotterdam, Palestijns Platform voor Mensenrechten en Solidariteit PEACE Consumentenfederatie, SIVMO, Stichting Hope, Stichting Stop de Bezetting Stichting Talliq, Transnational Institute, Universitaire Activisten, United Civilians for Peace, Vrouwen in het Zwart, Werkgroep Keerpunt, YMWC Nederland Contact details: info@40jaarbezetting.nl. City: Den Haag Place: Het Plein Date: June 5 Type of initiative: demonstration Organizers: Initiatiefgroep Contact details: info@40jaarbezetting.nl. New Zealand City: Wellington Location:Cuba Mall (Staged Area) Date: June 9 Time : 12.30 Type of initiative : Rally Organizers: Wellington Palestine Group - wpgnz@hotmail.co.nz Norway: City: Oslo Location: Youngstorget Time: 12:00 am Type of initiative: Rally Other details: speech (among others) by Prime Minister Kaare Willoch, march to the Israeli embassy Organizers: The Norwegian Association of NGO's for Palestine Supporters: Norwegian People's Aid, The Peace Initiative, YMCA-YWCA Global, The Palestine Commitee, The Palestinegroups of Norway, The Palestinian Community in Norway, The Norwegian Association of NGO's for Palestine, Socialist Left Party, Red, Worker's Youth League. Contact details: The Norwegian Association of NGO's for Palestine - http://www.fup@palestina.no, 22 17 06 77. City: Bergen Place: Vågsallmenningen Date: June 9 Time: 12:00 am Type of Initiative: Rally Further details: Speeches by Parliament member Aagot Valle (Socialist Left Party) Organizer: The Palestinian Committee Place: Vågsallmenningen Date: June 9 Time: 12:00 am Type of initiative: Photo exhibition Organizer: Tear Down the Wall Campaign City: Stavanger Place: Arneageren (v/Kulturhuset i Stavanger Date: June 9 Time: 2:00 pm Type of Initiative: Rally Further Details: Speeches by Odd Kristian Reme (member of the Central Committee, Labor Party) and greetings from Nablus, friend city of Stavanger. Organizer: The Palestinian Committee and The Norwegian Association of NGOs for Palestine Philippines City: Manila Location: Israeli Embassy Date: June 8 Time: 1:00 pm Type of initiative: Protest rally Organizers: Stop the War Coalition Philippines Contact details: corafabros2000@yahoo.com South Africa: City and Location: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and other major cities and many towns Time: June 4 - 9, every day Type of initiative: Mass marches in a few cities; rallies in many cities and towns; pickets outside supermarkets and companies doing business with Apartheid Israel; demonstrations outside US, EU and Israeli consulates/embassies and interest sections; building of replicas of the Apartheid Wall on campuses and a parliamentary debate. Organizers: End the Occupation Campaign, including African National Congress, ANC Youth League, Cosatu, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Media Review Network, Muslim Judicial Council, Muslim Students Association, Muslim Youth Movement, Not In My Name, Palestine Solidarity Alliance, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Palestine Solidarity Group, Social Movements (various), South African Communist Party, Workers' Organisation for Socialist Action (WOSA), Young Communist League, Al-Quds Foundation, Palestine Solidarity Group, Islamic Medical Association Contact: 082 802 5936 / 084 574 2674 City: Cape Town, Location: from Kaizergracht Date: June 9 Time: 10 am Type of initiative: March Other details: Other activities are planned in Cape Town in the run up to the June 9 Organizers: ANC, Muslim Judicial Council and a range of other organisations. Contact details: Max Ozinsky +27824147147 City: Gauteng Location: University of Johannesburg Auckland Park campus (former RAU) Date: June 5 or 6 Type of initiative: Lecture Spain City: Madrid Date: June 9 Time 7 pm Type of initiative : National demonstration Organizers: Red Solidaria contra la ocupación de Palestina Contact details: acsur@acsur.org Further demonstrations and mobilizations during the week in Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Valence, Asturies, Catalonia and in Basque Country. Sweden City: Gothenburg Location: Bältespännarparken/Brunnsparken Date: June 9 Time: 13 pm – 16 pm Type of initiative: spreading info, campaign aimed at the Swedish government, interactive theatre in the streets in the form of a staged Israeli checkpoint. Organizers: Palestine Now! Contact details: palestinenow@yahoo.se, www.palestinenow.orgin swedish) Switzerland City: Geneva Date: June 9 Time: 2 pm Type of initiative: National demonstration and Human Chain from the Israeli Embassy to the UN headquarters in Geneva Other details: 6 pm after the demonstration, cultural evening at the Place des Nations Organizers: Collectif Urgence Palestine and others Contact: www.stopoccupation.ch Week of Solidarity - Caravan towards the Global Action Days City: Geneva Location: COE, 150 rte de Ferney Grand-Saconnex Date: June 3 Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Type of initiative: Opening, Picnic for Peace Other details: Greetings from Jerusalem and around the world, local-international send-off for the caravan Organizers: Local Church members and International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel, Joint advocacy Initiative of the World Council of Churches City: Nyon Date: June 4 Time: 6:30 pm Type of initiative: welcoming of the Caravan by local authorities Organizers: Collectif Urgence Palestine (CUP) Nyon - La Cote City: Lausanne Location: place de la Riponne Date: June 5 Time: 1 pm Type of initiative: arrival of the Caravan and hand over of petition Other details: 2 pm: picnic at Pole Sud, av. J-J Mercier 3 (Flon). 4 pm - 6 pm: public debate at Place de la Palud 6:20 pm: cultural evening at Pole Sud with testimonies from the women's mission to Palestine Organizers: CUP Vaud, participant-e-s EAPPI City: Payerne /Fribourg Location: in front of the military airport, Payerne Date: June 6 Time: 2 pm Type of initiative: protest "No to military cooperation with Israel" Other details: Evening: public debate on the same theme in Fribourg Organizers: GSsA/GSoA City: Bienne/Biel Location: Dufourstrasse Date: June 7 Time: 4 pm Type of initiative: welcoming of the Caravan Other details: 5 pm - 7 pm: street theatre Organizers: Bildungsstelle der kath. Kirche Biel/Service de formation de l'Eglise catholique de Bienne, Arbeitskreis fuer Zeitfragen Biel, dt. Pfarreien der kath. Kirche Biel, Femmes pour la Paix Bienne, Pfarrei Bruder Klaus. City: Bern Location: Bundesplatz oder Weisenhausplatz Date: June 8 Time: 12 noon Type of initiative: welcoming of the Caravan and mock wall with silent vigil Other details: 1 pm: prominent voices in dialogue 9:30 pm: film screening - The Iron Wall Organizers: OeME Fachstelle Oekumene, Mission und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit der Ref. Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Berner Mahnwache, CH Teilnehmende EAPPI, Komitee Palaestina Petition United Kingdom: City: London Location: Lincoln's Inn Fields to Trafalgar Square Date: June 9 Time: 1:30 pm Type of initiative: demonstration and rally Organizers: ENOUGH! Coalition (50 member organizations) Contact: www.enoughoccupation.org ; martial.kurtz@palestinecampaign.org City: Southampton Place: Southampton train station (to catch train to London for the London March) Date: 9th March Time: Meeting at 11:15am, train leaves at 11:30am, return 4-5pm Initiative: London march against the Isreali Occupation of Palestine Further details: the march starts at Lincoln's Inns Fields (tube: Holborn) Organisers: Southampton University Free Palestine group Contact: Simon Nash, sfmn103@soton.ac.uk United States: City: Washington, DC Location: West Lawn of Capitol Time: 2:00 OPM, Sunday, June 10th Type of initiative: National rally and march, followed by grassroots lobbying day on June 11th Other details: www.endtheoccupation.org Organizers: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, United for Peace and Justice Supporters: 200+ endorsing organizations Contact details: 202-332-0994 or us_campaign@endtheoccupation.org City: Washington Place: Ave. Armory (Corner of Lark St & Central Ave. Albany) Date: June 8 Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Organized by: The Palestinian Rights Committee Co-Sponsored by: Upper Hudson Peace Action, the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District, Albany County Greens, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Schenectady Neighbors for Peace & Friends Meeting of Albany (in formation) City: Seattle Place: Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill (Capitol Hill, 11th Avenue and East Olive),also nearby locations & other places around the city. Date: June 8, 9, and 10 Type of Activities: theater, visual art, performances, discussions and films Sponsoring organizations: Palestine Solidarity Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, Voices of Palestine, Green Party Seattle, The Phoenix Group, The Palestine Concerns Task Force of the Church Council, Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Greater Seattle, Arab American Community Coalition, Friends of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Sabeel, Jewish Voice for Peace - Puget Sound, AFSC Contact details: www.palestineinformation.org or write info@ palestineinformation.org or call 206 633 1086 Further details: June 8 Place: Seattle Central Community College, Student Activity Center - 1718 Broadway Room 208 Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Type of Activity: Documentary films and discussion, Personal Narratives: Accounts of the Effects of Occupation; In the Spider's Web 2004, produced by Al-Haq, directed by Hanna Musleh; Dying to Live 2002, 10 minutes, Producer/Director Amineh Ayyad; Amineh Ayyad will comment the films. June 9 Place: Cal Anderson Park Time: 12:00 am - 6:00 pm Type of Activity: The Occupation Game - An outdoor living gameboard with a self-guided all-directions-at-once journey into day-by-day life in military occupation; Contact details: theatersquad@aol.com Place: Cal Anderson Park Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Type of Activity: Antigone’s Nation - an outdoor voice-and-image theater performance adapted from Sophocles;Antigone, exploring the conflict between security, stability, rebellion and freedom; directed by Robert Leigh from an adaptation by local playwright Edward Mast. Contact details: theatersquad@aol.com Place: Central Lutheran Church by Cal Anderson Park, 1710 11th Ave Time: 3 pm Type of Activity: Ending the Occupation: A panel discussion featuring Tariq Abuhamdia, activist from Hebron, West Bank; Majd Bani-Odeh, student from Nablus; West Bank, and Assaf Oron, Israeli military refuser, activist. June 10 Place: Cal Anderson Park Time: 12:00 am - 6:00 pm Type of Activity: The Occupation Game - An outdoor living gameboard with a self-guided all-directions-at-once journey into day-by-day life in military occupation; For more information: theatersquad@aol.com Place: Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC), 1621 12th Ave Time: 2:00 pm Type of Activity: "Hebrew National?" An Afternoon of Radical Jewish Performance; Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, Seattle Place: Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th, Shoreline, WA 98155 Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Type of Activity: Israel And Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Presentation by Dr. Therese Saliba a discussion on the question of Apartheid in Palestine Place: Central Cinema 1411 21st Ave Time: 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm Type of Activity: Film: The Color Of Olives - From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience. The Amer family lives surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall, where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locked gates and a constant swarm of armed soldiers; www.thecolourofolives.com; followed by discussion led by local activists. Place: Newberry Books, 561 NE Ravenna Blvd (65th & Ravenna Blvd.) Date: June 2 Time: 4:00 pm Type of Activities: Ed Mast speaks on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Human Rights Perspective. Ed Mast is a poet, playwright and Palestine activist. For information contact: J. Glenn Evans, Program Director www.poetswest.com call 206.682.1268 or write info@poetswest.com Place: Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle ( 609 Eighth Ave. ) Date: June 6 Time: 7:00 pm Type of Activity: The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek will speak on the topic: "June 6, 1967--Will The Occupation Ever End?" Place: University Friends Center, 4001 9th Ave NE, just north of the University Bridge in Seattle Date: June 16 Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Type of Activity: Dr. Mona el-Farra will speak about the situation in Palestine This page originated from http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/print1460.shtml on the Stop The Wall website at StopTheWall.org. Please feel free to print and disseminate this page widely. |