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Date: April 21, 2005 at 10:49:41
From: Not in My Name, [ool-18b96746.dyn.optonline.net]
Subject: Walk for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine - Chicago - May 15 |
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The Fourth Annual
Walk for a Just Peace
in Israel and Palestine
Gathering Program * Walk * Potluck Buffet/Program
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Beginning at 12:15pm
N E W L O C A T I O N T H I S Y E A R !
Ridgeland Commons Park
Lake St. at Scoville Ave.
Oak Park, Illinois
Join together with Palestinians, Israelis, Christians, Jews, Muslims and secularists to affirm our solidarity with the Palestinians and Israelis who are working to establish a true and lasting peace based on justice. Join us as we demand changes in U.S. policy and call upon our leaders to be honest brokers in pursuing a just resolution to this tragic conflict.
Program of Events:
--We will begin the Gathering Program at Ridgeland Commons Park at 12:15 with a welcome message and opening program of speakers and performers. --Following the gathering program, we will step off on the Walk for a Just Peace on a route appx. 1 mile in length in Oak Park. --Following the Walk, we will gather at Pilgrim Congregational Church (460 W. Lake St.) for the Potluck Advocacy Buffet/Program, featuring more great speakers, performance, food, music, fellowship, and advocacy opportunities.
We are honored and pleased to welcome a fantastic line-up of speakers and performers to this yearıs program:
Ali Abunimah: Co-founder of Electronic Intifada; vice-president of Arab American Action Network; analyst, public speaker, and writer. Eyas Alhoumouz: Co-founder of Al Awda; board member of Chicago Palestine Film Festival.
Kevin Coval: Jewish poet and performance artist who has performed around the world; member of the National Poetry Slam Team. Avner Efendowicz: Yesh Gvul activist and reserve officer in the Israeli army who refuses to serve in the Occupied Territories. Emily Hauser: American-Israeli writer, published in a wide range of Israeli and American publications since the early 1990ıs. Jimmy Johnson: Researcher and organizer for the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, recently returned from 5 months in Jerusalem and West Bank.
Michael D. Levin: Extraordinary jazz wind player, appearing with the New Quartet. Mansour Aziz Mansour: Palestinian journalism student who organizes nonviolent protest actions against construction of the separation barrier in the West Bank.
Prexy Nesbitt: Well-known activist in the South Africa anti-apartheid movement; ongoing engagement with human rights/social justice issues.
Please mark your calendars, tell your friends, and come join us. It will be a great afternoon!
This event is organized by the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine (www.geocities.com/cjpipwebsite), in conjunction with numerous co-sponsors; list in formation.
For more information, call 312/427-2533x18 or e-mail JustPeace1@aol.com.
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