From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Sun Oct 13 12:57:46 2013 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 22:57:46 +0300 Subject: Reminder Oct 16 Protecting Palestinian Children & other events Message-ID: *Tuesday, Oct 15, 2013, 6:15pm * Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Talk by author Josh Ruebner. 179 Chemistry Bldg., Univ. of California Davis, Davis. FMI: Students for Justice in Palestine, diyala720 at gmail.com *Wednesday, October 16, **2013, 7pm Protecting Children in Palestine *Report from Defense of Children International-Palestine(DCP-I) on their work including providing legal aid to Palestinian children detained and prosecuted in Israeli military courts and in Palestinian Authority courts. DCP-I also supports the development of a Palestinian juvenile justice system that meets international standards. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St, Sacramento. FMI: sacramento at jewishvoiceforpeace.org Wednesday, Oct 16, 4pm, Prolonged Israeli occupation and Palestinian child prisoners. Rifat Kassis and Ivan Karakashian will discuss how Palestinian children are affected by Israel's prolonged military occupation including widespread, systematic ill-treatment and torture in detention. Classroom E, McGeorge School of Law, 3200 5th Ave. Sacramento. Hosted by National Lawyers Guild, McGeorge Chapter. FMI: Sac4PalestinianRights at gmail.com. ** *Boycott SodaStream Bannering & Leafleting: *Saturdays in Oct, Nov & Dec. 2013 SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land. FMI: sacramentobds at gmail.com ** *October 29, 2013, 7pm** A Palestinian Culinary Journey: The Gaza Kitchen* On tour with their new book, journalist Laila El-Haddad and co-author Maggie Schmitt use food as a point of departure, offering an introduction to daily life in the embattled Gaza Strip. Centennial United Methodist Church, 5401 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento. FMI: SabeelSacramento at gmail.com; 916-448-7157 * *Wednesday, Oct 30, 7:30pm, The Gaza Kitchen : Cuisine & Resistance in Palestine featuring journalist and author Laila El-Haddad. Sierra Pines United Methodist Church, 22559 W. Hacienda Dr, Grass Valley. FMI: paulaorloff at yahoo.com *Friday, Nov 29, 2013, 2:30-4:30pm* *International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People* Rally at Arden & Heritage, Sacramento. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Sun Oct 27 09:57:24 2013 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:57:24 +0200 Subject: This week: Palestine cooking, culture & resistance with Laila El Haddad Message-ID: *Palestine events this week and Action Alert:* * Laila El-Haddad will be speaking in Sacramento & Grass Valley* *Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013, 7pm*, The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine & Resistance in Palestine. Journalist and author Laila El-Haddad will offer a cooking demonstration as she shares about Palestinian culture and struggle on tour with her new book, The Gaza Kitchen. El-Haddad blogs under the title of her first book, Gaza Mom. Centennial United Methodist Church, 5401 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento. FMI: sacpeace at dcn.org; 916-448-7157 *Wednesday, Oct 30, 2103*, 7:30pm, The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine & Resistance in Palestine featuring journalist and author Laila El-Haddad. Sierra Pines United Methodist Church, 22559 W. Hacienda Dr, Grass Valley. FMI: paulaorloff at yahoo.com *Thursday, Oct 31, 2013,* 12 - 1pm, The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine & Resistance in Palestine featuring journalist and author Laila El-Haddad. Rhodda Hall North Room 258, Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sac. FMI: bahhurr at scc.losrios.edu -------------- *Action Alert from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression: * Call U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Barbara McQuade, 313-226-9501 or 313-226-9100 and tell her to drop the charges again Rasmea Yousef Odeh October 23, 2013 The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) condemns the politically-motivated arrest and indictment of Rasmea Yousef Odeh, our beloved Associate Director. The sixty-five year old was arrested at her home yesterday by agents from the Department of Homeland Security, alleging an immigration violation on a 20-year-old application. Rasmea, who has made it her life's work to serve and help empower Palestinian and Arab families, is the victim of another witch-hunt by our federal law enforcement agencies, which continue to violate the civil rights of Arabs and Muslims with impunity, particularly those who are critical of U.S. support for Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people. Rasmea is a leading member of Chicago's Arab and Muslim communities, and her decade of service here has changed the lives of thousands of people, particularly disenfranchised Arab women and their families. She has been with the AAAN since 2004, and as Associate Director, is responsible for the management of day-to-day operations and the coordination of our Arab Women's Committee, which has a membership of close to 600 and leads our work in the areas of defending civil liberties and immigrant rights. She is a mentor to hundreds of immigrant women, as well as many members of our staff and board, and is a well-known and respected organizer throughout Chicagoland, the U.S., and the world. Earlier this year, Rasmea received the "Outstanding Community Leader" from the Chicago Cultural Alliance, which described her as a woman who has "dedicated over 40 years of her life to the empowerment of Arab women, first in her homes of Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, where she was an activist and practicing attorney, and then the past 10 years in Chicago." Rasmea is a community icon who recently completed a Master's degree in Criminal Justice from Governors State University. She overcame vicious torture by Israeli authorities while imprisoned in Palestine in the 70s, and is a proud reminder of the millions of Palestinians who have not given up organizing for their rights of liberation, equality, and return. It is appalling that our government is now attempting to imprison her once again. We condemn this attack on our friend and colleague Rasmea, as well as the broader pattern of persecuting Arabs and Muslims who are outstanding and outspoken leaders in their communities in the U.S. We ask all of our supporters to call Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit, at 313.226.9501 or 313.226.9100 [11], on Friday, October 25th, from 8 AM to 4 PM CST, to demand that she Drop the Charges Now! We will also be mobilizing to support Rasmea at her next hearing in Detroit on November 1st. Details coming soon. And for more information, email the Coalition to Protect People's Rights at cppr at aaan.org "Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." - Assata Shakur -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: