Cal Students for Justice in Palestine: Third Annual (ANTI) ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK
March 1st-8th 2010
Monday, March 1st:
INTRO TO APARTHEID
Speakers: Joanna Manqueros, activist against South African apartheid and Doctor Hatem Bazian, UC Berkeley Middle Eastern Studies Department
Location: Room 105, Boalt Hall School of Law – Bancroft between College & Piedmont
Time: 7 pm
Tuesday, March 2nd:
TO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT – film screening
Location: Room 2060, Valley Life Sciences Building
Time: 7 pm
Wednesday, March 3rd:
DEBATING BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS
Speakers: Omar Barghouti, Co-founder of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Location: Room 105, Boalt Hall School of Law – Bancroft between College & Piedmont
Time: 6:30 pm
Thursday, March 4th:
STRIKE
Join the massive statewide Strike and Day of Action in Defense of Public Education.
Strike agenda:
7am -12pm: Massive Picket Lines @ North Entrance, Sather Gate, Oxford & Center and California Hall
12pm: Rally @ Bancroft & Telegraph and March to Downtown Oakland for the Rally
Friday, March 5th:
CULTURAL CELEBRATION / FUNDRAISER
Arabic music ensemble directed by Elias Lammam
Poetry by Mahaliyah Ayla O, Dina Omar and Hadeel Ramadan
Middle Eastern food from local restaurants and cafes such as Sunrise Deli and Fertile Grounds
Debke (Traditional Palestinian Dance) by Al-Jathoor
Speaker: Ziad Abbas of Ibda’ Cultural Center and the Middle East Children’s Alliance
Proceeds will go to the Middle East Children’s Alliance “Maia” project for Gaza.
Location: MLK Multi-Cultural Center, Inside the ASUC building
Time: 7 pm
Monday, March 8th:
PALESTINIAN NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE & INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Speakers: Lubna Masarwa, Alternative Information Center coordinator and Al-Quds University community organizer, Jerusalem
Other speakers: TBA
Location: Room 105, Boalt Hall School f Law – Bancroft between College & Piedmont
Time: 6:30 pm
* co-sponsored by: Law Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace
There will also be DIRECT ACTIONS and DEMONSTRATIONS on Sproul throughout the week between 10 am and 2 pm.
for more information about IAW, please visit apartheidweek. org
for more information about SJP, please visit calsjp.org
Contact SJP at admin@calsjp. org or on our facebook group: Students for Justice in Palestine