[Peace-discuss] Invitation to Presentation on International Solidarity Movement

[David Green]

Friends,

I would like to extend an invitation to an event at my home on Saturday, May 
7th, from 5 to 8 p.m.

The speaker will be Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, who has worked with the International 
Solidarity Movement in the Occupied Palestinian territories, most often in East 
Jersualem.

Jasmine offers this description of her talk, which will include photographs and 
other visuals:

"I will be talking about my time in the Occupied Palestinian territories (OPt), 
specifically, the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shiekh Jarrah. I lived in the 
OPt for 5 months, much of the time on the street in Sheikh Jarrah. Palestinian 
families, refugees from the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, were settled 
in Sheikh Jarrah by the United Nations and Jordanian government. Over the past 
two years, four families have been evicted and their homes transferred to Jewish 
settler organizations. Two families, the Gawis and the Al-Kurds are protesting 
their eviction, illegal under international law, by raising their families on 
the streets in front of their former homes. 


The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) works under nonviolent Palestinian 
community groups to end the occupation.  We employ solidarity tactics that have 
come from the people directly impacted by the occupation: media assistance, non 
violent direct action, international accomplishment and jail support. In Sheikh 
Jarrah, ISM  volunteers lived full time on the streets, sleeping in tents, 
taking watch shifts throughout the night. The goal of our presence was to 
de-escalate tense and often violent conflict and acts vandalism committed by 
Jewish settlers on Palestinian residents of Shiekh Jarrah, provide video 
documentation and media support, offer tours and aid with international outreach 
efforts on behalf of residents. 


I will speak of my personal experiences in Sheikh Jarrah, including how hula 
hooping saved me from being arrested, attending weekly demonstrations against 
the occupation, learning to cook Palestinian meals and building relationships 
with Palestinian residents and Israeli solidarity activists."

Jasmine is from Oregon, and has also been involved in environmental actions 
there. You can google her and find out a little bit about her involvement with 
tree-sitting actions; she will also of course be willing to say a few words 
about that during the question period.

Jasmine's presentation will be followed by food and beverages. A $10 per person 
donation would be appreciated, but not mandatory as either a maximum or minimum. 
All proceeds will go directly to support the work of the ISM.

Since this event will take place at my home, I'll need to have a relatively 
accurate idea of how many plan to attend. Please RSVP to me personally at 
davegreen84 at yahoo.com. But if you should decide to come on short notice, please 
feel free; just let me know, in case space becomes an issue. I will send address 
and parking information to those who RSVP.

Also, feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone who might be interested 
but may not be on the AWARE listservs.

Thanks.

David Green
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