[Peace] Upcoming events on the Crisis in Gaza: Please Forward

[Jenifer Cartwright]

In case you all haven't have been watching the MSM's reporting of the Gaza situation, let me tell you it's been heartening to see the change the last couple of days from NO attention to- nor support for the Palestinians to footage of atrocities in Gaza and actual criticism of Israel's response. Yes, we've been emailing and making signs and planning protests, but we can thank outsiders -- Sarcozy, Int'l Red Cross et al, plus (esp) the  bombing of UN school for turning the tide re improvement in getting the word out. 
 
Of course, I'm still waiting for the numbers of dead and wounded to be reported accurately (I won't hold my breath on that one)... The talking heads never forget to tell us how many rockets Hamas is continuing to fire, nor which Palestinian leader is calling for world-wide uprising against Jews (neither of these is helpful to The Cause, imho).
 --Jenifer 

--- On Wed, 1/7/09, carol inskeep <carolinskeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: carol inskeep <carolinskeep at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Peace] Upcoming events on the Crisis in Gaza: Please Forward
To: peace at lists.chambana.net
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:08 AM






Several folks who are deeply concerned about the suffereing in Gaza attended a gathering last night at CIMIC (Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center).   They are in the process of planning upcoming events around the crisis and they really welcome the support of concerned folks in the community..  I don't have all the details (if anyone else from the meeting wants to add anything, please do), but here is some preliminary info:

Educational Program on the Occupation with speakers from Chicago
Friday, January 9 at 8pm
Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center (106 S. Lincoln, Urbana) 

Rally in Support of the People of Gaza
Saturday, January 10 from 12- 2pm
Champaign County Courthouse (Corner of Main and Broadway in downtown Urbana)

Other upcoming events include a fundraiser on January 25 to raise money for humanitarian aid to Gaza (via Islamic Relief) and campus events on January 27 (including a rally on the Quad and an evening speaker).  Details to come.

Please come out for these events and pass the word to others.  

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