[Peace] (Re) invitation

[David Green]

Friends,
 
I'm re-sending this invitation from a week ago, for any who may have missed it, or who intended to RSVP and haven't. Again, please pass this along to any potentially interested parties.
 
DG
 
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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