Great trips for activists
Andrea Whitmore
May 21 - 24, 2011 in Washington DC
Join us in DC this May to expose AIPAC and usher in a new foreign policy!
MOVE OVER AIPAC: The National Gathering You Don't Want to Miss! Register Today!
CODEPINK: Women for Peace together with over 100 peace and justice groups, including the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Jews Say No!, and the Interfaith Peace Builders are organizing Move Over AIPAC, a gathering in Washington, DC from May 21-24, 2011, to expose the AIPAC lobby and build the vision for a new US foreign policy in the Middle East. Timed to coincide with the annual policy meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), activists and concerned citizens from around the country will convene in the nation's capital to learn about the extraordinary influence AIPAC has on U.S. policy and how to strengthen an alternative that respects the rights of all people in the region. You're invited to be a part of this important national happening! Register today!
Move Over AIPAC is endorsed by changemakers including: writer Alice Walker, Holocaust survivorHedy Epstein, The Israel Lobby authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, past American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee President Abdeen Jabara, authors Nadia Hijab and Naomi Klein, Jewish Voice for Peace ED Rebecca Vilkomerson, former US Senator James Abourezk, Israeli activist and researcher Dalit Baum, blogger/writer Laila El Haddad, clown doctor Patch Adams, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, union organizer Bill Fletcher, analyst Phyllis Bennis, human rights advocate Anna Baltzer, and many more.
Over 100 endorsers, including Friends of Sabeel--North America.
For more information, click here: http://www.moveoveraipac.org/
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ICAHD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions):
Do you want to resist Israeli Occupation and challenge Israel's"facts on the
ground"? Are you ready for a life-altering experience in Palestine?
ICAHD’s annual Summer Rebuilding Experience combines resistance -- rebuilding a
demolished Palestinian home -- and education -- including tours that reveal
the foundations of Occupation such as home demolitions and evictions;
settlement expansion and the Wall cutting deep into Palestinian territory;
infrastructure destruction and apartheid roads -- to change the facts on the
ground and resist Occupation.
ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOUSE DEMOLITIONS: Every year hundreds of
Palestinians are forced from their homes, homes built on land they own. They
watch helplessly as Israeli bulldozers and pneumatic drills destroy in minutes
both the physical structure called home and all that a home provides for a
family. The Israeli government claims that these houses are illegal because
they have been constructed without building permits; however, the Israeli
authorities refuse to grant building permits to Palestinians. In reality the
destruction of these homes facilitates Israeli territorial expansion and
construction of the Wall, both illegal under international law.
Annually since 2003, ICAHD has made it possible for internationals and Israelis
to join together with Palestinians in Anata, East Jerusalem, to resist the
Occupation and rebuild demolished homes of Palestinian families. In the summer
of 2011, ICAHD will once again rebuild a Palestinian home during our two-week
camp. We invite you to participate in the incredible opportunity to learn
first-hand about life under Occupation. "Creating Alternative Facts on the
Ground," ICAHD's 2011 Summer Rebuilding Experience, takes place from July
10-July 25, 2011. In addition to construction, there is a full program
including field trips, cultural events, films, and much more. For more
information and an application form, please
visit: http://icahdusa.org/projects/summer-camp or contact Richard Wark
-- summe...@icahdusa.org.