Register Now for the "Ending the Silence" Sabeel Conference - October 20-21, 2006
Matt Quinn
Greetings All -
Citizens for Justice in the Middle East has been proud to present many speakers over the past three years – each one dedicated to telling his or her story of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and occupation. This Fall CJME will partner with Friends of Sabeel—North America and the Justice, Peace and Environment Committee at Village Presbyterian Church to bring you a Sabeel Conference on October 20-21, 2006.
Rarely does a conference on peace and justice issues come to Kansas City with the caliber of speakers and topics as the one being planned for this Fall. This regional conference will inform community members about current realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Sabeel (Arabic for “the way”) is a grassroots peace movement initiated by Palestinian Christians, who work side by side with Muslims, Jews and the secular community to bring awareness, dialogue and understanding to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Through educational conferences and programs, Sabeel works to build a culture of peace.
We have invited a remarkable list of experts in the history, politics, and theology of the Palestine-Israel conflict who will address a range of topics and help us towards more effective activism on the issue. The speaker biographies are available at the conference web site - www.kcsabeelconference.org. Those of you who have been involved in the peace movement will agree that it’s an impressive list!
CJME invites you to attend the Sabeel Conference and join with others to listen, learn and discuss ways to end the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. A Sabeel conference in Boston attracted 800 people, Chapel Hill 300, Toronto 200, Salt Lake City 300. To date, there have been about fifteen regional conferences—and we’re proud that Kansas City will host this one.
Please consider attending this conference. With your participation, we can make it an important event for the Kansas City area, one which will engage people in our region in the cause of a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
To register online for the conference go to http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/registration.htm. Thank you for supporting this effort.
Towards peace,
Matt Quinn
Citizens for Justice in the Middle East
jmq...@msn.com
P.S – For those of you who would like to volunteer with conference organizers, we need your help to plan and publicize the conference, as well as to help set up before the conference. Go to www.kcsabeelconference.org/getinvolved.htm to volunteer your time and energy!
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Upcoming Events and Reports:
> June 14 - Report on Vigil Reflecting on Caterpillar Sales to Israel. June 14th marked another escalation in the campaign against Caterpillar's heavy equipment sales to Israel. As CAT shareholders met in Chicago, over a hundred people demonstrated outside the meeting, while a dozen more spoke inside. In Kansas City, Citizens for Justice in the Middle East demonstrated in front of Senator Brownback's office to highlight the connections between CAT equipment sales to Israel and the US Congress's strong role in supporting Israeli colonization and starving the Palestinian people. And two independent activists hung a banner next to the sign at the largest CAT distributor in KC.See http://www.cjme.org/caterpillar-report.htm for details.
> July 17 - CJME monthly planning meeting focusing on the Sabeel Conference and other activities, Village Presbyterian Church, 6701 Mission Road, Room 230, Prairie Village, Kansas. Call 913-236-9825 for details.
> October 20-21 - Kansas City Sabeel Conference - quick links -
- Speakers and Topics - http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/speakers.htm
- How to register to attend - http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/registration.htm
- How to sponsor the conference - http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/sponsors.htm
- How to volunteer to help with the conference - http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/getinvolved.htm
- About Conference Hosts - http://www.kcsabeelconference.org/aboutconference.htm