June 21 - TWO events on Peace & Justice in Israel/Palestine

[VIPIRG Communications and Outreach]

Unavoidably, there are two important events on the same night.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

1.  Pilgrimage of Solidarity to Israel/Palestine

Learn about the inspiring work Palestinians and Israelis are doing for peace and justice.

7:00 p.m.

Room C126, David Strong Building
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC

Retired United Church of Canada Minister and one of the founding members of the Victoria Multifaith Society, Rev. Dale Perkins, was one of twelve participants in a Pilgrimage of Solidarity to Israel/Palestine, to learn about the inspiring work Palestinians and Israelis are doing for peace and justice.  The trip took place in April-May of this year and was sponsored by the Naramata Centre of the United Church of Canada (UCC).  Rev. Perkins will be giving an oral presentation, including slides and other visual data, built around the theme of, "Why I went, what I saw and experienced, and what now?"  A Q&A session as well as informal conversation time will follow.  It is expected that the UCC Middle East Working Group report on Israel-Palestine will also be discussed.  The report recommended that the UCC boycott products from Israeli settlements.  CJPME met with the UCC Working Group in 2011, and applauded their recently-released report.

Admission:       Free
Parking:           Closest parking lot is #4 (Centennial Stadium), off Ring Rd. just before McGill Rd. Cost $2.25
Public Transit:  Several buses come to the UVic Exchange. http://www.transitbc.com/regions/vic/
Further Info.:    Please call CJPME-Victoria at 250-978-9325

Organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)-Victoria.  www.cjpme.org, co-sponsored by the University of Victoria Social Justice Studies Program. web.uvic.ca/socialjustice/

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2. Social Justice Film Night presents "Lemon Tree" by Eran Riklis (with subtitles)

7:00 p.m.

2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall)

Salma, a Palestinian widow, has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Minister's safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, her young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees.

Admission by donation.

Sponsored by Victoria Friends of Cuba, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid & Independent Jewish Voices.

For more info: http://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com/
Social Justice Film Night is on the 3rd Thurs. of every month

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Susan Clarke
250-655-6691

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Rebecca Taylor

Outreach and Communications Coordinator
Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group
Student Union Building Room B120 & B122
PO Box 3050 STN CSC
University of Victoria
Victoria BC, V8W 3P3

phone: 250.472.5170
www.vipirg.ca