Featuring Ala Jaradat, Program Manager, Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association
November 3-20, 2009
The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) – Chicago are proud to announce an important national tour:
Israel’s Palestinian Prisoners: A Report on the Conditions of Palestinian Political Prisoners
We are pleased to welcome human rights activist Ala Jaradat, the program manager of Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and a former Palestinian political prisoner, who will be sharing his experiences campaigning for the freedom and rights of political detainees and actively working against the use of torture, arbitrary detention, isolation, and other forms of political persecution and repression.
The $3 billion dollars of annual U.S. aid to Israel helps fund Israeli prisons and detention centers where 8,100 Palestinian prisoners — including 60 women, 390 children, and 550 administrative detainees held without charge — are imprisoned in substandard conditions and subject to torture.
You are invited to attend this important tour and hear directly from Ala Jaradat, beginning Tuesday, November 3, 2009, in Chicago, and proceeding to Milwaukee, San Francisco, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Youngstown, OH, Detroit and College Park, MD.
Tuesday, November 3 – Chicago, IL
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC Student Center East (SCE) – Room 611
750 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL
Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) – Chicago.
For more information, call 312-961-9512 or email [email protected].
Thursday, November 5 – Milwaukee, WI
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
UW-Milwaukee Union Room 345b
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI
Organized by Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society.
Friday, November 6 – Chicago, IL
8:30 pm (directly after the Isha prayer)
In English and Arabic
Mosque Foundation Community Center
7260 W. 93rd Street
Bridgeview, IL
Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network, the Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago, American Muslims for Palestine and the Nablus Society
Sunday November 8 – San Francisco, CA
5:00 pm
Arabic Language Event with Ala Jaradat
Arab Culture and Community Center
2 Plaza Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network.
Monday, November 9 – San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network
Endorsed/Co-Sponsored by Arab Resource and Organizing Center(AROC), Break the Siege (BTS), Freedom Archives, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, SF 8 Defense Committee.
Wednesday, November 11 – Minneapolis, MN
12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Hamline University School of Law
Annette K. Levin Moot Court Room
1536 Hewitt Ave
St. Paul, MN
Organized by the Hamline Student Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and the Hamline Chapter of the International Law Students’ Association
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7:00 pm
University of Minnesota
Blegen Hall 150
West Bank
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Organized by the Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
Endorsed by the Al-Aqsa Institute and the Coalition for Palestinian Rights.
Thursday, November 12 – New York, NY
7:30 pm
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
For details about the event, please email [email protected] or call 718-228-8636.
Organized by Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
Also featuring speakers from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM). Endorsed by DRUM, MXGM, the Jericho Movement, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, New York City Labor Against the War, Middle Eastern Students Association – CUNY Law School and the US Palestinian Community Network – NY.
Friday, November 13 – Philadelphia, PA
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
University of Pennsylvania
Huntsman Hall (3730 Walnut St)
Room 345
Philadelphia, PA
Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network and the Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago in local partnership with Penn for Palestine.
Endorsers include SUSTAIN, Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, International Action Center, Philadelphia Against War and Socialist Action.
For details about this event, please contact [email protected].
Saturday, November 14 – Youngstown, OH
7:00 pm
Arab American Community Center
15 Belgrade
Youngstown, OH 44505
Organized by the Arab Community Center and the US Palestinian Community Network.
For questions or details about this event, please contact [email protected] or call 330-509-0791.
Sunday, November 15 – Detroit, MI
7:00 pm
St. Paul Lutheran Church
375 Lothrop
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Organized by the Palestine Office-Michigan and Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit Chapter
Monday, November 16 – College Park, MD
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
University of Maryland at College Park
Art Sociology Room 2203
College Park, MD
Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine – University of Maryland.
Tuesday, November 17 – Washington, DC
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
American University
McDowell Formal Lounge
Washington, DC
Organized by AU Students for Justice in Palestine.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Thursday, November 19 – Columbus, OH
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Ohio State University
Hitchcock Hall, Rm 0031
Columbus, OH
Organized by The Committee for Justice in Palestine at Ohio State University.
Friday, November 20 – Portland, OR
7:00 pm
Room 296
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
Organized by Al-Awda Oregon and the Al-Nakba Awareness Project
For questions or details about this event, please contact Waddah at [email protected] or Mariah at [email protected].
We hope to see you at these informative and critical events!
For more information or to get involved with the USPCN, please email [email protected]
