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Bridging the Divide: Kobi and Aziz
 February 22, 2010   7:00 – 8:30 pm
Marquette Union Ballroom C

To meet Kobi and Aziz is to believe that anything is possible.  Both turned from hard-line positions to peace activism – Aziz Abu-Sarah is a former Fatah Youth Member and now a veteran Palestinian peace builder and Kobi Skolnick is an ex-Kahana Settler turned Israeli peacemaker. Together they talk about their path-breaking peace work across enemy lines.

More information can be found here

Co-sponsored by the Marquette University Center for Peacmaking, J Stree U and The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution

The US-Israeli Partnership - An Ethical Critique. Racine

March 1, Monday, 7 pm US-Israel Relationship Examined; The US-Israeli Partnership - An Ethical Critique. Racine. Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church, 625 College Avenue. Presentation by Daniel Maguire, Professor of Ethics - Marquette University. Free and open to the public. Info: Wayne Johnson - 262 639-7149

"Rights of Immigrants after 9/11 & What Happens When Local Police Are Used to Enforce Immigration Laws"

Location: Peace Action Center. 1001 E. Keefe, Milwaukee
Wednesday, March 31st at 7 p.m.

A talk by Atty. Azadeh Shahshahshani, Director of the National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project of the Ga. ACLU, and co-chair of the Natl. Lawyers Guild International Committee. (See http://www.acluga.org/azadeh.html). 

Organizing for the ACLU in Georgia & North Carolina, Atty. Shahshahshani led a study documenting how Homeland Security's agreement with local law police to enforce immigration laws created "an atmosphere of terror where immigrants are afraid to contact police" especially in Latino communities; initiated a statewide campaign against racial profiling; coordinated training for attorneys to represent Muslim and Middle Eastern clients facing human rights violations; and led a statewide campaign calling for the investigation of a North Carolina-based air carrier which has transported foreign nationals to torture and detention.
 
Ms. Shahshahshani, a 2004 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and a native of Iran, will also be speaking at Marquette Law School on April 1, at noon, including on pursuing a career in public interest law. For more info, contact the Milw. NLG, (414) 273-1040, ext. 12, nlgmilw@igc.org.

 

National/International Events

Join a Delegation to Palestine & Israel

Voices of the Peacemakers: From Roots to Reconciliation
May 23- June 5, 2010
Delegation Leaders: Anna Baltzer and Cathy Sultan
Co-Sponsored with the National Peace Foundation

This delegation will explore Palestinian and Israeli efforts to achieve peace and a resolution to their conflict based on justice. The delegation will feature meetings with Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers — leaders of civil society groups, grassroots organizers, religious leaders and more. Given the current situation in the West Bank, the delegation will focus on learning about the current challenges facing nonviolent activists resisting occupation. May also marks the annual commemoration of Israel’s independence and the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) and the birth of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Your participation as an eyewitness to the situation will enrich your understanding of the conflict and empower your work back in the United States.

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Enana Dance Theater Comes to 7th 
Arab American National Museum Gala

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Dearborn, MI

With its dynamic choreography, spectacular scenery and dazzling costumes, Enana Dance Theater transforms classical Arab dance into a new and magical experience. The AANM is thrilled to welcome Enana for its first-ever performance in the United States at our Annual Gala on June 22 at the Max M. Fisher Music Hall. Full information here.

For a listing of other National events of interest to Arab-Americans visit Yullah.com 

 

 

 

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