Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/15/2024
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Cost:
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Contact Person:
Steven S Lapham
Email:
vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org
Phone:
2404187628
Organization:
Voices from the Holy Land

On Sunday September 15, join the salon, “Israel, Palestine, BDS, and Boycotting in the U.S.” at 3:00pm ET. Register at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-September2024; watch the free videos; then attend the online Q&A discussion. This is a Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon. Co-sponsored by Nonviolence International.

ABSTRACT:
“First they ignore you, then they attack you, then… “ That old saying seems to reflect the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s experience since its inception. But where is this movement today?
State and even local governments are singling out Israel as the rationale to take away our freedom of speech—even as many of these laws are invalidated by courts as unconstitutional. What are the impacts, status, and future of BDS in the US and the world?
As the world calls for a ceasefire and an end to hostilities in Israel-Palestine, join our Q&A panel to explore the challenges faced by this nonviolent economic movement, successful advocacy, and ways to take on an active role in this movement and environment. Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-SeptemberTrailer.

PARTICIPANTS:
Olivia Katbi is the North America coordinator for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement in the US and Canada. Olivia, who is half Arab, grew up in rural Northwest Ohio and became involved in activism after moving to Portland, Oregon, where she co-founded the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). She worked in development for the Palestine-focused media outlet Mondoweiss before working on successful BDS campaigns targeting G4S, General Mills, Ben & Jerry’s, and Intel. She has also helped lead DSA’s Palestine solidarity and BDS work at the local and national levels.

Adrienne Pine is a visiting professor in the Department of Anthropology and Social Change at California Institute of Integral Studies and coordinator of the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine. She has served as an expert witness on country conditions in asylum cases over the past 15 years. Adrienne focuses on developing strategic analyses of neoliberal fascist processes as a means to build and strengthen broad antifascist, anti-imperialist, and anti-Zionist solidarity movements. Adrienne is the author of Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras, and co-editor of Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry.

Merrie Najimy is Education Committee Chair of the Institute for The Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism. The institute offers Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) webinars and training workshops and collaborates in producing other resources such as the “Anti-Palestinian Racism Survey Preliminary Report” (2024). A veteran public-school educator whose pedagogy and practice are grounded in anti-racism, Merrie served as the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association from 2018-2022, where she led a social justice, anti-racist agenda.

Jen Marlowe (moderator) is an author, documentary filmmaker, playwright, journalist, and human rights/social justice activist. She is the founder of Donkeysaddle Projects, which integrates art/storytelling, political education and activism in the struggle against state violence. Her films include There Is A Field, Remembering the Gaza War, Witness Bahrain and Rebuilding Hope. Jen has also worked on video projects in Zimbabwe, Honduras, Brazil, Gaza, and the U.S. Criminal Justice System for human rights organizations including Amnesty International USA, Frontline Defenders, the Innocence Network and Death Penalty Focus. Her books include I Am Troy Davis, The Hour of Sunlight and Darfur Diaries.

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SUPPORTER Organizations: Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ♦ Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace ♦ Quaker Palestine Israel Network ♦ Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East ♦ Indiana Center for Middle East Peace ♦ Disciples of Christ Palestine-Israel Network ♦ Virginia Coalition for Human Rights ♦ Mennonite Palestine Israel Network ♦ Friends of Sabeel North America ♦ Center for Jewish Nonviolence ♦ Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network ♦ Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace ♦ United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network ♦ Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service ♦ Churches for Middle East Peace ♦ Kairos Puget Sound Coalition ♦ Pax Christi USA ♦ Jewish Voice for Peace – San Diego ♦ Gaza in Context ♦

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How this will work:

1 – Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:
Tinyurl.com/VFHL-September2024

2 – Once you register, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film. (Save that confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email, and you must have this to participate.)

3 – Watch the film at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion on June 16, 2024.
Please share this announcement with your friends, family, and community. Download the event flyer and post it to your social media.

For questions & comments please contact us at vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com
Visit our website at www.voicesfromtheholyland.org
Instagram: www.instagram.com/voicesfromtheholyland/
Join us at Facebook.com/voicesholyland
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