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International Women's Day: Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu
Date:
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Time:
7:00 PM
-
9:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Penny Rosenwasser
Location Details:
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
2345 Channing Way in Berkeley
2345 Channing Way in Berkeley
The Middle East Children's Alliance presents DIANA BUTTU - legal advisor to the PLO negotiating team with Israel 2000-2005 (and the only woman present); Palestinian commentator on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, Al Jazeera; and currently at the Kennedy School of Government - speaking on uprisings in the Arab world and What's Behind the Negotiations?
Special guest performance by MARIA POBLET, queer Latina poet (formerly with June Jordan's Poetry for the People) and tenant organizer with Causa Justa/Just Cause.
Tickets $15, $10 low-income/students
Buy tickets through Brown Paper Tickets online:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155633
or by calling 1-800-838-3006
Tickets also available at area bookstores: (East Bay) Moe's Books, Walden Pond, Diesel, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck (SF) Modern Times.
Benefit for MECA's Maia Project: Clean Water for the Children of Gaza, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.
Cosponsored by KPFA, Arab Film Festival, Arab Cultural Center, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Global Fund for Women, Al-Awda, US Palestinian Community Network, Bay Area Women in Black, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Youth Network, Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.
Special guest performance by MARIA POBLET, queer Latina poet (formerly with June Jordan's Poetry for the People) and tenant organizer with Causa Justa/Just Cause.
Tickets $15, $10 low-income/students
Buy tickets through Brown Paper Tickets online:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155633
or by calling 1-800-838-3006
Tickets also available at area bookstores: (East Bay) Moe's Books, Walden Pond, Diesel, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck (SF) Modern Times.
Benefit for MECA's Maia Project: Clean Water for the Children of Gaza, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.
Cosponsored by KPFA, Arab Film Festival, Arab Cultural Center, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Global Fund for Women, Al-Awda, US Palestinian Community Network, Bay Area Women in Black, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Youth Network, Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.
For more information:
http://www.mecaforpeace.org/events/berkele...
Added to the calendar on Wed, Feb 23, 2011 4:26PM
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