Three-City Rally Against Racism this Friday
Support UN World Conference Against Racism
Friday, April 3, 2009
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Pittsburgh: Federal Building – Liberty Ave.,
Cleveland: Federal Building – E. 9th St.
Youngstown: Lambros Federal Building
March 21 – Action Against War – Pentagon
Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity committee is pleased to endorse this March on the Pentagon. Buses will be traveling from Pittsburgh.
Please visit http://www.pittsburghendthewar.org/ for details.
Feb 5: Boycott “Israel’s Cultural Ambassadors”
Demonstrate with us as we boycott the Batsheva Dance Company’s Performance at the Benedum Center. As “Israel’s Cultural Ambassadors” we demand they denounce Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine and the Apartheid-like policies against Non-Jewish citizens!.
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009
7:00 pm
Benedum Center
719 Liberty Ave., downtown Pittsburgh
Endorsed by: Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Students for Justice in Palestine, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee and Code Pink
March of the Dead – Saturday Jan 17
Coalition for Peace & Justice in the Middle East:
MARCH OF THE DEAD
Saturday, 3:00pm
January 17, 2009
Rally @ Pitt Student Union
March to the SEI building (5th+Craig)
In the past two weeks at least 888 Palestinians have been killed and 3,700 injured. March with us to END THE WAR ON GAZA and to commemorate the innocent lives taken. We will provide white masks and encourage everyone to dress in BLACK.
Sponsored by: American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Black Voices for Peace, CAIR PA Pgh, CMU Muslim Student Association, International Solidarity Movement, Middle East Peace Forum, OPTICS (Organizing Pittsburgh to Increase Community Solidarity), Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Students for Justice in Palestine, Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians, Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Association and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Four Consecutive Days of Events for Gaza!
University of Pittsburgh’s
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
Present
Four Days of Events of Gaza!
January 8-9-10-11
1. Vigil in Oakland
2. Palestine Photo Exhibit Opening Reception
3. National Call for Action (D.C.)
4. Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians - Memoirs of NonViolent Resistance
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1. THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 5PM
EMERGENCY GAZA VIGIL
As Israel continues its massacres in Gaza, come Stand in Solidarity with the
people of Gaza and make their voices heard!
WHERE: Corner of Forbes and Bigelow, near the Hillman Library
Bring candles, Palestinian flags, posters, pictures, and leaflets as we share
with the folks at rush hour the truth about what is happening in Gaza.
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2. FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 8PM
HOPE UNDER SIEGE
PALESTINE PHOTO EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION
WHERE: Kimbo Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, First Floor of William Pitt Union
WHEN: Opening Reception with live music, poetry, food, and so much more:
Jan 9, 2009 8:00pm. Exhibit runs from Jan. 9-19, 2009
A table will be available to recruit for the DC march and the Pittsburgh march
on Jan 10.
This event is a fundraiser for the Free Gaza Movement
More info for this event here: http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html*
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3. SATURDAY, JAN. 10
NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
:::::: LOCAL VIGIL, NOON, OAKLAND :::::::
WHERE: For those who will not be able to make it to DC, we will have another
Vigil/Leafleting Day in Oakland at the corner or Craig and Forbes, starting at
12pm. Please bring candles, flags, posters, images, leaflets, etc.
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4. SUNDAY, JAN. 11, 7PM
MULTIMEDIA EVENT & FUNDRAISER
The Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians – Memoirs of NonViolent
Resistance
WHERE: University of Pittsburgh, Room G24, Cathedral of Learning
This is an interactive, multimedia event at Pitt, raising money for the Free
Gaza Movement and the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall.
More info for this event here: http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html
