I Witness Gaza

A night of arts and eyewitness accounts from Gaza
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
7:00pm – 9:00pm
First Unitarian Church, Shadyside
605 Morewood Ave at Ellsworth

-A book reading by Lora Gordon, a Jewish American who has spent over a year in the Gaza Strip

-Eyewitness accounts from Regina Birchem, past president of Women’s Interntional League for Peace and Freedom

-A reading of Seven Jewish Children, a 10-minute play written in response to the Gaza massacres

-Plus a Short film screening by Palestinian American video artist Edward Salem

Sponsored by: The Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, Thomas Merton Center Antiwar Committee, Middle East Peace Forum, Codepink Piitsburgh, Coalition for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Muslim Student Association, Women’s Interntional League for Peace and Freedom

DAM – Live Palestinian Hip Hop in Pittsburgh

The internationally acclaimed Palestinian hip hop group DAM will perform on the Carnegie Mellon campus on April 9. DAM was recently featured in the Sundance documentary “Slingshot Hip Hop” and is Palestine’s first and leading hip hop group. With fiercely political lyrics sprung onto a musical backdrop of Arabic drumbeats and American hip hop rhythms, DAM is a cultural phenomenon born out of the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Featuring our very own local DJs Elie and Joud Mansour. Come get empowered!

http://www.dampalestine.com/main.html
http://www.myspace.com/damrap

McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus
Thursday April 9, 2009
Doors open at 6:30, show at 7pm
Tickets available at the University Center Info Desk: call 412.268.2107
$5 students; $10 adults
All proceeds go to UNRWA humanitarian fund for Gaza