NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
OCTOBER 10-12, 2003
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
CONFERENCE VENUE ANNOUNCED:
Ramada Inn
999 Route 1 South
North Brunswick, NJ
For details see http://www.divestmentconference.com
or email info@divestmentconference.com for more information
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
5:00 p.m. - Registration
7:00 p.m. - Opening Plenary/Welcome
8:30 p.m. - Plenary: Dialogue of Unity
10:00 p.m. - Social/Networking time
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
8:00 a.m. - Registration
9:00 a.m. - Opening morning plenary
10:30 a.m. - Campus activism panel
12:30 p.m. - Lunch break1:30 p.m. - Workshop set I:
-The Art of Palestine Liberation
-Palestine and the Anti-War Movement
-Virtual Internment
-Lobbying
-Jewish Anti-Zionist Activism
3:00 p.m. - Workshop set II:
-Women in the Struggle
-Divestment Research
-Fighting Attacks on Immigrants
-Community Divestment
-Poster Art
5:00 p.m. - Rally at Cooper Green, Rutgers University (see below for details)
7:30 p.m. - Plenary: History of Solidarity Movement
9:00 p.m. - Organizing session
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
9:00 a.m. - Organizing session cont from Sat. evening2:00 p.m. - Workshop Set III:
-Right of Return
-The Apartheid Wall
-Dealing with Opposition
-Community Outreach3:30 p.m. - Workshop Set IV :
-Refugee Rights
-Direct Action and Organizing
-Political Prisoners in Palestine and the U.S
-Linking Struggles against Racism5:00 p.m. - Closing session
All workshops, panels and organizing sessions will take
place at the Ramada Inn at 999 Route 1 South in North
Brunswick, NJ. The rally will take place on the campus of
Rutgers University.
RALLY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
As part of the conference, there will be a mass rally at
Rutgers University
Saturday, October 11
5:00 PM
BROWER COMMONS - 121 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rutgers University
We will have numerous speakers and contingents from the
conference and around the region. Bring your buses, vans
and cars to join our voices together for justice in
Palestine, in the U.S. and around the world!
REGISTER AND ENDORSE
REGISTER & ENDORSE ONLINE:
http://www.njsolidarity.org
Email registration: registration@njsolidarity.org
Email endorsements: endorse@njsolidarity.org
WRITE TO RUTGERS HERE:
http://www.divestmentconference.com/emailrutgers.html
Learn more online at:
http://www.divestmentconference.com
DONATE TO THE CONFERENCE
Your support is enabling our conference to continue to
grow. Due to the series of attacks suffered by the
conference, we need your support now more than ever.
Please, help make the conference a strong success and
donate. Donate online at:
http://www.divestmentconference.comor make checks
out to "New Jersey Solidarity" and send to:
New Jersey Solidarity
SAC Box 52
613 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
HOUSING AND LOGISTICS
There are many local hotels in New Brunswick and the
surrounding areas, as well as students willing to share
their living quarters with traveling activists. For
assistance with housing and hotels, please contact our
housing coordinator at housing@njsolidarity.org
If you are looking to stay at a hotel, please reserve at
the North Brunswick Ramada Inn
999 US Route 1 South
North Brunswick, NJ 08902 United States of America
Phone: 732-246-3737 Fax: 732-448-9670
Mention "NJS" or "NJ Solidarity" to get the group rate
Other local hotels include:
Motel 6 on Rte 18/East Brunswick: (732) 390-4545
Hilton East Brunswick: (732)-828-2000
SEND YOUR RESOLUTIONS AND STATEMENTS
If you cannot attend the conference, please send your
resolutions to be considered by the conference and
statements to the conference to
info@divestmentconference.com
ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSERS
- A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
- ActionLA
- Ad-Hoc Nepal Solidarity Committee
- Al-Awda Los Angeles
- Al-Awda NY/NJ
- Al-Awda Orange County
- Al-Awda San Diego
- Al-Awda, San Francisco Area
- Al-Bireh Palestine Society - California
- All-African People's Revolutionary Party
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Fresno Chapter
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Greater Sacramento Area Chapter
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Los Angeles/Orange County Chapter
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
- Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East
- Americans for Social Justice
- Amnesty International of Park Falls, WI
- Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War
- ANSWER Coalition, Boston
- ANSWER Coalition, Chicago
- ANSWER Coalition, Los Angeles
- ANSWER Coalition, Orange County
- ANSWER Coalition, SF Bay Area
- ANSWER Coalition, Western Mass
- Applied Research Institute (ARIJ) - Jerusalem, Palestine
- Arab American Caucus of the California Democratic Party
- Arab American Press Guild
- Arab National Congress ("Al-Mu'tamar al-Qawmi al-Arabi")
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Arise Bookstore Collective
- Arise for Social Justice
- Atlanta Palestine Solidarity
- Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice
- BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights - Palestine
- Bay Area United Against War
- Bayan International - U.S.A.
- Bayan International - Los Angeles Chapter
- Bridgewater State College R.E.A.P.S. Restoring Environmental And Political
- Brisbane Free the Five Committee
- Bus Riders Union/Labor Community Strategy Center
- Campus Greens at The Ohio State University
- Casa las Amricas
- Central New Jersey Coalition for Peace and Justice
- Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism
- Christians and Muslims Establishing Peace
- Citizens for Fair Legislation
- Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
- Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- Committee for Justice to Defend the LA8
- Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti
- Committee to Defend Palestinian Human Rights
- Communist Party, USA's, Frederick Douglass Club
- Communist Party of Argentina
- Conscious Roots (San Francisco)
- CUNY4All
- Dallas Peace Center
- Deir Yassin Society of New York
- Dream Dancer Design
- Egyptian American Professional Society
- Ever Reviled Records
- First Nations North & South
- For a Better World
- Forum of Indian Leftists
- Free Palestine Alliance - USA
- Freedom Archives
- Grandmothers for Peace International
- Green Party of Chatham County
- Green Party of Dallas County
- Green Labor Party of Georgia
- Hammerhard MediaWorks - Chicago
- Hawaii Solidarity Committee
- INCITE! Women of Color against Violence
- Indigenous Student Alliance at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California
- International Action Center
- Int'l League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS-US)
- International Socialist Organization, USA
- IranDokht
- Islamic Association for Palestine
- Islamic Center of NYU
- Jews Against the Occupation at SUNY Binghamton
- Jews for a Free Palestine
- Just Peace: An Action Group for Justice in the Middle East
- Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB)
- Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center - Ramallah, Palestine
- Korea Truth Commission
- La Raza Unida Party
- LAGAI -- Queer Insurrection (SF Bay Area)
- March For Justice
- Marin Center for Peace and Justice
- Marshall Action for Peaceful Solutions - Marshall University
- MAS Freedom Foundation
- Maui EARTHDAY Collective
- MECA (Middle East Children's Alliance)
- MECCA (Middle Eastern Civilization and Culture Association) of Union College, NY
- Mexican American Education Foundation
- Mideast:Just Peace
- Minnesotan's for a United Ireland
- Minority eXperience Network
- Mobtown Autonomous AntiFa - Baltimore
- Modesto Committee for Peace in the Middle East, California
- Morton County Citizens for Responsible Government
- Movement In Motion Arts Collective
- Movimento Democratico Pela Anistia
- Muslim Student Association - National
- Muslim Student Association - DC Council
- Muslim Student Association - Hofstra
- Muslim Student Association at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Muslim Student Association - Sacramento
- Muslim Student Association - Sacramento-Davis Region West
- Muslim Student Association - San Francisco State University
- Muslim Student Association - UC Davis
- Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
- Nakba '48
- National Committee to Free the Five Cuban Political Prisoners - Los Angeles
- National Lawyers Guild - Los Angeles
- National Lawyers Guild - University of Texas School of Law
- New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
- New School Aikido
- New York Committee to Defend Palestine
- New Zealand Peace Council
- Nicaragua Network
- NISPOP - Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines
- Northern California Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
- Not in Our Name Mexico
- NYC Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition
- Orange County Peace and Freedom Party
- Orange County Veterans for Peace
- Palestine Action at Union Square
- Palestine Aid Society
- Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
- Palestine Human Rights Monitoring Group - Palestine
- Palestine Solidarity Committee - Los Angeles
- Palestine Solidarity Committee of South Africa
- Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago
- Palestine Solidarity Group - Vancouver B.C. Canada
- Palestinian American Congress
- Palestinian American Women Association of Southern California
- Palestinian - Canadian Student Society - University of Calgary, Canada
- Palestinian Center for Human Rights - Gaza, Palestine
- Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace - Ramallah, Palestine
- Palestinian National Association for Youth - Gaza
- Partido Comunista do Brasil
- Peace Action - Sacramento Area, California
- Peace and Justice Alliance (Central Washington University)
- Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
- Peace and Justice Network of San Joaquin County
- PeaceNoWar
- Philippine Peasant Support Network (PESANTE)
- Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee
- PoetsWesth
- Progress Acadamic Group - An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine
- Proyecto Common Touch
- Public Intellectuals for Social and Spare Change
- Punjabi Student Association
- Queers For Peace And Justice
- Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) (SF Bay Area)
- Racial Justice 9-11, National Network of People of Color Against the War
- Ramallah Online
- Reform Party USA - Action Group
- Revolution Youth
- Revolutionary Theory & Action Collective
- Rutgers Acts for Peace and Justice
- Rutgers Pakistan Student Association
- Rutgers University Queens Chorale
- Sacred Roots
- SNAFU - the Support Network for an Armed Forces Union
- SOA Watch West San Jose
- Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights - Concordia
- South Asians Against Police Brutality and Racism
- St. Pete for Peace
- Stony Brook Coalition Against War
- Student Labor Action Coalition -- UW-Milwaukee
- Students for Corporate Responsibility - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Students for Justice - San Jose State University
- Students for Justice in Palestine, California State Univ. Sacramento
- Students for Justice in Palestine, Sacramento
- Students for Justice in Palestine, UC Berkeley
- Students for Justice in Palestine, UC Davis
- Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Illinois-Chicago
- Students for Social Justice
- Students Movement for Justice
- South Jersey Earth First!
- Suburban Outreach
- Sudanese American Society
- SUSTAIN - Memphis Chapter
- SUSTAIN - Northwest Suburban - Chicago area
- SUSTAIN - St. Louis
- Third World Forum
- Third World Majority
- UC Berkeley Arab Student Union
- UMAH (United Muslim Association of High Schools)
- Union of Health Care Committees (UHCC) - Nablus, Palestine
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
- usQueers
- Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land
- We The People United
- Weekly East West Link & Urdu Times
- Women Against War
- Women of All Red Nations
- Workers World Party
- Young Muslims of Jersey City
- Youth Business Assocation Fayoum - Egypt
- Youth Solidarity Summer
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