By OpenShuhadaStreet.org – 17 Jan 2010
SEE NEW YORK CITY EVENT DETAILS AT BOTTOM
This is a call to action for everyone who stands in solidarity with Palestinians fighting for their human rights. On February 25, 2010 activists around the world will participate in an international day of action to raise awareness about the issue of lack of freedom of movement in the Palestinian city of Hebron. The closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians is just one prominent example of the policy of separation that affects the lives of Palestinians all across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Join the struggle to end the occupation and organize a demonstration in your city on February 25, 2010!!
Open Shuhada Street! February 25, 2010 International Day of Action from Open Shuhada Street on Vimeo.
Coordinated by:
- Youth Against Settlements
- Ta’ayush
- Children of Abraham
- Open Shuhada Street
For more information:
openshuhadastreet.org
NEW YORK CITY EVENT
February 25, 2010 marks 16 years since the Baruch Goldstein massacre in which a settler murdered 29 Palestinian while praying in a mosque in Hebron. As a response to this event, the army introduced a policy of separation in Hebron, which included the closure of Shuhada Street. To this day, the street remains closed to Palestinians, thus severely restricting their freedom of movement within their own city. To protest against these measures, activists and organizations from around the world will join together on February 25 in solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Hebron and demand for the re-opening of Shuhada Street to Palestinians and an End to the Occupation!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Kimmel Room 914
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60 Washington Sq South
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New York, NY
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THE SPEAKERS:
ZACKIE ACHMAT has been called the most important South African dissident since Nelson Mandela. He began his political career at age 14, as an anti-apartheid organizer, and was later the leader of South Africa ’s gay rights movement, one of the most successful in the world. He is most widely known as the founder and chairman of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a grassroots movement that works to secure AIDS treatment and prevention for all South Africans. For his political leadership, Achmat won the inaugural Desmond Tutu Leadership Award, the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights in 2003, and the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights in 2003. He was named one of TIMEeurope’s “Heroes of 2003″, and was voted in the Top 100 Great South Africans, as well as being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
REMI KANAZI is a Palestinian-American poet and writer based in New York City. He is the editor of the recently released collection of poetry, spoken word, hip hop, and art, Poets For Palestine. His political commentary has been featured in print and online media throughout the world, including Alternet, CounterPunch, ZNet, the Khaleej Times, News From Within and Radical Society. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, including outlets such as Al Jazeera English, BBC radio, GRITTv with Laura Flanders, WBAI, Dandana, the Struggle, and Citizen’s Radio.
THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS!
*This event is free and open to the public with photo ID
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