EXTENDED! U.S. National Tour about Palestinian Political Prisoners -November 3-20, 2009

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The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Palestine Solidarity Group
(PSG) - Chicago are proud to announce an important national tour:


Israel's Palestinian Prisoners: A Report on the Conditions of Palestinian Political
Prisoners

Due to overwhelming response and interest, the national tour of Ala Jaradat has been
extended for an additional week! Please see below for new updates and details for
the Detroit, MI event on November 15, a reminder of the College Park, MD event on
November 16, and new events in Washington, DC, Columbus, OH and Portland, OR!

We are pleased to welcome human rights activist Ala Jaradat, the program manager of
Addameer Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association in the occupied West Bank
city of Ramallah, and a former Palestinian political prisoner, will be sharing his
experiences campaigning for the freedom and rights of political detainees and
actively working against the use of torture, arbitrary detention, isolation, and
other forms of political persecution and repression.

The $3 billion dollars of annual U.S. aid to Israel helps fund Israeli prisons and
detention centers where 8,100 Palestinian prisoners — including 60 women, 390
children, and 550 administrative detainees held without charge — are imprisoned in
substandard conditions and subject to torture.

The tour began in Chicago and headed through Milwaukee, San Francisco, Minneapolis,
New York, Philadelphia, and Youngstown, OH. Please see new updates and time for
Detroit, reminder for College Park, MD, and new details for Washington, DC, Columbus
and Portland!

Sunday, November 15 - Detroit, MI
7:00 pm
St. Paul Lutheran Church
375 Lothrop
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Organized by the Palestine Office-Michigan and Jewish Voice for Peace - Detroit Chapter

Monday, November 16 - College Park, MD

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
University of Maryland at College Park
Art Sociology Room 2203
College Park, MDOrganized by Students for Justice in Palestine - University of
Maryland.

Tuesday, November 17 - Washington, DC

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
American University
McDowell Formal Lounge
Washington, DC
Organized by AU Students for Justice in Palestine.
For more information, please contact sjpal.au@gmail.com.

Thursday, November 19 - Columbus, OH

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Ohio State University
Hitchcock Hall, Rm 0031
Columbus, OH
Organized by The Committee for Justice in Palestine at Ohio State University.

Friday, November 20 - Portland, OR

Time and Room TBA
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Organized by Al-Awda Oregon and the Al-Nakba Awareness Project
For more information and event details, please contact Waddah at wsofan@pdx.edu or
Mariah at HappyHeartMom@comcast.net.

We hope to see you at these informative and critical events!

US Palestinian Community Network
Web: http://www.palestineconference.org/
Email: uspcn@palestineconference.org

Twitter: http://twitter.com/uspcn

Earlier events on the tour:

Tuesday, November 3 - Chicago, IL
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
University of Illinois at Chicago
UIC Student Center East (SCE) – Room 611
750 S. Halsted, Chicago, ILOrganized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at
the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)
- Chicago.
For more information, call 312-961-9512 or email info@psgchicago.org.


Thursday, November 5 - Milwaukee, WI
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
UW-Milwaukee Union Room 345b
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WIOrganized by Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society.

Friday, November 6 - Chicago, IL
8:30 pm (directly after Isha prayer)In Arabic and English
Mosque Foundation Community Center
7260 W. 93rd St
Chicago, IL

Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network, the Palestine Solidarity Group -
Chicago, American Muslims for Palestine and the Nablus Society

Sunday November 8 - San Francisco, CA
5:00 pm
Arabic Language Event with Ala Jaradat
Arab Culture and Community Center
2 Plaza Street
San Francisco, CA 94116

Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network.

Monday, November 9 - San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Organized by the US Palestinian Community Network

Endorsed/Co-Sponsored by Arab Resource and Organizing Center(AROC), Break the Siege
(BTS), Freedom Archives, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), SF 8
Defense Committee.

Wednesday, November 11 - Minneapolis, MN

12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Hamline University School of Law
Annette K. Levin Moot Court Room
1536 Hewitt Ave
St. Paul, MN
Organized by the Hamline Student Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and the
Hamline Chapter of the International Law Students’ Association

AND

7:00 pm
University of Minnesota
Blegen Hall 150
West Bank
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MNOrganized by the Anti-War Committee and Women Against Military
Madness (WAMM)

Endorsed by the Al-Aqsa Institute and the Coalition for Palestinian Rights.

Thursday, November 12 - New York, NY
7:30 pm
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
For details about the event, please email info@al-awdany.org or call 718-228-8636.
Organized by Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

Also featuring speakers from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Desis Rising Up and
Moving (DRUM). Endorsed by DRUM, MXGM, the Jericho Movement, New York City Labor
Against the War, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Middle Eastern Students
Association - CUNY School of Law and the US Palestinian Community Network - NY.

Friday, November 13 - Philadelphia, PA
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
University of Pennsylvania
Huntsman Hall (3730 Walnut St)
Room 345
Philadelphia, PAOrganized by the US Palestinian Community Network and the Palestine
Solidarity Group – Chicago in local partnership with Penn for Palestine.

Endorsers include SUSTAIN, Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, Palestine Solidarity
Group-Philadelphia, Bubbes and Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East,
International Action Center, Philadelphia Against War and Socialist Action.For
details about this event, please contact phillyevent@palestineconference.org.

Saturday, November 14 - Youngstown, OH
7:00 pm
Arab American Community Center
15 Belgrade
Youngstown, OH 44505
Organized by the Arab Community Center and the US Palestinian Community Network.For
questions or details about this event, please contact amer022960@aol.com or call
330-509-0791.

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