[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] 02/17: Report Back from Bethlehem

Mon Feb 11 14:19:38 PST 2008

Abby Yanow <abbyyanow at hotmail.com> wrote: To: <smujp at yahoogroups.com>
From: Abby Yanow <abbyyanow at hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:08:01 +0000
Subject: [SMUJP] Film & Report Back from Bethlehem

1.    Report Back from Cambridge-Bethlehem People-to-People Project, Feb. 17 2. Film: Occupation 101, Feb. 20, Watertown 3. Articles of interest  
  CAMBRIDGE-BETHLEHEM PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PROJECT (CBPP) REPORT BACK
 Sunday, February 17, 12:00 Noon
 Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
 155 Powderhouse Boulevard, Somerville

 The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church invites you to a report back from the Cambridge-Bethlehem People-to-People Project (CBPP) in a presentation and conversation on Sunday February 17 at 12 Noon.  

 A 15-person delegation with the Cambridge-Bethlehem People-to-People Project (CBPP) has just returned with images, stories and “facts-on-the-ground”.  Delegates Kathy and John Roberts and Martin R. Federman will be sharing their stories with us from their visits with students, teachers, theatre people, municipal officials, hospital staff and patients, business leaders, college professors, refugees in camps, women in cooperatives, and human rights workers and activists.

 Kathy Roberts is an early childhood educator and consultant with the Cambridge  Community Partnership for Children, and is founding member of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (Truce).  John is former executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, now  retired, and founding member and former Chair of the board of the  Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).
 Martin R. Federman is a Jewish educator and is the co-chair of the Boston chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.  He was Adjunct Professor at Gratz College in Philadelphia, PA, Director of Community Services for the Central Agency for Jewish Education in St. Louis, MO, and the Hillel Director and Jewish Chaplain at Northeastern University. 

 Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

  Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church works for justice and peace in the community and world, celebrates racial and ethnic diversity, and the equality of women and men. A more light church, it supports the full inclusion of gay and lesbian members within its diverse and active community.  Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church is located at 155 Powderhouse Boulevard in Somerville, at the corner of Powderhouse Boulevard and Curtis Street, two blocks from Tufts University, near North Cambridge, Medford, and Arlington. 

 For More Information:  Karl Gustafson, Clarendon Hill Church: 617-625-4823

  2. Forum and Film Series
 Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES)
 Justice with Peace Task Force   Documentary Film Showing
 OCCUPATION 101: VOICES OF THE SILENCED MAJORITY Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 pm  Watertown Free Public Library
 123 Main Street
 Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room

 A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. 

 The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy. 

 This film is co-sponsored by the NE American Friends Service Committee, United for Justice with Peace, Arlington United for Justice with Peace, Lexington Justice with Peace Committee, Waltham Concerned Citizens, and Weston Dialogues for Peace and Justice.

 Parking and Public Transportation - If you are driving, there is a parking lot behind the Watertown Library. For Public transportation, take the #71 Bus from Harvard Square to the last stop and walk two blocks down Main Street.
 www.watertowncitizens.org  617-926-8560 mailbox 2

 ARTICLES of INTEREST
 1.   Surge In Spending on Nukes a Grave Error , by Frida Berriga
Published on Monday, February 11, 2008 by The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)
 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/11/6984/

 2.  ‘Unnecessary and Excessive’: Brattleboro Receives Independent Report Calling July 24 Use of a Taser Unjustified
 by Bob Audette
 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/11/6979/
 Published on Monday, February 11, 2008 by The Brattleboro Reformer 

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