http://notimetocelebrate.wordpress.com/
IMPORTANT! NYC TOMORROW!
This is the big one! Called for and planned by Palestinian and Arab communities in NY/NJ -- this is the big event to stand in solidarity with 60+ years of Palestinian struggle.
If you'd like to march/ rally with other Jews, meet at the corner of 47th and 2nd and look for the No Time to Celebrate banner.
COMMEMORATE THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF
AL NAKBAH - THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE
8 Million Palestinian Refugees Denied a Homeland
JOIN THE PALESTINIAN AND ARAB COMMUNITIES OF NY & NJ
IN DEMANDING AN END TO THIS CATASTROPHE
MAY 16th, 2008 1:00PM - 6:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the UNITED NATIONS
47th Street bet.
1st and 2nd Avenues
4/5/6/7 to Grand Central Station
Program
1:00 - 2:00 PM Prayer
2:00 - 4:30 PM Rally
4:30 - 6:00 PM March
Confirmed Speakers/Performers
Abdallah Abdallah, Former Palestinian Ambassador to Canada, Rabab Abdulhadi, Professor, San Francisco State University, Cynthia McKinney, Green Party Candidate for President, Azmi Bishara, Palestinian political analyst & Former Israeli Knesset Member (via phone), Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio, WBAI, Father Luis Barrios, Professor John Jay College and Priest, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Abeer Da Witch, Palestinian Hip Hop artist, Maysoon Zayid, Palestinian comedian/actress, Remi Kanazi, Palestinian poet, Poetic Injustice, Tahani Saleh, Palestinian poet, Ora Wise, Palestine/Israel Education Project and Poet, Roopa Singh, Political poet, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Performance artist, Salam Dabkeh Troupe, Rebel Diaz, Latino Hip Hop Group, Kathy Engel, author and poet.
How you can help:
Make a donation on-line
Collect organizational Endorsements for our letter to the United Nations:
www. nakbah1948. org
Download fliers and posters and help with outreach in your community: http://www. nakbah1948. org/Fliers. htm
Learn more about Al Nakbah and tell a Friend!
Organized by The Steering Committee for the 60th Commemoration of Al Nakbah info@nakbah1948.org
