Providence Israeli Apartheid Week - Hosted by Brown University SJP

[IAW 2012 materials coming soon. For 2011, see below.]

As part of Israeli Apartheid Week, Brown Students for Justice in Palestine (BSJP) is organizing a series of events at Brown University:

Main Green Display and Info Table
Tuesday through Thursday, 11am-2pm
Main Green
 

Stop by to talk with members of BSJP about Apartheid in Israel, our selective divestment campaign, and how YOU can get involved.

A Lecture by Holocaust Refugee Hedy Epstein
Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm
Smith-Buonanno 106

On March 16 Holocaust survivor and political activist Hedy Epstein will address how her experience relates to the current situation in Palestine. Epstein escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 on a children’s transport to England. All but two of her family were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. A decade later, she immigrated to the United States, where she took up political activism, dedicating her time to multiple causes including affordable housing, the pro-choice movement, and the antiwar movement. Since 2003 she has been to Palestine five times and her experiences have been the subject of many of her lectures.

Film Screening: "To Shoot an Elephant" & BSJP’s NEW divestment video!
Thursday, March 17 at 7pm
Smith-Buonanno 106

On December 27th 2009 Israel began bombing Gaza as a part of Operation “Cast Lead”. A group of international volunteers for the Free Gaza movement and two Al Jazeera journalists were already on the ground. This allowed them to witness the events of the three weeks of “Cast Lead” firsthand, in spite of the Israeli ban on foreign corespondents and aid workers. Their documentary gives the unique perspective of what the invasion looked like from inside Gaza itself. It is graphic and intense so it will be followed by a screening of BSJPs NEW divestment video and a short discussion on how you can participate in a constructive growing grassroots solidarity movement!

Handala Memorial Main Green Display
Friday March 18 11 a.m - 3 p.m
Main Green

By now all week you have seen "Who is Handala?" flyers. Come by to a memorial on the main green and find out.

 

Workshop: The Palestine Solidarity and Anti-War Movement

Saturday March 19 at 5 pm

Salmon 203



BSJP and RIMC are co-sponsoring a day of action on March 19th, the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The main theme of the event is: "Out Now 2011! U.S. Out of the Middle East" with a focus on demanding withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq & Afghanistan; demanding respect for sovereign nations' right to self determination in Palestine, Egypt, Pakistan, Bahrain, Yemen and everywhere, and cutting U.S. aid to aggressor nations.

There will be a rally with poetry, music, and speakers at armory park at 1 pm followed by a march downtown to the homeland security, recruitment center, a community dinner and a discussion run by BSJP on the relationship between the Palestine solidarity movement and the larger anti-war movement. Meet at Faunce Arch at 12:15pm to travel together to Armory Park!


More info on IAW:
Israeli Apartheid Week is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement. Last year, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) took place in more than 40 cities across the globe. This year IAW takes place following two years of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level.

For more information: brownusjp@gmail.com
website: www.providence.apartheidweek.org

Past Events

  • Handala Memorial Main Green Display and Info Table
    March 15, 2011 - 11:00am

    Stop by to talk with members of BSJP about Apartheid in Israel, our selective divestment campaign, and how YOU can get involved. Come by to see, reflect on and discuss the Handala Memorial Main Green display too.

     

    "His name is Handala and he has promised the people that he will remain true to himself. I drew him as a child who is not beautiful; his hair is like the hair of a hedgehog who uses his thorns as a weapon. Handala is not a fat, happy, relaxed, or pampered child. He is barefooted like the refugee camp children, and he is an icon that protects me from making mistakes. Even though he is rough, he smells of amber. His hands are clasped behind his back as a sign of rejection at a time when solutions are presented to us the American way...At first he was a Palestinian child, but his consciousness developed to have a national then a global and human horizon. He is a simple yet tough child, and this is why people adopted him and felt that he represents their consciousness."

  • A Lecture by Holocaust Refugee Hedy Epstein Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm Smith-Buonanno 106
    March 16, 2011 - 7:00pm

    On March 16 Holocaust survivor and political activist Hedy Epstein will address how her experience relates to the current situation in Palestine. Epstein escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 on a children’s transport to England. All but two of her family were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. A decade later, she immigrated to the United States, where she took up political activism, dedicating her time to multiple causes including affordable housing, the pro-choice movement, and the antiwar movement. Since 2003 she has been to Palestine five times and her experiences have been the subject of many of her lectures.

  • Film Screening: "To Shoot an Elephant" & BSJP’s NEW divestment video! Thursday, March 17 at 7pm Smith-Buonanno 106
    March 17, 2011 - 7:00pm

    On December 27th 2009 Israel began bombing Gaza as a part of Operation “Cast Lead”. A group of international volunteers for the Free Gaza movement and two Al Jazeera journalists were already on the ground. This allowed them to witness the events of the three weeks of “Cast Lead” firsthand, in spite of the Israeli ban on foreign corespondents and aid workers. Their documentary gives the unique perspective of what the invasion looked like from inside Gaza itself. It is graphic and intense so it will be followed by a screening of BSJPs NEW divestment video and a short discussion on how you can participate in a constructive growing grassroots solidarity movement!

     

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