RALLY IN CHICAGO
"PALESTINIANS FOR LIFE, REFUGEES UNTIL RETURN!"
RALLY TO DEFEND PALESTINE
September
29th , 2002 11:00 AM
Rally in Chicago.
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"PALESTINIANS
FOR LIFE, REFUGEES UNTIL RETURN!"
CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
Dear Members,
Supporters and Friends,
Al-Awda, The
Palestine Right to Return Coalition announces our third National
Demonstration to Commemorate the Second Anniversary of the Intifada
and a solemn remembrance of the 20th Anniversary of the Sabra and
Shatilla Massacre, on Sunday September 29th, 2002 in Chicago, Illinois.
Al-Awda calls
on all its members and supporters to join us in Chicago on the weekend
of September 29th. Preliminary events will begin on Saturday the
28th, which include: working groups, opportunities to network and
attend workshops and a special event on Saturday night: Cafe Intfada,
which will
include an evening of spoken word, music and performance for the
Liberation of Palestine.
Sunday's National
Rally will be held from 11 am to 6 PM, In Grant Park, and will include
a march and a rally with a variety of speakers. These events will
draw the public's attention to the dire situation in Palestine,
attention to the plight of the Palestinian Refugees, Israel's gross
human rights abuses and the suffering it has inflicted over 54 years,
the past two years unlike any events seen in the history of the
Palestine. We affirm the inalienable right of all Palestinian Refugees
to return to their homes of origin, and to the lands from which
they were expelled in 1948 and thereafter. The Rally will highlight
the unity of the Palestinian people everywhere, as well as reaffirm
our unqualified support for our people in Occupied Palestine suffering
for two long years under the brutal regime of Ariel Sharon , Israeli
policies, and the racist Israeli Apartheid policies which have killed
over 2000, innocent men women and children and injured, and maimed
for life over 20,000 Palestinians two thirds who are children under
the age of eighteen.
These events
will also commemorate and honor those lost in the 1982 Massacre
of Sabra and Shatilla, in Beirut Lebanon, at the hands of the Butcher
known to us as Ariel Sharon. In September 1982, approximately two
thousand innocent Palestinian and Lebanese men, women and children
were killed in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatilla in Beirut.
These massacres were financed and supported by Israel whose military
surrounded the camps and occupied Beirut at the time. The ongoing
Al-Aqsa Intifada began in September 2000 following Ariel Sharon's
provocative visit to Islam's holiest site in Jerusalem.
We, Al-Awda,
as the largest grassroots network for Palestinian human rights,
call on each and every supporter defender and advocate for the Palestinian
people to join us on this solemn occasion, by reaching out to your
local groups and committees to arrange for the largest possible
attendance. There is no time to waste and no sacrifice to great
for us all to show our undying solidarity with the Palestinian people
, as well as to show a massive force of dissent at the current ill
begotten support of Isreal by the United States, by way of its policies
towards Israel and against the full and certain rights of the Palestinian
peoples as they have suffered over two years in this brutal assault
on their life and liberty.
Please join
us on September 29th, as we affirm our national aspirations, as
we affirm the inalienable right of return and compensation to all
Palestine Refugees. On this day there will be similar events across
the globe, as we stand in unity with our besieged people at this
time of desperation and outrage.
More information
will be forthcoming as will announcements about events taking place
simultaneously around the globe, in the camps and on the ground
in Palestine.
If you are interest
in helping to plan for these events, please help by joining Al-Awda
Events Committee: send a blank message to
al-awda-events-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, as soon as possible.
We also call
on all local committees in North America and Canada, to begin the
process of planning for transportation and fundraising for this
most vital and important event.
Working together
we will make this event the largest ever Al-Awda Rally.
STAND UP FOR
PALESTINE!
SPEAK OUT AGAINST US POLICIES!
CALL FOR AN END TO ZIONIST ISRAELI APARTHEID AND MURDER!
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GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION:
To join an Al-Awda/PRRC
grassroots action committee currently mobilizing for
September 29th events in your region please visit:
http://www.al-awda.org/committees.htm.
To help establish
Al-Awda/PRRC action committees in your area, please send a message
to: prrc@mail.com indicating your location.
CALL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
CO-SPONSORSHIP
Groups wishing
to co-sponsor the September national events or to inquire about
similar activities in areas outside North America are requested
contact us at prrc-events2@mail.com. A complete listing of organizations
that have already endorsed the regional events will be published
as soon as it becomes available.
CALL FOR DONATIONS
To help defray
costs, please address donations to:
PRRC, The Palestine
Right To Return Coalition
P.O. Box 1172
Orange, CT 06477
e-mail: prrc@mail.com
Web: http://al-awda.org
Fax:717-832-1123
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