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Eyewitness Palestine delegates Kareem El-Hosseiny and Eyewitness Palestine Program Director, Emily Siegel were on Capitol Hill today meeting with DC rep, Eleanor Holmes Norton . . . Also spotted on the hill are delegates Seth Morrison and Karen Akerman as part of Jewish Voice for Peace’s Lobby Day.
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Eyewitness Palestine delegates, Brittany Oliver and E&A Coordinator Nadya Tannous spoke on a larger panel, including speakers like Sahar Francis of Addameer, titled “Resisting State Violence: Lessons on Liberation and Abolition”.
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Eyewitness Palestine delegate Jaquial Durham will be speaking this Friday at the event below, hosted by Georgetown Black Student Alliance and Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine for a teach-in on divesting from state violence.
“In the spirit of internationalism, we as students, activists, academics, and community members will explore together the manifestations of state violence in DC, Palestine, and the UK. Look forward to a night of hearing from community organizers directly involved in resisting state violence, visualizing possibilities for accountable solidarity, and expanding divestment work in DC.”
Check out the line up at the link below and come out if you’re in the DC-Metro Area!
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Eyewitness Palestine board members, delegation leaders & delegates Mark Harrison, Jennifer Bing, Bradley Parker, Josh Ruebner and other partners met with Congresswoman Betty McCollum this morning to endorse her new legislation, H.R. 4391, which promotes the human rights of Palestinian children.
Congresswoman McCollum writes, “Peace can only be achieved by respecting human rights, especially the rights of children. Congress must not turn a blind eye the unjust and ongoing mistreatment of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.”
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Eyewitness Palestine delegate Ajamu Baraka spoke on a panel this past weekend for the CodePink Summit in Washington DC. The summit launched their new campaign to divest from the war profiteers. Ajamu Baraka spoke about the connection between the illegal wars abroad and the war right here in the United States on Black, Brown and poor folks. The talk was titled, “The U.S. War Machine: Fueling Violence at Home and Abroad”.
You can check out this new campaign page for divestment from war profiteers here.
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