Successful September 2008 Event

SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER 2008 EVENT

MEPJA sent donations totalling $1450 to the Ibdaa Women's Mental Health Project of the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Palestine.

 

Life in Occupied Palestine

Amnesty International Presents

ANNA BALTZER

IN NEW MEXICO – SEPTEMBER 10 - 13, 2008

Anna Baltzer, Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the Israeli Occupation. She lived and worked with farmers, Palestinian and Israeli activists, and the families of political prisoners.

Anna’s book, Witness in Palestine, is a firsthand account of what she saw during her eight-month stay. She has been traveling around the world sharing the experiences that led her to support and document the Palestinian non-violent resistance to the Occupation, telling the story that is rarely seen in mainstream media.

Baltzer was a Fulbright scholar and a volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service, a human rights organization based in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. See her website at: http://annainthemiddleeast.com


ALBUQUERQUE
7 PM Wed. Sept. 10
Congregation Nahalat Shalom
3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW
Albuquerque NM
Anna's personal story as a Jewish woman, exploring Jewish identity and human rights in the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Contact: chandlermuf@yahoo.com
(505) 246-2231


ALBUQUERQUE
7PM Thurs. Sept. 11
Albuquerque Mennonite Church
1300 Girard Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM
Contact: Nell Burrus
(505) 833-3140
This is a benefit for the Ibdaa Women's Mental Health Project of the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Palestine.
($10 suggested donation)


LAS VEGAS 7PM Fri. Sept. 12
Global Issues Series at United World College
Montezuma NM
Contact: Sharon Seto
(505) 454-4206


SANTA FE
7PM Sat. Sept. 13
The Forum at the College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michaels Drive
Santa Fe NM
Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Mary-Charlotte Domandi of KSFR Radio and featuring Bill and Kathy Christison, frequent contributors to Counterpunch and authors of two books on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, Bill Stewart, world events columnist for The New Mexican and former Lebanon correspondent for Newsweek, and Joe Mowrey, Palestinian rights and anti-war activist and writer for Counterpunch Contact: Brian O’Keefe
505-988-2293
okeefe@cybermesa.com


Presented by:
Amnesty International Group 463, Las Vegas, NM
Amnesty International Group 122, Santa Fe, NM
Amnesty International Group 101, Albuquerque, NM
Social Justice Council of the Albuquerque First Unitarian Church
United World College, Las Vegas, NM
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Las Vegas Peace & Justice Center, Las Vegas, NM
Middle East Peace & Justice Alliance, Albuquerque, NM

Event Coordinator:: Sonya Berg (505) 425-6680 ssberg@kitcarson.net


You are welcome download and distribute the following files:

a poster of Anna's New Mexico events

a poster of Anna's Albuquerque events

more information about Anna's Wednesday event at Nahalat Shalom in Albuquerque

more information about Anna's Thursday evening benefit at the Albuquerque Mennonite Church