Monday, November 16, 2009

WED, NOV 18 >> Human Rights in Israel and Palestine... Seeking a Road to Peace

CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION & GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROJECT of the DUCHESNE CENTER
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, PURCHASE, NY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH 2009 7:15pm
FRENCH PARLOR, REID CASTLE

4th Seminar: “A PERSONAL LOOK AT HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD AND AT HOME”

“Human Rights in Israel and Palestine…  Seeking a Road to Peace “

Hear:



FELICE GELMAN, Activist for justice in Palestine, Member of WESPAC MiddleEast Committee, board member of The Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, and of the steering committee for The Gaza Freedom March. She recently made two trips to Gaza.




YONATAN SHAPIRA, Former Captain in the Israeli Air Force Reserves, one of the founders of Combatants for Peace—Israelis and Palestinians who oppose the war and support the Peace forces in each country. He is a “refusenik” and won’t fight, and is a human rights activist. 

The community is welcome. For info: (914) 323-7156 or (914) 323-5186



VIDEO:  Felice Gelman of WESPAC reports on what she saw in Gaza in the Code Pink delegations in late May and early June, 2009 that she helped organize.  (Brecht Forum, 7/14/2009)