Program
Please note: Childcare will be available for parents at the Popular Conference.
Child care/babysitting will be provided for children ages 2-4 and a children’s track of programming for children ages 5-13 years. The cost s $10/day per child, and this includes all meals for the day as well as any arts & crafts materials the children will use. The children will eat with the other children in the program, rather than with their parents. Please register your children online using our registration page, and purchase one child’s ticket per child! Thank you!
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Friday, October 29, 2010
4:00-7:00pm
Registration
AlQuds Commons
6:00-8:00pm
Dinner
AlQuds Commons
8:00-11:30pm
Official Opening of the Conference
An Evening with World-Renowned Musician Marcel Khalife and Guest Speaker Ghassan Ben Jiddo
Honoring Professors Naseer Aruri and Don Wagner
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
Saturday, October 30
8:00-9:30am
Breakfast and Registration
AlQuds Commons
9:30-11:00am
Plenary—One Land, One People, One Destiny: Asserting the Unity of the Palestinian Struggle
presented by the U.S. Palestinian Community Network
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
11:00-11:15am
BREAK
Workshop Series I
11:15am – 12:30pm
***Indicates workshops presented in both Arabic and English.
Knowing Our Rights: Protecting Our Movement & Activists
Suzanne Adely, Al-Awda NY
Khan Younis Camp
Solidarity and Support: From Palestine to Iraq to Chicago***
Nemeh Khatib and Batla Ahmad, Chicago Committee for Palestinians Arriving from Iraq
Yarmouk Camp
Pedagogy of Self-Determination: World Education Forum in Palestine***
Rama Kased, USPCN; Mezna Qato
Jenin Camp
How to Organize a BDS Campaign on Your Campus: Lessons from UC Berkeley
Dina Omar, Students for Justice in Palestine at Columbia University
Shu’fat Camp
Building U.S. Support for Palestinian Popular Resistance
Palestine Cultural Office, Detroit, MI; Barbara Harvey, Jewish Voice For Peace; Free Gaza Movement: U.S. Boat to Gaza
Tul Karim Camp
Gender and Palestine: Examining National Liberation & Women’s Liberation
Isis Nusair, Denison University; Loubna Qutami, Palestinian Youth Network
Jabalia Camp
Seven Sisters, Seven Struggles: Building Palestinian Women Solidarity
Sanah Yassin and Miryam Rashid, Ella’s Daughters
Rafah Camp
Empowering Palestinian Families in the US by Empowering Palestinian Women
Mai Abdelrahman, USPCN
Ein El Hilweh Camp
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Palestine Film Festival coordinated by the Palestine Online Store
(Saturday only)
Al-Kasaba Theatre
Children’s Track
Activities & child care for children ages 2-13.
(all 3 days)
12:30-1:30pm
LUNCH
AlQuds Commons
Workshop Series II
1:45-3:00pm
***Indicates workshops presented in both Arabic and English.
From Palestine to the US: Palestinian Political Prisoners
Noor Elashi, Zaira Abu-Baker, Committee to Defend the Holy Land Five; Menna Khalil, Tanya Keilani & Michael Kennedy, Students for Justice in Palestine, Columbia University
Tul Karim Camp
Consequences of War & Occupation on Palestinian Women in Palestine & in the Shatat***
Abla Rimawi, General Union of Palestinian Women, Palestine; Leila El-Ali, Najdeh Association, Lebanon; Sana Shobaita, Mothers’ Society, Palestine
Shu’fat Camp
Confronting Zionism & Normalization on Campus
Randa Wahbe, Yasmina Al-Raiani, Alaa Milbes, Students for Justice in Palestine, Columbia University
Yarmouk Camp
Popularizing Palestinian Youth Mobilizing in the Current US Socio-Political Climate
Loubna Qutami, Palestinian Youth Network
Rafah Camp
Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions: The Role of the Palestinian & Arab Communities
Nada Khader, WESPAC, USPCN; Sri Ananth, Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign; Barbara Harvey, TIAA-CREF campaign, Jewish Voice for Peace
Ein El Hilweh Camp
No More Waiting: Taking Back Our Land & Right To Representation
Lamis Deek, USPCN and Al-Awda-NY; Paul Larudee, Nedal Saleh, Free Palestine Movement
Jenin Camp
The Time is Now: Standing with those attacked by the FBI for their Palestine Support Work
Ora Schub & Jim Fennerty, National Lawyers Guild-Chicago Chapter; Stan Willis, Black People Against Police Torture; Alejandro Molina, National Boricua Human Rights Network
Jabalia Camp
Connecting Palestinian Women in the US & Palestine: Collaborative Economic Empowerment Projects***
Sahar Abusada, Palestinians for Peace and Democracy
Khan Younis Camp
Children’s Track
Olive Tree Circus!
(2-4pm)
AlQuds Commons
Child care also available for children 2-4 years. For more info, visit Registration.
3:00-3:15pm
BREAK
Palestinian Movement Assemblies (PMA)
3:15-5:30 pm
- Palestinian Arab Political & Civil Rights Assembly – Shu’fat Camp
- Palestinian Arab Students’ Assembly – Jabalia Camp
- Palestinian Arab Women’s Assembly – Khan Younis Camp
- Palestinian Arab Community Centers & Associations Assembly – Ein El Hilweh Camp
5:30-5:45pm
BREAK
5:45pm-7:00pm
AL-JAZEERA’S ‘HIWAR MAFTUH’ PROGRAM
HOSTED BY GHASSAN BEN JIDDO
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
7:00-7:30pm
BREAK
7:30-11:30pm
Dinner Banquet: An Evening of Insight, Empowerment, and Entertainment
Olive Tree Circus Performance (during dinner)
Keynote Speakers: Ms. Haneen Zoubi, Fr. Atallah Hanna and Mr. Marcel Khalife
A Word from a Palestinian in Chicago Recently Arrived from Iraq: Mr. Qusay Al-Salih
Celebration of the Life and Work of the Late Abu Obaida Omran
Cultural Performances
Hip Hop Performance by Excentrik (Tarik Kazaleh)
Spoken Word Artist Ms. Tahani Salah
USPCN Raffle Drawings
Firket Baladna Dabkah Troupe from Chicago
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
Sunday, October 31, 2010
8:00-9:00am
Breakfast
AlQuds Commons
9:15-10:45am
Panel: Israeli Apartheid, and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
by the Trans-Arab Research Institute (TARI)
Speakers: Dr. Ghada Talhami, Dr. Seif Dana, Dr. Don Wagner, Dr. Lisa Taraki
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
10:45-11:00am
BREAK
General Assembly
11:00am-3:00pm
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
- 11:00-12:00pm Reviewing and adopting the Bylaws (including amendments)
- 12:00pm-1:30pm Elections for Coordinating Committee National Facilitation members
- 1:30-2:00pm Lunch (this is a working lunch and will continue over deliberations)
- 2:00-3:30pm Deliberations and Decision on Action Proposals from the Palestinian Movement Assemblies and Workshops
3:30-4:30pm
National Call to Action from the Palestinian Community in the US & Closing Statement of the Popular Conference;
Celebration of Our Heritage Finale
‘Aaidoun Grand Ballroom
Conference Map – Click here to download
