International Student and Scholar Services is posting this announcement as a public service. Please contact Joyce Rawitscher for further information.
Thank you.
Bob Chudy
Tree of Life Conference on Israel and Palestine
October 24, Friday
Storrs Congregational Church (corner N. Eagleville Rd. and Rte. 195)
6:00 PM Bazaar opens with books, Palestinian handicrafts and olive oil
6:30 PM Concert with speakers and Palestinian musicians
Co-sponsors: Storrs Congregational Church and the Israel/Palestine Peace Group of Northeastern Connecticut
Theme: "What Will Become of Our Children?": emphasizing the effects on Israeli youth of Israel's militarized society; the effects on children living under Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, and the effects on Gazan children, who have withstood several military assaults and a long-term economic blockade
Speakers: the Rev. David Good, founder of the Tree of Life Educational Fund/Old Lyme, CT
Uri Gopher, civil society activist in Israel; Exec. Dir. of Hagar in the Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, which runs an Arab-Jewish integrated, bilingual school and kindergarten as an element in integrated community organizing.
Ivan Karakashian, Advocacy Unit Coordinator at Defense for Children International/Palestine, an independent child rights organization that promotes and defends the rights of children living under Israeli military occupation.
Sahar Vardi, coordinator of the Israel program for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), focusing on countering the militarization of Israeli society. Conscripted into the Israeli Defense Forces at age 18, she was imprisoned for her refusal to serve.
This event is free and open to the public. Info.: Joyce Rawitscher: 860-429-3107<tel:860-429-3107>
