Get on the bus to D.C. to join the National March to Support Palestine
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March 20 is just over two weeks away! Sunday, March 20, 2016 12 Noon: Assemble at the White House People are coming to D.C. by bus, van, car, train and plane from across the East Coast, Midwest and South, and from across the country. Here are just some cities organizing transportation: Click here to for a black-and-white downloadable flyer. New York City, New York Chicago, Illinois Boston, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dearborn, Michigan Columbus, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania New Haven, Connecticut If you can help bring other people from your area to Washington, D.C., on March 20, sign up today! NEW ENDORSERS! Al-Awda, The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition and the ANSWER Coalition are co-sponsoring the National March on March 20. Endorsers include: 14 Friends of Palestine – Marin, Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, Alliance for Global Justice, Al-Nakba Awareness Project, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Berkeley Women in Black, Brash For New Jersey, Cindy Sheehan, Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel, Committee for Palestinian Rights – Howard County, MD, CU-Divest!, Deir Yassin Remembered, Free Palestine Movement, Friends of Sabeel – North America, Hilton Head for Peace, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, International Action Center, International Solidarity Movement – Northern California, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, Media Watch on Hunger & Poverty, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Middle East Crisis Response, Neturei Karta, National Lawyers Guild, Orange County Peace Action, OWS Special Projects Affinity Group, Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Solidarity Iran – SI, St. Pete for Peace, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), Veterans for Peace, Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, Voices for Justice in Palestine, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and more! Click here to become an endorser of this important action. NEW SPEAKERS! Speakers include: Dr. Cornel West, professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University; Abbas Hamideh, co-founder, Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition & National Organizer; Sabry Wazwaz, Palestinian documentary filmmaker and activist; Laila El-Haddad, award-winning Palestinian author and speaker; Brian Becker, Natioanl Director, ANSWER Coalition; Rami Ibrahim, Palestinian kickboxing world champion-USKA; Fatina Abdrabboh, attorney, Executive Director, ADC-Michigan; Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general; Eugene Puryear, ANSWER Coalition; Amer Zahr, Palestinian comedian and entertainer; Said Durrah, Palestinian comedian and entertainer; Joe Catron, American journalist, Gaza massacres on the ground in 2012 and 2014; Omar Kurdi, Arabic singer, poet and human rights activist; Robert Matin, Australian International Palestine Activist; Iyad Burnat, Palestinian activist, head of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall; Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, D.C.; Robby Martin, Irish International Palestine activist; Rabbi Weiss, Neturei Karta; Ahmad N Abuznaid, Palestinian-American attorney, co-founder of the Dream Defenders; and more! The National March and Rally to Support Palestine on Sunday, March 20 is timed to coincide with the opening of the convention of AIPAC, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. JOIN US IN DC to Stand with Palestine, say NO to the racist reign of terror and the Apartheid Wall, and say YES to the right of Palestinian refugees to return home. We must stand together to reject the efforts by the Israeli state and settlers to abuse, violate and evict the Palestinian people. We say NO to racism and YES to self-determination! Please join and help bring thousands of people to Washington, D.C., on Sunday, March 20, 2016. If you are coming to D.C. and need housing, click here for some information about hotels. Free Palestine! Please circulate this widely via email and social networking websites: |