BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32025@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240112T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240113T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T201001Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/emergency-summit-for-gaza-ceasefire -saving-lives-building-peace/ SUMMARY:Emergency Summit for Gaza: Ceasefire\, Saving Lives\, Building Pea ce DESCRIPTION:CHICAGO\, IL\n\n \;\n\n\n\nRefund Policy\n\nContact the org anizer to request a refund.\nEventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.\n\n\n\n\n\ n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 - 10:30\nFri. POLL RELEASE PRESS CONFERENCE - - - EXCLUSIVE PRE-SUMMIT PROGRAMMING - -\n\n\n\n\n- - - EXCLUSIVE PRE-SUM MIT PROGRAMMING - - - POLL RELEASE PRESS CONFERENCE: American Attitudes in the Aftermath of the Latest Outbreak of Violence in Palestine/Israel Summ it attendees are welcome to...\nView More\n\n\n\n\n10:30 - 11:00\nFri. S UMMIT CONVENES—OPENING REMARKS\n\n\n\n\nWe gather in a moment of urgency with a call to action—one that is at least 44 years in the making. Hear from Rainbow PUSH voices\, including those who have led the conversation for decades demanding as Reverend Jesse Jackson has said\, “Security for Israel and Justice for Palestinians.”\nView Less\n\n\n\n\n11:00 - 12: 00\nFri. ROUNDTABLE-A CRISIS THAT IMPACTS US ALL\n\n\n\n\nHear from leadin g voices to understand why so many diverse communities are deeply impacted by Gaza\, and what this means for organizing\, coalition building\, and t he collective pursuit of justice.\n\n\n\n\n12:00 - 13:00\nFri. PANEL-WHA T PALESTINIANS ARE ENDURING\n\n\n\n\nUnderstanding why so many diverse com munities are deeply impacted by Gaza\, and what this means for organizing\ , coalition building\, and collective pursuit of justice.\n\n\n\n\n13:00  - 13:30\nFri. JUMMA PRAYER\n\n\n\n\nFriday prayers for Muslims.\n\n\n\n\n 13:00 - 14:00\nFri. LUNCH\n\n\n\n\n\nCedars Mediterranean Kitchen\n\n\n\ n\n\n\nNetwork with summit attendees over boxed falafel or chicken shwarma lunches from Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen\, a local Palestinian-American- owned restaurant. Lunches are pre-paid and then sold on a first come\, fir st serve basis until sold out.\nView Less\n\n\n\n\n14:15 - 15:15\nFri. P ANEL-SILENCING DEBATE\n\n\n\n\nA critical conversation about efforts to si lence and distort the debate we must have on Israel/Palestine.\n\n\n\n\n15 :15 - 16:15\nFri. PANEL-RESPONDING TO A MORAL CRISIS IN LEADERSHIP\n\n\n \n\n\n16:30 - 17:30\nFri. PANEL- CHICAGOLAND RESPONDS TO THE MOMENT\n\n\ n\n\nCHICAGOLAND RESPONDS TO THE MOMENT: A MODEL FOR MOVING POLICYMAKERS T O ACTION IN SUPPORT OF AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE Hear from Chicago organizers on work happening on the ground to move often reluctant policy makers\, i ncluding members of Congress\, to speak up. Learn how grassroots movements organize\, using the roles of local activism and protest\, local media\, and the introduction/passage of resolutions in city councils and state leg islatures.\nView Less\n\n\n\n\n09:00 - 10:00\nSat. SHACHARIT PRAYER\n\n\ n\n\nAttendees are welcome to join local IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Pea ce members for the first of three periods of daily prayer in Judaism with a quiet song-based ceremony.\n\n\n\n\n10:00 - 11:30\nSat. RALLY FOR CEAS EFIRE\n\n\n\n\nWe will join Rainbow PUSH for their weekly televised broadc ast in support of a national call for a ceasefire with host: Santita Jacks on\,\n\n\n\n\n11:45 - 13:00\nSat. BOXED LUNCHES AVAILABLE\n\n\n\n\n\nCed ars Mediterranean Kitchen\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorking lunch with more good Palest inian food (falafel or chicken shwarma)\n\n\n\n\n11:45 - 12:15\nSat. PLE NARY - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SECURE A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN WASHINGTON?\n\n \n\n\nA ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop the killing\, to allo w unimpeded humanitarian aid to flow\, and to ensure reconstruction in Gaz a begins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accoun tability that many have correctly demanded. What is the status of the ceas efire debate among policymakers and political commentators? How can it be advanced?\nView Less\n\n\n\n\n12:15 - 13:15\nSat. PLENARY CONT. — ON T HE LOCAL LEVEL?\n\n\n\n\nA ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop th e killing\, to allow unimpeded humanitarian aid to flow\, and to ensure re construction in Gaza begins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accountability that many have correctly demanded. What is hap pening on the local level to advance the ceasefire debate?\nView Less\n\n\ n\n\n13:15 - 13:45\nSat. PLENARY CONT. — ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL\n\n\n\n \nA ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop the killing\, to allow un impeded humanitarian aid to flow\, and to ensure reconstruction in Gaza be gins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accountabi lity that many have correctly demanded. Opponents of a ceasefire are aimin g to isolate members of Congress who have called for an end to the violenc e and have been critics of Israeli policies. How do we protect the policy call for a ceasefire from the election-year politics trying to derail it?\ nView Less\n\n\n\n\n13:45 - 14:00\nSat. NEXT STEPS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/01/Screen-Shot-2024-01-08-at-15.07.22.png LOCATION:Rainbow PUSH Coalition\, 930 East 50th Street \, Chicago\, IL\, 60 615\, United States GEO:41.804338;-87.603008 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=930 East 50th Street \, Chi cago\, IL\, 60615\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rainbow PUSH Coalition:geo:41.804338,-87.603008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR