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:33687@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241117T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241117T050000 DTSTAMP:20241022T215507Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/film-and-discussion-silencing-stude nt-voices/ SUMMARY:Film and Discussion: Silencing Student Voices DESCRIPTION:On Sunday November 17\, join “Silencing Student Voices\,” a n Online Film Salon with Free Palestine protesters and advocates for free speech on campus\, at 3:00pm ET. Register to join the discussion and acces s the films: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2024.\n\nAbstract:\n\nIsrael’s war on Palestine\, following the October 7 attack by Hamas\, has driven an on going student protest movement on the nation’s university campuses. Thes e protests have adopted similar calls for divestment from the war industri es supplying the advanced weapons systems the US government is sending to Israel. Common protest tactics include encampments\, banner drops\, leafle ting\, and self-education. As the US continues its unqualified support for Israel\, how do we assess the successes of these movements? How have univ ersities framed these protests? What has prompted Higher Ed's extreme resp onses involving the deployment of urban police forces? How have definition s of constitutionally guaranteed free speech been redrawn by Higher Ed? Wh at has been the impact of the “Palestine exception”? What if any are t he limits of non-violent protest\, and according to whose interests?\n\nPa nelists and Moderator:\n\nIlan Cohen is a recent graduate of the Jewish Th eological Seminary and Columbia University where he was a founder of Colum bia Jews for Ceasefire\, a collective of students seeking to bring an imme diate ceasefire\, a full hostage deal\, and an end to the Occupation throu gh organizing within their communities. Ilan has organized within the Amer ican Jewish community and on the ground in East Jerusalem and the West Ban k. His research examines legacies of systemic antisemitism and white supre macy on the development of progressive Jewish organizing power at Columbia University and across the United States.\n\nRama Ali Kased is an Associat e Professor in Race and Resistance Studies in the College of Ethnic Studie s at San Francisco State University. Her community organizing work spans a cross several major U.S. cities. She has served on multiple boards of comm unity-based organizations. Originally from Brooklyn\, and of Palestinian o rigin\, Rama has founded organizations including Arab Woman Active in Arts and Media (AWAAM) in New York City and the Arab Resource and Organizing C enter (AROC) in the San Francisco Bay area. She is also a member of the US Palestine Communities Network\, Palestinian Feminist Collective\, and Fac ulty for Justice in Palestine-SFSU\n\nMaryam Alwan is a Palestinian-Americ an and a senior at Columbia University. Maryam has been a leader within th e student movement to pressure Higher Ed to divest from companies with tie s to Israel. She was arrested at one of the first encampments that sparked the international student intifada in 2024 and is a plaintiff in two laws uits against Columbia. She wrote in the Columbia Spectator\, “Weaponizin g claims of discrimination to stifle speech and symbolism critical of Isra el inherently results in discrimination against those of us whose families were either already displaced or are actively being wiped out.”\n\nNata sha Lennard (moderator) is a British-born\, Brooklyn-based writer and Asso ciate Director of the Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the aut hor of Violence: Humans in Dark Times (with Brad Evans\, CityLights\, 2018 )\, and Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life (Verso\, 2019). Natasha is a columnist for The Intercept\, and her work has appeared in The Natio n\, Bookforum\, Dissent\, and The New York Times\, among other outlets. Sh e is working on her next book\, on how we might better conceptualize uncer tainty and certainty\, for Verso Books.\n\n** **************************** ********* **\n\nSUPPORTER Organizations: Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) * Palestinian Christian Alliance for P eace * Quaker Palestine Israel Network * Unitarian Universalists for Justi ce in the Middle East * Indiana Center for Middle East Peace * Disciples o f Christ Palestine-Israel Network * Virginia Coalition for Human Rights * Mennonite Palestine Israel Network * Friends of Sabeel North America * Cen ter for Jewish Nonviolence * Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel N etwork * Northern New Jersey Jewish Voice for Peace * United Church of Chr ist Palestine Israel Network * Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service * Churches for Middle East Peace * Kairos Puget Sound Coalition * Pax Christi USA * J ewish Voice for Peace – San Diego * Gaza in Context *\n\n** ************ ************************* **\n\nHow this will work:\n1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:\nTinyurl.com/VFHL-Nov ember2024\n\n2 – Once you register\, you will get a confirmation email f rom Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film. (Save th at confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email\, and y ou must have this to participate.)\n\n3 - Watch the film at your convenien ce before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&\;A Discussion on October 20\, 2024.\nPlease share t his announcement with your friends\, family\, and community. Download the event flyer and post it to your social media.\n\nFor questions &\; comm ents please\nContact us at vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com\nVisit our websit e at www.voicesfromtheholyland.org\nInstagram: www.instagram.com/voicesf romtheholyland/\nJoin us at Facebook.com/voicesholyland\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/download.jpg CATEGORIES:Documentary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR