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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/tea-for-palestine-truth-education-a
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SUMMARY:TEA for Palestine: Truth\, Education\, Action
DESCRIPTION:OAKLAND\, CA\n\nPalestinians in Israel\, the West Bank\, and Ga
 za continue to live under an increasingly horrifying Israeli apartheid reg
 ime. This TEA for Palestine: Truth\, Education\, Action is a fundraising
  event to support future leaders in the U.S. who will mobilize their talen
 ts on behalf of Palestinian rights. The SF Bay Area premier Arab music ens
 emble\, ASWAT\, will be playing and there will be delicious refreshments
 . Please join us! If you can’t join us\, please consider making a don
 ation. All expenses associated with this event are donated.\n\nAll funds c
 ollected are tax exempt and will be directed to the new Palestine Studies
  Program at U.C. Berkeley and to Pal Trek.\n\nThe Palestine Studies Pro
 gram has been launched after two years of preparation. It is a groundbrea
 king effort\, and organizers are now raising funds and preparing for its f
 irst course offerings under the Department of Ethnic Studies. It aims to:\
 n\n• Build an academic program promoting the history\, narratives\, and 
 experiences of Palestinians\, within the scope of Asian American and Asian
  Diaspora Studies.\n\n• Provide scholarships for BA\, MA\, and PhD stude
 nts.\n\n• Sponsor faculty exchanges for teachers in Palestinian universi
 ties.\n\n• Support research\, teaching\, and programming related to Pale
 stinian studies.\n\n• Foster the study of Palestinian groups in local\, 
 national\, and global contexts.\n\n• Support library collections on Pale
 stine.\n\nPal Trek\, an organization founded at Harvard in 2018\, aspires 
 to highlight Palestinian experience and offset the dominant Israeli narrat
 ive in U.S. politics and media by partially subsidizing the cost of impact
 ful trips to Palestine for students in fields such as law and business. So
  far\, 2\,000 graduate students from eight elite universities have gone on
  Pal Treks. The goal is to expand the program to most universities in the 
 U.S.\n\nThis event is hosted by NorCal Sabeel. Current co-sponsors include
 : Middle East Children Alliance (MECA)\, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Bay 
 Area\, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Bay Area\, Friends of Wadi Foq
 uin\, The Islamophobia Studies Center\, &amp\; Arab Cultural and Community
  Center (ACCC).\n\nPlease promote the event to your contacts and via socia
 l media.
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CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Community,culture,Discussion,Lecture,Music/Folk/World
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