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:34087@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250227T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250227T210000 DTSTAMP:20250224T213626Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-palestine-exception-film-screen ing-qa/ SUMMARY:The Palestine Exception Film Screening + Q&A DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thought-provoking evening! Watch the newly releas ed documentary The Palestine Exception\, directed by Jan Haaken and Jennif er Ruth\, and stay for a Q&\;A session with Marlene Eid and Rochelle Mc Laughlin.\n\nAs students across the country organize protests against Isra el’s war on Gaza\, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of I srael–the “Palestine exception”–are shattered. This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown fr om administrators\, the media\, the police\, and politicians.\n\nA donatio n of $10-20 per person is suggested to support mutual aid efforts for fami lies in Palestine. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.\n\nCo- Sponsors\n\n Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley\n San Jose Peace &\; Justice Center\n San Jose Against War\n Westhope Presbyteri an Church (Saratoga)\n Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) South Bay\n Jewish V oice for Peace (JVP) Bay Area\n\nQ&\;A Bios:\n\nMarlene Eid: Marlene Ei d\, graduate of the Sorbonne university\, in Paris\, is a psychology facul ty at Portland Community College (PCC). Marlene is a Palestinian American born and reared in East Jerusalem\, where she grew up under Israeli milita ry occupation.\n\nShe is a lifelong advocate of Palestinian human rights\, and a defender of social justice issues. In 1990\, Marlene was one of the founding members of the "Gaza Community Mental Health Program" in Gaza ci ty\, northern Gaza.\n\nMarlene is the co-producer of The Palestine Excepti on Film/documentary.\n\nRochelle McLaughlin: Rochelle McLaughlin taught at SJSU within the College of Health and Human Sciences for 20 years until s he resigned this December due to SJSU's support for the U.S.-Israeli genoc ide in Palestine.\n\nDuring her time at SJSU\, Rochelle founded an Advance d Certificate program\, engaged in research\, and authored multiple chapte rs in professional textbooks sold globally. She co-produced and co-taught for SJSU's Anti-Racist Institute and worked on SJSU's DEI team until 2022 when she focused her DEI efforts in the county she lives in where she has been advocating for equal representation of Palestinian and Arab American culture within the school system.\n\nRochelle is currently working with Do ctors Against Genocide and the Stanford Healthcare Workers for Palestine t o continue to organize for a free Palestine and amplify the truth. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-947264873-2235277161923-1-original.2025 0129-032009.jpeg LOCATION:Westhope Presbyterian Church\, 12850 Saratoga Avenue \, Saratoga\, CA\, 95070\, United States GEO:37.281885;-122.001114 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12850 Saratoga Avenue \, Sa ratoga\, CA\, 95070\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Westhope Pr esbyterian Church:geo:37.281885,-122.001114 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