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:33585@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241020T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241020T173000 DTSTAMP:20240928T204634Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-past-and-the-present-tell-us-pa lestines-future-has-to-be-different/ SUMMARY:The Past and the Present Tell Us: Palestine’s Future Has To Be Di fferent! DESCRIPTION:“The Past and the Present Tell Us: Palestine’s Future h as to be Different!” Watch two documentaries\, then join discussion host ed by Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon on October 20 at 3:00 pm EDT. Register at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-October2024 .\nWatch the Trailer:  Tinyurl.com/VFHLtrailer10-2024 \n\nAbstract:\nTwo documentaries from the early 1980s provide visual evidence of the colonization\, apartheid\, and military systems Israel uses to maintain domination. Each of the scenes f rom 40 years ago has a corollary in the present and poses questions abou t the future related to dispossession\, subjugation\, intergenerational tr auma\, resistance\, right of return\, reparations\, and self-determination .\nThe two films also offer first-hand testimonies\, reminding us that for decades the Palestinian people have been telling the world about their pl ight\, to little avail.\nOur salon will discuss the issues that have remai ned consistent over time\, what’s new about the present moment\, and w hat we must do to bring about a just future.\n\nPanel and Moderator:\nAlin e Batarseh has served as executive director of Visualizing Palestine sinc e 2021. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem\, Aline has more than 20 years o f experience working with Palestinian and international nonprofits at the intersections of gender equality\, reproductive justice\, children’s rig hts\, mental health\, and social justice. Aline has a master’s degree fr om the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University\, and a B. A. in communication studies from Gustavus Adolphus College. Aline is co-ed itor of Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggl e for Liberation (Haymarket Books\, 2024).\nSalim Tamari is Institute fo r Policy Studies (IPS) senior fellow and the former director of the Instit ute of Jerusalem Studies. He is former editor of Jerusalem Quarterly and H awliyyat al Quds. Salim is professor emeritus of sociology at Birzeit Univ ersity and has authored several works on urban culture\, political sociolo gy\, biography and social history\, and the social history of the Easte rn Mediterranean. Recent publications include: Camera Palestina: Photogra phy and the Silenced History of Palestine (2023)\; The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine (2020)\; and Year of the Locust: Palestine and Sy ria during WWI (2010).\nSami Awad is co-director of Nonviolence Internati onal and founder of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem. Sami’s paternal fa mily became refugees in 1948\, and his mother is from the Gaza Strip. At a young age\, Sami was influenced by the teaching of his uncle Mubarak Awad \, the Palestinian nonviolent activist who promoted nonviolent resistance to the occupation during the 1980s. Sami holds a doctoral degree in divini ty from the Chicago Theological Seminary\; an M.A. in international relati ons from the American University in Washington\, DC\; and a B.A. in politi cal science from the University of Kansas.\nMitchell Plitnick (moderator) is president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and is co-author\, with Marc La mont Hill\, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics.  Mitchell’s previous positions include vice president at the Foundati on for Middle East Peace\, director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories\, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha ’aretz\, The New Republic\, Responsible Statecraft\, Middle East Eye\, T he New Arab\, Middle East Report\, Mondoweiss\, the San Francisco Chronicl e\, +972 Magazine\, The Battleground\, and other outlets.\n\nCo-Sponsors of the October Salon:\nUnited Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network\nP alestinian American Research Center\n\nHow this will work:\n1 - Register h ere for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon:\nTinyurl.com/V FHL-October2024 .\n\n2 – Once you register\, you will get a confirmatio n email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film.   (Save that confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your e mail\, and you must have this to participate.)\n\n3 - Watch the film at yo ur convenience before the event.  Then join us with your thoughts and que stions for our speakers at the Q&\;A Discussion on October 20\, 2024.\n Please share this announcement with your friends\, family\, and community.   Download the event flyer and post it to your social media.\nFor questio ns &\; comments please\nContact us at  vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com\ nVisit our website at www.voicesfromtheholyland.org\nInstagram: www.inst agram.com/voicesfromtheholyland/\nJoin us at Facebook.com/voicesholyland ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/09/download.jpg CATEGORIES:Documentary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR