| Friday |
| 3:00 PM |
Registration Opens |
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Participatory Exhibit: Oral History: Immortalizing our Narrative--running all weekend!
Art Exhibit by Palestinian artist Dr. Ibrahim Shalaby running all weekend |
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Participants can record their own histories and watch those of others. |
| 5:00 - 7:00 |
60 Years Closer to Return: Film Showing Chronicles of the Refugee |
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a 6-part documentary film series looking at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Filmed in over 15 countries, with more than 250 interviews of Palestinian refugees who have lived in over 25 countries, this is the first documentary film to look at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Part VI which we will be showing focuses on issues of leadership and representation, from the perspective of what kind of representation have Palestinians had over time and what do they want now. |
| 7:00 - 10:00 |
Welcome to the Pop Conference, including Poetry by Tamim Barghouti |
| Saturday |
| 8:00 AM |
Registration Opens & Breakfast |
| *** Baby Sitting available all day *** |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Welcome to the Popular Conference, Orientation for the weekend, Welcome Address by Dr. Ghada Talhami, Video Address by Bishop Atallah Hanna and Sheikh Raed Salah |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Workshop session I |
Oral History and Popular Education: Transforming Narrative and memories into action
Rania Jawad will lead a workshop on documenting our oral histories and using them to advance the Palestinian cause. |
Public Art and Culture of Resistance and Return: Handala and Naji Al-Ali, Samia Halaby, Khaled Meshal and Raja Abdulhaq |
Engaging elected officials: The Presidential Campaign 2008 & Beyond, Maher Bitar, American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights |
Nakba and Palestinian Refugees: Empowering the refugees to resist the marginalization of their right of return: Reem Alnuweiri on behalf of Takaful, Dr. Jamil Fayez, and Charlotte Kates |
Inserting Palestine into high school curricula in the US & empowering students to challenge dominant narratives: Dr. Samia Shoman |
Children’s Workshops: Live feed with Children in Balata Refugee Camp, Ranya Hassan |
| 11:30 -11:45 |
Break |
| 11:45 - 1:00 PM |
PANEL: Palestinian Political Prisoners in the US: The attack on Palestinian activists and scholars |
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Dr. Tom Abowd (moderator), Professor Wayne State University Dr. Hatem Bazian, Professor, UC Berkeley Mr. Rafeeq Jaber, community organizer and activist Ms. Laila Al-Arian, author and journalist, daughter of imprisoned Palestinian activist and scholar, Dr. Sami Alarian Mrs. Al-Ashqar, wife of Dr. Abdulhaleem Al-Ashqar, targeted for his work with the Aqsa Foundation. |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch w/ Keynote Address by Dr. Rabab Abdelhadi |
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| 2:00 - 4:00 |
Town Hall Part I: What Comes Next, Steps we take after the Conference |
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| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Break and Salat (prayers) |
| 4:15 - 5:45 |
Workshop session II (concurrent): |
| "Media 101: Getting in the news" How to get a job in the industry and get heard by producers and reporters, Lubna Takruri |
Breaking the Walls of Fear: The imperative of building community-based networks to support targeted activists and academics: Dr. Hatem Bazian, Michael Deutch, esq |
Hip-Hop and spoken word: The relevance of culture and counter-culture to our movement. Nizar Wattad, Tarik Kazaleh, Dina Omar, and Remi Kanazi |
Break the Siege on Gaza: Discussion on situation in Gaza with a live video feed from boat attempting to break the siege, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh |
Arabic-speaking Workshop: Evaluating our efforts and finding new ways of collaboration to move forward (Arabic) |
Children's Workshop: Mapping out Palestine. Interactive game designed to reinforce children’s connection to their roots, history and the Right of Return, Ranya Hassan |
| 5:45 - 6:00 |
Break and Salat (prayers) |
| 6:00 - 7:30 |
Workshop Session III (concurrent): |
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The Imperative for Working with Mainstream Churches: Grace Said & Phillip Farah |
Dabkeh 101: Learning and performing our folkloric dance: Rasmiya Masoud |
Institutionalizing Youth and Student activism around ROR and Self-Determination: The General Union of Palestinian Students and the Palestinian Youth Network, Loubna Qatami |
Past, Present and Future of Palestinian Activism in the U.S.
Palestinian American Congress-Connecticut, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi & Lama Nasser |
Solidarity Workshop - Building Solidarity between the Palestinian movement for Self-Determination, Liberation and Return and other Liberation Struggles |
Children's workshop: Arab-Black-Indigenous relations, Ranya Hassan |
| 7:30-8 PM |
Break and Salat (prayers) |
| 8-11:30 PM |
Cultural Banquet: |
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Keynote Speakers: Former Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, Dr. Naseer Aruri and award-winning poet Tamim Barghouti
Featured Performances by : Ragtop & Excentrik (hip hop), Remi Kanazi (poetry), Gihad Ali (spoken word), Dina Omer (spoken word), Mohammed Abusumayah (folkloric music), Art Auction by Dr. Ibrahim Shalaby, Dakbeh showcase (Chicago, NY, and DC!) & more |
| Sunday |
| 9:00-10:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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| *** Baby Sitting available all day *** |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Workshop session IV |
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| Organizing 101 - Organizing towards freedom and self-determination: base-building and overcoming its challenges in Arab communities, Layla Kristy Feghali and Gihad Ali |
Palestinians in 1948-Occupied Palestine: Discussion on the exclusion of Palestinians in 1948-occupied territories from the discussion of the Palestinian Diaspora, Bashir Idillbi and Irene Nasser |
Filmmakers for Palestine: Introduction to film making, Learn how to make your own:
Jackie Salloum, Nasri Zacharia and Bassam Haddad |
Palestinian Women and Palestinian Self-Determination: Discussion on the role of women in the movement and in society, Mai Bader, Tina Musa and Hasiba Mohammad |
Between the Block and the Bled: Youth Space for Sharing Experiences and Strategies for fighting Systems of Oppression: AROC |
Children's workshop: Palestine Jeopardy--game meant to both test children's knowledge on Palestine as well as enhance it, Ranya Hassan |
| 11:30-12:45 PM |
PANEL: One-State Solution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict |
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Mr. Ali Abunimah, Author and commentator on Middle East and Arab-American affairs; Dr. Seif Da’Na: Professor of Sociology and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; Dr. Jennifer Loewenstein, Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr.Tomis Kapitan, Chair and Professor, Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University |
| 12:45 - 1:00 |
Break and Salat (prayers) |
| 1:00 - 4:00 |
Town Hall Part II: What Comes Next: Steps we take after the Conference and Closing |
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