SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL AL-AWDA CONVENTION
TO MARK 60 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN NAKBA
Embassy Suites Hotel Anaheim South,
11767 Harbor Boulevard
Garden Grove, California, 92840
May 16-18, 2008
Palestine: 60 Years of Forced Exile -
Time For Return!
This year's 6th Annual International Al-Awda Convention
is our most important one to date, and is expected to
be extremely well attended.
DON'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!
The convention will mark the sixtieth year of a
devastating event in the long history of the Palestinian
people. We call it our Nakba.
Confirmed speakers include :
Bishop Atallah Hanna (Palestine),
Supreme Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi (Palestine),
Dr. Adel Samara
(Palestine, economist, author, founder of Al-Mashriq
Al-A’amal Center for Cultural and Development Studies),
Dr. Salman Abu Sitta
(writer/researcher, founder of Palestine Land Society),
Dr. Ghada Karmi (London, academic, researcher/writer),
Dr. As'ad Abu Khalil
(professor, Politics and Public Administration, CSU Stanislaus),
Dr. Saree Makdisi
(professor, English and Comparative Literature, UCLA),
and Ramzy Baroud
(Seattle, journalist, former Al-Jazeera producer
and editor of PalestineChronicle.com).
Palestinian Legislative Council member Khalida Jarrar,
Historian Dr. Isam Nassar and others, have also been invited.
In addition to the general meetings and lectures,
we will be presenting a series of films about Palestine
as well as conducting several specialty meetings and
workshops.
To submit speaker and other proposals, write to
info@al-awda.org or convention6@al-awda.org
Host Organizations of this year's convention include :
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition,
Palestinian American Women Association,
Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab-Americans,
Middle East Cultural and Information Center - San Diego,
The Arab Community Center of the Inland Empire,
Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid - Southern California,
Palestine Aid Society, Palestinian American Congress,
Bethlehem Association, Al-Mubadara - Southern California,
Union of Palestinian American Women, Birzeit Society,
El-Bireh Society, Arab American Friends of Nazareth,
Ramallah Club, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, International Action Center,
Students for Justice in Palestine at CSUSB, UCLA and UCR,
Students for International Knowledge at CSUSB,
Muslim Students Association at Palomar College,
UCSD, and Mira Costa, and The Arab American Council.
INVITATION
We invite all members and supporters of the implementation
of the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes
of origin and to reclaim their lands to join us in this landmark
Al-Awda Convention on the 60th year of al-Nakba.
MASS RALLY FOR THE RETURN TO PALESTINE
The convention will culminate in a major mass rally and
march to mark 60 years of Nakba and to call for The
RETURN TO PALESTINE. The demonstration will be held
in solidarity and coordination with our sisters and
brothers who continue the struggle in our beloved homeland.
DON'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!
Registration
Sponsorship
Advertising
Exhibitors
Accommodation
Directions
Media
Host Organizations
Points of Unity
For more information, please go to
http://al-awda.org/convention6 and keep
revisiting that page as it is being updated regularly.
Shirts Now Available!
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC)
is the largest network of grassroots activists and students
dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for
profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3)
organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS
guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible.
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