[HCCN] Fwd: Palestinian speaker this week

[Judy Robbins]

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> A national speaking tour will pass through Midcoast Maine next  
> week, entitled “Gaza and the Right of Return”, highlighting the  
> Palestinian experience under occupation. Palestinian refugee and  
> journalist, Ziad Abbas, will speak on Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 p.m.  
> at The Lincoln Street Center, 24 Lincoln Street, in Rockland. Ziad  
> is the cofounder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center (www.ibdaa194.org) in  
> Dheisheh where he has served as Executive Director since 1994. Ziad  
> is also a journalist who has worked with Palestinian and  
> international media and has participated in the production of  
> several documentary films, including "Promises," the award-winning  
> documentary that portrays the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through  
> the eyes of young people. He recently completed his Master of Arts  
> in Social Justice in Intercultural Relations from the School for  
> International Training Graduate Institute. Currently on leave from  
> the Ibdaa Cultural Center, Ziad is working with Middle East  
> Children’s Alliance (MECA, www.mecaforpeace.org), a non-profit  
> organization based in Berkeley, California.
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> This tour supports the Middle East Children’s Alliance. Since 1988,  
> MECA has sent $10 million in humanitarian aid to Palestine, Lebanon  
> and Iraq. This aid comes in the form of school supplies,  
> playgrounds, scholarships, music, art and dance programs, among  
> many others. As part of Ziad’s tour he will speak throughout the  
> state of Maine. Events include engagements at the Meg Perry Center,  
> Bates College and the University of Southern Maine Lewiston/Auburn  
> Campus, and The Lincoln Street Center in Rockland. This tour is co- 
> sponsored by Educational Praxis (www.educationalpraxis.org) a non- 
> profit organization located in Putney, Vermont, the Faculty For  
> Israeli-Palestinian Peace-USA in Amherst, MA (www.ffipp.org) and  
> Peace Action Maine.
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> The Rockland event is sponsored by The Camden Conference and the  
> Watershed Community School, and is free and open to the public. For  
> more information, contact Trisha at 207 563 1477 or  
> innerscapes at downeast.net.
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> Portland
> Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m.
> Meg Perry Center
> 644 Congress St.
> Donations to MECA are welcome
> For more information, contact Dan at fugedaboutit at gmail.com
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> Lewiston
> Monday, March 16, 11 a.m.
> University of Southern Maine/LAC
> 51 Westminster Street
> Lewiston, Maine
> Location: TBA
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> Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m.
> Bates College
> Benjamin Mays Center ("the Silo")
> 95 Russell Street
> For more information, contact Samy at sqarmout at bates.edu or Grif at  
> gpeterso at bates.edu
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> Rockland
> Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m.
> Lincoln Street Center Auditorium
> 24 Lincoln Street
> Contact Trisha at innerscapes at downeast.net
> Sponsored by the Camden Conference and The Watershed School
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