{news} Fw: Reminder: Memorial service Saturday 10 AM, Hamden for peace activist Ali Hebshi

[Justine McCabe]

 Reminder: Memorial service Saturday 10 AM, Unitarian Universalist Church, 
700 Hartford Turnpike in Hamden,

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 Ali Hebshi of Bethany, Connecticut passed away at home on June 7, 2005 at
 the age of 65 from pancreatic cancer. His wife, Carol Lambiase, and son,
 Aaron Hebshi were by his side. Ali was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the
 oldest of seven children of Hussein and Maimona Hebshi. He attended the
 University of Texas in Austin and received a BA in Political Science from
 San Diego State University. He did post graduate work in sociology at UCSD.
 A committed activist for peace and social justice, Ali worked as a union
 organizer for various labor organizations for twenty-five years, most
 recently for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
 (UE).

 His warmth and passion for life were contagious as was his belief that a
 more just and peaceful world is possible. To him, justice and peace were
 practices of daily life and not abstract principles. He cared deeply about
 the environment and was active in the struggle against pollution and the
 privatization of public water. He worked to end the war in Iraq and in
 support of the rights of Palestinians. He leaves his wife, Carol Lambiase,
 and his three children: Leila Hebshi, her husband, Peter Udovch and their
 son Frank, of Tucson Arizona; Aaron Hebshi and his wife Sandi Hebshi of
 Honolulu, Hawaii; Shoshana Hebshi-Holt and her husband Kurt Hebshi-Holt of
 Oakland, California. He leaves three brothers, Mohsin, Ahmed and Alowi and
three sisters, Heriya, Fadeela and Amal and their families in Saudi Arabia.

 A private burial service was held Thursday June 9, 2005. A Celebration of
 Ali's life will be held on July 2, 2005 at 10 a.m. at the Unitarian
 Universalist Church, 700 Hartford Turnpike in Hamden, Connecticut and on 
the
 West Coast on July 17 at 11 a.m. in Roberts Park in the Oakland Hills. In
 honor of Ali's life and commitment to justice the family shares his 
favorite
 quote "philosophers interpret the world, however the point is to change it"
 and urges that others continue Ali's work through activism on behalf of
 social justice and the environment.

 (In lieu of flowers) Donations can be made to the American Friends Service
 Committee for the "Ali Hebshi Water for Life Memorial Fund" (send to AFSC, 
4
 Park Street, Ste 209, Concord NH 03301) or Connecticut United for Peace
 through CTUnitedforPeace.org, or to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund
 through PCRF.net