{news} Important events in CT in September

[Justine McCabe]

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From: "Mazin Qumsiyeh" <qumsi001 at hotmail.com>
 Important events in CT in September


> (attend, participate, spread the word, bring a friend)
>
> SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006 Noon to 2 p.m.
> SCOVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, RTE 44, MAIN STREET, SALISBURY,CT.
> Views from the west bank: EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND PANEL DISCUSSION
> ~ Sponsored by Steel Wood Media ~ Guest speakers:
> Author MAZIN QUMSIYEH
> Green Party member JUSTINE McCABE
> Journalist GALE COUREY TOENSING
> FREE ADMISSION: LIMITED SEATING
> This event will be filmed for television.
>
> Sunday September 10, 2006 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
> Bushnell Park Hartford, CT
> Hope out loud festival
> Sponsors: AFSC, Connecticut Coalition for Peace& Justice, Connecticut
> Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, CT United for Peace, Connecticut
> Citizens Action Group and many others
> Music by Echo Uganda, Jeannie McMillan & Ted Paulsen, Amandla, Fuego del
> Corazon. Spend the afternoon. Bring a picnic.Check out the tables of local
> community organizations. It's a concert, rally, playground, remberance, a
> day of inspiration for renewal and commitment. HOL is a sober event.
>
> Tuesday September 12, 8 PM
> 75 Old Country Rd, Windsor Locks, CT
> Meeting of the Palestinian American Congress (open to all) to plan events
> including picnic etc
>
> Thursday, September 14 4:30pm. Middle East Studies. Panel Discussion.
> Hizballah, the IDF and Beyond: Perspectives on the Current Crisis in the
> Middle East. Participants: Abbas Amanat (History), Michael Gasper 
> (History),
> Charles Hill (International Affairs), Ellen Lust-Okar (Political Science),
> Bruce Russett (Political Science), and Keith Darden (Political Science,
> moderator). Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.
>
> Saturday, September 16, Noon
> United Church Parish House, 323 Temple St. New Haven (Corner Temple and
> Wall)
> ample parking - contact us for location
> Come to the Middle East Crisis Committee  Meet-up
> Middle East Food
> Shorts Segments from Videos Like "Yes, No Sir", "Arna's Children" and
> "Children of Sabra and Shatila"
> Memorial Remarks - Sabra-Shatila Massacre 1982
> Description of the many MECC projects, from letter writing, to rallies, to
> our TV network, to the Wheels of Justice bus
> If you have just 15 minutes a week to work for justice come to the 
> meet-up.
> The Middle East Crisis Committee is a 24 year old Connecticut-wide group
> founded in New Haven.
> www.TheStruggle.org 203-934-2761
>
> Sunday September 18, starting at 11 AM
> Palestinians and friendsa community picnic
> Williams Pavilion, Wickham State Park, 1329 West Middle Tpk, Manchester, 
> CT
> 06040
> Food provided for $10 individuals, $25 per family.
> Proceeds of fundraising to go to needy students at Al-Najah University in
> Nablus.  For info call Haidar 860-432-1272 or Hassan 860-794-3586
>
> Monday, September 18, 2006 7 p.m.
> Friends Meeting House, 144 South Quaker Lane West Hartford
> "The Israeli Invasions of Gaza, Lebanon and Nablus"  Justine McCabe,
> clinical psychologist, member of the Green Party International Committee,
> and Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of "Sharing the Land of Canaan" They're both 
> back
> from recent visits to the Occupied Territories. Also Stanley Heller, host 
> of
> "The Struggle TV News"
> Sponsored by the Middle East Crisis Committee, and the Connecticut 
> Coalition
> for Peace and Justice. For more information 203-934-2761
>
> Monday, September 25 5:00 pm
> Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
> Middle East Studies/CMES CINEMA Film Series. What is said about.....Arabs
> and Terrorism?  (Documentary Mini-Series, 2006). Q & A workshop session 
> with
> film director Bassam Haddad. www.arabsandterrorism.com
>
> Mazin
> qumsiyeh.org