International Women's Day: Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu March 8, 2011

The Middle East Children's Alliance presents Diana Buttu -- legal advisor to the PLO negotiating team with Israel 2000-2005 (and the only woman present); Palestinian commentator on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera; and currently at the Kennedy School of Government. Buttu will speak on
"Uprisings in the Arab World" and "What's Behind the Negotiations?"

Special guest performance by Maria Poblet, queer Latina poet (formerly with June Jordan's Poetry for the People), and tenant organizer with Causa Justa/Just Cause.

Tickets available at www.mecaforpeace.org, 510-548-0542, or at area bookstores: (SF) Modern Times; (East Bay) Moe's Books, Diesel, Walden Pond, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck.

This event is a benefit for MECA's Maia Project: Clean Water for the Children of Gaza. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Wheelchair accessible, ASL interpreted. Cosponsored by KPFA, Arab Film Festival, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Arab Cultural Center, Global Fund for Women, Bay Area Women in Black, Al-Awda, U.S. Palestinian Community Network, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Youth Network, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid.

Official Website: http://www.mecaforpeace.org