First time in the Bay Area! MK Hanin Zoabi is a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset who was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, she is also leader of the Al-Tajammu' Party of 1948 Palestine.
She will be speaking along with Areej Ja'fari, young woman activist leader from Deheisheh refugee camp on the West Bank.
The event is a benefit for the Middle East Children's Alliance Maia Project: clean water for the children of Gaza. The event is ASL interpreted and wheelchair accessible.
Tickets at www.mecaforpeace.org (Brown Paper Tickets) or at bookstores: (East Bay) Books Inc., Diesel, Moe's Books, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck, Walden Pond (SF) Modern Times.
Cosponsored by KPFA, the Arab Film Festival, Jewish Voice for Peace, Global Fund for Women, Code Pink, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, many others.
Official Website: http://www.mecaforpeace.org
Added by FullCalendar on October 15, 2010