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Women
of Conscience,
Women of Courage, Women Who Challenge: Another World is Possible!
Event Emcee
Date: Sunday,
April 29th, 2012 Place: Greenfield Manor Banquet Hall - 477 Greenfield Rd.; Dearborn, MI 48220 Between Michigan Ave. & Hubbard Dr. MAP IS HERE Tickets: $50 per person; $500 table of ten; $35 student
To
purchase your tickets, go to: MPT
SIGNATURE EVENT
Start making plans
now to
join us for our Third
Annual Signature
Event.
This year, our evening will feature three very special,
powerful, and courageous women: Ms. Hedy Epstein, Ms. Noura
Erakat, and Col. Ann Wright.
The Details:
 Hedy
Epstein:
Ms. Hedy Epstein was born in 1924 to Jewish parents in Germany. After
the rise of Adolf Hitler, Hedy’s family tried unsuccessfully to leave
Germany. However, in 1939, her parents were able to get Hedy to safety
in England on a children’s transport. All but two of Hedy’s family
member were killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the
Holocaust. At the end of World War II, Hedy returned to Germany and
worked as a research analyst for the Nuremberg Medical Trial, before
moving to the United States. Since 2003, Hedy has visited the Israeli
Occupied West Bank five times, to witness the facts on the ground. She
has participated in several non-violent demonstrations, together with
Israelis, Palestinians & other internationals, in opposition to Israel's
occupation of Palestinian land, the 25-foot high cement wall, and the
demolition of Palestinian homes and olive orchards. Locally, nationally,
and internationally, Hedy calls for an end of the Israeli occupation of
Palestine. Noura
Erakat:
Ms. Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and writer. She is currently
an adjunct professor of international human rights law in the Middle
East at Georgetown University and is the U.S.-based Legal Advocacy
Coordinator for Badil Center for Palestinian Refugee and Residency
Rights. Most recently she served as Legal Counsel for a Congressional
Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman
Dennis J. Kucinich. Prior to attending law school, Noura helped launch
the divestment campaign while an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley. She
continued to seed Boycott/Divest/Sanction (BDS) campaigns nationally as
a grassroots organizer and Legal Advocate for the U.S. Campaign to End
the Israeli Occupation. Noura has helped to initiate and organize
several national formations including
Arab Women
Arising for Justice (AMWAJ) and the U.S.
Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). Noura has appeared on Fox’s
“The O’ Reilly Factor,” NBC’s “Politically Incorrect,” MSNBC, and
Al-Jazeera Arabic and English. Her publications include: "Litigating
the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Politicization of U.S. Federal Courts"
in the
Berkeley Law Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law,
"Arabiya Made Invisible: Between the Marginalization of Agency and
the Silencing of Dissent" in a
Syracuse Press anthology,
and "BDS in the USA: 2001-2010," in the
Middle East Report.
She participated in the National Lawyers' Guild Fact-Finding Mission to
Gaza in February 2009 to investigate Israeli war crimes committed during
Operation Cast Lead. She is a Co-Editor of
Jadaliyya.com. Col.
Ann Wright:
Ann Wright grew up in Bentonville, Arkansas, and attended the University
of Arkansas, where she received a master’s and a law degree. She also
has a master’s degree in national security affairs from the U.S. Naval
War College. After college, she spent thirteen years in the U.S. Army
and sixteen additional years in the Army Reserves, retiring as a
Colonel. She is airborne-qualified. In 1987, Ann joined the Foreign
Service and served as U.S. Deputy Ambassador in Sierra Leone,
Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. She received the State
Department’s Award for Heroism for her actions during the evacuation of
2,500 people from the civil war in Sierra Leone, the largest evacuation
since Saigon. She was on the first State Department team to go to
Afghanistan and helped reopen the Embassy there in December 2001. Her
other overseas assignments include Somalia, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada,
Micronesia, and Nicaragua.
On March 19, 2003, the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ann Wright
cabled a letter of resignation to Secretary of State Colin Powell,
stating that without the authorization of the U.N. Security Council, the
invasion and occupation of a Muslim, Arab, oil-rich country would be a a
violation of international law. She stated, "I have served my country
for almost thirty years in some of the most isolated and dangerous parts
of the world. I want to continue to serve America. However, I do not
believe in the policies of this Administration and cannot --- morally
and professionally --- defend or implement them. It is with heavy heart
that I must end my service to America and therefore resign."
Since then, she has been writing and speaking out for peace. She has become a prominent figure in the movement opposed to the occupation of Iraq and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. She has picketed at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo, Cuba, served as a juror in Bush impeachment hearings, traveled to Iran as a citizen diplomat, and has been arrested numerous times for peaceful, nonviolent protest of Bush’s policies, particularly the war on Iraq. She has been on delegations to Iran and was in Gaza three times in 2009, following the Israeli attack on Gaza that killed 1,440 and wounded 5,000. She was an organizer for the Gaza Freedom March that brought 1,350 persons from 44 countries to Cairo, Egypt, in solidarity with the people of Gaza. She was a passenger on the Challenger 1, which along with the Mavi Marmara, was part of the May, 2010 Gaza flotilla that was attacked by the Israeli military and was an organizer for the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, in the 2011 Gaza flotilla. Reserve Your Seat or a Table: 1. Mail your check, payable to Michigan Peace Team, to:
2. Pay by credit card via Network for Good:
3. Pay by credit card via our Signature Event blog or the Education Towards Empowerment website:
4. Respond to the invitation of a Table Host or become a Table Host by emailing
FOR MORE INFORMATION, you may contact:
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Donation
Request for the
2011 Silent
Auction
Fundraiser
People
have asked how they can help MPT with this annual fundraiser - 0ur
biggest event of the year. Of course, the most important way
is for you and your friends to join us the night of the dinner!
But we would also appreciate your assistance in acquiring items for
our Silent Auction. The Silent Auction is held the night of
this event and, once again, we are looking forward to an amazing
variety of items to bid on. Any
donation that you can make to the auction is very much appreciated
and will raise money for a great cause! Your
large donations are very much needed for the auction but we
also welcome smaller items that can be grouped into gift baskets.
Below are some suggestions for donations:
We would like to collect donations as soon as
possible and need to have all donations received by March 15th. Questions? Call the Auction Committee at: 586-242-4250
Any donations not auctioned off at the Signature Event will be used
in a future MPT fundraising event.
PRECIOUS METAL DONATION REQUEST!
Seed
money comes in many forms. This time we are hoping it comes in the
form of precious metals, specifically gold and silver. We are
raising money for our Michigan Peace Team Signature Event, which
takes place on April 29th, 2012. We have an outstanding lineup this
year and are certain you will not want to miss it!
In order to get this event off the ground, we are asking you to consider donating that broken gold/silver chain, the lone earring missing its mate, the broken clasp, etc... that is sitting in your jewelry box. With everyone’s contribution we will be able to continue the good work of Michigan Peace Team by containing the costs in getting our major fundraiser off the ground. Please contact the person who lives closest to you (see the list below) and make arrangements to bring your donation over to them or to have it collected. ¬ Contacts for West Wayne County: Lourdes Fonseca-Nearon, 313 282-1340 and Kim Redigan, 313 520-7465 ¬ Contact for Mid and West Michigan and outstate: Liz Walters, 517 231-7403 (cell); 517 484-3178 (w) ¬ Contact for Grosse Pointe: Sharon Feldman, 248 399-7362 ¬ Contact for Detroit: Karen Donahue, 313 961-6537 ¬ Contact for Clarkston: Annette Thomas, 248 821-8911 ¬ Contact for Ann Arbor: Suzanne Camino, 734 995-0298 Thank you so much for helping us with this unique fund-raising idea, helping us bring these amazing women to our venue. And don't forget to mark the date - - You won't want to miss it!
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