Peace On Earth...It's Up To Us: In Palestine, Iraq, and Sudan

Peace On Earth...It's Up To Us: In Palestine, Iraq, and Sudan

News and Events
updates on actions at home and abroad
December 10, 2004 02:42 PM mpt@michiganpeaceteam.org

Peace On Earth...It's Up To Us: In Palestine, Iraq, and Sudan

On Dec. 28, 2004, Michigan Peace Team hosted an event in Livionia called "Peace On Earth.. It's Up to Us: In Palestine, Iraq and Sudan".

The keynote speakers were Huwaida Arraf, the cofounder of the International Solidiarity Movement (Palestinian led nonviolent movement) and Adam Shapiro, who released a documentary film about life in Iraq under the occupation, and recently returned from the Darfur region of Sudan. Fr. Peter Dougherty and Sr. Liz Walters of Michigan Peace Team also spoke about their peace work in the Middle East.

Over three hundred people attended the event, and funds were raised for the 2005 MPT peace teams.

The Arab American News, a national, independent & bilingual paper, covered the story: http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?articleid=1396

12 10

Contribute

Please Feel free to contribute @ the forums. That is a good way to contact us, start discussion, and contribute information, resources, etc. Feel free to discuss this article there or any other topics you might want to. Please remember to be courteous, and respect others opinions, and beliefs. [Click here to register].

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.


search


links

affiliated sites

...

FACT

Israeli Settlements Are Illegal and Provocative

One of Israel's most egregious violations of the 4th Geneva Convention is the construction of massive settlements in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. The terms of the Convention couldn't be clearer: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." The Israeli government is essentially colonizing the Occupied Territories....