<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:-9.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>Community Change Inc.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>Brown Bag<i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2009<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div> <h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">Changing the Public Discourse around Race<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:80.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><i><u> <o:p></o:p></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:80.0pt"><i><u>UNDERSTANDING PALESTINE AND ISRAEL<o:p></o:p></u></i></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><i> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">GRIEF BORN OF INJUSTICE</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>The Ongoing <i>Nakba</i></b><span style="font-style:normal"><b>* and the Palestinian Experience<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">The second in our series <i>UNDERSTANDING PALESTINE AND ISRAEL, </i><span style="font-style:normal">this presentation humanizes the Palestinian experience of dispossession and military occupation through a personal narrative. The Palestinian narrative of life both dispossessed and occupied is rarely heard in the US and when it is demonstrated, it is routinely marginalized and silenced. This presentation will give a historical overview of the roots of Palestinian dispossession and occupation as well as a snapshot of present day realities for Palestinians in and around Israel/Palestine.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div> <div class="MsoNormal">*<i>Nakba </i><span style="font-style:normal">is an Arabic word meaning “catastrophe.” It refers to Palestinian dispossession form their homes and land in 1948, a dispossession that continues today.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><b>April 15, 2009 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><b>12 noon – 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black"><b>Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black"><b>14 Beacon Street, Room 605<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <h3 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"">Boston MA 02108<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Presenter: <b>Hilary Rantisi</b><span style="font-weight: normal">, Palestinian who grew up in the West Bank, currently lives in Somerville and works as the Director of the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). She received her Masters degree in Middle East Studies from the U of Chicago. Prior to joining HKS, Ms Rantisi worked with civil society organizations in Israel-Palestine and focused on religion, politics, and grassroots mobilization efforts in Jerusalem. She has co-edited a book <i>Our Story: The Palestinians</i></span> (1999) with Naim Ateek and is an active public speaker on human rights and justice issues in Israel/Palestine.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><b><u>SPACE IS LIMITED: RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!!!</u> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><b>RSVP (617) 523-0555 or <u><a href="mailto:janet@communitychangeinc.org">janet@communitychangeinc.org</a><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><b>Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Community Change, Inc 617-523-0555 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans""><a href="http://www.communitychangeinc.org/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.communitychangeinc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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