<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:9.0pt;text-align:center; text-indent:-.25in"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute; left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:216.45pt;margin-top:-21.4pt;width:38.9pt; height:24.45pt;z-index:1' fillcolor="window"> <v:imagedata src="file://localhost/Users/admin/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" o:althref="file://localhost/Users/admin/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image002.pct" o:title=""/> <w:wrap type="square" side="left"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img width="39" height="24" src="file://localhost/Users/admin/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image003.png" align="right" hspace="9" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><i><u><br clear="ALL"> </u></i><span style="font-style:normal"><b>Community Change Inc.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Brown Bag<i> </i></b><span style="font-style:normal"><b>Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2009</b></span><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Changing the Public Discourse around Race<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>International Aid to Palestinians – <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Helpful or Oppressive?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal">The international aid system has developed in response to the political agendas and bureaucratic needs of donors, with severe consequences on Palestinian civil society. Besides donor driven agendas, wasted resources, and fraudulent practices, <b>Dalia Association</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> says that funds are not reaching the small grassroots groups who are best positioned to make a difference for their own communities. Further, over 10 years of dependence on international aid have distorted Palestinians’ own attitudes toward development. These problems are especially severe for marginalized groups. </span><b>Dalia Association,</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> the first Palestinian community foundation, mobilizes resources and makes grants for Palestinian social change and sustainable development through community-based decision-making.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>July 22, 2009 (Wednesday)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>12 noon – 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><b>Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>14 Beacon Street, Room 605<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Boston MA 02108<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>Presenter</b><span style="font-weight:normal">: Nora Lester Murad, Ph.D., is founding executive director of </span><b>Dalia Association</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> (</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="http://www.Dalia.ps"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none">www.Dalia.ps</span></a></span>), the first Palestinian community foundation. <b>Dalia Association</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> reduces dependence on international aid by mobilizing locally-controlled resources and building sustainability of grassroots civil society. Previously, Nora was assistant professor of cross-cultural understanding at Bentley College in Massachusetts, and she did anti-racism and organizational change work with corporate and nonprofit clients. Nora has spoken widely, most recently at the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists in Abu Dhabi, and has published several articles about Palestinian and intercultural topics as well as philanthropy and international aid. She can be reached at </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><a href="mailto:NoraM@Dalia.ps"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none">NoraM@Dalia.ps</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:15.3pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:15.3pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><b>Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>RSVP (617) 523-0555 or <u><a href="mailto:janet@communitychangeinc.org">janet@communitychangeinc.org</a><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Community Change, Inc 617-523-0555 <span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans""><a href="http://www.communitychangeinc.org"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">www.communitychangeinc.org</span></a> </span>visit us on FACEBOOK!<o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment--> </div></body></html>