IAW 2010 Sudbury

We are very proud to announce our speakers along with the very first annual Sudbury Palestine Film Festival! Events in Sudbury will take place at Laurentian University. Join us in making 2010 a year of struggle against apartheid and for justice, equality, and peace. Thursday, March 4th 1. Film: Amreeka Room: J-234 Time: 4 pm (near Library) 2. Distributing literature and IAW schedule of events in the Great Hall. Time: 11am -1:30 pm Friday, March 5th Film: Waltz with Bashir Room: C-114 Time: 8PM Saturday, March 6th Two Films: Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land AND Slingshot HipHop Room: C-309 Time: 8PM Monday, March 8th Guest Speaker: Yves Engler Book launch for Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid Time: 1:30 pm Room: FA-055 (Upper Fraser) Tuesday, March 9th 1. Film: Orientalism Room: C-205 Time: 10 am 2. Dr. Reuben Roth, Professor of Sociology and Labour Studies at Laurentian Unsettling Relations: Aspects of Jewish Identity and History Time: 2:30pm Room: L-239 (Parker building) 3. Film: Occupation 101 Room: FA-054 (Lower Fraser) Time: 1 pm Wednesday, March 10th 1. Repeat showing of Occupation 101 Room: L-507 (Parker Building) Time: 1:30 pm 2. Dr. Reuben Roth, Professor of Sociology and Labour Studies at Laurentian Palestinian Working Conditions in the Occupied Territories Time: 7pm Room: C-306 3. Film: American Radical Room: C-102 (Laurentian University Arts Building) Time: 4:30 PM Thursday, March 11th 1. "What can we do about the Occupation of Palestine? An educational discussion on the Right to Education and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaigns" Time: 1PM Room: FA-054 (Lower Fraser) Guest speakers: Mark Evard, National Director, Central Region, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Rafeef Ziadah, a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3903, the International Solidarity Committee of CUPE Ontario, and a founding member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) “Israeli Apartheid: The case for Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions” Alan Sears, member of Faculty for Palestine and professor in the Sociology Department at Ryerson University “Against the Silencers: Free Speech and BDS in Palestine Solidarity” 2. POETICS OF RESISTANCE: SPOKEN WORD/HIP HOP 4 PALESTINE SOLIDARITY Rafeef Ziadah and Silvertongue Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian spoken-word artist and activist. Silvertongue is a well-known Sudbury rapper and spoken-word artist. Time: 4pm Location: Student Centre (near SGA office) Sudbury Israeli Apartheid Week at Laurentian is organized by the Palestine Solidarity Working Group (PSWG) with the support of Faculty for Palestine (F4P), Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), and Sudbury Against War and Occupation (SAWO). To ENDORSE Israeli Apartheid Week in Sudbury, to make a DONATION or GET INVOLVED please email gkinsman@laurentian.ca and Sudburyawo@gmail.com Find out about the Global BDS movement @ www.bdsmovement.net + More on campus.