WEST
COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
For Immediate Release
20 October 2004
EMPOWERING THE PALESTINE
RIGHT TO RETURN MOVEMENT ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA
Al-Awda San Diego in conjunction with
Students for Justice at The University of California at
San Diego will be hosting a one-day West Coast regional
conference for the Right to Return Movement for Palestinian
refugees.
The conference will take place on Saturday
20 November 2004 at UCSD in La Jolla, California.
The objectives of the conference are to:
1. Begin preparation and mobilization
for Al-Awda's third International Convention, which will
be held in California in the Spring of 2005.
2. Further develop and coordinate intra-
and inter-state grassroots activism to further empower the
Palestine Right to Return Movement on the West Coast.
BACKGROUND
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return
Coalition's Second Annual International Convention in New
York City named California as the site of the organization's
third convention, which is scheduled to take place in mid-April
2005.
During the past year, new Al-Awda chapters
have emerged on the West Coast of
North America from San Diego, California to Vancouver, British
Columbia in Canada.
In order to solidify and strengthen the
network of Palestine Right to Return chapters and action
committees on the West Coast , it is vital that activists
meet, plan and strategize to insure a successful Al-Awda
convention in 2005 while developing mechanisms to coordinate
intra- and inter-state grassroots advocacy for the Palestinian
refugees' right to return .
The one-day regional conference, "Empowering
the Palestine Right to Return Movement on the West Coast
of North America", will take place on 20 November 2004
at the University of California in La Jolla, San Diego.
The conference is important. It represents the first regional
meeting for the Right to Return Movement on the West Coast.
INVITATION
We are inviting Palestinian, Arab and
other community members, grassroots activists, students,
and solidarity organizational representatives to attend
and share their thoughts, needs, and how they'd like to
see our collective efforts for the rights of Palestinian
refugees develop on the West Coast and at Al-Awda's upcoming
International Convention in California.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Organizations wishing to table at the
conference should contact us at info@al-awdacal.org
for further information.
Al-Awda California
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
E-mail: info@al-awdacal.org
WWW: http://al-awdacal.org
Fax: 1-360-933-3568
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