[VTJP] Re: Msg reply

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[VTJP] Planning for community forum meeting tomorrow

Hello fellow VTJPers Sorry I did not send this announcement out earlier. I think most people that were interested in attending this meeting know the time. Monday May 17, 7pm we will have a meeting to plan a community forum. We will discuss the issues to present at the forum, where it will be hel

[VTJP] Minutes from Community Forum meeting

Community Forum Committee of VTJP Minutes from meeting Monday, May 17, 2004 In attendance: Peter, Madelyn Holmes, Nina Parris, and S'ra DeSantis After an hour discussion we have come up with a proposal for a community event. The next two paragraphs are the actual proposal and the lists after t

[VTJP] Booklet on Palestinian Agriculture now available

Now available... Hot off the press... FROM THE OLIVE GROVES OF PALESTINE: VERMONT FARMERS WRITE HOME By S'ra DeSantis and Hilary Martin >From the Olive Groves of Palestine: Vermont Farmers Write Home, a journal written by two Vermont farmers who traveled in the West Bank in the beginning of 200

[VTJP] minutes from Oct conference mtg and next mtg

hi y'all i sent these minutes out a few weeks ago but some people said they did not receive them. so here are the meeting notes about the community forum/mini-conference that we are planning for the beginning of october. please email the list any further suggestions you might have for speakers,

[VTJP] Slideshow and talk: Palestinian Agriculture under Occupation: June 28

Palestinian Agriculture under Occupation Presentation and Slide Show Monday, June 28 at 7:30 pm Muddy Waters, 184 Main St, Burlington Hilary Martin and S'ra DeSantis, two farmers at Burlington's Intervale, will report on their trip to the West Bank. They met with Palestinian farmers who have h

[VTJP] Third Annual Activist Skills Share in Wheelock VT

Announcement for Third Annual Activist Skills Share in West Wheelock, Vermont’s “Northeast Kingdom” August 19 to August 22, 2004 For More Info: http://www.vtactivistskillshare.org 802.533.2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***please forward this message*** Four days of workshops for collaborative exc

[VTJP] Settlers Uproot trees to expand settlement in Kufr Thulth in Qalqilia district

when will it end??? Settlers Uproot trees to expand settlement in Kufr Thulth in Qalqilia district Qalqilia ISM Qalqilia June 30, 2004 [Kufr Thulth, Qalqilia District] Yesterday, settlers in a two-year old outpost of Ma’aleh Shomron settlement uprooted olive and fig trees in the east side of

[VTJP] Barred by Israel as Security Risk, Pro-Palestinian American Refuses to Go

New York Times Barred by Israel as Security Risk, Pro-Palestinian American Refuses to Go July 1, 2004 By GREG MYRE JERUSALEM, June 30 - A New Yorker who flew to Israel to take part in pro-Palestinian marches was denied entry and ordered expelled, and she has spent the past week in Israel

[VTJP] community forum minutes to prepare for tomorrow's mtg

Hello fellow VTJPers I forgot to send this out a few weeks ago…sorry. We had the second community forum meeting a few weeks ago. Only Nina and myself attended the meeting. We felt uncomfortable making any decisions about whether VTJP should organize a one-day conference or have a speakers seri

[VTJP] article about Budrus by 15 year old Iletzam

Hello all This article is about Budrus, the village Hilary and I lived in. Iltezam is a 15-year old woman with so much much wisdom and hope Peacefully Confronting the Wall in Budrus Iltezam Morrar, The Electronic Intifada, 16 July 2004 The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision

[VTJP] community forum meeting tonight

The next community forum meeting is tonight Monday August 2 at my house, 42 Grant St at 7 pm. If you have any questions calll me at 324-5962. I will send out the minutes to the list later this week. S'ra Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Yahoo! Domains - C

[VTJP] Activist Skills Share in VT Aug 19-22

hello fellow VTJPers i hope that some of you can attend this amazing skills share. the saturday night panel focuses on the occupations in iraq and palestine. see you all soon s'ra Announcement for Third Annual Activist Skills Share in West Wheelock, Vermont’s “Northeast Kingdom” August 19 to

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Dear friends and family, I wanted to write you all so that I do not have to retell this story over and over. Each time you tell a story the feelings and emotions wither away and what is left is sometimes not even worth telling. Mohammed and I made an incredibly hard decision that neither of us w

[VTJP] Slide show: Palestinian Agriculture Under Occupation, Wed Sept 15

Palestinian Agriculture Under Occupation Slide show and presentation by Hilary Martin and S'ra DeSantis Wednesday, September 15 6 pm Burlington College Hilary Martin and S'ra DeSantis, two Intervale farmers, will discuss how the Israeli occupation has affected Palestinian farmers. Hilary and S'ra

[VTJP] Budrus Protest against the Wall Met with Israeli Violence

Budrus Villagers Non-Violent Resistance to the Wall is Met with Immediate Israeli Violence, Once Again Today the villagers of Budrus turn-outed once again to continue their non-violent resistance to the construction of the Wall on their lands. They had planned to stop the bulldozers that are up

[VTJP] Benefit for Palestinian Farmers Tues Oct 12

Benefit for Palestinian Farmers Tuesday, October 12 Location: Waiting Room, a local bar and restaurant 156 St. Paul St. Burlington, VT Dinner starts at 5 pm Music by Pie (WRUV DJs) starts at 9:30 pm The Waiting Room will donate 10% of their profits from Tuesday night's sales. So come have

[VTJP] Palestinian Solidarity Vigil Sat. Oct 23

Palestinian Solidarity Vigil and March Stop the Illegal Israeli Occupation of Palestine and Tear down the Wall!! Saturday October 23, noon Meet at the top of Church St. at the Unitarian Universalist Church at noon For more info call S'ra 324-5962 Yahoo! Groups Sp

[VTJP] flyer for Noam Bahat and Mostafa Omar

Hello VTJPers and UVM folks, Here is the flyer for Noam Bahat. Mostafa Omar will also be speaking with Noam. If you have the time please print out a copy of the flyer and hang a couple up where you live. Thanks so much!! In solidarity S'ra Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --

[VTJP] Refusing to Serve in Palestine, Thurs Nov 4 at UVM

REFUSING TO SERVE IN PALESTINE Presentation by: NOAM BAHAT, 21- year old Israeli Refuser and MOSTAFA OMAR, with the International Socialist Organization Thursday November 4, 7pm University of Vermont 315 Living and Learning Complex Noam Bahat, was born in Nirit, a little settlement near the g

[VTJP] Refusing to Serve in Palestine, Thurs Nov 4

REFUSING TO SERVE IN PALESTINE Presentation by: NOAM BAHAT, 21-year old Israeli Refuser and MOSTAFA OMAR, author and activist Thursday November 4, 7pm University of Vermont 315 Living and Learning Complex Noam Bahat, was born in Nirit, a little settlement near the green line (the 1948 borde

[VTJP] Refusing to Serve in Palestine, Thurs Nov 4

REFUSING TO SERVE IN PALESTINE Presentation by: NOAM BAHAT, 21-year old Israeli Refuser and MOSTAFA OMAR, author and activist Thursday November 4, 7pm University of Vermont 315 Living and Learning Complex Noam Bahat, was born in Nirit, a little settlement near the green line (the 1948 borde

[VTJP] Returning to Palestine next week

Hello dear friends and family, I am returning to the West Bank on November 16th and will be back in the states December 23. I will be working with the International Solidarity Movement again, visiting regions where the construction of the wall is happening. Most of you were on my email list

[VTJP] Village Life in Occupied West Bank

Marhaba dear family and friends I am sorry that it has taken me so long to write. I have been in Budrus and I did not want to use the internet in house I was staying at because it is so expensive. I have had few opportunities to get to a computer with internet. I have been staying at Abu Ahmed

[VTJP] Returning from the West Bank

Hello everyone, I arrived in the states from the West Bank last week to spend the holidays with my family. I hope everyone had peaceful holidays with your friends and families. I have heard from many of you that you did not receive my emails while I was in the West Bank. I sent everyone on th

[VTJP] Going back to Palestine in January

Hello Fellow VTJPers, I hope that everyone has enjoyed their holidays. I returned from the West Bank last week and have been visiting with friends and family. I decided to return to the West Bank in mid January for four and half months. Mohammed and I realized how much we loved each other and

[VTJP] Another Update about Mohammed and I

Hello dear friends and family, Happy New Year! I went back to Palestine for five weeks intending to say goodbye to Mohammed and his family. We had been engaged and then called it off due to what seemed to be insurmountable legal odds against us. But when I saw Mohammed again we instantly realiz

[VTJP] Fundraising letter for Women of Budrus, please support them!

Fundraising letter for the Association for Women and Children of Budrus >From Hilary Martin and S'ra DeSantis January 7, 2005 Dear Friends and Family, As most of you know, we lived in the village of Budrus, a small rural community in the West Bank that is currently being surrounded by the A

[VTJP] VTJP materials for tabling

Hello VTJPers I put some materials for VTJP in the Peace and Justice Center. The materials include: 2 fact sheets on the wall from www.stopthewall.org handouts for Salaam/Shalom poster for Salaam/Shalom Booklets Hilary and I wrote They can be used at tables at events that VTJP attends. Thes

[VTJP] Come to our Wedding!!!!!

Dear family and friends, I want to give you all a brief update about my life. I am getting married!!! Yippie!! Mohammed's family has said that they are happy to take me into their family (hopefully teach how to cook Palestinian meals!). The wedding will be February 19-20 in Qalqilia, the city

[VTJP] The Wedding in Qalqilia

The Wedding and Life in Ramallah Dear friends and family, Sorry that it has taken me so long to write you all and tell you about the wedding and married life. As you can guess I have been a little busy. I do not even know where to start, there is so much I want to share with you all about the

[VTJP] Poem about Nakba

Hello fellow VTJPers I miss you all so much. I will be back in Vermont in the beginning of June and look forward to seeing everyone. I have been very busy with ISM...doing trainings, helping with press releases, helping with the evaluation process of ISM, etc. And most importantly I have been busy

[VTJP] Al Rowwad Theater performing in Vermont this week

Al Rowwad Children’s Theater in Vermont this week!!! >From Aida Refugee Camp, in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine Al Rowwad is a place for the children of Aida Refugee Camp to express themselves creatively away from the militarized streets of the camp. Youth from Aida Refugee Camp will do Palest

[VTJP] Letter to the Editor

Hi all I sent this to the Burlington Free Press and Times Argus. We will see if it gets published.. Hope everyone is well S'ra S’ra DeSantis Illegal Settlements in Palestine We have been bombarded with images of the Gaza settlers being torn from their homes in the last week. Many facts have

Re: [VTJP] meeting about vigils

Hello Nancy and VTJPers Thank you Nancy for orgainizing this. I think that we also need to have an intrenal VTJP meeting about how we can better get our message across at the vigils. At the last vigil people mistook us for supporting the settlers. This really upset me because of course none of us

Re: [VTJP] Dr. Sara Roy: Presentation at T.W. Wood Gallery, Tuesday, November 8, 7 p.m.

hilary martin will be audio taping it Quoting Walter Miale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Will anyone be videotaping or even audiotaping this? If not, would it > still be possible for someone to do so? > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --

[VTJP] Talk: Dec 13, Continued Annexation of the Occupied West Bank

Black Sheep Books presents: Tuesday, December 13 at 7 p.m. at 4 Langdon Street, Montpelier The Continued Annexation of the Occupied West Bank: The Myths of the Security Barrier and the Disengagement Plan A talk & slideshow by Hilary Martin and S'ra DeSantis Free! All Welcome! Israel's annexati

[VTJP] Help pass Farmer Protection Act (sorry it is off topic)

Hello fellow VTJPers Sorry this is so off topic. I am working for Rural VT this winter and we are trying to get the Farmer Protection Act passed, to hold corporations liable if their is contamination from genetically modified seeds. Please call your state reps in support of this bill. See below