AL-AWDA UPDATE: 6 OCTOBER LIST OF WORLDWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE: 6 October 2000, 2.00 GMT
FOOTAGE: Murder in cold blood of 12-year old Muhammad Al-Dura by an
Israeli snipers, while his
father, Jamal, was trying to protect him from the hail of Israel's bullets:
http://www.palestine-info.net/daily_news/child.htm
http://www.france2.fr/vj/300920a.ram
Al-Awda/the Palestine Right to Return Coalition strongly urges all
peace-loving people to protest the ongoing massacres and to demand that the
United States government immediately stop providing the weapons to Israel
which are used to massacre civilians.
WHERE THE PROTESTS ARE: [note several locations are holding more than one
demonstration. Join the ones nearest you]
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000
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CHARLOTTE, NC: Friday October 6, 3 pm - 6 pm. Contact Al-Awda, Palestine
Right to Return Coalition Charlotte khijazi@maktoob.com.
HOUSTON, TX: In front of the Israeli Consulate in Houston Address: 24
Greenway Plaza (The Compass Bank Building), Friday, October 6, 2000 Time:
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm for information: Palestine Affairs Council (713) 762-2228.
MEMPHIS, TN: A rally will be held on the corner of Poplar and Highland,
right next to the University of Memphis, on Friday, Oct 6th from 2:00-5:30
PM. For more info contact Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition
South USA Eyas Hmouz (901)298-4346 or e-mail eyas0701@aol.com
or Mahmoud
Zubaidy (901)826-0822 or e-mail mdhz@aol.com
SACRAMENTO, CA: Friday, October 6, 2000 at 4:30PM, Downtown Sacramento at
the corner of 16th & J Street. Contact adc_sac@hotmail.com
or Reem
Awad-Rashmawi at (916) 648-1888 for more info.
SACRAMENTO, CA: Muslim community and Arabs in Sacramento/CA are planning to
protest in front of the Capitol on Friday Oct. 6 th. 1 PM-3 PM. For more
information and details please visit www.masjidannur.com.
SAN DIEGO, CA: Friday October 6, 2000 1:45?3:00 PM Masjid Abu Bakr @Balboa
and I805 & Sunday October 8, 2000 1:00?3:00 PM Balboa Park 6th Ave and
Laurel St.
SAN JOSE, CA: 2:00 PM tomorrow, Friday in front of San Jose City Hall at
801 N. First Street. Contact: JamalZeid@aol.com.
CHICAGO, IL: The IAP in Chicago is organizing and co-sponsoring two
activities concurrently on Friday, Oct. 6. First, there will be a huge
rally in the south side of Chicago right after Jumaa prayers in Bridgeview,
at the Mosque Foundation. There will then be another rally in downtown
Chicago.
CHICAGO, IL: Friday October 6, noon. March from Chicago Tribune Tower (435
N. Michigan) to Israeli consulate. Sponsored by: Arab American Action
Network, Al-Awda Chicago, Arab American Institute, Arab American View
Newspaper, Islamic Association for Palestine, United Arab Networking,
American Friends Service Committee, Hammerhard Mediaworks, (list in
formation). For information, email: aaan@aaan.org,
Al-Awda Chicago at
PRRC-Chicago@mail.com. In addition,
in the same day, at 6:30 PM, there will
be a big Mahrajan to support the issue of Palestine and Palestinian people,
at the Aqsa School nearby the Mosque Foundation. For info, contact
Abdelbaset, at IAP (708)974-3380, email: abaset@aol.com.
PHOENIX, AZ: Friday October 6th, 2000 (From 2:30 to 4:30 PM).
Downtown
Phoenix Gathering: at 2:30 PM in front of the Federal Building on 230 N.
1st Ave (1st Ave and W. Washington St.)
March: on Central Ave between the Federal Building to/from Adeq Library
3033 N. Central Ave (Central Ave. and E. Catalina Dr.). For more info
contact: Ibrahim Emran, Islamic Cultural Center or (480)502-1436 or on my
cell (602)714-7444 HIKMAT01@aol.com.
OTTAWA (CANADA): Friday October, 6th, 2000, TIME: 1:30 pm DEMONSTRATION in
front of the Israeli Embassy; 50 O'CONNER STREET (Off Willington St.) march
after that to Parliament Hill at 2:30 pm. For more info contact SPHR
sphr@ssmu.mcgill.ca.
ORLANDO FL: Friday Oct, 6 at 10:30 am contact FIbrahim@aol.com.
TAMPA, FL: Friday October 6, 2000 3:30 PM- 5:00 PM, Old Tampa City Hall
315 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. Contact mmchehab@email.msn.com.
DENVER, CO: Downtown Denver after the Friday Prayers. For details contact:
Khalid Mansour, Ph.D. Voice: 303-874-2179 Fax: 303-220-7100
kmansour@ciber.com.
RALEIGH, NC: Friday after prayers, 2 PM from the Raleigh Islamic Center at
3020 Ligon St. media contacts: Iyad Hindi (919-858-7600, ihindi@pobox.com
or Dr. Ihsan Bagby (919-212-2233)
ROCKY MOUNT, NC: Meet at Mosque, Nash Street and Church Street. 2.30
pm -
4.00 pm Contact: Abdul AbdelAziz - 252 230 9859.
LANSING, MI: Friday, October 6, 2000, 3.00 pm, in front of the Capitol
Building, contact Norah Talal Rabiah <nrabiah@umich.edu>
ATLANTA, GA: Friday, October 6, 2000 @ 3:30 PM. Downtown, on the corner of
Spring Street and 12th Street, in front of the Israeli's Consulate Who:
Friends of Palestine.
KALAMAZOO, MI: Friday the 6th, after the Friday Prayers, the Kalamazoo
Islamic Center will have a rally/protest in front of the Kalamazoo Islamic
Center. Contact khalid63@hotmail.com.
LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM): Friday 6 October, peaceful picket 3.00 - 6.00pm,
outside 10 Downing Street, Westminister. Nearest Tube station -
Westminister and Charing Cross. Muslim Association of Britain
(020-7-272-2888), the Palestinian Return Center (020-8-453-0919, email:
info@prc.org.uk ) and Friends of al-Aqsa
(0411-823 524, or email:
info@aqsa.org.uk).
The HAGUE (NETHERLANDS): Friday 6 October, picket 15.30-16.30 in front of
Israeli Embassy, Buitenhof 47, The Hague. Contact: Nederlands Palestina
Comite at npk@xs4all.nl, Rabita al-Filastinia
at anasj_abusadeh@yahoo.com
or call the Palestijnse Vereniging, tel. 0118-635131. Additionally, most if
not all the mosques in Holland devote this Friday's sermons to Palestine.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Friday October 6, 2000 2:30pm prayer at San Francisco
City Hall and then march to the Israeli consulate. For more Information
call American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice 408-988-1011 or e-mail
us at amgpj@global-peace.org. Also
Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return
Coalition SF at PRRC-SF@mail.com.
DEARBORN, MI: Friday, October 6 @ 5:00pm at the ACCESS building on
Schaefer Road in (6451 Shaefer, bewteen Ford and Warren Ave.) Contact:
jjouney@umich.edu.
WASHINGTON, DC: Friday Oct. 6, 2000 2 - 5 p.m., Israeli Embassy, 3514
International Drive, N.W. Washington D.C. 20008, intersection of Vanness
and International Drive. Closest metro stop is UDC Vanness on the Red Line.
For Further Information Contact: Neveen Salem AMC (202)789-2262
media@amconline.org or Ahmad
703-305-4731, amatar98@yahoo.com.
BATON ROUGE, LA: Friday Oct. 6, in Front of the federal building; for more
information please call Osama_Amous@hotmail.com
ARCATA, CA: Friday at noon October 6, 2000 on the Arcata Plaza. URL is
http://www.neuroscape.com/cia.htm
Contact: Edith Eckart 707 822 1606 165
12th St Arcata CA 95521
NEW YORK, NY: Friday, OCT 6th, 5pm WHERE: 43rd and Broadway at the old
military recruitment site on Times Square, NY. To protest the ongoing
Israeli massacre against the Palestinian people. Contact Thawra48@aol.com.
PATERSON, NJ: March down Main Street in Paterson at 1pm following Salat
Al-Jumaah. The March will begin on the corner of Main Street and Michigan
Ave and will end in Front of Paterson City Hall. For more information call
the Islamic Center of Passaic County at 973-278-7070. Contact
Thawra48@aol.com.
PATERSON, NJ: In front of Nouris restauarant on the corner of Main Street
and Michigan Ave. 2pm contact: Islamic Center of Passaic County.
973-278-7070 *Buses available for NYC rally* Email inquiries should be
forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com
JERSEY CITY, NJ: Journal Square, 2 pm, contact: 47th street Masjid.
North
Bergen, NJ. 973-330-0066 *Buses available for NYC rally* Email inquiries
should be forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com
TEANACK, NJ: City Hall, 2 pm, contact: 973-223-7883, New
York/Brooklyn/Bronx/Queens. Email inquiries should be forwarded to
Thawra48@aol.com.
NEW YORK, NY: Israeli Consulate. 42nd street and 2nd Ave., 2pm-5pm
Contact: 212-248-7500. Email inquiries should be forwarded to
Thawra48@aol.com.
NEW YORK, NY: Times Square. 42nd and 7th Ave. 5pm, Contact:
212-529-6934. Email inquiries should be forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com.
BROOKLYN, NYC: March begins on 5th Ave in Bay Ridge, 2 pm, Contact:
212-248-7500. Email inquiries should be forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com
BRONX, NYC: 2 pm, contact: 212-248-7500. Email inquiries should be
forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com.
QUEENS, NYC: 2 pm contact: 212-248-7500. Email inquiries should be
forwarded to Thawra48@aol.com.
MANHATTAN, NYC: Friday, October 6th, 5:00 p.m. Broadway between 41
and
42nd Streets. For more information: 718-491-2883 Palestinian Right
to
Return Coalition. 212-633-6646 International Action Center 646-391-7027
Turath Center. al-awda-ny-nj@mail.com
or iacenter@iacenter.org.
BUFFALO, NY: AMC New York Chapter will be co-sponsoring a rally on Friday
October 6th at 2:30 p.m. at Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York. The rally
coincides with the "Friday of Solidarity for Al-Quds and the Palestinian
People." For Further Information Contact: Neveen Salem AMC (202)789-2262
media@amconline.org.
CORNELL, NY: Friday, October 6 at 2 pm Anabel Taylor Hall to Willard
Straight Hall
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Friday, October 6, 2000 2:30 pm By St. Mary's Basilica
(Lydale and Hennepin).
LOS ANGELES, CA: Friday, Oct., 6 in front of the Federal Building on
Wilshire, and there are buses to pick up people at Brea Mall. Contact
MH15085@aol.com.
MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA): Friday 6 October, 4:30 PM at the Victorian State
Library, (Crnr Latrob +ACY- Swanston Street), March to Parliament House
Starts 5.00 PM. Contact Palestinian Community of Victoria 0413 219 141.
LONDON, ON (CANADA): Silent March by the youth and women to mourn the death
of Palestinian civilians, at 3:00 p.m. the same day, at Reg Cooper Square
(behind City Hall). Press Conference Friday, Oct 6, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. at 4
Point Sheraton, 1150 Wellington Road S.
CALGARY, AL (CANADA): 3 PM, outside City Hall building. Confirmed
participants in this protest include members of the Muslim Association at
the University of Calgary, members of the Calgarian Islamic community, as
well as members from the Pakistani Students Society. Contact
hussainn@ucalgary.ca.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: Penn Arab Student Society is holding a vigil to Protest
the Israeli Massacres Place: In front of the library on Locust Walk
(between 34th and 35th St. on Locust Walk) 2:30 pm Contacts: Imad Zahr
igz22@drexel.edu 610 368-9814
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2000
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ATLANTA, GA: CNN BUILDING Saturday, October 7, 2000. For information
contact Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition South USA email
gte231n@prism.gatech.edu or Zahi
Karam: 404 206 0902 or Yosef0065@aol.com.
VANCOUVER (CANADA): 2 pm Saturday, Oct. 7th at the Vancouver Art Gallery,
Georgia St. side. Contact The Arab Palestine Association
hkawas@email.msn.com.
MONTREAL (CANADA): Saturday October, 7th, 2000, 3 PM. In front of
Concordia University, 1455 Maisonneuve, Hall building. Contact
pal@alcor.concordia.ca.
OTTAWA (CANADA): Assembly primary focus will be to take a stand in
solidarity with our men, women, and children in the occupied territories.
Saturday October 7, 2000 @ 6:00 pm, University of Ottawa, Marion Hall 140
Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ont. contact pcrb@canada.com.
MARSEILLE (FRANCE): Saturday the 7th OCT. A Marseille un rassemblement aura
lieu SAMEDI APRES-MIDI 7 OCTOBRE à l¹appel de l¹ASSOCIATION MEDICALE
FRANCO-PALESTINIENNE (heure et lieu exacts à préciser). (transmis par
Migrants contre le Sida MAHA@espaceweb.ch).
NEW ORLEANS, LA: Saturday, October 7 from 3-5pm on St. Charles Ave. in
front of the Loyola University Horseshoe. For more information contact
Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition South USA Rima Bensrieti
504.887.7984 bensriet@att.net. Phone
504.887.7984 or 504.343.7984.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000
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KANSAS CITY, KA: Crown Center on Sunday, Oct 8th from 4:30 to 5:30pm.
Contact Nick Awad 913-782-4080 nonviolence@igc.org.
ORANGE COUNTY, FL: Sunday, Oct., 8, at Ball and Brookhurst in
Anaheim.
Contact MH15085@aol.com.
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA): Sunday Oct. 8, contact kassis@tpgi.com.au
for details.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2000
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MADRID (SPAIN): On Tuesday 10th October there will be a big demonstration
in Madrid supported by the two biggest trade unions (CCOO, UGT), opposition
political parties (PSOE-socialdemocrat, IU- United Left), Comite de
Solidaridad con la Causa Arabe in Spain. For more information contact:
contact: ibarre@ccoo.es.
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For up-to-date information on the confrontations on the ground please check:
http://www.addameer.org/september2000/index.html
