Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.

IAW 2010 takes place following a year of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level. Lectures, films, and actions will highlight some of theses successes along with the many injustices that continue to make BDS so crucial in the battle to end Israeli Apartheid.

Check Out These Events Happening in Chicago! Details for all events below.

1. Occupation 101 Film Screening--March 1
2. Flyering with Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine--March 2
3. Panel: What Does Resistance Mean to Me?--March 3
4. From Johannesburg to Jerusalem: Lessons from South Africa on Ending Apartheid: Lecture by Salim Vally--March 3
5. Film: Slingshot Hip Hop--March 3
6. Protest: No Chicago ties with apartheid Israel! Tell Chicago Sister Cities International: Drop Petach Tikva!--March 3
7. Film: To Shoot An Elephant & Fatenah--March 4
8. Protest: Breaking the Law of Return--March 5
9. Film Screening and Discussion: Chronicles of a Refugee: Identity Without a Homeland--March 5
10. Benefit Concert at lowercase colllective--March 5

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1. "Occupation 101" Film Screening

DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL

March 1, 2010
6:00pm
SAC Room 154

A free movie screening of the thought-provoking and powerful film on
the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the issue,
"Occupation 101" presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and
hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels
many misconceptions.

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2. Flyering with Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine

Tuesday, March 2
4:30-5:30pm
Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn)
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3. Resistance: What Does It Mean To Me?

DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL

March 3, 2010
6:00pm
SAC Room 161

Come and listen to a panel of student activists for Palestine discuss
their inspiring stories about how they joined the fight for justice
and human rights in Palestine, their work for the cause, and what
Palestine means to them. Will include a panel of 4 students from UofC,
DePaul and UIC.

Speakers: Sanah Yassin, Ahmad al-Ashqar, Kathryn Weber, Sami Kishawi

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4. From Johannesburg to Jerusalem: Lessons from South Africa on Ending Apartheid
Lecture by: Salim Vally

UIC - Latino Cultural Center (in Lecture Center B)
750 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL

March 3, 2010
1:00pm

Salim is an educator, a longtime activist, and chair of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in Johannesburg, South Africa.

BIO:

Salim Vally is a senior researcher at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT), Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg and the coordinator of the Education Rights Project. He holds degrees from the universities of York and Wits and has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia and York Universities.

Vally has been a social justice activist since secondary school; in 1976 he was in the leadership of the South African Students Movement (SASM) until its banning by the erstwhile apartheid regime in 1977. In 1979 he left South Africa as a result of severe repression and joined the exile wing of the Black Consciousness Movement. On his return to South Africa he taught at township schools, worked for various adult literacy and progressive research organisations and for a period of eight years was the national educator for an independent trade union and a founder member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
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5. Film Screening: "Slingshot Hip Hop"

Northwestern University
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Kresge Room 2 - 435 (Northwestern University)
1880 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL
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6. Protest: No Chicago ties with apartheid Israel!
Tell Chicago Sister Cities International: Drop Petach Tikva!

Mark international Israeli Apartheid Week and join Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)-Chicago to PROTEST the Annual International Business Breakfast hosted by Chicago Sister Cities International, with keynote by Mayor Daley

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Palmer House Hilton
17 E. Monroe St., Chicago

ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE ACTION: contact Leroy Allala - Sister City Program Executive Director (leroy.allala (at) cityofchicago.org, 312.744.1372) and demand an end to the Sister City partnership between Chicago and Petach Tikva!

* We join the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel
* We demand that Israel ends its occupation of Palestinian lands
* We support self-determination for the Palestinian people and demand the Right of Return for all Palestinian refugees and their descendants

Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG)-Chicago www.psgchicago.org


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7. Film Screening of: To Shoot An Elephant & Fatenah

UIC- Latino Cultural Center (in Lecture Center B)
750 S Halsted
Chicago, IL

March 4, 2010
1:00 pm

"To shoot an elephant" is an eye witness account from The Gaza Strip. December 27th, 2008, Operation Cast Lead. 21 days shooting elephants. Urgent, insomniac, dirty, shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay embedded inside Gaza strip ambulances, with Palestinian civilians."

Fatenah is a 27 year old woman living in the Gaza Strip. Her life is similar to the lives of many other women in Gaza. Her life changes the day she discovers to have breast cancer. This animation, the first produced in Palestine, shows with great accuracy the scenarios of Gaza city. The 27 minutes long story is a breath-taking journey into Fatenah’s daily struggles. It uncovers the human drama of her fight to survive. This journey into the heart of the Gaza Strip will touch and move you.

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8. Protest: Breaking the Law of Return

Friday March 5
5:30pm
Millennium Park (at Michigan and Madison)

The Chicago chapter of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) will be symbolically rejecting the Jewish "right to return" to historic Palestine and demonstrating against the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a para-statal organization deeply involved in the history and the continued perpetration of the Zionist apartheid colonial project. With the trees of Millennium Park as our backdrop, we will challenge the JNF's deceiving call to American Jews to "Plant trees in Israel," which is really a dark euphemism for the JNF's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and illegal acquisition of Palestinian land and water. We will instead ask people to plant trees in Palestine. All are welcome. Email chicagoijan (at) gmail.com to find out more.

For more information about the movement against the JNF, see www.ijsn.net/390/


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9. "Chronicles of the Refugee: Identity without a Homeland" Film Screening and Discussion with the co-director, Adam Shapiro

American Muslims for Palestine Screening Room
10101 S. Roberts Road Palos Hills, IL 60465
708.598.4267

Friday, March 5, 6:00pm

Part of the six-part documentary series Chronicles of the Refugee, “Identity without a Homeland” debates the formation of the Palestinian identity since the Nakba. How is the Palestinian identity transmitted to new generations of refugees? How important are the camps to preserving Palestinian identity? How does citizenship and immigration affect Palestinian identity? Shapiro, Issa and Mansour interview Palestinian refugees from over 25 countries.

Adam Shapiro is a human rights activist and documentary filmmaker. He was co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine. He has made the documentaries About Baghdad (2005), Darfur Diaries: Message from Home (2006), Becoming Nadya (2007) and Nowhere to Flee (2007).


ALL WELCOME.

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10. Benefit Concert at lowercase collective

The lowercase collective is hosting a benefit show for several Palestinian refugee families recently displaced for a second time from Iraqi camps to Chicago. These families are in bad need of funds for basic necessities. There will be two touring bands and one local band performing. There will be italian ice, dancing, tabling, and loads of fun!

Doors open at 7pm
Show starts at 8pm

$3-5 suggested donation going to the families

Bands include (list in formation still but these three confirmed)

Hearth (Beloit)
Progressive punk and Rock

Bisonheart (Beloit)
Folk and soul rock

T"Bone (chicago)
Punk and Rock music

For more information email sittingbull5 (at) ameritech.net