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</font><font size=4>Arab Resource and Organizing Center <br>
and<br>
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Oakland Chapter<br>
</font><font size=2>present:<br><br>
</font><font size=4>Preserving Histories in the Face of Oppression<br>
Palestinian Oral Historians Building Solidarity <br>
with Black/New Afrikan Communities</font><font size=2> <br><br>
Monday, October 22nd, 7pm<br>
310 Eighth St at Harrison, Oakland (12th St or Lake Merritt Bart)<br>
Asian Resource Center, Room 101 <br><br>
Donations Requested, to help our speakers cover their travel from
Palestine. <br><br>
</font><font size=3>"I can describe my villages in such details as
if I have lived there all my life. I can tell you the color of the tree
near the mosque, the smell of the flowers in my grandmother's garden. I
can tell you every story, event and every battle that took place in that
village." <br>
Dr. Samir Awad <br><br>
Faced with displacement and Diaspora, renaming and claiming of destroyed
homelands, Palestinian and Black/New Afrikan Historians maintain their
histories through traditions of folklore, humor, family legacy, art,
music and politics. Speakers will talk about past and present
displacements, the current political situations arising out of them, and
the struggle to maintain histories for liberation. <br><br>
Dr. Sonia Nimr is a historian; she teaches at Birzeit University in
Ramallah, Palestine, and has been active in Palestinian's politics
for over 40 years.<br><br>
Dr. Elias Akleh is an Arab writer of Palestinian descent, born in the
town of Beit-Jala. Currently he lives and teaches in the US.<br><br>
Speaker from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, TBD.
<a href="http://www.mxgm.org/">www.mxgm.org</a><br>
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For more details, to donate, or sponsor, contact: 415.861.7444
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~ <a href="http://www.araborganizing.org/">www.araborganizing.org</a> ~
<a href="mailto:justice@araborganizing.org">justice@araborganizing.org</a>
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Arab Resource and Organizing Center<br>
<a href="http://www.araborganizing.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.araborganizing.org<br>
</a>415-861-7444<br><br>
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522 Valencia Street<br>
San Francisco, CA 94110<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#008000">415 863-9977<br><br>
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