{"id":282792,"date":"2016-04-01T15:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T19:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=282792"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:42:07","slug":"ngo-action-news-01-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-01-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 01 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the Â鶹APP Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NGO Action News<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>01 April 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>United States<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 31 March, in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Palestine Solidarity Coalition organized an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/teach-palestine-5-us-involvement\/\">event<\/a> \u201cTeach-In on Palestine- US involvement\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 1 April in Massachusetts, the Wellesley College Arab Women Association is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/global-tea-palestine-101\/\">organizing<\/a> a \u201cGlobal Tea: Palestine 101\u201d in collaboration with Students for Justice in Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 1 April in Louisville, Kentucky Students for Justice in Palestine are organizing an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/louisville-students-for-justice-in-palestine-pies-poetry-palestine\/\">event<\/a> \u201cOur struggles unite\u201d where community members and activists will draw on poetry by Palestinian authors or bring their own work inspired by Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 22 April, Filmmaker Mai Masri will present a talk about her latest award-winning feature film \u201c3000 Nights\u201d that will be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/events\/category\/upcoming\">screen<\/a>ed\u00a0at the DC International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In Dublin on 30 March at the Trinity College, The Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign organized an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dublin-tcd\">event<\/a> \u201cRefugee Voice in Ireland: Displacement, Exile and Hope\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 5 April, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in UK is organizing a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/13199\/\">public meeting<\/a> \u201cIsraeli Settler Violence\u201d where eyewitnesses will speak about their tour of the West Bank and settler violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 13 April in Dublin, the Maybooth University Department of Geography together with the Social Justice Research Cluster will present a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/maynooth-conference-empire-extra-territorial-violence-in-palestine-nuim\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cEmpire and Extra-Territorial Violence in Palestine\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>Â鶹APP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vision Project at UNRWA\u2019s Al-Nour Centre for the Visually Impaired in Gaza City brings state of the art \u201ctext to voice\u201d technology to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/galleries\/videos\/unrwa-vision-project-gaza\">low-vision and blind students and teachers<\/a> in UNRWA schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Working Group of the UN Palestinian Rights Committee will be screening the film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/databases\/dprtest\/ngoweb.nsf\/f12fded4d0597000852573fc005b9471\/17f42186f98a30fd85257f7e004b131b?OpenDocument\">Giraffada<\/a>\u201d by Palestinian director Rani Massalha on Thursday, 7 April, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Trusteeship Council Chamber, Â鶹APP Headquarters in New York, followed by a Q&amp;A with the director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the Â鶹APP Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 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