Israeli Peace Activist Gila Svirsky to Visit Oregon.
Israeli writer and peace activist Gila Svirsky is arriving in Oregon on Sept. 25th and will travel throughout the state, educating about peace efforts occurring in Palestine/Israel and informing Oregonians what they can do to effectively pressure our government to promote those efforts.
Hopeful about the current presidential administration, Svirsky is calling upon President Obama to tell Netanhyahu, "Occupation is not compatible with peace. Settlements are not compatible with a two-state solution."
Svirsky has headed Israel's major peace and human rights organizations. In 2000, she co-founded and led the Coalition of Women for Peace, which brings together nine Israeli women's peace organizations, raising the visibility and volume of the feminist peace movement in Israel.
Svirsky has been an activist with Women in Black since its inception in 1988, helping grow the movement into a network of vigils spanning the globe. She is currently chair of B'Tselem, Israel's foremost human rights organization in the Occupied Territories.
Svirsky's Oregon appearance is sponsored by Oregon WAND, and co-sponsored by CALC's Progressive Responses and many other peace and faith organizations.
Gila's Eugene Speaking Schedule:
Tuesday, September 29
1-2:50 p.m. Speaking to Stan Taylor's class, "Peace and Conflict: Global" LCC Main Campus Bldg 15, Room 208 (location subject to change)
541.463.5820
5 - 8 p.m. Speaking tour Wine-tasting fundraiser at Wine Styles, 2846 Willamette St. (Gila will not be present)
Wednesday, September 30
7 p.m. "Grassroots to Government: American's Role in Palestine and Israel", Harris Hall, 125 East 8th St.
541.338.8605
Thursday, October 1
7:30 a.m. Women's breakfast - First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive,
RSVP to 541.683-1350
2 p.m. Eugene Hotel, 222 East Broadway.
541.683-1350
7 p.m. "A Dialogue with the Local Jewish Community on Human Rights and Prospects for Peace in Israel and Palestine" Temple Beth Israel - a Brit Tzedek v'Shalom event,
1175 East 29th Avenue.
541.345.7314
Gila's Speaking Schedule Outside Eugene:
Tuesday, September 29 - Corvallis
7 p.m. Public lecture and discussion, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 NW Circle, Blvd., 541.752-5218
Friday, September 25 - Salem
Meet and greet Gila at Temple Beth Sholom, 1274 Cunningham Lane South.
503.362.5004
6 p.m. Reception
6:30-7:30 pm Presentation
Saturday, September 26 - Portland
7 p.m. "Grassroots Paths to Peace in Palestine and Israel", First Unitarian Church, 1011
SW 12th Avenue. 503.228.6389
For an interview with Gila Svirsky, see
http://www.wandoregon.org/upcomingevents.html
For more information on the tour, please contact Susan Cundiff at (541) 683-1350.
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