[KWPeace-groups] Women's "peace" breakfast at Williams Fresh Cafe near UW + Jeff Halper events in KW

[Cathy Scott]

Hi, Tamara
Thanks for organizing and letting me know about these events on the 23rd
and 24th
I would like to attend both, but, unfortunately I have other commitments at
both these times
Cathy

On Saturday, June 22, 2024, Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Hello KW peace!
>
>
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> A friendly reminder to join  Alley and I for breakfast this Sunday at
> Williams Fresh Café near the University of Waterloo for a casual breakfast
> to talk about what’s going on in the world and to visit the student
> encampment. The UW administration has issued a trespass warning but the
> students don’t want move and want the university to disclose, divest their
> investments and ties to weapons manufacturers and stop being complicit in
> war and genocide. #FreePalestine
>
>
>
> Further below is details on a couple of book events/speeches by Jeff
> Halper coming up in KW.
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>
> Every Saturday at 11am at the Kitchener Farmers Market is the grief walk
> for Gaza.
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>
> (1)
>
> *BYOB: Women’s Peace Breakfast *
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> Sunday, June 23
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> 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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> Williams Fresh Café, 170 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3E9
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/170+University+Ave+W,+Waterloo,+ON+N2L+3E9?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>
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> Alley MacDonald, national coordinator of the Canadian Voice of Women for
> Peace (VOW), and Tamara Lorincz, member of VOW and the Women’s
> International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada would like to invite
> peace-loving women in KW to join us for breakfast to talk about what is
> going on in the world and the urgent need for peace, disarmament and
> cooperation this Sunday!
>
>
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> This is a casual, BYOB “buy your own breakfast” gathering. The café has a
> great variety of inexpensive food and drink options including vegetarian
> and gluten-free. We will have free peace buttons to give away and petitions
> to sign. All welcome.
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>
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> For more information or to RSVP, please contact Alley at VOW:
> info at vowpeace.org To learn more about VOW, visit: https://vowpeace.org/
>
> After the breakfast, for those who have time, we will walk over to visit
> the Students in Solidarity for Palestine encampment at the University of
> Waterloo.
>
> (There is parking outside the café and there is an Ion train stop nearby
> at the University of Waterloo.)
>
>
>
> (2)
>
> *Lecture: Between the River and the Sea: A Lunch and Learn Conversation*
>
> A Lunch and Learn conversation with Jeff Halper
>
> June 25, 2024
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> 12-1 p.m.
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> Community Room, 50 Kent Ave., Kitchener
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/50+Kent+Ave.,+Kitchener?entry=gmail&source=g>
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> Join the MCEC Palestine Israel Network Working Group as they welcome Jeff
> Halper, an Israeli anthropologist working to address injustice against
> Palestinian people. Jeff will speak for 30 minutes, leaving time for
> discussion.
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> Jeff writes, "Even as the genocide in Gaza continues, the US and Europe
> are plotting with Saudi Arabia to "normalize" Israel's place in the region,
> leaving the Palestinians trapped in the tiny enclaves of Israel's apartheid
> regime forever. While our attention and hearts are focused on Gaza, we
> civil society actors cannot abandon the wider fight for Palestinian rights
> and a better future for everyone between the River and the Sea, now in a
> critical phase."
>
>
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> Jeff is a founding member of the Palestinian-led One Democratic State
> Campaign (ODSC), will present the ODSC's program for replacing Israel and
> the Occupied Palestinian Territory with a democratic state of equal rights
> for all - including the returning refugees. This, he argues, is the only
> substantially just way forward, but it is strewn with complex and difficult
> issues we will discuss.
>
>
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> Bring your lunch and join the conversation.
>
> https://mcec.ca/event/23574-2024-06-25-between-the-river-
> and-the-sea-a-lunch-and-learn-conversation
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>
> (3)
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> *Lecture: From Genocide in Gaza to Decolonizing Palestine*
>
> Canadian Voices for Palestinian Rights
>
> June 24, 7:00 p.m.
>
> First Mennonite Church, 800 King St E, Kitchener
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/800+King+St+E,+Kitchener?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
> In this talk, Israeli anthropologist Jeff Halper, a founding member of the
> Palestinian-led One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC), will present the
> ODSC's program for replacing Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
> with a democratic state of equal rights for all – including the returning
> refugees. This, he argues, is the only substantially just way forward, but
> it is strewn with complex and difficult issues. This event will include
> discussion time.
>
> Registration is not required for this event.
>
> Book launch: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343396/decolonizing-
> israel-liberating-palestine/
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>
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Tamara
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