Hi, Tamara<div>Thanks for organizing and letting me know about these events on the 23rd and 24th<br><div>I would like to attend both, but, unfortunately I have other commitments at both these times</div><div>Cathy<br><br>On Saturday, June 22, 2024, Tamara Lorincz <<a href="mailto:tlorincz@dal.ca">tlorincz@dal.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Further below is details on a couple of book events/speeches by Jeff Halper coming up in KW.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Every Saturday at 11am at the Kitchener Farmers Market is the grief walk for Gaza.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BYOB: Women’s Peace Breakfast <u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday, June 23 <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Williams Fresh Café, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/170+University+Ave+W,+Waterloo,+ON+N2L+3E9?entry=gmail&source=g">170 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3E9</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information or to RSVP, please contact Alley at VOW:
<a href="mailto:info@vowpeace.org" target="_blank">info@vowpeace.org</a> To learn more about VOW, visit:
<a href="https://vowpeace.org/" target="_blank">https://vowpeace.org/</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">(There is parking outside the café and there is an Ion train stop nearby at the University of Waterloo.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lecture: Between the River and the Sea: A Lunch and Learn Conversation<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Lunch and Learn conversation with Jeff Halper<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 25, 2024<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12-1 p.m.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Room, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/50+Kent+Ave.,+Kitchener?entry=gmail&source=g">50 Kent Ave., Kitchener</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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."<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bring your lunch and join the conversation.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mcec.ca/event/23574-2024-06-25-between-the-river-and-the-sea-a-lunch-and-learn-conversation" target="_blank">https://mcec.ca/event/23574-<wbr>2024-06-25-between-the-river-<wbr>and-the-sea-a-lunch-and-learn-<wbr>conversation</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lecture: From Genocide in Gaza to Decolonizing Palestine<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canadian Voices for Palestinian Rights<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 24, 7:00 p.m.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First Mennonite Church, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/800+King+St+E,+Kitchener?entry=gmail&source=g">800 King St E, Kitchener</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registration is not required for this event.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book launch: <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343396/decolonizing-israel-liberating-palestine/" target="_blank">
https://www.plutobooks.com/<wbr>9780745343396/decolonizing-<wbr>israel-liberating-palestine/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara<u></u><u></u></p>
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