[Fdu] Fwd: F4P TORONTO: Film: March 9 - Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution

[Cynthia Wright]

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Dear Toronto friends,
Please join us for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) events at U of T and 
Ryerson campuses on March 8, 9 and 10. The full schedule is here:
https://www.facebook.com/uoftdivest/photos/gm.768485403284164/833858820056996/?type=3&theater
And this year, Faculty for Palestine is  a proud co-presenter for a film 
screening and discussion on Ryerson campus.
Hope you can join us -- and please share widely!
*Film:  Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution*
*Wednesday March 9, 2016
7pm
Room RCC204, Rogers Communications Centre - *
*Ryerson University, 80 Gould St Toronto*
In 2010 students at the University of California Berkeley put forward a 
resolution advocating divestment from companies militarily supporting 
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and the blockade of Gaza. 
PRESSURE POINTS includes footage from the UCB’s Student Senate 
proceedings and explores the historic significance of the campaign 
within the context of U.S. social justice movements. The public debates 
on the resolution and the senate votes marked a significant advance in 
the acceptance of boycott, divestment and sanctions as effective tools 
for ending the occupation and blockade.

This event is part of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) 2016. It is 
co-presented by Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA), Students for 
Justice in Palestine (SJP Ryerson), The Continuing Education Students' 
Association of Ryerson (CESAR), Faculty for Palestine (F4P). Please 
email endapartheid at riseup.net <mailto:endapartheid at riseup.net> for more 
information.

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*About IAW 2016:*
First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the 
most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. This 
year, IAW will take place in more than 150 cities across the globe. The 
week aims to raise awareness about Israel’s ongoing practices of 
apartheid, occupation and dispossession against the Palestinian people. 
Lectures, films, and creative actions will build support for the 
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.

Inspired by the ongoing popular resistance across historic Palestine and 
the intersections being made globally between various struggles with 
Palestine, we hope to make Israeli Apartheid Week 2016 a powerful 
contribution to the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.

Israeli Apartheid Week in Toronto is organized by Students Against 
Israeli Apartheid, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, the 
University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) BDS Committee, 
and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3902 BDS Committee.

For more information on other events taking place in Toronto, please 
visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/768485316617506/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/events/768485316617506/>

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*To contact Faculty for Palestine (F4P):*
*Email:* fac4pal at gmail.com <mailto:fac4pal at gmail.com>
*Website:* www.faculty4palestine
*Facebook: *www.facebook.com/FacultyForPalestine?ref=hl 
<http://www.facebook.com/FacultyForPalestine?ref=hl>
*Twitter:* Follow us @fac4pal


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