[Fdu] student speakers from BDS McGill to speak in Toronto

[Cynthia Wright]

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* Please share widely in your networks *
It's Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) and Faculty for Palestine proudly 
co-presents a film screening on Ryerson campus, followed by a discussion 
with two student organizers with BDS McGill Action Network.

*Film: *Pressure Points: Israel, Berkeley and the Divestment Resolution

*Speakers: *Laura Al Khoury and Ralph Haddad, BDS McGill student organizers

*Wednesday March 9, 2016
7pm
Room RCC204, Rogers Communications Centre - *

*Ryerson University, 80 Gould St Toronto*
*View short video trailer here:*
https://vimeo.com/52124491
The historic campaign for divestment on Berkeley campus depicted in the 
film is highly informative, documenting how a successful BDS resolution 
was eventually passed despite enormous opposition from Zionist organizers.
Students at McGill University are currently undergoing a similar 
campaign and challenges, so we are very fortunate to have two speakers 
from Montreal joining us to share their reflections on the campaign and 
the film.

Hope you can join us for this event!

*Film description:*
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.

***

*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/



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