Al-Awda,
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition,
is a broad-based, non-partisan, democratic, and charitable organization
of grassroots activists committed to comprehensive public education
on the rights of all Palestinian refugees to return to their
homeland and to be granted full restitution of all their confiscated
and destroyed property in accordance with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, International law and the numerous
United Nations Resolutions upholding such rights (see Fact
Sheet on UN Resolutions).
Al-Awda San Diego is a regional chapter of Al-Awda,
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
Our aims and objectives are:
• To raise awareness in our community concerning the human
and legal rights of Palestinian refugees.
• To foster relationships with local media to help with
the effort of educating the community of the human and legal
rights of Palestinian
refugees.
• To educate elected representatives on the grave implications
resulting from the continuing violations of numerous human and
legal rights of Palestinians, and how we can effect
change.
• To develop and coordinate local grassroots initiatives
for action related to Palestinian refugee rights.
• To develop and strengthen links and coordinate efforts
with local human and civil rights groups in support of the Palestinian
struggle for return, freedom and equality.
• To empower refugees with projects
that nurture their autonomy and determination to exercise their legal rights, first and foremost their natural right to return to their towns and villages, as guaranteed by international law and United Nations' resolutions.
• To provide humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees.
See also: Al Awda Points of Unity
If you'd like to make
a difference in the lives of the millions who have
been forgotten, we need you. Please contact
us for more
information.
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