Program
All morning sessions at Center Hall
9:30 am - Welcome
Zahi Damuni, Al-Awda San Diego
9:40 am - 10:00 am - Plenary
I
Status of the Struggle for the Palestinian Right to
Return
Musa Al-Hindi, Al-Awda Executive and Coordinating
Committees
10:05 am - 10:30 am - Plenary
II
Grassroots Organizing for the Cause - Report Back
from New York
Lamis Deek, Al-Awda New York
10:30 am - Break
10:40 am - Noon
Discussion of Conference Goals and Expectations
Developing a strategy and work plan for organizing
the upcoming Al-Awda International Convention and
Network on the West Coast.
Moderator: Zahi Damuni, Al-Awda San Diego
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch
Price Center cafeteria offers variety of fast foods
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm - Workshops I
Campus Activism
Location: Center Hall
Facilitator: Mona Kadah
Panel: Fawad Shaiq (UCSD SJP), Alia Hasan (UCLA Al-Awda),
Justin S Shahbaz (USC SJP), Afif Wensky (UC Davis
SJP)
Mainstream Media
Location: Price Center - Gallery A
Facilitator: Rhoda Shapiro
Panel: Ahlam Muhtaseb, Alison Weir
Campaign for Palestinian
Children Political Prisoners
Location: Price Center - Davis/Riverside
Facilitator - Jess Ghannam
Panel: Michael Shahin, Musa Al-Hindi
Legislative
Location: Price Center - Gallery B
Facilitator: Catherine Pfister
Panel: Jody Bong, Nadia Keilani
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm - Workshops II
Chapter Building
Location: Center Hall
Facilitator: Peggy Sanders
Panel: Jess Ghannam, Marwan Abderrazzaq, Zahi Damuni
Outreach to the Palestinian
and Arab Communities
Location: Price Center - Gallery A
Facilitator: Manal Swairjo
Panel: Samera Sood, Ban Al-Wardi, Mahmud Ahmad
Coalition Building and
Outreach to Other Communities
Location: Price Center - Gallery B
Facilitator: Laila ElSherif
Panel: Muna Coobtee, Justin Akers, John Parker, Mark
Gonzalez
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm - Workshops III
Alternative Media
Location: Price Center - Gallery A
Facilitator: Tara Bosi
Panel: Ahlam Muhtaseb, Edward Sweed
Cultural
Location: Price Center - Gallery B
Facilitator: Mahmoud Zubaidi
Panel: Lamis Deek, Manal Swairjo, Jamal Kanj
Fundraising
Price Center - Davis/Riverside
Facilitator: Musa Al-Hindi
Panel: Zahi Damuni, Rhoda Shapiro
Divestment
Location: Center Hall
Facilitator: Fawad Shaiq
Panel: Richard Becker, Zachary Wales
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Summation
- Center Hall
Workshop report back from facilitators
Formation of Convention Program Development Committee
Summation - Dr. Jess Ghannam, Al-Awda SF
Cultural - Poetry reading by Mark Gonzalez
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