Quebec, Canada BDS Conference 22-24 October
CARRYING FORWARD THE MOMENTUM AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID CARRYING FORWARD THE MOMENTUM AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID UQAM, Since 2005’s historic Palestinian call for a comprehensive, international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions ( --- OPENING PANEL: Friday October 22nd 7pm, featuring: - Omar Barghouti – founding member, Palestinian --- ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: All The WORKSHOPS Saturday morning will feature a series of educational and introductory workshops, including Apartheid 101; Lessons from South Africa; Indigenous struggles from Turtle Island to Palestine; Access to Health Care Under Apartheid; Israeli Apartheid as a Feminist Struggle; Popular Resistance to Israeli Apartheid; Land and Environment under Israeli Apartheid; Canada and its relationship to Israel; and Jewish support for Speakers on Saturday will include Dr. Faiha Abdelhadi, feminist scholar and activist at Birzeit University in Palestine; Riham Barghouti, member of Adalah, the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel; John Greyson, queer filmmaker and activist, Toronto; Ewa Jasiewicz, Free Gaza Movement, England; Denis Lemelin, President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW); Representatives of the grassroots Stop the Wall Campaign, Palestine; the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP); US feminist organization CODEPINK and hip-hop artist Invincible, from Detroit (who will also be performing at Saturday night’s cultural event at Le Consulat). SECTORAL ORGANIZING Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning will move from an educational focus to a working environment, where workshops and discussion will take place within sectoral subgroupings – Labour and trade unions working towards These tracks will consist of several working sessions in order to strategize, learn lessons from past experiences and create plans for the future. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the critical work being done in the different sectors and campaigns of the The workshops within these sectors are designed to bring together conference participants from across Québec and Canada to reflect on what they have accomplished so far, to learn from past and current campaigns and initiatives, and finally, to coordinate on future work so that we can make the most of the ongoing momentum for CLOSING PLENARY On Sunday afternoon the conference will re-convene for a closing plenary, to discuss the work we have done and create proposals for continuing to build this movement into the future. --- REGISTRATION: Pre-registration for entire conference is accessible online at http://www.bdsquebec.org or you can register in person at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), outside of salle Marie-Gérin-Lajoie - 405 St. Catherine east, pavilion Judith-Jasmin, (metro Berri-Uqam) If you’d like to get involved in organizing the conference, DONATE, or endorse please emailinfo@bdsquebec.org to find out about our next meeting. STAY IN TOUCH! Web: http://www.bdsquebec.org --- BACKGROUND: The past two years have seen growing numbers of Québec civil society organizations taking up the call for BDS. From the student movement and the commitment to BDS passed by L’Association pour une Solidarite Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ) in 2006; to college and university workers calling for boycott under the banner of College and University Workers United (CUWU) in early 2009; to the resolution in support of BDS adopted by the members of the Centrale des syndicats du Quebec (CSQ), one of Quebec’s largest labour federations, growing numbers of people have enthusiastically joined the international BDS movement. Beyond Québec, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has become the first union at the Canadian level to join the BDS campaign, while the This energy in diverse sectors of society shows that the movement for BDS against Israeli apartheid is growing. Together we will map out the next steps in the
"From Sharpeville to Gaza: 5 years since the Palestinian call for
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM),
Salle Marie-Gérin-Lajoie, 405 st Catherine east, pavillion Judith-Jasmin,
(metro berri-Uqam)
- Areej Ja‘afari – Palestine Freedom Project (Palestine)
- Representative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Email: info[at]bdsquebec[dot]org
Phone: (514) 921-6414
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