[WCUSP] Fwd: National Conference Call on US Policy and Crisis in Palestine; July 30, 2007 9:00PM EST

[Odile Hugonot Haber]

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From: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
<uscampaign at mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date: Jul 19, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: National Conference Call on US Policy and Crisis in
Palestine; July 30, 2007 9:00PM EST
To: Odilehh at gmail.com
































The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation would like to invites
its members to participate in:
National Conference Call on U.S. Policy and the Crisis in Palestine Teach-In
Monday, July 30
9:00 pm EST

The U.S. Campaign will present a telephone teach-in on Monday, July 30
at 9:00PM EST to provide some basic background on the political crisis
going on in Gaza and the West Bank, and within the broader Palestinian
national movement, with a special focus on the role of the U.S. in
fomenting and exacerbating that crisis.

 We will have two presenters, and then opening up for about an hour of
Q&A and discussion on the call.

NADIA HIJAB, from the Institute for Palestine Studies, will provide an
overview on the Palestinian dimensions of the crisis. Hijab serves on
the US Campaign Advisory Board;

PHYLLIS BENNIS, from the Institute for Policy Studies and the US
Campaign Steering Committee, will look at the role U.S. policy is
playing in the crisis as well as the international ramifications.

Please RSVP to attend this call. Space is limited!

To register, send an email to office at endtheoccupation.org with:
Name of participant
Organization
Primary phone number
 Email address
City/State

For background information on the Palestine crisis, visit

http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/article_863.shtml
http://palestine-studies.org/final/en/bn/viewbndetails.php?bnid=30

GROUNDRULES

1. If you are not speaking or asking to speak, please mute yourself.
On many phones you can mute by pressing 6 or the mute feature. Just
before it is your turn to speak, unmute yourself by pressing 6 or the
mute feature again.

2. Stack: When we begin the Question & Answer section, the facilitator
will ask who would like to be on the stack. That's conference call
lingo for "who has a question?" Since she/he can't see you raise your
hand, please call out your name (e.g. "James, stack"). The facilitator
will make a list of people who want to speak, then she/he will call
off names from the list. When your name is called, it is your turn to
speak. When all the people on the list (stack) have had a chance to
speak, the facilitator will ask if she/he should start another stack
(if there is time), and we repeat the process. The facilitator may
decide to take several questions at a time before asking panelists to
respond. To ensure that a range of voices are heard (race, gender,
geography, organization, etc.), the facilitator will use her judgment
as to whether to change the order of the stack or ask people to step
back.

3. Questions: To give the widest number of people the chance to ask
questions, please limit your question to 30 seconds maximum. Also, if
it is your turn to ask a question, please do ask a question rather
than make a comment or launch a polemic (we've all been in meetings
where that's happened!). The facilitator reserves the right to ask for
conversations better suited for another forum to be moved to US
Campaign's discussion list.

4. Help your facilitator: Facilitating a conference call with tens of
unseen people is not an easy task. Please support your facilitator by
respecting his/her judgment as to how to proceed. If the facilitator
needs help and you have a suggestion as to how to proceed, please call
out your name (e.g. "James, procedural suggestion").

Talk to you Monday, July 30!________________________________




US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation PO Box 21539 Washington, DC
20009 202-332-0994 http://www.endtheoccupation.org

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