[WCUSP] [womeninblack] Fw: Please help! Palestinian Mural in Jeopardy!

[yvonne simmons]

> 
> Palestinian Mural in Jeopardy!
> Palestinian Cultural Mural honoring Edward Said
> http://www.petitiononline.com/mural/
>  UPDATE: now the administration is saying that they
> are rejecting all petitions that don't say anything
> about the Palestinian House key and Handala! 
> 
> Palestinians are NOT ALLOWED!
> That's what the President of San Francisco State
> University said about our mural. Anyone else can
> have
> one, but he's refusing to give us ours, he says a
> Palestinian house key and Handala is "explicitly
> offensive"! Acknowledging Palestinian roots/culture/
> identity is explicitly offensive?  Don't let him get
> away with it. WRITE HIM AN EMAIL TELLING HIM THAT
> BOTH
> HANDALA AND THE PALESTINIAN HOUSE KEY MUST BE IN THE
> MURAL! Tell your Family and Friends what's going on.
>  
> Also on Norman Finkelstein's website:
>
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=903
> General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS)   
> www.sfgups.org 
> San Francisco State University  
>  
> In April 2005, the General Union of Palestine
> Students
> at San Francisco State University proposed something
> revolutionary, to begin a process of implementing a
> mural paying tribute to Edward Said and Palestinian
> culture on the University campus. I After over a
> year
> of painstaking efforts by the mural committee to
> follow the established process, the President of San
> Francisco State University, Robert A. Corrigan,
> placed
> a moratorium on all murals, and he demanded that the
> board change the rules (policy) for the mural
> process
> and prematurely denied the Palestinian mural just
> before the final stage. Two SFSU governing boards
> approved it but he remains against it.  It is 2007
> and
> the mural is in jeopardy and needs your immediate
> help
> The SF State president, Robert Corrigan claims the
> mural represents a "culture of violence" and is
> "hate
> to Jews."  He says what is "explicitly offensive" is
> each element individually; a Palestinian house key
> and
> Handala, a refugee cartoon character. Acknowledging
> Palestinian roots/culture/ identity is explicitly
> offensive? There are more than 6 million Palestinian
> refugees in this world and being refugees is a big
> part of our identify. He allowed other murals up on
> the Cesar Chavez Student Center, such as the Malcolm
> X
> mural, the Cesar Chavez mural, the Filipino Mural,
> the
> Pan Asian and Pacific Islander Mural, that depict
> struggles of refugees and human rights,
> (http://www.sfsustudentcenter.com/about/murals.php)
> however the administrative reps on the board have
> been
> hell bent on stopping our mural since day one before
> they knew anything about it.  Please sign the latest
> online petition, and/or writing a letter to
> President
> Corrigan from yourself or your organization, and/or
> financially support the legal process to show
> support
> for the mural and all its elements including the
> Palestinian house key and Handala! Go to
> www.sfgups.org for more info. (SFSU newspaper
> website
> = xpress.sfsu.edu) Our artists are Dr. Fayeq Oweis
> and
> Dr. Susan Greene; a Palestinian Muslim man and an
> American Jewish woman. And they would be painting
> Edward Said, a Christian Palestinian. This in it
> self
> is a symbol of peace and co-existence!
> 
> Thanks for the support!
> What You Can Do
> 
> 1. Sign the New Online Petition:           
> http://www.petitiononline.com/mural/  
> 2. Spread the news; post a blog, and/or myspace
> bulletin
> 3. Write a Letter or email SFSU President Robert A.
> Corrigan: (corrigan at sfsu.edu, gups at sfsu.edu,
> cortez at sfsu.edu)
>                                                     
>  
>                                         
> President Robert Corrigan                      
> 1600 Holloway Avenue                          
> San Francisco, CA 94132                       
> (email:   corrigan at sfsu.edu)                  
>  
> PLEASE CC:                                  
> 
> General Union of Palestine Students                 
>  
>  
> 1650 Holloway Ave            
> Business Office, M100B                              
>  
>       
> San Francisco, CA 94132                             
>  
>       
> (email:  gups at sfsu.edu)                             
>  
>        
> 
> and CC:
> 
> Maria Liliana Cortez
> 1650 Holloway Ave
> Business Office, C-134 
> San Francisco, CA 94132
> (email:  cortez at sfsu.edu)
> 
> 4. Make a Donation:    Donations are tax-
> deductible.
> Financial Support for the mural; The American Arab
> Anti-Discrimination Committee San Francisco Chapter
> is
> helping with the collection of donations. 
> 
> Please make checks payable to: ADCSF/AGAPE with
> "GUPS"
> written in the memo section of the check.  
> Please send your donation to:
> The ADC-SF (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
> Committee of San Francisco) 
> 522 Valencia Street
> San Francisco, California, 94110 
> email: adcsfintern at adcsf.org Phone (415) 861-7444
> 
> 
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