[WCUSP] Wheels of Justice

[yvonne simmons]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Abbie Coburn wrote:

> Dear Portland organizers -
> My name is Abbie Coburn and I am the coordinator for
Wheels of
 Justice bus
> tour (www.justicewheels.org).  I got your contact
info from the
 archives of
> the Omran bus tour that came through Portland a few
years back.  The
 Omran
> bus morphed in the the Wheels of Justice bus and it
is headed to the
> Northwest (It's currently in Bozeman, MT).  We
present on both US
> occupations in Iraq and Palestine and have been
doing so for the past
 couple
> years now.  We will be headed through Portland
around Nov 6, and I
 was
> wondering if you would be interested in helping to
organize an event
 or two
> in the area.  We are trying to get into high schools
and colleges,
 and it
> would be great to get a community event as well.  
At the bottom is
 the bio
> for our Palestine speaker.  I will get you the info
on the Iraq
 speaker
> shortly.
> Please look at our website for more information and
contact me if
 there's
> any way you can help us in getting the word out. 
Thanks so much for
 your
> work, and I'm hoping we can work together on this
tour.
> In solidarity,
> Abbie Coburn
> 510-384-9246
>
> Hannah Mermelstein – Palestine speaker
> Hannah Mermelstein is a co-founder of Birthright
Unplugged
> (www.birthrightunplugged.org), which brings mostly
North American
 Jews to
> Palestine to expose them to realities of life under
occupation and
 encourage
> them to become part of the solution; and brings
Palestinian youth who
 live
> in refugee camps to Jerusalem, the sea, and their
ancestral villages.
  While
> in the US, Hannah is involved in local organizing
and activism, and
 has
> spoken about her experiences at universities, high
schools, churches,
> synagogues, and homes.
>
>
>
> Hannah Mermelstein worked with the International
Women's Peace
 Service
> (www.iwps.info) in the West Bank for 8 months
between 2003-2005,
 joining
> Palestinians in nonviolent resistance against
occupation and
 documenting and
> intervening to interrupt human rights abuses.  In
2005 she co-founded
 a
> program called Birthright Unplugged
(www.birthrightunplugged.org),
 which
> brings mostly North American Jews to Palestine to
expose them to
 realities
> of life under occupation and encourage them to
become part of the
 solution;
> and brings Palestinian youth who live in refugee
camps to Jerusalem,
 the
> sea, and their ancestral villages.  Hannah feels
called to work to
 stop the
> injustices that are happening in her name as a Jew
and with her money
 as an
> American.  While in the US, Hannah is involved in
local organizing
 and
> activism, and has spoken about her experiences at
universities, high
> schools, churches, synagogues, and homes.
>


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