All posts in the topic Minneapolis residents support the Gaza Freedom March (Short link)

Nov 21 23:26 UTC

Several Minneapolis residents, and a few Minnesotans in other parts of the
state have been organizing in support of the Gaza Freedom
March<http://www.gazafreedommarch.org>for a little over a month and
have our first few sucesses to announce, as
well as an upcoming event.

The Gaza Freedom March is being organized by CODEPINK and is planned to take
place in Gaza on December 31st, 2009 and a local march or action will take
place here in Minneapolis, as well. The March is Gandhi-inspired non-violent
march that will include as many as 1,000 international participants and many
thousands of Palestinians representing civil-society groups engaged by
CODEPINK organizers Col. Ann Wright and Medea Benjamin.

Thursday night, the SD 61 DFL Central Committee
<http://sd61.dfl.org/>passed a resolution in support of the Gaza
Freedom March. SD 61 is that part
of the city represented by Sen. Linda Berglin, including Whittier, Stevens
Square, Phillipps and Powderhorn Park neighborhoods.

On Friday, Sylvia Schwarz and Ouahib Chalbi, two members of the local group
planning to march in Gaza taped an interview for  BelAhdan TV for broadcast
on Saturday, Dec 5th at 10:30 PM (Twin Cities Public Television - TPT-MN). I
also found out Friday that theUptake.org would be willing to send Noah Kunin
to cover the march in Gaza if enough funds can be raised - you can
contribute directly to theUptake for that, but be sure to communicate your
donation is to help send Noah Kunin to Cairo and Gaza.

For an overview of the march and its motivation, Medea Benjamin discusses
the Gaza Freedom March in a 30 minute podcast, lauds our Rep. Keith
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I would like to encourage more Minneapolis residents to participate in the
march in Gaza, or to help organize local support for the march. If you want
to volunteer please send an email to: <email obscured> The deadline to
register to participate in the March is November 30th. Our first public
event, a fundraiser and educational event will be a showing of the
documentary Occupation 101 on December 6th at Hennepin Ave United Methodist
Church on Dec. 6th at 4 PM. $5 - 10 suggested donation. We would like to
meet a few more donors that give more and help energize this campaign for
human rights and the lifting of the illegal siege on Gaza.

You can follow our effort on twitter: http://twitter.com/MinnesotaToGaza

Thanks,
Soren C. Sorensen
Powderhorn Park

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