From upay at optonline.net Fri Oct 1 12:20:03 2004 From: upay at optonline.net (Doreen Shapiro) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:20:03 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] Hi! Message-ID: <001a01c4a7eb$a751de10$6401a8c0@Shapiro> To all, I know we will not be at the retreat, but that doesn't mean that we are not still working hard for PEP. Stu just got back from Midwood H.S., where he was a math teacher, with an engagement for a presentation for PEP. Whenever we are ready, there is a teacher there who runs a Political Discussion Group club on Fridays from 12:45 -1:30 and would loive to have us come in. We have her info and will wait until you all get back to set something up. Have a great weekend. Doreen Keep a song in your heart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruah at riseup.net Mon Oct 4 13:35:21 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:35:21 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] Hi! In-Reply-To: <001a01c4a7eb$a751de10$6401a8c0@Shapiro> Message-ID: Yeah!- that?s fabulous stu and Doreen! I?m running now but all of the notes and a phone call will be coming soon. Take care, ora -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruah at riseup.net Tue Oct 5 10:24:14 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (ruah at riseup.net) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] post-retreat update In-Reply-To: References: <001a01c4a7eb$a751de10$6401a8c0@Shapiro> Message-ID: <2145.ruah.1096997054.squirrel@146.95.126.195> hello PEPistas, just a quick note so people aren't in the dark: everyone who volunteered to type up notes from the retreat should be sending them to alissa (alissa at resist.ca) and she will be compiling them and streamlining them. then we will be able to see what pieces of work make sense to divide between the two cities or do simulataneously, etc. then each city respectively will be able to come up with it's own internal work plan. the retreat was really productive and intense. we are really moving! as for nyc- it seems that we should wait til the notes get out and everyone reads over them and then work on getting together at a time when EVERYONE can be there. much love, ora From ruah at riseup.net Wed Oct 6 07:51:57 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:51:57 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] a bit of a rush Message-ID: Hey y?all, So I just sent the already existing PEP document to nava, jesse, and tony to streamline and cull a mission statement out of as they have volunteered to do. I feel like there may have been another person who volunteered but I am not remembering For those of you who were not at the retreat: I am going to do a workshop about PEP at the upcoming Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference Oct 15-17. we committed to coming up with a basic flyer including some kind of logo and the mission statement and contact info as well as a sample activity (perhaps on the back) for me to distribute at the conference to get the word out. Nour- have you had a chance to work out any sample logos for us to view? Everyone- please send ideas for images out to the list within the next day or two and nour said she can work with them and give us some images to look at. The mission statement team will be sending what they come up with to all of us and then sending on the final version to nour for her to format into a nice flyer for us! if anyone else wants to help these folks out- go for it! Luv, ora -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earthnour at yahoo.com Wed Oct 6 08:00:07 2004 From: earthnour at yahoo.com (nour) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] a bit of a rush In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041006150007.39287.qmail@web52404.mail.yahoo.com> hi all. i've been working with some ideas. i should be sending stuff out tomorrow or friday, for comments and reviews. please if you have any ideas, send them this way so that we can keep on schedule. peace and blessings nour -- Ora Wise wrote: > Hey y?all, > So?I just sent the already existing PEP document to > nava, jesse, and tony to > streamline and cull a mission statement out of as > they have volunteered to > do. I feel like there may have been another person > who volunteered but I am > not remembering? > > For those of you who were not at the retreat: I am > going to do a workshop > about PEP at the upcoming Palestine Solidarity > Movement Conference Oct > 15-17. we committed to coming up with a basic flyer > including some kind of > logo and the mission statement and contact info as > well as a sample activity > (perhaps on the back) for me to distribute at the > conference to get the word > out. > > Nour- have you had a chance to work out any sample > logos for us to view? > Everyone- please send ideas for images out to the > list within the next day > or two and nour said she can work with them and give > us some images to look > at. > > The mission statement team will be sending what they > come up with to all of > us and then sending on the final version to nour for > her to format into a > nice flyer for us! if anyone else wants to help > these folks out- go for it! > > Luv, > ora > > _______________________________________________ > Palestineinschools mailing list > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From ruah at riseup.net Wed Oct 6 12:13:15 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:13:15 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] for philly folks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hey philly peeps, Just wanted to pass on a bit of helpful info I received from my roomie. She just spoke with the dean of the law school at upenn. He told her that their law school has this human rights program where they go into schools and do presentations about human rights. A good project for us to meet with and connect with given the commitments we made to meet with other groups doing similar work. She said she didn?t have any more info about it but y?all should be able to track this down. Cool, eh? Luv, ora -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A good project for us to meet with and connect with given the commitments we made to meet with other groups doing similar work. She said she didn't have any more info about it but y'all should be able to track this down. Cool, eh? Luv, ora ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Palestineinschools mailing list Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruah at riseup.net Wed Oct 6 15:14:56 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:14:56 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo In-Reply-To: <20041006201807.48452.qmail@web52408.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Nour- you rock! My thoughts: I like 2, 6, and 9. I REALLY like 9. I would like 6 more if the kids were holding up pencils or something instead of just wearing backpacks. What do y'all think? Again, thank you! ora From ruah at riseup.net Thu Oct 7 08:10:23 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:10:23 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] communication question Message-ID: A question put forth to us from nava: should pep set up a ny and a philly list? seems like there should be separate communication options (i thought this because i have a couple of good contacts for following up on that upenn law school lead, but it seems silly to send to everyone) -- what do you think? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From redcathexis at yahoo.com Thu Oct 7 09:15:00 2004 From: redcathexis at yahoo.com (Alexis) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:15:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041007161500.54581.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Excellent!!!! (well, we already knew your rock - smile). I had exactly the same feelings. I'm partial to 9 too (and like 2 and 6). Is there a way to insure kids are multi- ethnic? Also, correct the spelling of Israel. (i always do that, so i always look for it). --- Ora Wise wrote: > Nour- you rock! > > My thoughts: > I like 2, 6, and 9. I REALLY like 9. I would like 6 > more if the kids were > holding up pencils or something instead of just > wearing backpacks. > > What do y'all think? > > Again, thank you! > > ora > > _______________________________________________ > Palestineinschools mailing list > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > ===== I'm for truth no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. -Malcolm X From earthnour at yahoo.com Thu Oct 7 09:25:00 2004 From: earthnour at yahoo.com (nour) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo In-Reply-To: <20041007161500.54581.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20041007162500.4482.qmail@web52409.mail.yahoo.com> i'm smiling, and thank you! i'll correct that. my thought about no. 9 is that we can either black out the children, so that they're just outlines, so that way you won't be able to tell what they are or we can make them multi-ethnic... either one will be simple. --- Alexis wrote: > Excellent!!!! (well, we already knew your rock - > smile). I had exactly the same feelings. I'm > partial > to 9 too (and like 2 and 6). Is there a way to > insure > kids are multi- ethnic? Also, correct the spelling > of > Israel. (i always do that, so i always look for it). > > > > --- Ora Wise wrote: > > > Nour- you rock! > > > > My thoughts: > > I like 2, 6, and 9. I REALLY like 9. I would like > 6 > > more if the kids were > > holding up pencils or something instead of just > > wearing backpacks. > > > > What do y'all think? > > > > Again, thank you! > > > > ora > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Palestineinschools mailing list > > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > > > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > > > > > ===== > I'm for truth no matter who tells it. > I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. > > I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I > am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a > whole. -Malcolm X > From alissa at resist.ca Thu Oct 7 12:32:31 2004 From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:32:31 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] communication question References: Message-ID: <006001c4aca4$6679f860$0202a8c0@Belkin> Yes, I think that we should have ways for us to communicate seperately, and use this list for project-wide commnications. Nava, will you work on a philly list? Thanks, Alissa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ora Wise To: Palestineinschools at Lists. Resist. Ca Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:10 AM Subject: [Palestineinschools] communication question A question put forth to us from nava: should pep set up a ny and a philly list? seems like there should be separate communication options (i thought this because i have a couple of good contacts for following up on that upenn law school lead, but it seems silly to send to everyone) -- what do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Palestineinschools mailing list Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ruah at riseup.net Wed Oct 6 08:03:03 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:03:03 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] (no subject) Message-ID: Hey y?all, I thought that everyone might want to read the email that bill bigelow from rethinking schools sent since we?ve talked about their support of our project so much and we have so much to gain from them. Attached is the role play he mentions. Hi Ora, Great to hear from you. I'm delighted that you're going forward with this sorely needed work. My first thought about this is that it may be that less is more. That is, you might concentrate the group's energy on creating a few very solid lessons that can be shared around the country and then building from there. Please tell folks who you are working with that if anyone is doing teaching around Palestinian issues and thinks that s/he might be ready to write a piece for Rethinking Schools, then I would be happy to talk with them and try to help shape an article. This is how Rethinking Columbus came together: built around several "anchor" articles on critical teaching of the issue, as well as critiques of the traditional story (which also ought to be part of your effort, I'd think.) As I think I mentioned before, Rethinking Schools has done very little on this issue -- not because we don't want to, but because we haven't gotten articles and because our own teaching on it is not so exemplary. We've done some editorials, included a piece or two in War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms special edition after 9/11 and I did a piece on Israel's attack on Palestinian education after a 1989 teachers delegation that Bob Peterson, Linda Christensen, and I were on. Anyway, all that to say that we would be very eager to help develop some of the curriculum people there develop into reader-friendly pieces. I forwarded your note to Bob Peterson, and am also cc'ing this to him. Bob has been keenly interested in the Palestinian struggle for the last 30 plus years, so he's somebody to keep in the loop. I'm attaching a role play that I did taking off from the film Promises. I have mixed feelings about the film, but I think it can be worked with in good ways. I used the role play only once, so it's rough, but take a look and you can see what it tries to get at. We did it immediately following the film and students were very responsive. I offered it to the people who are producing the teaching guide for Promises, but I think they thought it was too pro-Palestinian. Best, Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: PEP.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 364449 bytes Desc: PEP.pdf URL: From ruah at riseup.net Wed Oct 6 15:14:48 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:14:48 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] from rethinking schools In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hey y?all, I thought that everyone might want to read the email that bill bigelow from rethinking schools sent since we?ve talked about their support of our project so much and we have so much to gain from them. Attached is the role play he mentions. Hi Ora, Great to hear from you. I'm delighted that you're going forward with this sorely needed work. My first thought about this is that it may be that less is more. That is, you might concentrate the group's energy on creating a few very solid lessons that can be shared around the country and then building from there. Please tell folks who you are working with that if anyone is doing teaching around Palestinian issues and thinks that s/he might be ready to write a piece for Rethinking Schools, then I would be happy to talk with them and try to help shape an article. This is how Rethinking Columbus came together: built around several "anchor" articles on critical teaching of the issue, as well as critiques of the traditional story (which also ought to be part of your effort, I'd think.) As I think I mentioned before, Rethinking Schools has done very little on this issue -- not because we don't want to, but because we haven't gotten articles and because our own teaching on it is not so exemplary. We've done some editorials, included a piece or two in War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms special edition after 9/11 and I did a piece on Israel's attack on Palestinian education after a 1989 teachers delegation that Bob Peterson, Linda Christensen, and I were on. Anyway, all that to say that we would be very eager to help develop some of the curriculum people there develop into reader-friendly pieces. I forwarded your note to Bob Peterson, and am also cc'ing this to him. Bob has been keenly interested in the Palestinian struggle for the last 30 plus years, so he's somebody to keep in the loop. I'm attaching a role play that I did taking off from the film Promises. I have mixed feelings about the film, but I think it can be worked with in good ways. I used the role play only once, so it's rough, but take a look and you can see what it tries to get at. We did it immediately following the film and students were very responsive. I offered it to the people who are producing the teaching guide for Promises, but I think they thought it was too pro-Palestinian. Best, Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: promises role play.doc Type: application/msword Size: 63488 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ruah at riseup.net Thu Oct 7 07:59:56 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:59:56 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] logo and list problems Message-ID: Hey y'all, Has anyone aside from Doreen not gotten nour's email either? I'm sending it again just in case. Alissa- is there something going on with the list? An email I sent twice yesterday has still not gotten posted... Thanks, ora hey everyone, so i spent some time today working on the logo. attached is a PDF with 12 different ideas, all somewhat connected. nothing is finalized, matter of fact, most of the art is clip art of the web so it's somewhat pixelated. THEY ARE JUST IDEAS, the purpose of this is that we get the ball rolling. i'm hoping that we can narrow the ideas/suggestions down to maybe 3? what do you all think? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PEP.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 364449 bytes Desc: not available URL: From alissa at resist.ca Thu Oct 7 12:38:24 2004 From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:38:24 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo References: <20041007162500.4482.qmail@web52409.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <008001c4aca5$38db6460$0202a8c0@Belkin> Nour-amazing work! I am so impressed! I want to echo the 2, 6 and 9 sentiments and also say that 6 and 9 are my favorites. I too like the idea that 6 could be kids wiht pencils in their, raised, hands. Wow, Alissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "nour" To: "Alexis" ; "Ora Wise" ; "Palestineinschools at Lists. Resist. Ca" Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo > i'm smiling, and thank you! > > i'll correct that. my thought about no. 9 is that we > can either black out the children, so that they're > just outlines, so that way you won't be able to tell > what they are or we can make them multi-ethnic... > either one will be simple. > > > --- Alexis wrote: > > > Excellent!!!! (well, we already knew your rock - > > smile). I had exactly the same feelings. I'm > > partial > > to 9 too (and like 2 and 6). Is there a way to > > insure > > kids are multi- ethnic? Also, correct the spelling > > of > > Israel. (i always do that, so i always look for it). > > > > > > > > --- Ora Wise wrote: > > > > > Nour- you rock! > > > > > > My thoughts: > > > I like 2, 6, and 9. I REALLY like 9. I would like > > 6 > > > more if the kids were > > > holding up pencils or something instead of just > > > wearing backpacks. > > > > > > What do y'all think? > > > > > > Again, thank you! > > > > > > ora > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Palestineinschools mailing list > > > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > > > > > > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > > > > > > > > > ===== > > I'm for truth no matter who tells it. > > I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. > > > > I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I > > am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a > > whole. -Malcolm X > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Palestineinschools mailing list > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools From nava at riseup.net Thu Oct 7 12:45:41 2004 From: nava at riseup.net (Nava EtShalom) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:45:41 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] communication question In-Reply-To: <006001c4aca4$6679f860$0202a8c0@Belkin> References: <006001c4aca4$6679f860$0202a8c0@Belkin> Message-ID: <1097178341.41659ce5168d3@mail.riseup.net> i agree, and yes i will. nava Quoting Alissa : Yes, I think that we should have ways for us to communicate seperately, and use this list for project-wide commnications. Nava, will you work on a philly list? Thanks, Alissa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ora Wise To: Palestineinschools at Lists. Resist. Ca Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:10 AM Subject: [Palestineinschools] communication question A question put forth to us from nava: should pep set up a ny and a philly list? seems like there should be separate communication options (i thought this because i have a couple of good contacts for following up on that upenn law school lead, but it seems silly to send to everyone) -- what do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Palestineinschools mailing list Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools From marianapardes at hotmail.com Thu Oct 7 13:03:34 2004 From: marianapardes at hotmail.com (Mariana Pardes) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:03:34 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo Message-ID: thanks for your work, nour! i really like 9...i believe that it has a neat way of expressing the way pep is about helping kids understand, examine, and challenge borders through hands-on exercises! mariana ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Alissa" To: "nour" , "Alexis" , "Ora Wise" , "Palestineinschools at Lists. Resist. Ca" Subject: Re: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:38:24 -0400 Nour-amazing work! I am so impressed! I want to echo the 2, 6 and 9 sentiments and also say that 6 and 9 are my favorites. I too like the idea that 6 could be kids wiht pencils in their, raised, hands. Wow, Alissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "nour" To: "Alexis" ; "Ora Wise" ; "Palestineinschools at Lists. Resist. Ca" Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [Palestineinschools] RE: PEP logo > i'm smiling, and thank you! > > i'll correct that. my thought about no. 9 is that we > can either black out the children, so that they're > just outlines, so that way you won't be able to tell > what they are or we can make them multi-ethnic... > either one will be simple. > > > --- Alexis wrote: > > > Excellent!!!! (well, we already knew your rock - > > smile). I had exactly the same feelings. I'm > > partial > > to 9 too (and like 2 and 6). Is there a way to > > insure > > kids are multi- ethnic? Also, correct the spelling > > of > > Israel. (i always do that, so i always look for it). > > > > > > > > --- Ora Wise wrote: > > > > > Nour- you rock! > > > > > > My thoughts: > > > I like 2, 6, and 9. I REALLY like 9. I would like > > 6 > > > more if the kids were > > > holding up pencils or something instead of just > > > wearing backpacks. > > > > > > What do y'all think? > > > > > > Again, thank you! > > > > > > ora > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Palestineinschools mailing list > > > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > > > > > > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > > > > > > > > > ===== > > I'm for truth no matter who tells it. > > I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. > > > > I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I > > am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a > > whole. -Malcolm X > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Palestineinschools mailing list > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools _______________________________________________ Palestineinschools mailing list Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ From ruah at riseup.net Fri Oct 8 08:32:09 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:32:09 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] more feedback In-Reply-To: <006001c4aca4$6679f860$0202a8c0@Belkin> Message-ID: Hey nour and all, Just wanted to share some outside feedback that I got on the logos: my roomies really like #2. Also, Jackie salloum suggested trying a logo out that uses kites- because she says that?s what she thinks of when she thinks about Palestinian kids. that symbolism is only really meaningful to folks familiar with Palestine though I agree that the kids in #9 should be blacked out. Anyway, the work continues. Y?all rock. Love, ora -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alissa at resist.ca Tue Oct 12 13:00:57 2004 From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:00:57 -0400 Subject: [Palestineinschools] notes and next step proposal Message-ID: <004501c4b096$31542e80$0202a8c0@Belkin> All, Please find below the notes from the PEP retreat a few weeks back. Before the notes begin you will see a proposal for how we divide up the immediate next step work. If folks have concerns, corrections or additions to make to this proposal, please voice them by this weekend,so we can have all ducks in a row so we can get to work ASAP! The proposal outlines what each city will be "point" on, in essence, and also what both cities will work on. We thought that it would benefit us to figure out who would do what so that we wouldn't end up doing the same work twice! Onward! Alissa ------------------ Suggested process for next steps NYC and Philly are simultaneously: - compiling target outreach list and contacts - connecting with ally orgs - collecting resources for on-line library and curriculum - culling teaching tools already collected - publicity NYC takes point on: - getting the website up and running, putting together website team - researching for palestine 101 lesson plan and formalizing it - setting up physical resource library in AADC office - communicating with rethinking schools to get curriculum publishing process started Philly takes point on: -formatting resource library layout for the website (point person for this will be part of the website team to communicate) -researching data and statistics for the map excercise and formalize that excercise in written form including brainstorming materials and questions for kids -compile database for outreach lists from nyc and philly- amy laura and mariana - create annotated list of resources we have already ------------------------------ NOTES PEP Retreat October 2 and 3 SATURDAY MORNING De-briefing presentations Map Exercise and Palestine 101 Exercise: Palestine 101 Exercise (these notes are both about the exercise and also just general comments): -Jewish history element-high school only -Younger kids/short time-leaving it out -British mandate-telling both they'll have a state -parallel with pilgrims-good! -Zionism-looked at other places, Palestine's significance -pluralism/diversity of Palestinian society before Israel and countering myth of age-old conflict -focus on present/risk of leaving out history re: outside of classroom -short stories-Jews and Palestinians-their life experiences-1940s -2 min-world map-where were Jews living, why did they go to Palestine? Shut out elsewhere-world responsibility in conflict (Jewish classroom) -what is balance between interactive and presentation -pilgrims came to be able to set up religious power/restriction-rethinking the narrative -beginning with Ottoman Empire -Zionism vs. Jewish struggles for equality where they lived -land with out people for. -Arab history, culture-Palestinians, perhaps integrate life and family into short story - Story: lemon tree, 1948 -Palestinian refugees and their keys -senesh: went back, resistance, Warsaw ghetto -story packets-give to kids -needing more then 1 session -Map-Palestinians unique identity vs. Arabs in general (Jewish schools) -highlighting the different forms of resistance -how to support kids with their new knowledge out in world -letter to parents and follow-up packets -concrete letters, pictures, stories-incorporating as much of these ideas into these as possible, less presentation! -video: child telling story, refugee too -what is different from what we wrote at first? -exercise: in a series, look in news for articles about Israelis and Palestinians, take out quotes-who do you think said it? -workshop: different resistance, connecting to US historical movements -what kind of work/assessment is school doing? -website email-students/teachers-questions -profiles of kids their age, their lives: shministim, pmrc volunteers -also it is important to talk about what is the same, not just what is different or unique -US Aid: sustain tax form, older kids -what does your neighborhood need? Younger kids -tax-aid/Israeli vs. their income-other people need it more (i.e. Ethiopia) -what is it being used for in Israel? -chart-worldwide military spending-Nava -US weapons industry-who's getting rich -what does Israeli refusal mean? -Military recruitment in US schools-talk to anti-recruitment orgs -not doing what you are told -Lesson plan: militarization, new profile -media workshop-perception, what images we see (taking down sadam statue, what was really going on-Susan) -photos from/of Palestine-what are we not shown? -self created media Map Exercise: -have kids redistributed how they see it to be equitable -can be done with older people too! -careful about dynamics that will arise (include debrief/reflection session after/before) -roles: observers? -clearly label people, who they are in the exercises -Should we put the facts on board first-have the class figure out percentages? Or Is it better to do as we go, the surprise is good, and put the facts up as it comes -add: 1948-refugees and squishing people into occupied territories, percent of Jews in 1948 -Mats-cut in shape of Palestine, Gaza, and West Bank -roads through West Bank (mats) -After each thing happens, ask: what are you going to do now? How do you feel? Where are your friends? -checkpoints? Soldiers? Curfew-everyone in OT sit down, everyone else move as you wish -ask: Gazan-what would you do to change this? What can you do? Israeli-Do you want things to change? What are you willing to do to keep it this way? SATURDAY AFTERNOON BREAKOUT NOTES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT BREAKOUT - Started with brief presentations by Nijmie (on alternative curriculum/teaching techniques, with a sample exercise dealing with "Institutions and Power" and Tony (who distributed notes from the New York's groups meeting dealing with curriculum and resource building - After some discussion, the group reached consensus that the best approach for the rest of the break-out session was to concentrate on putting energy into synthesizing materials and building a resource library that could be used by teachers (to be put up on the PEP website) rather than concentrating on specific PEP curriculum to be used in the classroom (although there was agreement to think about organizing resources in such a way as to be useful for future PEP workshops, classroom exercises, etc) - A draft of a "Material Vetting Worksheet" to be used to build the resource library was circulated and discussed. The categories that were discussed as part of this worksheet: 1) Name of material 2) Theme 3) Learning objective 4) Grade level/age appropriateness 5) Prior knowledge necessary? 6) For what kind of school/setting? 7) Resources needed: 8) How long does lesson take? 9) Brief synopsis of curricula 10) Comments on material, ideas for supplementation - There was a discussion of whether a simplified version of this would be appropriate for the website. - There was a discussion of the possible thematic categories for dividing resources-with the proposal be that they eventually be linked to specific workshops designed to address each category. The winning categories were: 1) Militarism 2) Palestinian history 3) Occupation 101 4) Resistance 5) U.S.-Israel Relationship (other proposed categories included aid to Israel, general history, the British mandate period, stories from Palestinians, and countering myths) - Most of the remaining time was dedicated to an actual vetting of sources provided by the Philly and NYC groups, followed by a review by the group as a whole. For example, the two presentations of the morning session were considered according to the framework proposed for vetting resources: 1) Israel/Palestine map exercise (presented during the retreat by Alexis): * works for Occupation 101, Militarism, and Palestinian History * venue and length could vary 2) Ora's Presentation (in need of a name): * works for all five categories * designed primarily for public school venue - For the sake of brevity, I will omit the details of each specific resource considered and discussed for the minutes (but will type them up for the purposes of the working group(s) on curriculum and resource library development "IN THE CLASSROOM" TRAINING We began with a go-around addressing the question: What are you most afraid of happening in the classroom? Our fears: - students not cooperating, i.e. not giving their real names - losing control of the classroom - the outside world affecting inside the classroom- students not interested in my lesson because of what's going on in their lives - not being engaging-rambling on and on - students not listening - being asked questions that I can't answer - trying to impart knowledge but also passion and the students' disinterest making me feel insecure - getting up there and then the first kid to talk saying something like "you missed a belt loop in your pants" - my commitment to not taking power leading to loss of focus - not being able to draw upon my skills and principles in a difficult moment - violence in the classroom We then went on to discuss what we want the students to get out of these presentations. What we want to accomplish in the classroom: - stimulating and inspiring them to learn more on their own - getting them to question what they knew before - adding new words to their vocabularies and new concepts - encouraging them to think more critically about what they see/hear - breaking down stereotypes - facilitating them feeling this issue as connected to their own life experiences - facilitating a positive, participatory classroom experience Then there were brief presentations: Gail- the difference between giving a talk and teaching Zohar- ideas for working with young kids Ora- what has worked with these presentations thus far There was then a role play exercise: Throughout the training we kept thinking of ways in which our pedagogical approach connected with how to build the curriculum or activities. So we discussed where pedagogy and curriculum intersect. What do we need to reach our goals? - compiled basic facts and statistics - materials and activities that are engaging and participatory - finding links between our subjects and experiences relevant to the kids (i.e. civil rights movement, military recruitment) - materials addressing the issues through the eyes and lives of young people - materials providing answers to difficult questions - Lots of visuals! (video, photos, drawings, maps) - hand-outs (age appropriate web resources- perhaps some of the refugee camps' websites) - eye witness and personal accounts and stories - problematic news articles for kids to critique At the end of the afternoon we discussed skills and issues to address in future workshops/trainings: - specific tips for engaging students - role playing with a full PEP lesson (don't pretend to be a teacher doing the wrong/right thing for the sake of evaluating it, be yourself and seriously try to do it) - conflict resolution/de-escalation - public speaking training - workshops focused on scripting certain concepts for PEP presentations for different ages - approaches to frequently asked questions - how to do good evaluations of presentations and take field notes What came out of our classroom role-play? Engaging students and discipline lessons learned: Do's are in blue, don'ts are in black a.. Don't be wedded to an activity beyond its use b.. Give disruptive kids a choice of paying attention or changing seats c.. Don't give commands without explanations d.. If students aren't participating, share a thought or two to jumpstart discussion e.. When kids give silly answers, use their shenanigans to engage them. Don't reprimand them - at least they're involved. f.. Ask for volunteers in class to stimulate interest g.. Communicate that there are not wrong answers h.. If a student asks a tangential question, don't let yourself get bogged down trying to answer it. Tell him/her you'll get back to them later. i.. Don't try to overpower kids j.. Have fun, positive attitude k.. When there's minor misbehavior - don't escalate situation by yelling - redirect l.. Keep your cool m.. Sometimes it's most effective to ignore distracting behavior- they'll get bored n.. Don't be condescending or insulting o.. Name good behavior instead of reprimanding p.. Give options: "you can either sit together quietly or one of you can move over here" q.. Address rules to all instead of targeting one did, i.e. "let's all remember to raise our hands r.. When one student is talking/asking questions a lot, make sure to redirect conversation to the whole class s.. Say: "I need cooperation so that we can get to the fun part" t.. Don't give orders State what needs to happen (instead of saying "Be quiet", say "We need the room to be quiet to continue") u.. Begin with a hook: a photo, story, poem, video clip to start questions and discussion - something controversial or dramatic v.. Connect it to students' particular and personal experiences (i.e., kids in the South talking about oppression in their history, what is your life like?) How are report backs different from teaching? Some of us have done report backs, with and without visuals. In a report back, we are presenting information and some analysis from our own experience. We are assuming a certain familiarity with the material and the assumption is that people have come because they are interested in the topic that has been advertised. In my experience, people expect a kind of lecture with an opportunity to ask questions to clarify or challenge or to ask you to elaborate. We're sharing our experiences in order to get people to understand what the occupation is like on the ground, for Palestinians and for internationals. We tend to include stories that are dramatic illustrations that they might not have seen or read. We're trying to get people to see that we are ordinary folks who went to see for ourselves and this is what happened. We are trying to get people interested and involved in the struggle to end the occupation The kids we are working with are not necessarily coming to the subject with have an interest in the content of our presentation. We have to engage them according to their age and in the context of their school, their teacher, their community. In a lecture format, it doesn't matter much if people come with very different understandings or interests. You speak to the whole group and the dynamics come out in the questioning. With children, as all of us have taught know, it has to be dynamic throughout, they have to feel involved, to be engaged. Some students will have an idea of Israel/Palestine because it's discussed at home or because they've studied the issue in school or they've seen or heard something on the news. Others will have no idea at all and everything they hear will be new. Sometimes the teacher will have prepared the students. Other times, we're coming in cold, with little introduction. We'll have to be prepared to use each situation. Of course it's different too from the situation of presenting new material to a class of children you know, that you've been working with for some time. Then there will be those kids in progressive schools, a model that encourages inquiry. Get ready to be challenged in those situations. Habits of Mind . From whose viewpoint are we seeing or reading or hearing? From what angle or perspective? . How do we know when we know? What's the evidence, and how reliable is it? . How are things, events, or people connected to each other? What is the cause and what is the effect? How do they fit together? . What's new and what's old? Have we run across this idea before? . So what? Why does it matter? What does it all mean? Point of view Evidence Connections Sequence So what SUNDAY Initial brainstorm on Outreach Strategy Was done in small groups, here are notes from the reportback: Person-to-person outreach: - How focused should we do it? Teachers, activists, etc. - Palestine solidarity events and activists will be key! - Progressive teacher networks (how do we access teachers outside of our networks? - Cold calling to set up meetings and talk about how we might be able to work together/bring our work into their institution: religious institutions, youth centers, schools? - How to coordinate and follow-up on contacts? - Friends of PEP list serve or newsletter-to keep people involved and in the project PR packet -target: teachers, parents, administrators -to include: goals, objectives, need mission statement, endorsement by some well know organizations, pictures of classroom scene, teaching tools, sample of exercises, credentials of presenters (teachers, long-time activist, etc.) -title of packet: Rethinking Israel/Palestine -What we say about our goals and objectives: -demystify issue -breaking down stereotypes, climate of fear, way Arabs are seen at school - Dealing with student tensions - Pull for teachers: diversity -questionnaire for teachers, to give us feedback (need to think carefully if/how we do it) Website: -mission statement -links to related projects -online application: to get presenters in schools, to get involved - Side bar: -who we are -list of workshops -list of resources -get involved -get us in your school -field notes/feedback -donate $ -faq link -feedback -e-newsletter -video clip (streaming news) -outreach: -who we want to link to - Teachers -Palestine Solidarity activists -supporting/related orgs -announce website up and running **we need website builder-preferably one who would do it for free!** -translate website into another language? Spanish? Arabic? Hebrew? NEXT STEPS I. We identified 4 LONG TERM GOALS and tasks to work towards them (there is cross over) GOAL 1: Going into schools Poster/ Flyer Mission Statement Logo Collecting and culling teaching tools Meeting with allies - Youth education groups Formatting intact activities Creating outreach lists Creating PR Packet Workshopping Activities Institutional and teacher outreach GOAL 2: WEBSITE Gather Website Design Team Gather content - Resource Library - Application forms - Request forms - Donations - Faqs - Handouts of educational material - Fact sheets GOAL 3: Published Curriculum Communicate with Rethinking Schools Self publish materials Find publisher GOAL 4: Ongoing Outreach Create "Friends of PEP" Newsletter Fundraising - direct donors - grant research II. We identified FIRST PHASE OF GOALS & TASKS with point people and target dates < ** means there was no identified point person > Goal : PR packet Tasks: - Flyer (October 12) (Nour and Ora) - Logo (October 12) (Nour and Ora) - Mission Statement (October 12) (Tony and Jesse) - ** Sample Activity (October 12) - ** Content and Production Plan (November 3) - compile student letters and teacher letters - feedback and recommendations (Ora) - "Why I (as a teacher) am involved with PEP?" blurbs (ORA) Goal: Website Tasks - Build Website Team (November 3) (Ora, Alexis, Nour) - ** Resource Library for Website - Resource Library Components: statistics, video, music, activities, lesson plans, articles, photos, books - organized by age group - **INITIAL GOAL: Raw materials rather than intact lesson plans (Dec 15) - **Compiling (ongoing) - **Research for intact activities (mid Nov) - **Cull through what we have (curricula, teaching tools, etc) (Nov 3) - ** Create annotated list (Oct 12) Goal: Outreach Tasks: - Outreach Materials for PSM Conference (Nour and Ora) - intro flyer - sample activity - ** Outreach list (November 3) (Philly - Mariana, Amy Laura) (need NYC point) - compile targeted outreach lists (ongoing) - specific people - ally orgs - schools/comm. centers/faith-based orgs - database (Mariana, Amy Laura) - prioritize - Connect with ally organizations (doing similar work) (December 3) (NYC: Tony, Philly: Mitch [help from Nijmie?]) - ask for contact ideas - teaching tools - talk about going into schools - ** Poster Goal: Formatting Intact Activities (MAP AND PALESTINE 101) Task: Work Plan and solicit help (Alexis and Ora) ** Map Tasks: - Data and Statisitcs - Material Strategy - Questions for kids ** Pal 101 Tasks: - Letters from kids - Short narratives ** Tasks (both): - Formalize in written form (Dec 3) - Make available and do trainings (to lead activities) - Put on Website (Dec 15) - Put in PR material -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: NOTES.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 86528 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ruah at riseup.net Thu Oct 14 07:39:32 2004 From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:39:32 -0600 Subject: [Palestineinschools] today! In-Reply-To: <63685.67.107.221.2.1097675512.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Message-ID: Hey y'all, So I don't know if anyone is going to get this in time. We seem to be having some troubles with the list. But if you get this- please look over this and send comments or suggestions to nour today! (earthnour at yahoo.com). I think that this is a last minute effort to put a flyer together aimed at solid Palestine solidarity activists and not actually a mission statement. I think that we have to continue to shape something like that. Peace, ora The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a collective initiative of activist educators based in New York City and Philadelphia. It is the primary aim of those involved to create a long-term, sustainable project that will help to challenge and refigure the prevailing notions about, and media misrepresentations of, the cultural and political history of Israel/Palestine. PEP participants are preparing to go into classrooms and facilitate interactive lessons and activities about the history of Israel/Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. PEP also aims to provide important resources-including lesson plans, workshops, activities, and background sources-for teachers throughout the country who wish to address issues related to Israel/Palestine in their classrooms. This work will eventually culminate in an on-line resource library and a published curriculum. The vision for this project has grown out of the grassroots educational work that a number of Palestinian solidarity activists have already been doing. We have had some very positive experiences going into elementary, middle, and high schools across the country where students have, amongst other things, read letters from young Palestinians and Israeli high school refusers, watched a Palestinian hip hop video, and brainstormed alternative uses for the U.S. money that goes to Israel. Expanding and sustaining this work is part of a broader project that needs more energy put into it: growing the movement, rather than simply organizing the organized. HOW PEP WORKS: PEP is a collective project-NOT an organization. The difference is that PEP won't need to have weekly meetings or long debates about which event to endorse. Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to come together to do real focused work without feeling drained. Rotating committees, peer reviews, and giving everyone the opportunity to be a presenter will not only keep responsibility and participation equally distributed; it will also facilitate each participant's growth in the different areas of work. Join us in this sustainable, collective project. Please contact Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information, and watch for our website at www.palestineinschools.org [?] Why PEP? - We are being proactive- not just responding to each new crisis - Activists too often take for granted that there are certain spaces unavailable to us- we're entering non-activist spaces and reaching out - The education system in this country is designed to extract compliance from kids and train obedient citizens- we're encouraging critical thinking and participatory educational programs What is PEP doing? - assembling a resource library for activists and educators that will be housed in NYC and on-line - developing an interactive website - developing a progressive curriculum about Palestine/Israel for publishing - developing participatory lesson plans and activities to bring into schools - giving trainings on democratic education techniques for those who wish to go into schools - From redcathexis at yahoo.com Thu Oct 14 13:46:19 2004 From: redcathexis at yahoo.com (Alexis) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:46:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] today! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041014204620.99090.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> I made quite a few small edits and suggested cuts, though it is still quite long for a flier. I also suggest that we leave out the "What is PEP doing?" section, because i think the project description says all of that. Finally, we should reserve the "palestineinschools" domain names ASAP, before we pass out anything with the URL. hope this helps, alexis The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a collective initiative of activist educators based in New York City and Philadelphia. Our aim is to create a long-term, sustainable project that will help to challenge and refigure the prevailing notions about Israel/Palestine. PEP participants are preparing to go into classrooms and facilitate interactive lessons and activities about the history of Israel/Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. PEP is also developing resources - including lesson plans, workshops, activities, and background sources - for teachers throughout the country who wish to address issues related to Israel/Palestine in their classrooms. We aim to create an on-line resource library and a published curriculum. The vision for this project has grown out of the positive experiences that a number of Palestinian solidarity activists have had doing grassroots educational programs in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the country. HOW PEP WORKS: PEP is a collective project, NOT an organization. Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to come together to do real focused work without feeling drained. Rotating committees, peer reviews, and giving everyone the opportunity to be a presenter will not only keep responsibility and participation equally distributed; it will also facilitate each participant's growth in the different areas of work. Join us in this sustainable, collective project. Please contact Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information, and watch for our website at www.palestineinschools.org [?] Why PEP? - We are being proactive, not just responding to each new crisis or organizing the organized. - Activists too often take for granted that there are certain spaces unavailable to us. PEP will reach out in these "non-activist" spaces. - The education system in this country is designed to extract compliance from kids and train obedient citizens. PEP will encourage critical thinking with participatory educational programs. What is PEP doing? - assembling a resource library for activists and educators that will be housed in NYC and on-line - developing an interactive website - developing a progressive curriculum about Palestine/Israel for publication - developing participatory lesson plans and activities to bring into schools - giving trainings on democratic education techniques for those who wish to go into schools --- Ora Wise wrote: > Hey y'all, > So I don't know if anyone is going to get this in > time. We seem to be having > some troubles with the list. But if you get this- > please look over this and > send comments or suggestions to nour today! > (earthnour at yahoo.com). I think > that this is a last minute effort to put a flyer > together aimed at solid > Palestine solidarity activists and not actually a > mission statement. I think > that we have to continue to shape something like > that. > Peace, > ora > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a > collective initiative of > activist educators based in New York City and > Philadelphia. It is the > primary aim of those involved to create a long-term, > sustainable project > that will help to challenge and refigure the > prevailing notions about, and > media misrepresentations of, the cultural and > political history of > Israel/Palestine. PEP participants are preparing to > go into classrooms and > facilitate interactive lessons and activities about > the history of > Israel/Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for > self-determination. PEP > also aims to provide important resources-including > lesson plans, workshops, > activities, and background sources-for teachers > throughout the country who > wish to address issues related to Israel/Palestine > in their classrooms. > This work will eventually culminate in an on-line > resource library and a > published curriculum. > > The vision for this project has grown out of the > grassroots educational work > that a number of Palestinian solidarity activists > have already been doing. > We have had some very positive experiences going > into elementary, middle, > and high schools across the country where students > have, amongst other > things, read letters from young Palestinians and > Israeli high school > refusers, watched a Palestinian hip hop video, and > brainstormed alternative > uses for the U.S. money that goes to Israel. > > Expanding and sustaining this work is part of a > broader project that needs > more energy put into it: growing the movement, > rather than simply organizing > the organized. > > HOW PEP WORKS: > > PEP is a collective project-NOT an organization. The > difference is that PEP > won't need to have weekly meetings or long debates > about which event to > endorse. Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to > come together to do real > focused work without feeling drained. Rotating > committees, peer reviews, and > giving everyone the opportunity to be a presenter > will not only keep > responsibility and participation equally > distributed; it will also > facilitate each participant's growth in the > different areas of work. > > Join us in this sustainable, collective project. > Please contact > Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information, > and watch for our > website at www.palestineinschools.org [?] > > > Why PEP? > - We are being proactive- not just responding to > each new crisis > - Activists too often take for granted that there > are certain spaces > unavailable to us- we're entering non-activist > spaces and reaching out > - The education system in this country is designed > to extract compliance > from kids and train obedient citizens- we're > encouraging critical thinking > and participatory educational programs > > What is PEP doing? > - assembling a resource library for activists and > educators that will be > housed in NYC and on-line > - developing an interactive website > - developing a progressive curriculum about > Palestine/Israel for publishing > - developing participatory lesson plans and > activities to bring into schools > - giving trainings on democratic education > techniques for those who wish to > go into schools > - > > > > _______________________________________________ > Palestineinschools mailing list > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > ===== I'm for truth no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. -Malcolm X From earthnour at yahoo.com Thu Oct 14 14:00:31 2004 From: earthnour at yahoo.com (nour) Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:00:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Palestineinschools] today! In-Reply-To: <20041014204620.99090.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20041014210031.68785.qmail@web52408.mail.yahoo.com> i'm sorry work has been NUTS. as alexis says; "i;m up to my neck in volvo"!!!! lol. here's a quick thing i did. without the changes that alexis suggested. let me know. i don't think that it's too much info.. i mena it fit. i don't know. tell me what you think. i'm still finishing up the logo. but ;like i said- i'm swamped. but i'm trying i swear. please bear with me. let me know what you think. oh and please call me with changes... 212.647.5858 --- Alexis wrote: > I made quite a few small edits and suggested cuts, > though it is still quite long for a flier. I also > suggest that we leave out the "What is PEP doing?" > section, because i think the project description > says > all of that. Finally, we should reserve the > "palestineinschools" domain names ASAP, before we > pass > out anything with the URL. > hope this helps, > alexis > > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a > collective initiative of activist educators based in > New York City and Philadelphia. Our aim is to create > a > long-term, sustainable project that will help to > challenge and refigure the prevailing notions about > Israel/Palestine. PEP participants are preparing to > go into classrooms and facilitate interactive > lessons > and activities about the history of Israel/Palestine > and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. > > PEP is also developing resources - including lesson > plans, workshops, activities, and background sources > - > for teachers throughout the country who wish to > address issues related to Israel/Palestine in their > classrooms. We aim to create an on-line resource > library and a published curriculum. > > The vision for this project has grown out of the > positive experiences that a number of Palestinian > solidarity activists have had doing grassroots > educational programs in elementary schools, middle > schools, and high schools across the country. > > HOW PEP WORKS: > > PEP is a collective project, NOT an organization. > Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to come > together > to do real focused work without feeling drained. > Rotating committees, peer reviews, and giving > everyone > the opportunity to be a presenter will not only keep > responsibility and participation equally > distributed; > it will also facilitate each participant's growth in > the different areas of work. > > Join us in this sustainable, collective project. > Please contact > Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information, > and watch for our website at > www.palestineinschools.org [?] > > > Why PEP? > - We are being proactive, not just responding to > each > new crisis or organizing the organized. > - Activists too often take for granted that there > are > certain spaces unavailable to us. PEP will reach out > in these "non-activist" spaces. > - The education system in this country is designed > to > extract compliance from kids and train obedient > citizens. PEP will encourage critical thinking > with participatory educational programs. > > What is PEP doing? > - assembling a resource library for activists and > educators that will be housed in NYC and on-line > - developing an interactive website > - developing a progressive curriculum about > Palestine/Israel for publication > - developing participatory lesson plans and > activities > to bring into schools > - giving trainings on democratic education > techniques > for those who wish to go into schools > > > > --- Ora Wise wrote: > > > Hey y'all, > > So I don't know if anyone is going to get this in > > time. We seem to be having > > some troubles with the list. But if you get this- > > please look over this and > > send comments or suggestions to nour today! > > (earthnour at yahoo.com). I think > > that this is a last minute effort to put a flyer > > together aimed at solid > > Palestine solidarity activists and not actually a > > mission statement. I think > > that we have to continue to shape something like > > that. > > Peace, > > ora > > > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) > > > > The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a > > collective initiative of > > activist educators based in New York City and > > Philadelphia. It is the > > primary aim of those involved to create a > long-term, > > sustainable project > > that will help to challenge and refigure the > > prevailing notions about, and > > media misrepresentations of, the cultural and > > political history of > > Israel/Palestine. PEP participants are preparing > to > > go into classrooms and > > facilitate interactive lessons and activities > about > > the history of > > Israel/Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for > > self-determination. PEP > > also aims to provide important resources-including > > lesson plans, workshops, > > activities, and background sources-for teachers > > throughout the country who > > wish to address issues related to Israel/Palestine > > in their classrooms. > > This work will eventually culminate in an on-line > > resource library and a > > published curriculum. > > > > The vision for this project has grown out of the > > grassroots educational work > > that a number of Palestinian solidarity activists > > have already been doing. > > We have had some very positive experiences going > > into elementary, middle, > > and high schools across the country where students > > have, amongst other > > things, read letters from young Palestinians and > > Israeli high school > > refusers, watched a Palestinian hip hop video, and > > brainstormed alternative > > uses for the U.S. money that goes to Israel. > > > > Expanding and sustaining this work is part of a > > broader project that needs > > more energy put into it: growing the movement, > > rather than simply organizing > > the organized. > > > > HOW PEP WORKS: > > > > PEP is a collective project-NOT an organization. > The > > difference is that PEP > > won't need to have weekly meetings or long debates > > about which event to > > endorse. Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to > > come together to do real > > focused work without feeling drained. Rotating > > committees, peer reviews, and > > giving everyone the opportunity to be a presenter > > will not only keep > > responsibility and participation equally > > distributed; it will also > > facilitate each participant's growth in the > > different areas of work. > > > > Join us in this sustainable, collective project. > > Please contact > > Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more > information, > > and watch for our > > website at www.palestineinschools.org [?] > > > > > > Why PEP? > > - We are being proactive- not just responding to > > each new crisis > > - Activists too often take for granted that there > > are certain spaces > > unavailable to us- we're entering non-activist > > spaces and reaching out > > - The education system in this country is designed > > to extract compliance > > from kids and train obedient citizens- we're > > encouraging critical thinking > > and participatory educational programs > > > > What is PEP doing? > > - assembling a resource library for activists and > > educators that will be > > housed in NYC and on-line > > - developing an interactive website > > - developing a progressive curriculum about > > Palestine/Israel for publishing > > - developing participatory lesson plans and > > activities to bring into schools > > - giving trainings on democratic education > > techniques for those who wish to > > go into schools > > - > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Palestineinschools mailing list > > Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca > > > https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools > > > > > ===== > I'm for truth no matter who tells it. > I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. > > I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I > am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a > whole. -Malcolm X > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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