[Stopwar-l] Two events for Palestine this week (May 15 & 19)

[StopWar]

*Please circulate widely*

On the 64th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine, and as the
Palestinian people enter the 64th year of dispossession and exile,
theVancouver Coalition to Commemorate Al-Nakba is organizing 2 events to
commemorate the Nakba, stand against the continuing Nakba, and call for
the right of return for Palestinian refugees and freedom for Palestine. 64
years after the Nakba - the war of 1948 in which over 800,000 Palestinians
were driven from their homes and land and the state of Israel created on
that land - Palestinians continue to struggle for their right to return,
for freedom from occupation, for justice, and against the Nakba that
continues today.

Tuesday, May 15
6 PM - 10 PM
Free Community Supper: Sharing Stories, Creating Resistance
Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th St (49th and Oak), Vancouver

This community supper will bring together the community to share stories,
creative work, and discussions about indigenous resistance, continuing
Nakba, and struggles for freedom. The program will include talks by
Palestinian and Indigenous activists and community members, Palestinian
music, and a short film by Palestinian director Sobhi al-Zobaidi.

Childcare is available. We request RSVPs for attendance, and for
childcare, to nakbavancouver at gmail.com in order to ensure we have enough
food! No one will be turned away.

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Saturday, May 19
2 PM
MARCH OF RETURN: MARCH FOR PALESTINE
Gather at Clark Park (14th and Commercial) at 2 PM, March to Grandview Park
Rally at Grandview Park

March and rally commemorating the Nakba, standing against the continuing
Nakba, calling for justice, freedom and return for Palestine! We will also
stand against Canada's complicity and its own genocide of indigenous
people. Speaking begins at 2:15 pm and march beginspromptly at 2:30 pm,
followed by a program in Grandview Park. Creative actions welcome! This is
a family friendly march.

The Vancouver Coalition to Commemorate Al-Nakba includes the Alliance for
People's Health, Arab Students Association - UBC, Boycott Israeli
Apartheid Campaign, Canada Palestine Association, CPSHR -
Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights, Canadian Boat to Gaza,
CanPalNet, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Independent Jewish Voices, No
One Is Illegal - Vancouver Unceded Coast Salish Territories, RAGA (Race,
Autobiography, Gender & Age Studies) Centre at UBC, Samidoun Palestinian
Prisoner Solidarity Network, Seriously Free Speech Committee, Simon Fraser
Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), Solidarity For Palestinian Human
Rights-UBC (SPHR-UBC), SANSAD - South Asian Network for Secularism and
Democracy, Stopwar.ca. To join the coalition or for more information
please contact nakbavancouver at gmail.com.