[van-announce] Call for Participation: LIBERATION and RETURN: The Conference of Palestinian Shatat in North America - May 2013, Vancouver

[Charlotte Kates]

*LIBERATION and RETURN: The Conference of Palestinian Shatat in North
America*
 May 3-5, 2013
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
Canada
*http://palestinianconference.org + palestinianconference at gmail.com*
*Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/338531666261119/*

As we approach our 65th year of exile from our homeland, the need for
Palestinians in the shatat (diaspora) to reinvigorate, develop and carry
out an effective strategy for our national movement for liberation and
return is as urgent as ever.  For too long our voices have been excluded
and the majority of us have been unrepresented in the decision-making and
direction of our movement.

We call on *all* Palestinian activists, organizers and community members in
the shatat to join us in this historical gathering to re-examine our
history and build together towards a free future for our people and land by
putting an end to Zionist colonization and normalization everywhere
throughout the Palestinian and Arab homeland.

*Join us to plan, discuss and learn from each other about our homeland and
how we can become active participants in reviving our movement. The
conference will include facilitated workshops, plenary discussions,
conversations, and presentations – it welcomes your participation, your
voice, and your active involvement in reclaiming the voice of the shatat.*

At a time when Zionist colonization continues its incessant destruction and
exploitation of Palestine and our people, our body-politic remains
fragmented, with empty, unrepresentative and often corrupt national
institutions and leadership, and a clouded vision of how to move forward
towards our national aspirations for return and liberation.

This conference aims to work towards: restoring our people’s morale and
commitment to our national struggle for return and liberation, reviving our
transnational unity and building our national liberation movement despite
our geographical dispersion, and overcoming the current impasse of national
fragmentation (socio-economic, political, geographic and ideological).

*Participation is a right, but also a duty.  Conference participants will
not only gain knowledge, but are expected to invest time, energy and
willingness to collectively and democratically work with fellow
Palestinians to re-build and revive our national liberation movement.*

Learn more about the conference:
http://www.palestinianconference.org/call-conference-of-the-palestinian-shatat-in-north-america/

Register online for the conference:
http://www.palestinianconference.org/register/

*Guidelines for Participation*

   - Read and support Conference Principles of
Unity<http://www.palestinianconference.org/principles-of-unity/>
   - Understanding of conference
objectives<http://www.palestinianconference.org/conference-objectives/>
   - Commitment to developing and implementing a long-term strategy of our
   role as Palestinians/Arab in North America for return and liberation
   - Accountability, transparency and respect for the democratic
   decision-making process
   - Actively participate during conference and follow-up
   - Give direction, purpose, and relevance to our national movement
   - This is a conference for Palestinians and Arabs

*We look forward to seeing you at the conference and working together!
Contact the organizing committee at palestinianconference at gmail.com!*

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Charlotte L. Kates     charlotte.kates at gmail.com