Convention Program
Please check back soon for convention program updates. The following is tentative and subject to change.
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Friday September 6, 2013
Registration 6:00 PM - 10 PM (close)
Location: Magnificat High School, 20770 Hilliard Road, Rocky River, Ohio
Meet & Greet
Convention opening 7:00 PM
National Coordinating and Host Committee Welcome
7:00 PM – 7:45 PM "Portraits of Desire and Denial" by Prof. John Halaka
7:55 PM – 8:30 PM Overview by Alison Weir from If Americans Knew
8:35 PM – 9:00 PM Update on the current situation regarding "Global Campaign for Palestinian Political Prisoners (GCPPP)" by Abbas Hamideh
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Saturday September 7, 2013
Registration 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Location: Magnificat High School
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM Update on current Al-Awda Campaigns and a Discussion of What's Next Pesented by Dr. Zahi Damuni.
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM A look at the conditions of Palestinian Refugees who had to flee their homes in Syria as a result of the ongoing civil war – Presented by Dr. Sawsan Abdelrahim
2:30 PM to 3:20 PM How to help alleviate the hardships faced by Palestinian Refugees who had to flee their camps in Syria as a result of the ongoing crisis in Syria. Participants: Sawsan AbdelRahim, John Halaka, Mazen Almoukdad, moderated by Dr. Jess Ghanam.
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM How to unite our efforts, voices, and responses against recent events such as the so called “peace talks”, Palestinian political prisoners, Prawer Plan in Al Nakab, and the Syrian Palestinian Refugee crisis. Participants: Dr. Nahida Gordon, Ali Abunimah, and Khalid Hijazi. Moderated by Dr. Zahi Damuni
5:30 to 9:30 PM
Grand Banquet
Al-Awda In its 13th Year
Video conference with Samer Issawi's family
Keynote Speaker: Ali Abunimah
Entertainer Palestinian Singer TBA
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Sunday September 8, 2013
10 AM to 1 PM
Location: Ramada Inn Hotel Conference Room
Business Meetings for Members and National Coordinators; Convention Resolutions
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