PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY Friends, Block the Boat Long Beach/Los Angeles will hold a meeting to plan the next steps after our successful action on August 23 targeting the Israeli company Zim Shipping who profit from Israels brutal occupation of Palestine. This meeting is open to all who support Palestinian human rights and are interested in building the international BDS (boycott/divestment/sanctions) movement called for by Palestinian civil society. Please distribute this announcement to your contacts. We will meet: Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:00 p.m. St. Lukes Episcopal Church - Community Center 525 E 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90813 Cross-street is Atlantic. Directions: stlukeslb.org/contact-us Out of consideration for our environment, please try to carpool. You can post ride availability/needs on our Face Book page:https://facebook/events/435461866594072/455288897944702/?notif_t=like Please park in the lot on 7th Street. The Community Center is near that lot. Questions: Vicki (714) 362-7676 or VTamoush@gmail Garrick (213) 926-2960 or grok77@gmail PROPOSED AGENDA 1) Introductions 2) Debrief previous action on Aug 23 3) Report from participants of west coast BtB conference call on Sept 17 4) Plans for Oct 18 action 5) Announcements PLEASE CONSIDER THESE PROPOSED PARAMETERS FOR OUR MEETING: --We are from diverse backgrounds and organizations, so in order to work together we will show respect for one anothers opinions and beliefs --We will respect one anothers ideas, proposed strategies and tactics --We will strive for consensus as a way of building unity; we understand that consensus requires us to be both patient and flexible in our thinking --Expressions of hate of any kind are not welcome --We will strive to build a movement where we all are leaders and no one voice dominates others We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, September 28 at 2:00!
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:20:32 +0000
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