The Network of Spiritual Progressives was founded as a project of Tikkun Community, and we care desperately about bringing peace and stability to the Middle East. Michael and Peter will discuss a Middle East Strategy for Spiritual Progressives. Leaders of the Denver Islamic community and concerned interfaith organizations are invited to participate. Imam Mohammed Samer Altabaa (Colorado Muslim Society, Abu Bakr Mosque) will lead off the presentations and conversations. Rabbi Michael Lerner (editor of Tikkun) will discuss why and how American foreign policy needs to make a bigger impact on ending the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Jonathan Granoff (president of the Global Security Institute, senior advisor of the American Bar Association's Committee on Arms Control and National Security.) will discuss his conversations in Iran about way to resolve the nuclear threat without resorting to force.

We gather at the corner of Bristol & Anton, Costa Mesa, CA every Friday evening from 5.00-7.00 pm. We have been doing this every Fri evening for the past six years. It is a heavy traffic area and we receive hundredof supportive honks. We hold signs that say, Stop the U.S.-Israel War/Defend Palestine & Lebanon~/Stop the Siege on Gaza Now/Palestine Will be Free/ ect, ect

RADIO INTIFADA SPECIAL - fm 90.7, Los Angeles streaming live: www.kpfk.org Voices from Kolkata to Casablanca Voices of struggle, Voices for change Thursday, April 10, 2008 3-4pm PDT, 6pm EDR NOTHING TO CELEBRATE I: COMMEMORATING THE DEIR YASSIN MASSACRE OF APRIL 9, 1948

Celebrate Israel’s Independence.

Tabling, with information on Palestine: from 1947 to present situation.

Atlanta Palestine Solidarity Weekly Protest at the Israeli Consulate Monday: 430-600pm Posters, Palestinian flags

Press release: 2008 Hawai'i Symposium on Palestine: Who are the Palestinians? Remembering the Nakba A coalition of students and faculty from Hawaii Pacific University, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Manoa, and Leeward Community College, with members of the community, Friends of Sabeel Hawaii, and the Hawaii Peoples’ Fund have worked together to organize and fund a series of FREE public events aimed at providing an opportunity for students and community members to learn more about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This Hawai`i Symposium on Palestine, entitled “Who are the Palestinians? Remembering the Nakba” will offer a series of films, panel discussions, a workshop, lectures, and dramatic readings of the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” .

The prayer service will continue to be held on the fifteenth of each month until a just and lasting peace is achieved in the Middle East. The service is part of an ecumenical effort in the US and the world to pray daily until peace comes to the region. The people in Illinois are encouraged to join this prayer vigil on the 15th of each month. Members of the Middle East Working Group for the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) will be available after the service to tell about their ongoing work for peace. For information: Call 847-381-0243

Our ETO group plans to participate with the following events: Friday May 16 - Potluck meal at 7 pm followed by review of film " Israel : Myths and Propaganda"- The Truth about the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and the head of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Palestine . Satuday May 17 - noon monthly hour vigil at Washington Street Bridge, Naperville, IL

Movie screening of "Bil'in Habibti" and discussion with Israeli director, Shay Pollack, and Palestinian activist and non-violence trainer, Mansour Mansour. The award-winning movie chronicles the non-violent struggle of the village Bil'in against the Israeli apartheid wall and nearby settlement and their relationships with their international and Israeli activists. Mr. Mansour was also part of a similar struggle in his village of Biddo that succeeded to change the route of the wall saving village farmland that was threatened to be annexed to Israel by the apartheid wall.

A vigil on the second Saturday of every month, commemorating the 1948 Palestinian "Nakba" exodus.

Monday, May 12th through Friday, May 16th, 2008, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Al-Nakba Week on OSU Campus. Come join us and remember those who lost their families, homes, and lives in 1948 when Israel was created. We will have tents set up with pamphlets and books as well as music and food!! We are looking for people to volunteer at the tents from 9-5 every day during that week. If you would like to help us hand out information and educate others about al-nakba, please e-mail us back with the times you are free. Also on the 15th of May, we will be having a candle light vigil for those who are suffering in Palestine, as well as those who are refugees in neighboring countries. Mark these dates on your calendars!!! Sponsored by OSU Committee for Justice in Palestine. Contact: cjp.at.osu@gmail.com Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:00 PM. Screening: Nakba Palestine 1948, University Hall, room 14 Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 6:00 PM. Screening: "Jerusalem 1948: youm ilek ou youm aleik" film screening, Campbell Hall room 200 Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 6:00 PM. Screening: "Stranger In My Home." Psychology building room 14 Thursday, May 15, 2008, 6:30 PM. Screening: "Waiting To Go" 209 W 18th Ave EA room 170 And A Candle Light Vigil Walk from 209 W. 18th Ave to the intersection on 15th Ave and High St.

We will be discussing Arundhati Roy's essay in the book "War With No End" at this month's meeting.