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>To: "international" <ICAHD> >From: "ICAHD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Bustan L'Shalom U.S. Tour >Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:59:07 +0200 > >BUSTAN L'SHALOM U.S. TOUR -- CALL FOR VENUES: <http://www.bustan.org/> >May 1-15, 2005 > > >Soil, Separation and State: A Bedouin and Jewish Story > > >BUSTAN is a partnership of Jewish and Arab eco-builders, architects, >academics, and farmers promoting social and environmental justice in >Israel/Palestine. BUSTAN cultivates sustainable models to effect change by >combining advocacy and in-depth political analysis with strategic action. >BUSTAN utilizes the principles of permaculture and non-violent direct >action across ethnic divides. > > >BUSTAN speakers will discuss "Development" and the impact of "Making the >Desert Bloom" in the context of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. >The Negev, the southern region of Israel populated by Bedouin and Jews, is >plagued by divisions: there is a fierce demographic war with Jewish >settlers relocating to the area, a public health crisis from rampant >industrial expansion, and disproportionately high rates of unemployment, >crime, and drug abuse. Beyond camels, coffee, and carpets, Israel's >exoticized Bedouin minority has been divided by geopolitics and tribalism, >and is striving to withstand the forceful currents of urbanization and >modernization. Under the auspices of development, state-land use, >stringent planning and zoning, and selective resource allocation, Jews and >Arabs in the Negev are deeply divided. > > > >Presenters' Biographies >DEVORAH BROUS is the founder and director of Bustan. She has spent the >past 12 years organizing projects in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian >Territories to struggle against the Occupation, and to promote fair >allocation of public resources. Devorah holds masters degrees in Israel >Studies and Peace/Conflict Studies, with a concentration in conflict >management. Her thesis involved researching Israeli/Palestinian land >claims, as well as the political and strategic impact of environmental >policy in the region. Most recently, Devorah designed and orchestrated the >Medwed Project, a program which culminated in the construction of a >solar-powered, straw-bale medical clinic in the "unrecognized" Bedouin >village, Wadi el Na'am, to serve its 5,500 citizens. She is the Israeli >coordinator of the Compassionate Listening Project and serves on the Board >of Directors of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, where she >manages annual rebuilding projects. She has authored numerous articles and >poems about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and performs spoken word. >Devorah resides in Jerusalem. > >DR. SALMAN ELBEDOUR has been researching, speaking, writing, and teaching >about the Bedouin educational system in Israel as well as the >psychological impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Israeli, >Palestinian, and Bedouin youth for over a decade. Dr. Salman Elbed ><http://searchmiracle.com/text/search.php?qq=Bed>our serves as the >coordinator of the Urban School Psychology program at Howard University, >School of Education, Washington, DC. He is an associate professor in the >Department of Human Development and Psychoeducation ><http://searchmiracle.com/text/search.php?qq=Education>al Studies. He >received his Ph.D in Clinical School Psychology from the University of >Minnesota, holds an adjunct faculty position at Birzeit University in >Ramallah, and taught for many years at Ben-Gurion University in Beer >Sheva. Dr. Elbed <http://searchmiracle.com/text/search.php?qq=Bed>our >taught graduate and undergraduate courses for seven years in Ben-Gurion >University, and Berzeit University (West-Bank). He served as a school >psychologist for six years in Bed ><http://searchmiracle.com/text/search.php?qq=Bed>ouin Arab schools and as >a director of a center of children at risk in the city of Rahat, Israel. >He has published extensively on social, political, health and identity >issues related to Bedouin of the Negev and Palestinian communities. > >DR. KHALIL ABU RABIA founded the Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers, a >Knesset faction that is currently a part of the United Arab List, in 1973. >He served as Secretary of the Bedouin List until 1981. Abu Rabia has been >at the forefront of the Bedouin rights movement for 35 years working with >the Forum for National Consensus, Peace Now, and Gush Shalom. Abu Rabia >has a PhD in Islamic Law and is currently a lecturer and researcher on >subjects including Bedouin Muslim Law, the Relationship Between >Traditional Islamic law and Secular State law, and Spiritual Aspects of >Bedouin Land Rights. Khalil is a professor of Middle East Studies at >Ben-Gurion University and Sapir College, a researcher at the Chaim Herzog >Center, and resides in Beer Sheva. > >Shalom, Marhaba > >Yes, very late notice. For this we apologize! >For the Tour, Bustan will need space for a photo exhibition, and equipment >to play music. We ask that your organization prepare donation cards/or >baskets for fundraising during the venues, in addition to covering one leg >of travel fees and accommodations for the presenters. If your >organization, faith center, or university is able to host a gathering, >please contact at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by March 20, 2005 to set up an event. > > >BUSTAN >P.O. Box 6955 >Jerusalem, Israel 91060 > >(+972) 53 711 800 > ><http://www.bustan.org/> ---End of Forwarded Message--- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
