[CIMC-work] [Imc-chicago] FW: January 10 - 20: Brian Avery Speaking Tour Comes to Chicago (fwd)

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

I got this in the mail.  (It looks like I won't need to contact David.)  

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_ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:42:43 -00
From: david meyers <davidmeyers at copper.net>
To: IMC-Chicago at lists.indymedia.org
Cc: ISMinChicago at aol.com
Subject: [Imc-chicago]  FW: January 10 - 20: Brian Avery Speaking Tour
    Comes to Chicago

hello, thanks for your interest in a center panel piece on brian
avery's visit, here is the ism-chicago press release, and i will get
photos to you asap. 
in solid,
david m.

Article by: ISM, Chicago chapter
Contact: International Solidarity Movement, Chicago chapter
Phone: 312-491-1789
e-mail: ISMinChicago at aol.com
website: www.palsolidarity.org

Brian Avery Speaking Tour: January 10 - 20

On April 5, 2003, Brian Avery and a Palestinian medical worker stood
with 
their hands up as soon as they heard the Israeli armored personnel
carriers 
approaching abound the bend in occupied Jenin. When the vehicle
turned the corner 
it started firing at the two, without any provocation. Brian was shot
in the 
face and fell down He was conscious, but when he raised himself from
the ground, 
witnesses saw that his left cheek had almost been totally shot off. A
doctor 
wanted him transferred to a hospital inside Israel, but his departure
was 
delayed because the Israeli military refused to grant his ambulance
safe passage 
for more than an hour. The Israeli Occupation Forces claimed that
they were 
under attack and suggested that a Palestinian gunman had shot Brian
although the 
streets were empty.

Brian was in Jenin as a volunteer with the International Solidarity
Movement. 
The ISM is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and
international activists working to raise awareness of the struggle
for 
Palestinian freedom and an end to the Israeli occupation. We utilize
nonviolent, 
direct action to confront and challenge the illegal Israeli
occupation forces and 
policies. The Chicago chapter of the International Solidarity
Movement is 
coordinating a speaking tour by Brian Avery in
Chicago and Illinois from January 10 - 20. One of the goals of the
tour is to 
raise funds for the "Brian Avery Medical Fund." Brian has already
undergone 
three facial reconstruction surgeries and faces at least two more in
the near 
future. Please join us for at least one of the appearances listed
below. We 
urge you to stand in solidarity with Brian as he stood in solidarity
with the 
Palestinian people.

Speaking Dates & Locations

Saturday, January 10, 6 PM : Private potluck dinner with the Chicago
chapter 
of the International Solidarity Movement.  ISM members will
be notified of the details. Call ISM at: 312-491-1789

Monday, January 12, 7 PM: Grace United Methodist Church of Logan
Square, 3325 
west Wrightwood Avenue (Wrightwood & Kimball), Chicago.
Call ISM for details at: 312-491-1789

This large public event is co-sponsored by Peace Pledge-Chicago and
the
International Solidarity Movement. Endorsing organizations include:
Chicago Coalition Against War And Racism, Logan Square Neighbors for
Justice 
and Peace, Palestine Aid Society, Stone Soup Cooperative, Voices In
The 
Wilderness, Not In My Name, Students For Social Justice, Genewise,
Northwest 
Suburban SUSTAIN

Specific details of the program will be announced soon but please
save the 
date on your calendar. We will have a collection during the program
and
faith communities and organizations are urged to consider making a
public 
contribution to the "Brian Avery Medical Fund" during the collection.

Tuesday, January 13, 7 PM: "An Evening with Brian Avery" at the
Palatine 
Public Library, 700 N. North Court (near intersection of North Hicks
Road & 
Northwest Highway), Palatine. This event is sponsored by Northwest
Suburban SUSTAIN 
(Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid To Israel Now!) and the Chicago chapter of
the 
International Solidarity Movement.
The program will include a showing of "The Killing Zone" which covers
the 
memorial service in Rafah for Rachel Corrie and the brutal shooting
of Tom 
Hurndall. Contact SUSTAIN at: 847-359-7267

Wednesday, January 14, Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultural Center,
Lecture Center B2 at UIC, time will be announced soon. This event is
sponsored by: UIC Students for Social Justice, Muslim Student
Association, 
Free Society. This program will also include a showing of "The
Killing Zone." 
Call ISM at 312-491-1789.

Wednesday, January 14, 7:30 PM: Monthly Vigil for Peace in the Middle
East, 
Lutheran Church of the Atonement, 909 East Main Street, Barrington,
IL. Please 
call ISM at 312-491-1789 for details.

Thursday, January 15, 7:30 PM: University of Chicago in Hyde
Park-exact 
location will be announced soon. This program is sponsored by
Students for Justice in Palestine and will include a showing of
"Jenin,
Jenin." For information: shoshan at uchicago.edu or call ISM at
312-491-1789.

Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM: Ethnic Potluck & Forum of End The
Occupation at 
Wesley United Methodist Church, 21 E. Franklin
(one block east of Washington) in Naperville. Franklin is 9 blocks
south of 
Ogden Avenue and 2 blocks north of Jefferson. Bring a dish to share,
paper 
plates, and tableware and enjoy the feast and fellowship. This
event is sponsored by End The Occupation and will include a showing
of "The 
Killing Zone."

Monday, January 19, 7 PM: Brian Avery and Kevin Clark of the Chicago
chapter 
of the International Solidarity Movement will speak at Bradley
University in 
Peoria. This event will include a showing of "The Killing Zone."
Sponsors 
include the Peoria Area Peace Network and ISM.
Call 312-491-1789 for details.

Tuesday, January 20: Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL for details
contact ISM at 312-491-1789 or ISMinChicago at aol.com. This event will
feature 
a showing of "The Killing Zone."

For those able to help with Brian Avery's astronomical medical bills,
please 
send a tax-deductible donation to:
                                                        The Brian
Avery 
Medical Fund
                                                         c/o wells
Fargo Bank 
NM
                                                         7530
Montgomery NE
                                                         Albuquerque,
NM 
87109