Fundraiser for The Free Gaza Movement: Culture as Resistance

A night of hip-hop, activism and the spoken word. Come hear about 75 people from 15 countries who
sail to Gaza in August to break Israel’s siege of Palestinian civilians

Saturday, June 7, 9 pm
Side Bar
1114 N Pacific Ave
Glendale, CA 91202

*Omar Chakaki*: Architect/Hip-Hop artist born in the Middle East, founding member of N.O.M.A.D.S., Syrian-Sudanese-American hip-hop group.

*Mark Gonzales*: Poet, educator, organizer, traveled in refugee camps from Palestine to streets of Havana. Awarded fellowship at UCLA to combine hip-hop into university curriculum.

*Nizar Wattad*: Screenwriter, hip-hop artist born in the Middle East, producer of Free the P, first Arab hip-hop project nationally distributed.

*Yigal Arens*, Ph.D., Director of Intelligent Systems Division, ISI, USC , was born in the U.S. but grew up in Israel. He speaks in support of a non-Zionist state and justice for the Palestinians.

*Greta Berlin*, long-time activist for Palestinian human rights, one of the founders of The Free Gaza Movement.

$10.00 donation at the door

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