IAW 2010 at York University

Students Against Israeli Apartheid presents:
Israeli Apartheid Week at York University
"Solidarity in action: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions"
March 1 - 4, 2010
www.apartheidweek.org

We are very proud to announce that Israeli Apartheid Week will be taking place once again this year at York University from Monday March 1st to Thursday March 4th at 1pm. The week will include a series of events, film screenings, and speakers including Na'eem Jeena and Nada Elia.

To check out video footage from previous events held in Toronto and the official trailer of IAW 2010 see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Af7WwDi0w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vBvjcovd0&feature=player_embedded

A complete list of speakers and events is available at www.apartheidweek.org

Monday March 1st BREAKING DOWN APARTHEID
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Student Center, GSA (Room 430)
Film Screening: Slingshot Hip Hop
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.
- www.slingshothiphop.com/

Tuesday March 2nd THE HISTORY OF APARTHEID: SOUTH AFRICA, PALESTINE & BEYOND
1:00 - 3:00 PM
McLaughlin Junior Common Room, Room 014
Na'eem Jeena: is an academic, author, journalist, community leader and post-graduate student. He is currently the Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre, a research institute dealing with the Middle East, and a PhD candidate in Political Studies. Na'eem has a history of activism in the anti-apartheid struggle, and is a well-known activist in South Africa. He has been a leading figure in the Palestine solidarity and anti-war movements in South Africa. Na’eem also served for many years on the Board of the Freedom of Expression Institute, including as its Deputy Chairperson. He also worked for the FXI as Head of the Anti-Censorship Programme, Head of its Access to Information Programme, and as Director of Operations.

Wednesday March 3rd UNCOVERING RACISM IN APARTHEID
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Student Center, GSA (Room 430)
Nadia Elia is a faculty member at Antioch University, Seattle, where she teaches Gender and Global Studies. She is co-founder of RAWAN (the Radical Arab Women's Activist Network), chairs the Anti-Militarism and Occupation taskforce of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, and serves on the Organizing Committee of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. A scholar-activist, Elia is the author of Trances, Dances, and Vociferations: Agency and Resistance in Africana Women's Narratives, co-editor of The Color of Violence: the INCITE anthology, and has published numerous articles on the sociopolitical factors impacting gender and national identity n societies at war and/or under occupation.

Thursday March 4th THE LANDSCAPE OF APARTHEID: INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Student Center, GSA (Room 430)
Gitz Crazyboy is a 25 year-old dene-blackfoot youth worker living up in
the middle of ground zero.

About IAW 2010

First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, more than 35 cities around the world participated in the week's activities, which took place in the wake of Israel's brutal assault against the people of Gaza. In Toronto, IAW 2009 featured a full week of events kicked off by Palestinian activist and writer Omar Barghouti.

IAW 2010 takes place following a year of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level. Lectures, films, and actions will highlight some of these successes along with the many injustices that continue to make BDS so crucial in the battle to end Israeli Apartheid.