Sunday, October 24, 2004

AL-AWDA WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE


For Immediate Release
24 October 2004
EMPOWERING THE PALESTINE RIGHT TO RETURN MOVEMENT ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH
AMERICA

Please Note - Because of space limitations, early registration is highly
recommended: http://www.al-awdacal.org/west_conf/register.html

San Diego, California 10/24/04 - Al-Awda San Diego in conjunction with
Students for Justice at The University of California at San Diego will be
hosting a one-day West Coast regional conference for the Right to Return
Movement for Palestinian refugees.

The conference will take place on Saturday 20 November 2004 at UCSD in La
Jolla, California.
The objectives of the conference are to:

1. Begin preparation and mobilization for Al-Awda's third International
Convention, which will be held in Los Angeles California in the Spring of
2005.

2. Further develop and coordinate intra- and inter-state grassroots activism
to further empower the Palestine Right to Return Movement on the West Coast.

BACKGROUND

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition's Second Annual
International Convention in New York City named California as the site of
the organization's third convention. The convention is scheduled to take
place in mid-April 2005.

During the past year, new Al-Awda chapters have emerged on the West Coast of
North America from San Diego, California to Vancouver, British Columbia in
Canada.

In order to solidify and strengthen the network of Palestine Right to Return
chapters and action committees on the West Coast, it is vital that activists
meet, plan and strategize to insure a successful Al-Awda convention in 2005
while developing mechanisms to coordinate intra- and inter-state grassroots
advocacy for the Palestinian refugees' right to return.

The one-day regional conference, "Empowering the Palestine Right to Return
Movement on the West Coast of North America", will take place on 20 November
2004 at the University of California in La Jolla, San Diego. The conference
is important. It represents the first regional meeting for the Right to
Return Movement on the West Coast.

INVITATION

We are inviting Palestinian, Arab and other community members, grassroots
activists, students, and solidarity organizational representatives to attend
and share their thoughts, needs, and how they'd like to see our collective
efforts for the rights of Palestinian refugees develop on the West Coast of
North America and at Al-Awda's upcoming International Convention in Los
Angeles California.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. Program http://www.al-awdacal.org/west_conf/prog.html
2. Registration http://www.al-awdacal.org/west_conf/register.html
3. Accommodation http://www.al-awdacal.org/west_conf/hotel.html
4. Map, driving directions and transportation
http://www.al-awdacal.org/west_conf/maps.html

Al-Awda California
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Fax: 1-360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awdacal.org
WWW: http://al-awdacal.org

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