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DESCRIPTION:May 31 :Palestinian Lesbians Speak Out from the Occupation   Please join 
 Bay Area Women in Black for an exceptional evening with two Palestinian 
 human rights activists from Israel.   Rauda Morcos is the co-founder of 
 ASWAT, a groundbreaking organization that broke the silence for Palestinian 
 lesbians and the first Palestinian woman to publicly come out of the 
 closet. She will address the work of ASWAT and the everyday conflicts she 
 experiences between her national and gendered identity. Rauda is in the US 
 to accept a distinguished award from the International Gay and Lesbian 
 Human Rights Commission.   Nisreen Mazzawi, environmentalist and feminist, 
 is the Political Coordinator of Bat Shalom of the Jerusalem Link and 
 Coordinator of the Women Empowerment Project in the Palestinian 
 unrecognized villages in the north of Israel. She will speak about 
 organizing Palestinian women under occupation.   May 31, 7 - 9 PM   
 Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento Street at Cedar,   $10-20 
 donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. This is a fundraiser for 
 ASWAT.   http://www.bayareawomeninblack.org   info@bayareawomeninblack.org  
 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/17/102223.php
SUMMARY:Palestinian Lesbians Speak Out from the Occupation
LOCATION:Berkeley Friends Church  1600 Sacramento Street at Cedar
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/17/102223.php
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