Action Palestine student conference - Solidarity with Gaza!

Programme below and more details here

After Gaza: Continuing the Struggle on Campus

Day One Saturday 21st Feb

11.00am-11.30am: Registration and refreshments

11.30 – 13.00: Introduction to Action Palestine & feed back on the work of Palestine student societies

13.30 – 15.00: Workshops 1 (2 at the same time):

1. Strategies for Effective campaigning

2. How to run your society; internal structure, membership retention and external coordination.

15.15 – 16.45: Workshops 2 (2 at the same time):

1. Strategies for Effective campaigning

2. How to run your society; internal structure, membership retention and external coordination.

5.00pm-6.45pm: History of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (organised by SOAS PalSoc and Nakba60)

Chair: Gilbert Achcar (School of Oriental and African Studies)

Bashir Abu Manneh (Barnard College, New York)
Fadle Naqib (University of Waterloo)

Roger Heacock (Birzeit University)

Khaled Hroub (University of Cambridge)

7.30 – 9.30: Evening social

Day Two Sunday 22nd Feb

10:45am-12:45pm: Social and Economic History of Palestinian Resistance (organised by SOAS PalSoc and Nakba60)
Chair: Roger Heacock (Birzeit University)

Musa Budeiri (Birzeit University) (tbc)

Penny Johnson (Birzeit University)
Ahmad Sa’di (Ben Gurion University)

Lori Allen (University of Cambridge)

Refreshments 12.45 – 13.15

13.15 - 14.00 (Role play debate) topic tbc, teams need to register in advance

14.15 – (until close) Elections & Motions

Discussion about future plans and campaigns, as well as the general direction for the student movement will take place in the form of motions. Any delegate can submit a motion. The motions deadline is Saturday 14th Feb. Amendments will be accepted up until the start of this session. A copy of all motions will be distributed to all delegates five days before conference. The election of the National Action Palestine Committee will also take place.

(end of previous session) - 6:00pm Roundtable discussion: The Meaning of Gaza: History Reconsidered in Times of Catastrophe
(organised by SOAS PalSoc and Nakba60)

Chair (tbc)

Karma Nabulsi, Saleh Abdel-Jawad, Gilbert Achcar, Norman Finkelstein, Ilan Pappe

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