Category: Features
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June 25, NYC: USPCN supports Emergency Rally to Stop Israeli Crimes in Palestine
EMERGENCY RALLY: STOP ISRAELI CRIMES IN PALESTINE! Wednesday, June 25 – 6:00 pm Israeli Consulate, 42nd St at 2nd Ave, NYC Facebook: s://www.facebook.com/events/429210393885750/ As Israeli forces engage in an orchestrated assault on Palestinians, particularly targeting the West Bank and Gaza, a diverse coalition of New York Community Members, Students, Activists, and Academics are responding to the…
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Presbyterians Vote for Divestment
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) applauds the decision by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest $21 million from Hewlett-Packard, Motorola Solutions, and Caterpillar, three companies that continue to profit from Israeli apartheid. The church’s vote yesterday, at its General Assembly meeting in Detroit, preceded two weeks earlier by the United Methodist Church’s selling off all its…
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USPCN supports Divestment from Israeli Occupation at 221st Presbyterian General Assembly
United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is proud to partner with Students for Justice in Palestine, American Muslims for Palestine, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Arabs and Palestinians locally in Detroit — to support the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church’s efforts towards divesting from Israeli occupation at…
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Judge changes Rasmea’s trial date again, to September 8
In response to a motion from the defense, Judge Paul Borman changed the trial date to Monday, September 8th. We do not imagine that this will happen again, so mark your calendars and continue organizing All Out for Detroit! In addition, our national call-in day was a resounding success. Hundreds of people called in, and many…
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Rasmea Defense Committee Urgent Update–Trial Date Moved Again to Sept. 2
Judge Paul Borman sets September 2nd as the new trial date Michael Deutsch, attorney for Rasmea Odeh, informed the Rasmea Defense Committee that he and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Detroit were summoned to a conference call by Judge Paul Borman this morning. Borman informed the attorneys that he is moving Odeh’s trial date from October 21st, which…
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June 10: Call-in Day to Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh
Call U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara McQuade 313-226-9100 or 313-226-9501 (voicemail) Tuesday, June 10 9 am to 5 pm EDTDemand of U.S. Atty McQuade:“Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh!” When you call, you could say,“Hello, my name is ________ and I am calling from _________. I am calling to demand that U.S. Attorney McQuade…
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New date of October 21st set for trial of Rasmea Odeh
Palestinian American organizer from Chicago, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday, May 28th, 2014, with a new attorney, Michael Deutsch of the People’s Law Office in Chicago. Deutsch filed an official appearance as Odeh’s representative, and was granted a continuance on her trial until October 21st, 2014. Judge Paul Borman…
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June 6, New York: Celebrating Rasmea Odeh – A Night of Poetry, Music and Performance
Celebrating Rasmea Odeh: A Night of Poetry, Music and Performance Friday, June 6 7:00pm The Commons Brooklyn 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11217 Facebook event: s://www.facebook.com/events/1492467274300315/ Our event will celebrate the remarkable life and work of Rasmea Odeh, a Chicago-based, Palestinian American feminist, educator, and community leader, who just marked her 66th birthday. Her…
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June 10, San Jose: Rally to Drop the Charges Against Rasmea Now
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 4 pm – 6 pm SJSU MLK Library, 150 East San Fernando St., San Jose, CA 95112 Outrageous arrest of Palestinian activist in Chicago A Palestinian woman, Rasmea Odeh, was arrested at her home on the morning of Oct. 22, 2013, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security. She is…
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DePaul Divest declares victory in student campaign
The US Palestinian Community Network salutes the students of DePaul Divest and SJP DePaul on their historic victory: securing a vote in a campus-wide referendum to divest from corporations profiting from the oppression and exploitation of Palestinian people and Palestinian land. Their statement on this important victory, the first of its kind in the U.S. to…