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10:00am CDT

BDS: Building People Power for Palestinian Liberation

Saturday July 5, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT

Even as Israel extends its genocidal war, the struggle for Palestinian liberation continues with legendary sumud, resilience, and resistance. Their fight is all of our fight. To dismantle Israel’s regime of apartheid and settler-colonialism, to defeat Trumpism and the rising wave of fascism worldwide will require uniting our many struggles in broad-tent alliances along the lines of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.

Speakers

Omar Barghouti

Omar Barghouti is a Palestinian human rights defender, co-founder of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and recipient of the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award. He holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, NY, and is pursuing... Read More →

Saturday July 5, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
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Palestine, Intro

3:00pm CDT

What Can Students Achieve? Analyzing the Possibilities and Limits of the Student Intifada

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Positioning universities as features of imperialism’s superstructure, we give an assessment of the Student Intifada’s strategy, tactics, and its impact on advancing the broader anti-Imperialist struggle. We’ll define the historic tasks of the Palestinian student movement and the Left as we continue the struggle for Palestinian freedom.

Speakers

Sid

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Alex

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Rahaf

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Noor

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Sponsors

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
TBA

Palestine

7:00pm CDT

What's Next for the Palestine Solidarity Movement?

Saturday July 5, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT

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Twenty-one months into Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine, the stakes of international solidarity are higher than they have ever been. Join representatives of the Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement for an urgent assessment of the state of Palestine solidarity and the strategies that will bring us closer to Palestinian liberation.

Speakers

Eman Abdelhadi

Eman Abdelhadi is a scholar, organizer and writer in the movement for Palestinian liberation.

Nashwa Bawab

Sahar

National Students for Justice in Palestine

Olivia Katbi

Olivia Katbi is the co chair of Portland DSA and a long time organizer with the BDS Movement.

Saturday July 5, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm CDT
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Palestine

9:00pm CDT

The Encampments: Film Screening

Saturday July 5, 2025 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT

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The Encampments is a groundbreaking documentary that chronicles the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the international wave of student activism it ignited. Executive Produced by Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore, the film is directed by Kei Pritsker, a journalist and producer at BreakThrough News, and award-winning filmmaker Michael T. Workman (Meantime).

Saturday July 5, 2025 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Palestine