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. PLEASE FORWARD . PLEASE FORWARD . PLEASE FORWARD . Attention organizers, activists, students, faculty, artists, cultural workers, and more!!! Birthright Unplugged's Summer 2011 Program Since 2005, Birthright Unplugged has facilitated travel in Palestine for numerous groups. We do this because Palestinian people we work with welcome delegations and because we have found that when people have firsthand experiences of Palestine and relationships with Palestinians, it strengthens their resolve, credibility, and accountability to do sustained justice movement work. Our 2011 program will include seven days of travel and optional, post-travel, short-term volunteer placements. Our work is designed to support work related to the 2005 call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel (BDS). This call seeks to bring about the end of apartheid in Israel, the occupations of Gaza and the West Bank, and to implement the right of return for Palestinian refugees. It is a non-violent strategy that has been crucial to bringing about the end of other systems of oppression, most notably apartheid in South Africa. To date, we have worked with student and faculty groups, activists and organizers, and faith-based groups among many others to help develop and strengthen their respective understanding of the situation on the ground in Palestine and to support their BDS and campaign work in their home countries. *2011 Travel Component:* In seven days, we will visit Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem and spend time with internally displaced Palestinian people living inside Israel/'48. At this time, we are unable to travel to Gaza and so we will have a video conference call with people living and working there. Throughout the journey, we will help participants develop an understanding of daily life under occupation and apartheid and the history of the region from people profoundly affected by these realities who are otherwise under-represented in Western discourses. During the program, there will be opportunities for participants to discuss campaign work currently taking place in their own communities and share organizing skills and strategies specific to the work they hope to do when they return home. It is our hope that participants can learn from and contribute to ongoing grassroots justice campaigns and movement work, and that they might especially become able to invigorate current campaigns already active in their own communities. *2011 Optional Volunteer Placements:* We are well-connected in Palestine and can put you in contact with potential volunteer possibilities should you decide to stay on after our travel program. Sample placements include teaching English in a refugee camp, volunteering for an NGO, or working with a solidarity effort. Should you decide to stay on, you will need to contribute to making arrangements for this placement and paying for your expenses during it. *How To Apply: * Please download the application at http://www.birthrightunplugged.org/unplugged/application and email it to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. * * *Dates:* Sunday July 10, 2011 -- Saturday July 16, 2011 Includes: 7 days of travel Rolling application deadline: April 15^th , 2011 * * *Cost:* Sliding scale program contribution: $750 - $850. This includes the travel portion of the program. Airfare is not included. This contribution covers most ground transportation, meals, translation, admission fees, and lodging expenses during the program. Participants may purchase additional food and drink, souvenirs, and gifts at individual discretion. Participants are expected to pay for a few meals (est. $5-$15/meal) and car rides ($2-$4 ea.) during free times and any liquor, argile, gifts, internet café use, and personal items. Transportation to and from the airport is est. $10 - $15 each way and is not included in the program contribution. You should expect to spend a minimum of 10% of the cost of your Birthright Unplugged contribution (over and above the payment of the contribution itself) during your trip plus airfare to and from the region. Soon after being accepted to our Unplugged 2011 Summer Program and prior to your trip, you will be asked to pay this sliding scale contribution of $750-$850 towards the cost of the program/ /and complete and submit a Participant Agreement. This contribution is non-refundable except in the event that the trip is cancelled. We encourage those who can pay more to do so as program contributions do not cover program costs. Personal fundraising has been very successful for our participants. There is a template for a letter you are welcome to use on the costs page of our website.// . PLEASE FORWARD . PLEASE FORWARD . PLEASE FORWARD . 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