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Subject: Silent Vigil at St. Thomas Friday Noon
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:17:30 -0500
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Please forward far and wide:
A Silent Vigil
Friday, October 12, 2007
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm
St. Thomas University Gate, Summit Avenue, St. Paul
Doug Hennes, Vice President for university and government relations at
St. Thomas, explained the retracted invite of Bishop Desmond Tutu in
this way, "He [Tutu] has been critical of Israel and Israeli policy
regarding the Palestinians, so we talked with people in the Jewish
community and they said they believed it would be hurtful to the
Jewish community, because of things he's said."
The Coalition for Palestinian Rights, a Minnesota-based coalition
including many Twin Cities activists and groups want Father Dease and
the St. Thomas administration to recognize what is `hurtful' to the
Palestinian people.
We will gather in silence and wearing all black on Friday, October 12,
2007, at the gates of St. Thomas University, in response to the
retracted invitation of Desmond Tutu.
The Coalition for Palestinian rights is inviting St. Thomas University
faculty, students, and the general public to stand in silent
recognition of the many voices that have been suppressed in the
Palestinian people's struggle for their rights – the voices of 5-6
million Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East
Jerusalem, and within Israel, the voices of the over 5 million
Palestinian refugees living in the diaspora, the voice of Professor
Norman Finkelstein in his tenure bid at DePaul University, and now
the voice of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu, along
with many others.
At the same time, we will carry signs to demonstrate that the voices
calling for justice and peace can never be completely silenced. The
signs will ask Father Dease to consider what is `hurtful' to
Palestinian Christians and Muslims – not only what might be `hurtful'
to some members of the Minnesota Jewish community.
Please join us. Wearing black is not required, but preferred.
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