Palestinian-American human rights attorney and activist NOURA ERAKAT to speak on Oahu
Hawai’i Friends of Sabeel, The Muslim Association of Hawai’i, The Hawai’i Coalition for Justice in Palestine – HCJP , Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai’i, and UH departments and centers will be hosting three events with Palestinian-American human rights attorney and activist NOURA ERAKAT.
Details will follow regarding these events, but save the dates and watch for updates!
Fri., Nov. 28, at Calvary by the Sea, following an introduction by Jon Osorio, Erakat will deliver a talk entitled “Spotlight on Gaza: Contexts and Ethical Responses.” 6-7:30 p.m. Address: 5339 Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96821 (accessible by the IL line of The Bus)
Sun., Nov. 30, at St. Andrews Church, Erakat will give a talk, “Spotlight on Gaza: Contexts and Ethical Responses.” 1-2:30 p.m. Corner of S. Beretania St. at Alakea/Queen Emma
Mon., Dec. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at the UHM Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Halau, there will be a Panel, Pūpū and Performances. (Please note, you may park for $6 in the structure right next to the Center, which is on 2645 Dole St. Spots in the Center’s parking lot require the $6 tkt, too. Street parking is free though not readily available.)
Erakat will speak on “The Legal Anatomy of Israeli Settler-Colonialism,” and Andre Perez and ‘Ilima Long of Movement for Aloha No ka ʻĀina (MANA) will be in conversation with her and audience members about connections and differences that characterize settler colonialism and occupation in Palestine and Hawai’i.
Hawai’i Friends of Sabeel, The Muslim Association of Hawai’i, The Hawai’i Coalition for Justice in Palestine – HCJP , Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai’i, and UH departments and centers will be hosting three events with Palestinian-American human rights attorney and activist NOURA ERAKAT.
Details will follow regarding these events, but save the dates and watch for updates!
Fri., Nov. 28, at Calvary by the Sea, following an introduction by Jon Osorio, Erakat will deliver a talk entitled “Spotlight on Gaza: Contexts and Ethical Responses.” 6-7:30 p.m. Address: 5339 Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96821 (accessible by the IL line of The Bus)
Sun., Nov. 30, at St. Andrews Church, Erakat will give a talk, “Spotlight on Gaza: Contexts and Ethical Responses.” 1-2:30 p.m. Corner of S. Beretania St. at Alakea/Queen Emma
Mon., Dec. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at the UHM Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Halau, there will be a Panel, Pūpū and Performances. (Please note, you may park for $6 in the structure right next to the Center, which is on 2645 Dole St. Spots in the Center’s parking lot require the $6 tkt, too. Street parking is free though not readily available.)
Erakat will speak on “The Legal Anatomy of Israeli Settler-Colonialism,” and Andre Perez and ‘Ilima Long of Movement for Aloha No ka ʻĀina (MANA) will be in conversation with her and audience members about connections and differences that characterize settler colonialism and occupation in Palestine and Hawai’i.
This panel will be accompanied by pūpū (including potluck contributions made from THE GAZA KITCHEN recipes!), and followed by music, Hawai’i poetry, and readings from the forthcoming BIOGRAPHY issue, “Life in Occupied Palestine.” https://www.facebook.com/
This visit is generously funded by Hawai’i Friends of Sabeel and the Muslim Association of Hawaii. Co-sponsors: HCJP; MANA; Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai’i; World Can’t Wait; Revolution Books; St. Clement’s Episcopal Church; Food (+); Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights; Hawai’i Faculty for Justice in Palestine (H-FJP); the UHM School of Hawaiian Knowledge; the UHM Center for Biographical Research; the UHM Departments of American Studies, Anthropology, English, Ethnic Studies, Political Science, and Women’s Studies; and the Chaminade History Department.
NOURA ERAKAT is a human rights attorney and activist. She is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University and a Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya e-zine. Most recently, she was a Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple Law School and has taught International Human Rights Law and the Middle East at Georgetown University since 2009. She served as Legal Counsel for a Congressional Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich. Noura’s scholarly interests include humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law, and national security law. Her scholarly publications include: “U.S. vs. ICRC-Customary International Humanitarian Law and Universal Jurisdiction” in the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, “New Imminence in the Time of Obama: The Impact of Targeted Killings on the Law of Self-Defense” in the Arizona Law Review, and “Overlapping Refugee Legal Regimes: Closing the Protection Gap During Secondary Forced Displacement,” forthcoming in the Oxford Journal of International Refugee Law . Noura’s media appearances include MSNBC, Fox News, PBS NewsHour, BBC World Service, NPR, Democracy Now, and Al Jazeera. She has published in The Nation, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Huffington Post, IntlLawGrrls, The Hill, and Foreign Policy, among others. Noura is the co-editor of Aborted State? The UN Initiative and New Palestinian Junctures, an anthology related to the 2011 and 2012 Palestine bids for statehood at the UN.
ABOUT the HAWAI’I COALITION FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE:
HCJP is a coalition of community members, activists, students and academics joining together to work towards justice in Palestine. HCJP has been formed to join in solidarity with Palestinians and the international community in opposing Israel’s illegal and unjust acts. We oppose the use of our tax dollars–over $3 billion per year–being used to support ethnic cleansing, colonization, blockades, and occupation by Israel in Palestine. This panel will be accompanied by pūpū (including potluck contributions made from THE GAZA KITCHEN recipes!), and followed by music, Hawai’i poetry, and readings from the forthcoming BIOGRAPHY issue, “Life in Occupied Palestine.” https://www.facebook.com/
