Buena Vista United Methodist Church
2311 Buena Vista Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
2311 Buena Vista Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES:
ASIAN AMERICAN & PALESTINIAN STORIES
Community forum to launch of the Stories of Palestinian Diaspora project
Featuring film screening of documentary Enemy Alien and dialogue with filmmaker, Konrad Aderer
Exploring Connections – Sharing Experiences of Struggle – Building Solidarity
The Stories of Palestinian Diaspora project is a collaboration between Buena Vista Community Institute (BVCI) and the Arab Muslim Ethnicities Diaspora (AMED) project at San Francisco State led by Dr. Rabab Abdulahadi.
In this project, Palestinians living the San Francisco Bay Area will be interviewed and their stories documented in the context of the general Palestinian diaspora experience and the Palestinian movement for their universal human rights in Palestine and around the world.
Discussion Participants:
Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora (AMED) at SF State University
Hatem Abuddayeh, Arab American Action Network
Konrad Aderer, director of Enemy Alien
Abla Harara, activist, EAP Equality Coalition
Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Karen Korematsu, Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education
Peggy Saika, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Rev. Naomi Southard, Berkeley Methodist United Church
Rev. Michael Yoshii, Buena Vista United Methodist Church
