[nyfoil-l] 4/2 WED: meet Palestine Freedom Project!

[Todd Eaton]

I got oral o.k. from Abe to forward this 7:28 PM Tuesday.

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:51:22 -0400 From: <abelists AT gmail.com> 
To: <nycanarchists at lists.riseup.net>;
Subject: REMINDER: Palestine Freedom Project general interest meeting 
TOMORROW, April 2nd, 7 PM
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The Palestine Freedom Project
cordially invites you to...

A REVOLUTION in Palestine solidarity activism!

Thrills!  Chills!  Knafeh Nabulsiyye!

Empower the movement!  Meet awesome people!   Make cool stuff!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008, at 7pm.

Imagine having a database of every Palestine activist group on the planet.
Imagine being able to make just one phone call to line up the perfect 
speaker for your next event, whether it's in Hamburg or Harlem.
Imagine having access to professional-quality activist skills 
training for your entire organization - in print, in person, or even 
on the web - for free.
Imagine sharing resources so effectively that activists in Buenos 
Aires can use that same great idea, or flier, or tactic, that your 
group developed just last week in Brooklyn.

In other words, imagine being able to thoroughly whoop the opposition's ass.

Slowly but surely, the Palestine Freedom Project has been turning 
these dreams into reality.  Running on a shoestring budget with a 
tiny, but dedicated group of volunteers, we've been working to 
strengthen our entire movement from behind the scenes.  International 
speakers bureau?  Check.  Database of 2000 Palestine activist groups 
around the world?  Check.  Survey identifying the specific needs and 
available resources of those groups, with 187 responses from nineteen 
different countries?  Check.  The world's only comprehensive how-to 
guide to utilizing technology for grassroots political activism, 
which just happens to be written specifically for Palestine activists? Check.

It's amazing what we can do with a fraction of the resources of the 
opposition, just by being smarter and better-looking...

But seriously...

We already know we're smarter and better-looking.  Let's talk about 
results.  Our work is a little different.  Our movement's greatest 
strength lies in the amazing individuals and organizations that 
comprise it.  By harnessing the collective resources and experience 
of the millions of people struggling around the world for justice in 
Palestine, we're helping our movement transform itself into a global 
powerhouse under its own momentum.

We can't do it alone, though.  All of us at the Palestine Freedom 
Project are active local organizers in addition to our ongoing work 
with PFP.  While essential to maintaining the necessary grounding in 
grassroots local activism, this also means that we're stretched 
thin.  In order to keep PFP going, we need activists like you to join 
us in our efforts.  Whether you can contribute an hour a month or an 
hour a day, we need your help to continue our work.

Did we mention that it's really, really fun?

Anyway, you can learn more about PFP and the many ways to get 
involved by attending our first-ever general interest 
meeting.  There's also free knafeh Nabulsiyye.  For serious.

PALESTINE FREEDOM PROJECT
GENERAL INTEREST MEETING
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008, at 7:00 pm.
CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5414
365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets
[Photo I.D. required so your name can be recorded by CUNY security; 
actually rarely they'll let a credit card slip by, but not reliably; 
B, D, F, V, N, Q, R, W to 34th St.-Herald Sq. --t.]