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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is NOT WELCOME at Columbia University!
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PROTEST! RALLY!
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MONDAY'S RALLIES:
1) Rally for Columbia-ID holders
Flyering
8:00 AM: Campus Flyering Campaign - MEET AT THE KRAFT CENTER LOBBY
RALLY!
Where: Low Plaza
When: Begins at 11:15am
What: The rally is being led by the Columbia Coalition, a group of student leaders who have come together to promote academic freedom and free exchange when Ahmadinejad arrives on our campus on Monday. Every recognized University group will be given the opportunity to express their view in a public forum on Monday. The Coalition is coordinating live feeds of the lecture so that the many students who got closed out can watch it in real time. Information will also be distributed to the student community about other related opportunities, such as
discussion groups hosted by various student groups before and after the lecture.
11:30 and 1:30: First half of Columbia Coalition Forum on Low Plaza, where the member groups will each speak for ten minutes.
1:30 to 2:30: Live broadcast of the speech on the South Lawn
2:30 to 5:00: Second half of Coalition forum on Low Plaza
(4:30 - Koleinu speech!)
2) Protest for non-Columbia students:
Where: Gates of Columbia University - W. 116th street and Broadway (there is a permit for a protest)
When: Monday, September 24, 1:00-3:00
Click here for more details:
http://columbia.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6098347650
WHO: YOU and your friends, along with Hillel, Hasbara, StandWithUs, Amcha, ZOA, The David Project, Columbia student groups, concerned citizens. Expected attendance is in the thousands.
WHAT TO BRING: Flyers and posters (see below for links). There will also be many people handing out information, flyers, posters, stickers, banners, etc.
Click here to get protest signs: http://www.standwithus.com/signs.asp
http://www.adl.org/iran/iran_posters.asp
Click here for flyers:
http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/{42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF}/NYTimes_Iran_09202006.pdf
http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/{42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF}/AJC_Times_IHT_01272006.pdf
WHY:
Remember - the world is watching. This is a monumental opportunity to make our voices heard. Generations will ask us, What did we do to protest? Where were we?
Video: Ahmadinejad "Death to Israel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckLO8HcNyo&mode=related&search=
Video: On the Holocaust: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykd-syzZ4ZY&NR=1
NEED A RIDE?
Hasbara Fellowships will be organizing busses from various campuses and points around the city.
Rutgers: Bus leaving at 11 from 93 College Ave (RU Hillel). Contact Malka Salovitz at 518-275-9654
Queens: Bus leaving at 11:30 from the corner of Kissena and Melbourne. Contact Shani Porter at 914-714-5226
Brooklyn: Bus leaving at 11:30 from 2901 Campus Road (In front of Brooklyn Hillel). Contact Adam Lobel at 347-255-4693.
For more information, and to volunteer, please contact Jenn Cogan at jcogan@aish.com or 347 585 0060.
For updated information on the Rally and bussing, go to:
http://columbia.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6098347650
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DONATING TO THE RALLY ORGANIZERS, YOU CAN DO SO HERE:
https://secure.aish.com/donate_to_ia.asp
