  {"id":4857,"date":"2016-04-01T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2016-04-01T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T09:00:34","slug":"ngo-action-news-1-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2016\/04\/01\/ngo-action-news-1-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 1 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.4;\"><h1 class=\"main-title blue\">The Civil Society and the <span class=\"secondline\">Question of Palestine<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-alert alert custom alert-custom fusion-alert-center notice fusion-alert-capitalize awb-alert-native-link-color alert-dismissable awb-alert-close-boxed alert-shadow\" style=\"--awb-background-color:#edf2fc;--awb-accent-color:#a0a0a0;--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\" role=\"alert\"><div class=\"fusion-alert-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"alert-icon\"><i class=\" fa fa-exclamation-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-alert-content\">This page may contain links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the United Nations and the United Nations is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ±¬ÁÏÍø provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply endorsement of the linked site by the United Nations. This newsletter is a project of the Division for Palestinian Rights, and is intended to provide information on NGO activities relevant to the question of Palestine . NGOs interested in contributing information on their activities should communicate it by <a href=\"mailto:dprngo@un.org\">email<\/a>.The Division reserves the right to make the final selection with regard to material to be included in this newsletter. It cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/span><\/div><button style=\"color:#a0a0a0;border-color:#a0a0a0;\" type=\"button\" class=\"close toggle-alert\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:74%; margin-left: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>1 April 2016<\/h2>\n<h3>United States<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 31 March, in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Palestine Solidarity Coalition organized an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/teach-palestine-5-us-involvement\/\">event<\/a>\u00a0\u201cTeach-In on Palestine- US involvement\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 1 April in Massachusetts, the Wellesley College Arab Women Association is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/global-tea-palestine-101\/\">organizing<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cGlobal Tea: Palestine 101\u201d in collaboration with Students for Justice in Palestine.<\/li>\n<li>On 1 April in Louisville, Kentucky Students for Justice in Palestine are organizing an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/louisville-students-for-justice-in-palestine-pies-poetry-palestine\/\">event<\/a>\u00a0\u201cOur struggles unite\u201d where community members and activists will draw on poetry by Palestinian authors or bring their own work inspired by Palestine.<\/li>\n<li>On 22 April, Filmmaker Mai Masri will present a talk about her latest award-winning feature film \u201c3000 Nights\u201d that will be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/events\/category\/upcoming\">screen<\/a>ed\u00a0at the DC International Film Festival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In Dublin on 30 March at the Trinity College, The Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign organized an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dublin-tcd\">event<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRefugee Voice in Ireland: Displacement, Exile and Hope\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 5 April, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in UK is organizing a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/13199\/\">public meeting<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIsraeli Settler Violence\u201d where eyewitnesses will speak about their tour of the West Bank and settler violence.<\/li>\n<li>On 13 April in Dublin, the Maybooth University Department of Geography together with the Social Justice Research Cluster will present a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/maynooth-conference-empire-extra-territorial-violence-in-palestine-nuim\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cEmpire and Extra-Territorial Violence in Palestine\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>United Nations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vision Project at ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA\u2019s Al-Nour Centre for the Visually Impaired in Gaza City brings state of the art \u201ctext to voice\u201d technology to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/galleries\/videos\/unrwa-vision-project-gaza\">low-vision and blind students and teachers<\/a>\u00a0in ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA schools.<\/li>\n<li>The Working Group of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Palestinian Rights Committee will be screening the film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/databases\/dprtest\/ngoweb.nsf\/f12fded4d0597000852573fc005b9471\/17f42186f98a30fd85257f7e004b131b?OpenDocument\">Giraffada<\/a>\u201d by Palestinian director Rani Massalha on Thursday, 7 April, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Trusteeship Council Chamber, United Nations Headquarters in New York, followed by a Q&amp;A with the director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:22%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper 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