aA Ta Sl “4 pas RT ci - ie EAU ec ea ene CRITICAL MASS: WITH GUR ROOTS IN RESISTANCE, FORGING A JUST FUTUREformerly US Campaign for Palestinian Rights S Camp. to End the Isr Launching a BDS Campaign on Campus? Want Support? The Campus Palestine Support Network can offer. Divestment & Company Research: ‘What is your school inva in? What corporations make good divestment targets? Where can you get cument information on these companies? Get help with «esearch! Emalinvestigate@afs.org or vist bipdivwnafecorghinvestignte Press Outreach: Want help with talking tothe media? Get help with talking points and prass releases, access to media lit, spokesperson trainings, and more, Email bdsmediahelpgmalicom, Legal Support: Insimidated an carpus? Free speach under stack? Need legal advice? Want your resolition reviewed for potential loge issues? Eval inlotpslestéelegal ogo ‘iit in. psesinlegalora ‘Community Mobilization: \Want help getting flks to attend a hesring? Looking for endorsements fram the local community; US., Palesician, Issel, or ther organizations rabbis and the Jewish community and/or respactacl public figures? Email ban@iyp.ora, ‘organizerendth lonorg oF taher@ampalestine.org Online Action Technology: Could you benefit from sophisticated technology to set up automatic email-wrting campaigns to decsion- makers or customized petitions? Emeil organizerendkheaccupation org and benivp, —= Campus Connections: ‘Want o learn lessons and trade strategies with othor students? Email nsp.coordinatingggmai.com, ben@ivp.org. or taher@ampalestine.org Academic Defense & Speaker's Burea "Want resources for academic boycott and acadomie defense oxgarizing? Contact us at academicdefense@usacbi.org or go tobttpu/ww:usacbiorg/academic: dofanse. ntarosted in having a USACBI member speak at your campus? hsp’ vn usacbi orgspeakers: bureau! Publications on Palestine/Israel: \Want materials to distibuto and use for Inexnal education? mall ther@ampalestine.oWg or vitON SALE! PURCHASE THE SECOND ISSUE OF PiA MAGAZINE PALESTINE IN AMERICA =o eric} *Advocate + Document a eee eat jess TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Behavioral Guidelines Program Schedule Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 5 Sunday, November 6 Notes 10 ul 19 20CRITICAL MASS: WITH OUR ROOTS IN RESISTANCE, FORGING A JUST FUTURE Our student Palestine solidarity movement i at a pivotal point. Confronted with forms of repression both old and new, we most draw on our history of grassroots organizing to develop ways of effectively and proactively responding to this backlash while channeling our remarkable energy and focus towards our ultimate goal of liberation for Palestine and all oppressed peoples. We have reached a Critical mass, with the people-power to shape the national conversation and affect real change, but we need to consider how to effectively build on this momentum, How can new SJPs emerge and gain traction with help from experienced chapters ‘working to push our movement forward? How can we fortify and sustain our solidarity work within the current sociopolitical atmosphere? The 2016 National Conference offersa space for us to refocus, bolster our network, and strategize forthe long term. “The 2016 National S]P Conference will achieve the following goals: 1. Building a Sustainable Structure: As we transition into @ new structure this year, students will be able to connect with their region’s Coordinating ‘Committee members to brainstorm, voice needs, input feedback, and establish closer relationships. By institutionalizing region-based democratic representation, we will collectively be able to envision, strategize for, and strengthen the future of our movement over the next 5, 10, and 15 years 2. Mobilizing Alongside & Beyond Divestment: As many schools make strides in divestment, we need to develop tangible goals and strategies to follow their successful campus BDS campaigns. Meanwhile, we know that divestment is one of many pathways to change that SPs can pursue. We will explore ways of working alongside and after BDS initiatives to capitalize on the diverse experiences and skills of our campus groups and to evolve as a ‘movement, 5. Skill Sharing: We will offer skills-based trainings for and by students in key categories like coalition building, responsible media and press engagement, fundraising retaining institutional memory, combatting normalization, and defending our legal rights as student activists, Students involved in successful campaigns wil ead a variety of BDS-oriented workshops on topics like divestment, consumer boycotts, week-long event planning, and more. These ‘workshops will allow participants to return to their respective campuses with the tools, connections, and motivation o build new campaigns or fortify ‘work already underway. 4. Reviving Our Roots: We will take time to situate SJP within a history of struggle against oppressive power. As we grow our movement on campuses, ‘we will continue to connect our work to non-student communities, the ¢greater movement for justice and liberation both here in the U.S. and slobally, and the Palestinian student movement history that has led us to this ‘critical point. As we learn from and with our hosts at GMU SATA, we will revisit and reaffirm our founding principles so we may organize with purpose and deliberately expand our political thought and imagination, BEHAVIORAL GUIDELINES ‘The following are polices that all conference participants are expected to abide by Breaking these policies may be grounds for removal from the conference and ‘ay also result in being barred from attending future conferences or other NSJP spaces, Please be aware that no refunds will be granted to individuals who are removed from the conference due to violations of the behavior policies. Respect for the Spaces and Fellow Participants All presenters, participants, and observers ae expected to teat the host college oF university campus, transportation vehicles, housing arrangements, and city with the utmost respect. Vandalizing, destroying, or purposefully damaging these spaces will not be tolerated and is grounds for removal. Non-Discrimination Policy NSJP is committed t0 providing a learning environment free from discrimination and harassment, and to fostering a vibrant community founded upon the fundamental dignity and worth ofall of its members. Please be aware that NSJP will not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form. If any student feels subjected to harassment or discrimination, we will provide a mechanism for redress. If for any reason you are subjected to discrimination, please contact us. Safe Space Each conference participant deserves a safe learning environment where they will be respected and treated fairiy by others. Thus, any form of discrimination ‘or harassment based on race, cex, gender, sexuality, religion, exced, national origin, age, and citizenship will not be tolerated,PROGRAM SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Welcome frork NS[P/SAIA US aS Cross-Movement Plenary Dinner ‘Welcome with NS|P & SAIA Regional breakouts 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Green Acres Center eer ipg Saturday, November 5 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Green Acres Center Breakfast & registration Featuring Ramah Kudaini, Thomas Stanley, and Saed Atshan, Moderated by Workshop Session | Nadine Darwish, Break Workshop Session Il Pim Lunch S Workshop Session Ill Eevee aie crater kes Break . Workshop Session IV RSAC E colo) Break 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | Green Acres Center Inter-Generational Plenary Reportback from Coordinating Committee Dinner & Cultural Night SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 9:00AM Breakfast 10:00AM Sunday Morning Unconference Sessions Penna eee EX ne PND eso er) 8 > SE> REBRIIAIELES S8SS8hqRR RS: SVVyveyyTes: eee gss eon i Pees 'Faldl Dab(ke) on‘Em | Johnson Assembly Room A, Many of us are used t0 marches, protests, and sit-ins, but Palestinian cultural resistance can show us another narrative about Palestine. Dabke, a Palestinian folk dance, isa representation of cooperation, steadfastness, and determination, Dabke is an art through which Palestinians express their joy and love as wel as their connection to theit land and history. This session will be an active dabke workshop. Dabke fora free Palestine, learn how to ‘dbik, and return to dance around campus and tell people that sadly, no free Palestine without dabke,SJP 101 | Johnson Assembly Room B Are you interested in starting a Palestine solidarity group on campus? Have you recently started your organization and want to fara how to run a more {Siective organization This practical workshop wil be for student interested in starting their own SP or those interested in expanding thelr capadly 10 rg hi son wl ache nt prac for organs ow <¢Twith administration, event planning/organizing as well az common mistakes to avoid In ation, tis session wil ses ecesfl habits for Sustinabfty,inciading internal politcal education, Our movement is best Served when solidarity organizations are striving to collectively enhance the political understanding of members. This workchop vil also provide an ‘pprosch for insttationalzing interna ection within ogantetions snd dEinonstrate how to cllectivly educate Clipping Canary Mission's Wings | Johnson Assembly Room C ‘This panel will explore the history of blacklists against activists in the United States Il start by going over a bref history of blacklists and intimidation used for decades against activists who pose a threat to US interests, and then hone in on Palestine activism and the history of persecution over the course ‘of the past two decades. Ths introduction will lead into a more narrow focus ‘on Canary Mission, BDS blacklists, state legislation against Pal activism and BDS campaigns from Cuomo to San Jose University administration. The session will explore ways to combat this on both an individual and chapter basis. This means providing information about student activist social media usage legal procedures when targeted, the Canary Mission taskforce, the role of SP chapters, the role of ally organizations, JVP and B4P to name a couple, and the importance of collective struggle in facing and challenging Canary Mission and other similar campaigns. “Free of Israeli Apartheid Space” Campaign: A Breakthrough BDS. Development in the Spanish State | Johnson Assembly Room D This workshop will focus on the conception, implementation, and challenges, of the new “Free of Israeli Apartheid Space” campaign (Spanish acronym ELAD. The ELAI campaign translates BDS into a positive message, asking institutions and enterprises to declare their rejection of colonialism, racism, and apartheid in Palestine and their intention to avoid relationships with institutions and enterprises that collaborate or take profit from the oppression ‘of Palestinian people (similar to the worldwide campaign of “auclear- free zones’ in the 1970-80s.) The ELAI campaign task group developed informative toolkits for ity and regional couneils and for small businesses. ‘We will discuss the challenges to the ELAI campaign, like its implementation inter BDS fields (clare sports and academy); as wellas the chances of international extension. Beyond the Bars: Prison Solidarity in Palestine and the USA | Johnson Assembly Room E Inmates at dozens of prisons across the United States had been organizing ‘through an underground network which culminated in “a nationally coordinated prisoner workstoppage against prison slavery” on September 5, the anniversary of the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising, This past summer, ‘over 100 Palestinian prisoners began hunger-striking in solidarity with 10 axiministrative detainee Bilal Kayed, held by the Israeli occupation ‘without charges or trial for 71 days Before release. This session will explore the parallels between Palestinian and Black liberation, specifically by ‘nderstanding incarceration andthe conditions of politcal prisones, incading Mumia Abu-Jamal and the MOVE 9 and Palestinian palitial Prisoners languishing in Israeli prisons, This session wil provide a space {o dicuos critically and deeply the need for a comprehensive strategy to ‘ove beyond the confines othe campus and envision a future of jastie and ligeration for al, which necessitates the abolition of incarceration, Queering Your Resistance | Johnson Assembly Room F As queer communities, we need to question the ethics and the values of queer groups that voice fervent or tacit support for the Zionist state. Any drganization predicated on the pursuit of progressive change for queer and tans corbiunites cannot stand silent on the sues of occupation and aparthetd. This session willbe fr all students on organizing and mobilizing queer and trans support for Palestine. How can we develop queer organizations that are vocaly pro-Palestinian, both on andl off campus? What can queer and trans students do to foster cultures of radical queer organizing? How can cis-het students in SJPs and S}P affiliated organizations invite collaboration with queer and trans groups? This workshop will introduce Participants tothe basic issues of queer liberation inthe context of Palestine, engage in a queer analysis of ant-colonial struggles, an discuss practices for working towards gender and sexual liberation through the process of decolonization and vice versa. Stateless and Borders: Diaspora and Solidarity | Johnson Assembly Room G ‘his session will explore the role of Palestinian diaspora in Arab movements, with a particular focus on the experiences of Palestinian refugees from ‘Yarmouk camp and their involvement in the Syrian uprising. It will couple historical content with the personal experiences of an activist and journalist from Yarmouk. iret EY en EEY-Wu eee a 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM BDS and Campus Divestment | Johnson Assembly Room A This workshop will go through all ofthe basics of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) call and the how-tos of a campus-based divestment campaign. Since the BDS callin 2005, nearly 40 campuses across the United States have voted to divest their university fands from companies complicit in Israels violation of Palestinian rights. This workshop will take you through the steps of a divestment campaign ~~ planning, research, coalition building, ‘media, and launch. You will learn how to choose targets, what goes into tig resoltion, when to launch, and how to prepare for Baca, This ‘workshop will be presented by a member of the BDS National Committeeand by students experienced in BDS campaigns, and willhelp you consider diferent senarios that may arise daring your future campalgn, Know Your Rights | Johnson Assembly Room B Students around the country are facing obstacles and experiencing backlash from Israel advocacy groups and universities intent on censoring, shutting down or undermining their speech activities. Lhis workshop was created. bby Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights to help guide students through situations they typically encounter when organizing an event, protest or simply express support for Palestinian human rights. Canvassing on and Off Campus: It Goes Down in the DM | Johnson Assembly Room C Being visible representatives of your Palestine solidarity organization carries ‘espana tat shouldbe expressed in intentional messeping and outreach. Campaign aces an also be measured by the mmber of people peraded your message. Whether is to a gaggle of onlookers during tabling, {Bowers on social media or your Seagal campus commun) how an we best communicate our perspectives wit eficiency and creativity? What isthe best way to reach sympathetic individuals? Deep canvassing sa methodology that prioritizes quality of conversation over quantity of individuals spoken to This method relies on active listening and empathy o build a connection for ‘maximum impact. This workshop wil cover a variety of outreach strategies, both in-person and onlin, for best engaging your audience. Global Solidarity: Palestine Organizing Across Nations | Johnson Assembly Room D Palestine solidarity organizing has been growing enormously across the world specially song youth and stadents The global solidarity panel is compored of international SP student organizes from the Netherlands, Belgium, fly Spain, and Mexico. The panel wil focus on their experiences around BDS Strategies, direct actions campus-based organizing, and the Zionist presence on campuses and in communities outside ofthe United States. The panel aims to move us forward in strengthening the worldwide solidarity movement with Palestine, bringing together the experiences of many student activists to help usa ear and opel coodiate tere salary actions on goal Settler Colonial History Survey | Johnson Assembly Room E This panel will provide a survey-style overview of some of the ways in which settler colonialism has impacted the world, including in Kashmir, Algeria, Puerto Rico, and Western Sahara, in an attempt to draw connections between past and contemporary struggles and contextualize our solidarity with Palestine. Panelists will discuss various colonial tactics and rhetorics as well as forms of resistance to help situate these struggles in a broader narrative of settler colonialism and tie them back to Palestine, (50) Shades of Zionism | Johnson Assembly Room F ‘After 29 years of uncontested ef-abor leadership fom inception ofthe Zionist tat, the vight-wing Likud took a mort for theft time in 1977, TO year ater the Naka, What brought abot this politcal revolution and 2 turning point in Zionist thought? Where can we se the perspectives and legacies o the past in today’s political climate? More generally, how di “onis transform from as religious dea, cltral movement, nd aster Colonials ideology? In order to combat aionim, the nature ofthe de and its historical progression must be inderstood. Through an anah main figures across the plitcal spectrum, fom post-inception to modern sy this workshop wil lavetgat the internal niochonis of Zionism, Returning to Iqrit: The Illusion of Democracy for ‘48 Palestinians | Johnson Assembly Room G For strategie reasons, solidarity campaigns and activists have largely focused nists ofthe West Bank, ast Jerusalem, and Gaz Yet iti imperative that solidarity activists never forget Palestinian living in 1948. This session will focus on the challenges facing Palestinians within 48 and on the necessity of their inclusion within our activism, and wil explore how the right of return lies at the heart of the Palestinian struggle. This workshop will be a Skype talk ‘with members ofthe Igrit Community Association. In November 1948, the inhabitants of lit were forced out bythe Israeli army and their village was destroyed. Never permitted to return, the people of Iqrt have united in the struggle to lead their lives as equal citizens in thelr countzy and for their right to retrn home ~a right which can never be abrogated by any peace deal or treaty [errs Bera eaM i neon co) eT) eae cu 2:15 PM Eka Mobilizing Alongside and Beyond Divestment | Johnson Assembly RoomA ‘This workshop focuses squarely onthe third theme of the conference, Mobilizing Alongside and Beyond Divestment: As many schools make strides inclveument we nedto develop angles an strategies to alow thee sucess campusBDS capa Mean, we oy that divestment one of many pathways to change that SJPs can pursue. We will explore way of working dongelds and afer BDS initiatives to capitalize on the diverse experiences and skills of our campus groupe and to evolve asa movement. SJPsacross the country have passed divestment resolutions of referendum, this workshop offers the spact fr stadentsto learn how to pas resolutions or referendum on their campus while also redoubling our efor to move ‘omards implementation, the divestment of funds from corporations that, profit of Israels human rights violation, This workshop students willbe given the tools to run an effective divestment campaign on their campus while also setting our sights on bigger and more complicated targets both in ine with dissent and io aime acti that ean un paral 1 este nts”Passing the Torch | Johnson Assembly Room B You've been involved in your SJP since day one of school, SP has grown with you during your studies, and now that you're facing graduation, you don't ‘want to eave your baby. We feel you! But its also super important to start passing leadership to younger members and especially firs-years. How do you allow the students who are going to be the fulure of your S)P to make Inistakes, lear, and yrow as leaders while making suze the organization stays strong? Come for an interactive workshop from two OG SJPers about how we transferred leadership and institutional memory at our former universities and how that process went, JVP for SJP: Jewish community transformation that is accountable to Palestine solidarity | Johnson Assembly Room C In this interactive workshop, we will host a facilitated discussion for students of all identities to explore current and future collaborations between Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and S)P chapters. As JVP grows on campuses, we ‘want o ensure thatthe [VP-SJP relationship accountable strategic and powerful. Weill explore different models for effective mobilization of Jewish organizers in campus Palestine solidarity organizing. These models inchude running a Jewish caucus of §JP, having intentional overlapping membership between JVP and SR and hosting reglar joint meetings between JVP and SIP leadership. Well examine the following questions: What support do Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim student activists want from their Jewish comrades? When can problematic privilege and power dynamics arise that ‘weaken the movement, and hov can we avoid then? How can JVP student voices help SIP by blocking false charges of anti-Semitism and transforming the Fewish campus community? We invite non-Jews and Jews to attend this ‘workshop and explore questions, challenges, and hopes for this organizing. Connections Between Palestine and South Africa | Johnson Assembly Room D In this workshop, we wil be exploring some of the intersections between the struggle of apartheid South Africa, having spanned the years of 1945. 1994, andthe ongoing Palestine struggle. We wil also discuss the current state of South Africa, post-apartheid, asa way to look into some of the ccomplishments and shortcomings ofthe anti-apartheid movement. Some Plus 20% till 10/31/2016 ce ee Syren ee eee es ee err emacs eee sit Waar tents tet naqren treet Me co ec eel Cole Delegeton ond Fender Pusher of bon Cap eeu 2017 DELEGATIONS TO PALESTIN: CEB a Ona a vi ‘oe oe MAY 13 “soimeasze OCT. 28 ““sano™ 7 \ MAY 26NATIONAL STUDENTS i JUSTICE IN PALESTINE NATIONALSJP.ORG