From: Zahi Damuni <zdamuni-AT-email.msn.com>
Subject: Palestine Refugee Return March/US: List of Organizational Sponsors
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 18:39:03 -0400


Dear Friends,

The following is a listing in alphabetical order of the thirty one US-based
organizations that have so far sponsored/endorsed and are working to promote
and support Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition's September 16
2000 Palestine Refugee Return March in Washington DC.  Please review these
and provide additions at your earliest convenience so we can update the
information at http://al-awda.org and include this list in announcements and
other releases.  Chapters of organizations mentioned below may be
included in updated listings at http://al-awda.org upon request.  Further
information about the September 16 2000 event is provided at
http://al-awda.org.

1. American & Palestinians for Peace (AMPAL, http://www.muscanet.com/~ampal)
2. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC, http://www.adc.org)
3. American Committee on Jerusalem (ACJ, http://www.acj.org)
4. American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ, http://www.amjerusalem.org)
5. Arab American Action Network  (AAAN, http://www.aaan.org)
6. Arab American Institute (AAI, http://www.aaiusa.org)
7. Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS,
http://www.accesscommunity.org)
8. Arab Women's Solidarity Association (AWSA, http://www.awsa.net)
9. Beir Zeit Society
10. Carolina Palestinian Club (CPC)
11. Carolina Middle East Association (CMEA)
12. Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR, http://www.cesr.org)
13. Committees for a Democratic Palestine - Northern California
14. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR, http://www.cair-net.org/)
15. DC Coalition to Stop the War Against Iraq
16. Friends for a Democratic Palestine - Chicago
17. Grassroots International (http://www.grassrootsonline.org/)
18. Hammerhard Mediaworks-Chicago
19. Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HLCEF)
20. International Action Center (IAC, http://www.iacenter.org/)
21. Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
22. Jubilee 2000, NY (www.jubilee-ny.org)
23. MADRE (http://www.madre.org)
24. Middle East Crisis Committee (http://www.thestruggle.org)
25. Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society Inc.
26. Palestine Committee - Michigan
27. Sabeel - New England (http://www.sabeel.org)
28. SEARCH for Justice and Equality in Israel/Palestine, Boston
(http://www.search.org)
29. Trans Arab Research Institute (TARI, http://www.tari.org)
30. Union of Arab Student Associations  (UASA,
http://www.angelfire.com/or/uasa/)
31. Visions for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine
(http://www.vopj.org/)

A sample letter to send to other organizations seeking their
sponsorship/endorsement is provided below.

To order rally T-Shirts, please visit http://al-awda.org/tshirt.htm.

To help defray the cost of the Palestine Refugee Return March and Rally,
address donations to:

PRRC, The Palestine Right To Return Coalition
PO Box 401
Hummelstown, Pa 17036
e-mail: prrc-AT-mail.com
Web: http://al-awda.org
Fax:717-832-1123

Organizations wishing to support and sponsor the Palestine Refugee Return
March are requested to contact PRRC at the above address.

In solidarity,
Zahi

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Sample letter to Organizations:

Below is a sample letter requesting organizational support. Please use it to
recruit such support in your areas.  We ask that you inform us whom
you are contacting in advance by sending a message with that information to
check-lists-AT-egroups.com. We hope this information will help to minimize
duplication of effort, and also allow us to determine potential deficiencies
in our organizational recruitment endeavors.
____

Name of person in charge
Name of Organization
Address

Dear ____:

We are writing to ask for your active support of the September 16, 2000
Palestine Refugee Return March and Rally which will be held in the nation's
capital. This march/rally is being organized by Al-Awda, The Palestine Right
to Return Coalition (PRRC), a broad-based global, non-partisan, democratic
association of grassroots activists and organizational representatives with
diverse ethnic, political, and religious affiliation. Our objective is to
educate the international community to fulfill its legal and moral
obligations vis-a-vis Palestinian refugees based on The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, International Law and through the
implementation of United Nations Resolutions upholding the inalienable right
of Palestinians to return to their homes and lands and to restitution of all
their confiscated and destroyed property.

The aim of the Palestine Refugee Return March is to send a loud and clear
message to the world that no everlasting peace in the Middle East is
possible without granting the Palestinian people living in exile their
inalienable right to return to their homes and lands.  The rally will also
commemorate the 18th anniversary of the massacre of over two thousand
innocent Palestinians and Lebanese in the refugee camps of Sabra and
Shatila. Those massacres underscore the fact that Palestinian refugees will
never enjoy long-lasting security unless they are permitted to return to
their towns and villages.

We are writing to ask you to make a serious commitment to the September 16,
2000 Palestine Refuge Return March in the following ways:

(1) To help mobilize the community in numbers so as to have a large turnout,
we ask that you encourage your members to attend by phone calling them, and
by sending them regular updated email announcements about the march and
rally, as well as advertising the rally in each issue of your newsletter
from now till September 16, 2000.  Our updated flyer (in PDF format) and
announcements are posted at http://al-awda.org.  We ask that you make a link
from your website to http://al-awda.org.

(2) Encourage members of your organization to publicize The Palestine
Refugee Return March/Rally in other newsletters, newspapers, meetings and
events, and to join or form local committees to mobilize their community and
build coalitions and outreach to facilitate participation from local areas
in the DC rally on 16 September.

(3) Facilitate participation of your members by organizing group
transportation and/or accommodation.  An extensive listing of available
accommodation in the DC area will be posted at http://al-awda.org shortly.
Please inform us in advance of September 16 how many of your members will be
attending.

(4) Make a financial contribution to help with associated costs of the rally
such as publicity, advertisements, cultural performances, and sponsoring of
a speaker for the event.  Invited speakers will come from Palestine,
Lebanon, South Africa and the US and include representatives from the
Palestinian refugee camps. Please address your donation to PRRC, P.O. Box
401, Hummelstown, Pa 17036.

(5) Place an advertisement for your organization or business in the program
that we will
distribute during the rally. The cost of a full-page ad is $500, half-page
is $300 and quarter page is $175. List advertising is at $50. Center-spread
is at $1000, back page at $800 and inside cover at $700. We require a glossy
print-ready photo of your ad. Please send it to PRRC, P.O. Box Hummelstown,
Pa 17036 with your payment by August 22.

A global, grassroots movement is forming to ensure that the Palestine
refugee right to return to their homes and lands are not compromised.  PRRC
is part of this effort and appeals to your organization to join us.  For the
sake of Palestinians in the refugee camps and the future of their children
and children's children, their voices must be heard.

We look forward to your response.

In solidarity,

[Sign your name here]
http://al-awda.org











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