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Art as Nonviolent Resistance: Bringing Down the Repressive Regime of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan

Saturday, December 7, 2019
12-5pm
North Presbyterian Church, 4515 Superior Ave, Cleveland 44103

Join us for the 5th annual State of Nonviolence

 -holiday peace bazaaar marketplace features fair trade and justice-centered vendors

-vegetarian and vegan lunch options

-music and dance

-presentation by artist Malaz Elgemiabby of Sudan

Art as Change: How art moved the people of Sudan toward nonviolent resistance to depose a repressive regime

Keynote: Malaz Elgemiabby will display her art and discuss the role that art played in the successful nonviolent movement to depose the repressive regime of President Omar al-Bashir and to negotiate with the military on the transition to democratic rule for the people of Sudan.

 

Schedule

12-5: Holiday Peace Bazaar Marketplace

12-4: lunch (nominal fee)

 2-12:30: historical background of geographic region of Sudan (by St Ignatius students)

12:30-1: Universal Dances of Peace with a chant based on a Rumi poem

1-1:30: Phil Metres reads poems from recently released book Return to Jaffa

1:45-2: historical background of Sudan

2-2:45: open

2:45-3: historical background of Sudan

3-4: keynote by Malaz Elgemiabby

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HOLIDAY PEACE BAZAAR MARKETPLACE

fair trade and justice-centered alternative holiday shopping

Vendors include: 99 Treasures, Bellfield Arts, Canaan Fair Trade, Cleveland Peace Action, Drink Local Drink Tap, Edwin’s, InterReligious Task Force (IRTF), NEO Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), Phil Metres Poetry, Social Justice Institute

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Event Organizer:  Cleveland Nonviolence Network

Co-sponsors include: African American Museum, Cleveland Jobs With Justice, Cleveland Peace Action, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Interreligious Task Force on Central America (IRTF), NEO Sierra Club, North Presbyterian Church, Ohio Immigrant Alliance, St. Malachi Parish-Social Action Commission, St. Paul’s Community Church, Single Payer Action Network-Ohio(SPAN), Tea Time for Peace

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