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August 2009:
Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine!



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The Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine, the first-ever delegation of its kind, is scheduled for August 2009. Youth leaders from grassroots indigenous groups in the US, namely Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) Magazine, Huaxtec, and Native students at Haskell University, will travel to Palestine at the invitation of five Palestinian youth centers. After more than two years of communicating through the internet, these young people will have the opportunity to learn firsthand from each other by sharing tools of empowerment and education.

The trip to Palestine is part of an ongoing process to connect the shared experiences of Indigenous peoples across the world, to build solidarity, justice and peace. The group will create print media, blogs, video, photo essays, and other forms of media to share their stories and involve their communities in building a national and international movement for indigenous rights.

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The US young people, all of who are from low-income, urban, Native American communities have already done a remarkable thing: They have raised all the money for their plane fares.

MECA has given the Palestinian organizations in YSN $18,000 for the youth training they are doing, and to prepare for the delegation.

Now, just one month from the start of the delegation, YSN still needs to raise $12,000 more for food, transportation and accommodations in Palestine.

Click here to make a contribution.
Be sure to put YSN in the "on behalf of" field in the form.

US organizations participating in the delegation:
SNAG Magazine, San Francisco Bay Area
Huaxtec, San Francisco Bay Area
Seventh Generation Indigenous Visionaries, Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas
Middle East Children's Alliance (support role)
Palestine Education Project (support role)

Palestinian organizations:
Happy Childhood Club, Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus
Ibdaa Cultural Center, Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
Palestinian Child Center, Shufat Refugee Camp, Jerusalem
Women for Life/Flowers Against the Occupation, Biddia, Salfit
Yafa Cultural Center, Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus