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Welcome to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Georgia Tech. We are a group dedicated to raising public awareness about the Palestinian state and its constituency. Our primary goal is to engage the local community in events and activities that further the cause of attaining social and political justice in Palestine. We as an organization denounce all forms of violence, oppression, and injustice.

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SJP News

03/30/2007

Picture Balata: Palestinian Photo Exhibit

Monday, APRIL 2nd and Wednesday, APRIL 4th

FREE PHOTO EXHIBIT

Student Center Commons Piedmont Room

8 AM - 11 PM

BACKGROUND: Outside the West Bank City of Nablus lies the Balata Refugee Camp. Established in 1951, Balata and the dozens other camps in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan were supposed to be a temporary solution for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who were driven from their homes during the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

Nearly six decades later, Balata is home to almost 25,000 residents living on less than one square kilometer -- the most densely populated refugee camp within the West Bank. In recent years, Balata has seen hundreds of deaths and arrests, dozens of home demolitions and the camp is subject to near-nightly invasions by the Israeli Army. It is here the Picture Balata workshop was started to teach youth from the camp about photography.

EXHIBIT: Picture Balata puts the camera into the hands of the children born and raised inside the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Participants ranging from ages 11 to 18 photograph their situation as they live it in Balata Refugee Camp.

"I know about the lives of children outside from television mostly. I know that they have rights that we don't have. They have better lives. While we play football or hide and go seek in the streets the Army will come into the camp... I hope my photos can teach people outside something about our situation." - Ala', Age 14, Picture Balata photographer

In review...

FREE EXHIBIT: Mon April 2nd and Wed April 4th 8 AM to 11 PM in the Student Center Commons Piedmont Room

http://www.picturebalata.net/

This event is sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Student Government Association

SJP will also be participating in the GT Human Rights week sponsored by Amnesty International. Come out from 10-2 all week to see how the Israeli Occupation affects Palestinian life. For more information about Human Rights week visit http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/amnesty/.

-Students for Justice in Palestine @ GT

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