November 2, 2011
Dear Editor,
We are pleased to invite you a special presentation this month featuring Israeli and Palestinian activists from B’Tselem’s groundbreaking human rights video project, “Visual Impact: B’Tselem’s Camera Distribution Project.”
We are pleased to invite you to attend one of our public events in Los Angeles and Washington, DC. We also invite you to join our live online chat on Friday, November 11th . Please click here for more information.
B’Tselem’s Camera Project, which began in 2007, has trained more than 200 Palestinians to use video cameras to record human rights abuses, collecting and archiving more than 2,500 hours of footage. These powerful videos have raised public and media consciousness about human rights violations, aided in the promotion of accountability, and empowered communities and individuals. Featuring B’Tselem staff and Palestinian Video Project volunteers, the presentations will model the use of video and citizen journalism as a platform for human rights advocacy. Please click here to watch NBC’s coverage of B’Tselem’s Camera Distribution Project.
The events will feature presentations by Yoav Gross, B’Tselem’s Video Director, Awatif Aljadili and Arafat Amira, Camera Project participants from Gaza and the West Bank respectively. Yoav recently spearheaded B’Tselem’s collaboration with The Guardian culminating in "Living in East Jerusalem," featuring video diaries from four Palestinians and two Israelis. Awatif, whose work with B’Tselem has been featured in both Ynet and the New York Times, studies filmmaking in London. Arafat, one of the video project’s youngest participants, established the Ni’lin Media Group to record the weekly local demonstrations. They are quite an impressive team.
Please join us on our US tour for an inspiring evening of film and human rights advocacy. For updates (and Yoav’s musings on life), follow B’Tselem and Yoav Gross on Twitter. For more information about events, please contact usa@btselem.org or 202-783-0629.
Sincerely,
Uri Zaki
Director, B’Tselem USA