Campus Organizing Conference

Campus Organizing Conference

Anna Baltzer and Sarah El Neweihi (right) meet at the Campus Organizing conference.

by Sarah El Neweihi

When I first heard about the Campus Organizing Conference, I must admit I was a bit skeptical.  I have attended numerous conferences related to working for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, and, while enjoyable, I never felt that I learned anything from the conferences that could be applied in a practical manner.  Happily, this was not the case at the Campus Organizing Conference held by the American Friends Service Committee on March 5th in Washington, DC. 

Campus Organizing Conference

I remember the first day of my freshman year of college at DePaul University in Chicago. I walked into the Student Center and saw all kinds of flyers on the walls of our student center. Flyers calling for the boycott of Coca Cola because of its connection to violence in Colombia. A flyer promoting an event for Mexican immigrants’ rights. And of course, a flyer advertising the first meeting of the year for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).  I will always remember the images of these flyers; they opened up a whole new world to me of student activism.