Strategy and Structure: Organizing Meeting in Nazareth 30 July 2004

Representatives of all the member organizations of the Coalition of Women for Peace met for an important organizing meeting on Friday, July 30, 2004 in the beautiful Casa Palestina in Nazareth.

We called it, “The Coalition, the Organizations, and the Links Between Us”

The objectives of our get together:

• To update each other about our activities
• To strengthen ties among the Coalition organizations
• To clarify the decision making processes
• To propose future activity

We spent the first three hours updating each other about what each organization is doing – the richness and variety of the activities were impressive.

We then had a big vigil of Women in Black in the heart of the Old City of Nazareth. After lunch, we divided up into working groups to come to decisions about future activity, media activity, and decision-making structures.

It was a long day, but very productive. Summaries of the discussions are available on the Hebrew site.

The agenda:

10.00-13.00 Presentation of organizational activity and projects Moderators: Samira Khouri and Dalia Sachs

13.00-14.00 Women in Black vigil

14.30-16.00 Small group discussions: - Structure, representativity in ongoing work and committees, and decision-making processes. Moderators: Arabiya Mansour, Rela Mazali, Hannah Safran

• Events, national demonstrations, and joint activity. Moderators: Nisreen Mazzawi, Ina Michaeli
• Mass media. Moderators: Adi Dagan and Abir Kopti
• Structure and work methods of the Coalition. Moderators: Reem Mazzawi, Dita Bitterman

16.00-17.00 Plenary: Summary and decisions Moderators: Nabila Espanioly and Michal Pundak