PR (SAN ANTONIO): Gandhi relative to lead Palestinian peace campaign August 23, 2004

P R E S S R E L E A S E
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2004

ARUN GANDHI TO LEAVE PEACE DELEGATION TO ISRAEL-PALESTINE

(SAN ANTONIO) -- Palestinians for Peace and Democracy (www.P4PD.org) announces a nonviolence campaign and peace delegation to the Holy Land, August 23-30, 2004.

Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will be part of the peace delegation to Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. He will be speaking and carrying the nonviolent legacy of his grandfather to this troubled land to inspire millions of people in the Holy Land to adopt nonviolent methods in their struggle andconflict.

Major events during the campaign tour:

23 August: Fundraising dinner in Jordan to raise monies and re-plant razed olive trees
24 August: Visit to the largest refugee camp in the world
26 August: The main event -- massive peace rally in Ramallah
27 August: Israeli & Palestinian peace rally in Abu Dis to resist the Wall
28 August: Visit to Gaza
29 August: Inter-faith candlelight vigil with Christians, Muslims, and Jews at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
30 August: Visit to Yad Vashem

Dr. Arun Gandhi, founding director of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, is the grandson of Mahatma and is committed to carrying on that great legacy. Arun travels and speaks, nationally and internationally, inspiring this nonviolent legacy within the given context and climate. Dr. Gandhi also has his own legacy of nonviolent training development and community organizing. His latest book is "Legacy of Love."

Palestinians for Peace and Democracy, San Antonio, Texas, is a non-profit organization and grassroots movement of Palestinians in the U.S. and inPalestine.

It is dedicated to the promotion of peace and justice for the Palestinian People and the use of peaceful resistance to the occupation of Palestine -- its land and its people.

www.P4PD.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN TOUR, CONTACT:

Palestinians for Peace and Democracy
210.389.4890 until August 20
011972544411921 after August 20
During the actual tour a daily report can be found at:> www.P4PD.org/blogger.html