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Raise Your Words Mariam Rimawi Institution Raise Your Words Mariam Rimawi Institution: Barnard College Dates: July 10-July 24, 2016 Participants: Mariam Rimawi Location: Palestinian Territories Project Title: Raise Your Words “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi Background The Jalazone Refugee Camp, built in 1949, is one of many refugee camps within the occupied Palestinian Territories.1 Jalazone’s 15,000 residents suffer from overcrowded schools,2 insufficient sanitation systems,3 and a lack of community centers.4 Increasing unemployment rates in the camp5 and the overall occupation make it difficult for adolescents to escape the existing cycle of poverty and incarceration.6 While most refugee camps typically rally around a football team7 or a theater troupe,8 Jalazone has yet to provide such a cohesive distinction. Raise Your Words (RYW) RYW is a 14-day writing program for female rising high school seniors of the Jalazone refugee camp. Every summer starting in 2016, 20 students will work together to produce a magazine, composed from start to end by the students. The students will also engage in a series of workshops dedicated to writing, the importance of self-expression, and college applications. In addition to writing one to three pieces of their choice, all students will work together to cover one long-form article relevant to a pressing issue facing the camp. This year, students will research and write about ways to encourage households to separate degradable and non-degradable products in the trash, an action that could greatly benefit Jalazone camp’s sewage system.9 In addition to building a sense of community and purpose, we believe that RYW will (i) empower Jalazone women by enabling them to share their untold stories, (ii) emphasize the power of writing and expression as an agent of change, and (iii) excite students to gain a deep passion for higher education. This magazine, produced entirely by women, will serve as a source of pride for all those who participated and as a reminder of the accomplishments made possible when we express ourselves in writing. The magazine will be distributed throughout the camp at the end of the program, further adding to a sense of collectiveness, achievement, and pride of RYW within Jalazone camp. Why journalism in Palestine? Between the 10th and 11th grades, students are divided into two tracks: humanities and sciences. Because the science track requires a higher GPA, high-achieving students are often shifted away from the humanities.10 This, in combination with the fact that adolescents living in the West Bank—and particularly girls and women—have extremely limited avenues through which they can express themselves and share their stories, makes RYW a promising initiative. RYW will emphasize the value of each person’s voice and story, and the importance of always sharing this story. Peacebuilding and sustainability: RYW enables students to transform their communities in nonviolent ways by encouraging them to successfully complete independent projects through planning, research, execution, and implementation, ultimately preparing them to transfer these leadership experiences to higher education and employment. Students are equipped to become spokespeople for their community, conveying Jalazone’s stories to the international community to promote further diplomacy and understanding. Writing has historically been utilized in the past to bridge social and cultural divisions.11 Our vision is for RYW to be an annual program, eventually run by a network of students and counselors (college students from the West Bank) who have participated in the program. RYW will thus be not only a grassroots movement empowering the youth of the camp, but will involve the community in its success and sustainability. We have designed the program so that it may be easily executed in 1 Wong, Jacequelaine, Rights of Palestinian Refugee Children in the Jalazone Refugee Camp; UNRWA, Jalazone Refugee Camp Profile. http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_campprof_unrwa_jalazone_oct_2008.pdf. 2 UNRWA, Camp Profiles. http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/west-bank/camp-profiles?field=12. 3 Ibid. 4 UNRWA, Amari Refugee Camp Profile. http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_campprof_unrwa_amari_oct_2008.pdf. 5 Ibid. 6 Ibid 7 Al-Rowwad, Aida Refugee Camp. http://alrowwadusa.org/home/about_alrowwad_centre 8 UNRWA, Jalazone Refugee Camp Profile. http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_campprof_unrwa_jalazone_oct_2008.pdf. 9 Ibid. 10 Reporters Without Borders, Palestinian Territories. http://en.rsf.org/report-palestine,147.html. 11 UNDP.UNDP Uses Journalism to Promote Peace in Southern Thailand. http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/forum/topics/undp- uses-journalism-to-promote-peace-in-southern-thailand-2. Raise Your Words Mariam Rimawi the next years, covering majority of the start-up costs, creating a process for student and counselor recruitment, and establishing mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations. We anticipate utilizing our website and the students’ articles and photos to fundraise for future costs. Implementation Timing: The program will run from July 10—July 24 2016, accommodating school dates and the month of Ramadan. Each day will follow a prescheduled sequence of events, including workshops, writing time, and team building activities. A brief sample of the draft schedule can be found below. Facilities: After corresponding with Juzoor for Health and Social Development, it is likely the program will be run entirely from one university in a major city in the West Bank. Birzeit University (BZU) has shown interest in hosting the program and allowing us to use their various facilities. We will pursue this route further as the program develops. Juzoor has also offered their facilities, but a university endorsement will continue to be sought out, as it adds to the goal of encouraging higher education. Recruitment: To recruit a variety of students, we will turn to the two United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools in Jalazone to solicit recommendations from teachers and open applications for 20 achieving and enthusiastic students who have shown an interest in writing or English. We will also recruit eight to ten counselors from BZU. BZU students currently volunteer at the Jalazone Computer Clubhouse and have expressed interest in the conditions of the camps. Contacts in the camp and at BZU, as well as initial plans for the project, have assured us that there are more than enough students fit for and interested in the project. Day one (i) Pick up, orientation, introductions, rules, tour. (ii) Explanation of schedule. (iii) Group discussion I: Why does this program exist? (iv) Expectations for the program. (v) Dinner and icebreakers. Day two (i) Workshop I: magazine layout example. (ii) Workshop II: Video topics and camcorder training. (iii) Lunch/Watch “5 Broken Cameras.” (iv) Group Discussion II: Consider the reach of the documentary and the power of storytelling. (v) Introduce the long-form story. (vi) Dinner, computer lab for the evening. Day three (i) Brainstorm piece forms and topics. (ii) Workshop III: College applications. (iii) Lunch/ Guest Speaker I. (iv) Computer lab/writing. (v) Video shooting. Magazine and Website: Each student will write one to three pieces on topics of their choice, to articulate their feelings and opinions in a constructive and understandable manner, giving both skills and confidence to act as diplomats for the camp. In order to create a sense of community, the program will distribute the magazine to family members and friends within the camp. Only the long-form piece on the sewage system will be translated into Arabic. All stories, images, and video stories, will be featured on our website, which I will develop solely for RYW. Safety: I recognize that there are legitimate safety concerns that emerge from conducting this program in the West Bank. All program logistics will be arranged with the safety of the students and organizers as the first priority, and intense emergency planning will be conducted during program orientation. The majority of the work will take place from one set of facilities in Ramallah, far from common points of clashes. Being based centrally will allow us to avoid any checkpoints, soldiers, or any other possible points of conflict during the duration of the program. Members of the BZU and the Jalazone communities positively received the potential project, and agreed that scheduling the program directly after Ramadan will ensure that it will run during one of the most peaceful times of the year. I will enroll the trip with the State Department and inform the Palestinian Authority. Biography: Mariam Rimawi is an economics and computer science major. A Palestinian-American fluent in Levantine Arabic, Mariam spent the summer before college in the West Bank. After volunteering with Juzoor, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and social development of the Palestinian people, she discovered the lack of writing opportunities available to young Palestinian females. A true believer in the power of stories and storytelling, she has since vowed to return to the West Bank with a plan to rectify this issue. .
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