http://www.petitiononline.com/mural/

If you are in support of the Palestinian mural please sign the petition. Our artists are Dr. Fayeq Oweis and Dr. Susan Greene; a Palestinian Muslim man and an American Jewish woman. Thanks for the support!

General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) www.sfgups.org 415-338-1908
San Francisco State University

In April 2005, the General Union of Palestine Students at San Francisco State University proposed something revolutionary, to begin a process of implementing a mural paying tribute to Edward Said and Palestinian culture on the University campus. This is the first mural of its kind a University in the United States. After over a year of painstaking efforts by the mural committee to follow the established process, the President of San Francisco State University, Robert A. Corrigan, prematurely denied the mural just before the final stage. It is 2007 and the mural is in jeopardy and needs your immediate help The SF State president, Robert Corrigan claims the mural represents a "culture of violence" and is "hate to Jews." He is saying that the Palestinian house key and Handala are offensive but he does not explain why or what to support his claim. He allowed other murals up on the Cesar Chavez Student Center, such as the Malcolm X mural, the Cesar Chavez mural, the Filipino Mural, the Pan Asian and Pacific Islander Mural, which depict struggles of refugees and colonialism, (http://www.sfsustudentcenter.com/about/murals.php) however the administration has been trying to stop our mural since day one before they knew anything about it. Please sign the latest online petition, and/or writing a letter to President Corrigan from yourself or your organization, and/or financially support the legal process to show support for the mural and all its elements including the Palestinian house key and Handala! Go to www.sfgups.org for more info. (SFSU's newspaper website = xpress.sfsu.edu)

What You Can Do


1. Sign the New Online Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/mural/

2. Write a Letter or email SFSU President Robert A. Corrigan: (corrigan@sfsu.edu, gups@sfsu.edu, cortez@sfsu.edu)

President Robert Corrigan
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
(email: corrigan@sfsu.edu)

PLEASE CC:

General Union of Palestine Students
1650 Holloway Ave
Business Office, M100B
San Francisco, CA 94132
(email: gups@sfsu.edu)

and CC:

Maria Liliana Cortez
1650 Holloway Ave
Business Office, C-134
San Francisco, CA 94132
(email: cortez@sfsu.edu)

3. Make a Donation: Donations are tax- deductible.
Financial Support for the mural; The American Arab Anti-Discrimation Committee San Francisco Chapter is helping with the collection of donations.

Please make checks payable to: ADCSF/AGAPE with "GUPS" written in the memo section of the check.
Please send your donation to:
The ADC-SF (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco)
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, California, 94110
email: adcsfintern@adcsf.org Phone (415) 861-7444

Peace and Respect

Shadia Mansour