<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><br class=""></span></div><span class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;">From Ted Schmidt</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><br class=""></span></div>T</span><font size="4" class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;">he Keep Hope Alive is a series of evenings programmed by and hosted at the Carrot Common 348 Danforth Avenue. It is basically a follow up of the Beit Zatoun evening. Guest speakers are Canadians from a variety of backgrounds and careers who have taken a stand in a public and active way on the question of peace or conflict in Israel / Palestine (IP). At some point [they] realized that the question of peace in Israel / Palestine is key to global justice, international law and to peace in the world, and had the courage to speak out publicly or to become active on the issue.<br class=""><br class="">Courtesy of David Walsh, we have four such evenings hosted by presenters with strong background knowledge of the issue but come from different perspectives.<br class=""><br class=""></font><span class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: large;">My concern is the religious communities — especially, but not exclusively, the Roman Catholic hierarchy and administration — who have failed to speak in this unprecedented time of genocide of the Palestinian people who again, and again have requested our solidarity.</span><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><span class="" style="font-size: large;">We must act and speak in this time of unparalleled suffering.</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class=""><br class="">I will be hosting the first night on Friday, <span class="" style="font-size: 19px;"><b class="">Feb 2, 7:15. </b>T</span>he remaining 3 months will be on the last Thursday. Robert Massoud will be hosting February 29.</font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 18px;"><b class="">I will be previewing my new book: 2014: The Year Zionism died</b><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class="">Max 45 people at the live event. It will also be zoomed.</font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><font size="4" class="">If you are interested in being present, email Liz Whelan a<b class="">t <a href="mailto:erwhelan@icloud.com" class="">erwhelan@icloud.co</a></b><a href="mailto:erwhelan@icloud.com" class="">m</a> We have room for 45 people</font><br class=""><span class="" style="font-size: large;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: ComicSansMS;"><span class="" style="font-size: 18px;">If not, here is the zoom link: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 20px;"> </span><br class="" style="font-size: 17px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Ted Schmidt is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<br class=""><br class="">Join Zoom Meeting<br class=""><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8961374598?pwd=TXJBeDI4aTJUUllKbE11WUtlS3JMUT09&omn=83592036336" class="" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8961374598?pwd=TXJBeDI4aTJUUllKbE11WUtlS3JMUT09&omn=83592036336</a><br class=""><br class="">Meeting ID: 896 137 4598<br class="">Passcode: 025421</div></font></div><font size="4" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-family: ComicSansMS;" class="">Ted Schmidt</div></body></html>