BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MCC East Bay - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MCC East Bay X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mcceastbay.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MCC East Bay REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250406T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T083219 CREATED:20250211T004454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250406T165428Z UID:10022592-1743946200-1743951600@mcceastbay.org SUMMARY:China’s Genocide Against Uyghurs | Uyghur Internment Camp Survivor Abduweli Ayup DESCRIPTION:Join Uyghur scholar Abduweli Ayup for a documentary film screening and discussion. His film Behind the Mask follows Abduweli’s story\, documenting how he endured torture at an internment camp in China and sought refuge in Bergen\, Norway\, with his family. The film was directed and produced by Håvard Bustnes. \n\n\n\n1:30 p.m. (after Zuhr) to 3 p.m. | Sunday\, April 6 | MCC Conference Room | Join us in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live \n\n\n\nSponsored by Uyghur Foundation & MCC East Bay. \nNow part of the Uyghur diaspora\, Abduweli Ayup speaks to give voice to those voiceless and defenseless Uyghurs back home. He will talk about what you can do to stop China’s crimes against humanity. \n\n\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \n\n– More lectures & talks about Uyghur Muslims in China: https://mcceastbay.org/uyghur\n\n\n\n\nMillions of Uyghurs are suffering from unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the Chinese government\, including forced sterilization of young women\, enforced separation of families and placement of children in state orphanages\, and the mass detention of more than one million people since 2017 in detention camps and forced labor camps. Uyghurs were also being transferred to factories in China proper and used as modern-day slaves. Uyghurs in the diaspora speak out to be the voice of those voiceless and defenseless Uyghurs back home. Why is China trying to annihilate Uyghurs? What can we do to stop China’s genocide of the Uyghurs? \n\n\n\nAbduweli Ayup is a Uyghur activist born in Kashgar\, China\, in 1973. In August 2013\, Ayup was detained by Chinese authorities for his efforts to promote Uyghur linguistic rights by opening schools to teach children the Uyghur language. His detention lasted until November 2014. During this time\, he faced harsh interrogation and abuse. Ayup recounted being subjected to interrogation techniques involving threats\, physical violence\, the tiger chair\, and psychological pressure. He described being detained in various facilities\, including the Yanbulaq Detention Center in Kashgar and the Urumqi Detention Center\, where he witnessed and experienced beatings and sleep deprivation\, among other forms of mistreatment. Throughout his ordeal\, Ayup maintained his innocence\, enduring beatings while refusing to confess to false accusations of involvement in separatist activities or illegal fundraising. After 15 months in detention\, Ayup fled China with his family to Turkey. In 2016\, Ayup founded the non-profit Uyghur Hjelp to investigate and document the plight of Uyghurs and advocate for their cause. He has continued his efforts to open Uyghur language schools and publish Uyghur language textbooks in the diaspora. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \nReferences: \n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://gluna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Flyer-Human-Rights-Day-2021-v2-1.pdf\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://gluna.org/event/human-rights-day-uyghur-genocide/\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZpdUoYfrl4\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yt0dQtAaa9b4WLMiXSDPYJbS6fbEm82l/view\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://myemail.constantcontact.com/Reminder–Thursday-November-3–China-s-Genocide-Against-Uyghurs.html?soid=1110347635144&aid=XStooqEAtU4\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihrigul_Tursun\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nhttps://shahit.biz/eng/#5524 URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/china-genocide/ LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mcceastbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Uyghur-Documentary-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Muslim Community Center - East Bay":MAILTO:events@mcceastbay.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210912T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210912T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T083219 CREATED:20210823T124838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T203430Z UID:10014766-1631466000-1631471400@mcceastbay.org SUMMARY:Travelogue of 1984 Xinjiang DESCRIPTION:In 1984\, Jenny White was traveling with friends in China when she heard East Turkestan had just opened to foreign visitors. She immediately took a two-day bus ride to Xinjiang and spent three unforgettable weeks there – taking rare photographs of this beautiful\, bustling and isolated region of Uyghur Muslims in China. \nNearly 40 years later and with the tragic cultural erasure in Xinjiang\, Ms. White takes us on a cultural homecoming with her photos that are now a testament to a bygone time for China’s Uighur people. \n5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Sunday\, Sept. 12 | MCC Conference Room (no RSVP needed) or watch online at https://mcceastbay.org/live \nBay Area Uyghur Muslims will be on hand to provide context to these photos. Special Uighur dessert (take-home boxes) for guests after event. Facility tours after event. \nFree. Everyone welcome! For those attending in person\, masks required during duration while inside the MCC facility. \nMCC Congregation: Limited space. Note: this event is for neighbors and community members. A congregation member may attend if they bring a friend\, neighbor\, coworker (if a family would like to attend\, they should bring the same number of guests from other faiths please). \nJenny White was born and raised in Oklahoma. After university and graduate school\, she spent years traveling through the Middle East\, Asia\, and Europe. In 1984\, Jenny was traveling through China with friends when she heard that East Turkestan had opened up for foreign visitors. Jenny immediately decided to go\, and took a solo two-day bus ride – she thinks from Lanzhou. Jenny then spent about three weeks in East Turkestan and had a wonderful\, unforgettable time there. Jenny is a retired health policy researcher at the University of California\, San Francisco. \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nWho Are the Uyghurs?\nUyghurs (alternatively spelled Uighurs\, Uygurs\, etc.) are ethnically and culturally a Turkic people living in the areas of Central Asia commonly known as East Turkistan. The area is vast\, constituting one-sixth of the total land area under the control of the People’s Republic of China. The Uyghurs have a rich cultural history going back almost 4\,000 years. Before embracing Islam in tenth century\, Uyghurs believed in Buddhism\, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity. Today\, Uyghurs practice a moderate form of Sufi Islam and lead predominantly secular lives. \nUyghurs (Uighurs) are Turkic-speaking Muslim people with a population of more than twenty million in East Turkistan\, (officially known as Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China)\, which was invaded by China in 1949. Since 2016\, the Chinese Government has forced many Uyghurs to renounce their ethnic identity\, religion\, and culture and imprisoned over one million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. \n\n \n \n \n \n Barbers at Saturday market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Traveling storyteller in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Man riding donkey at local market\n \n \n \n \n \n Mother and child in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Bus from Lanzhou in Han China to Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Lunchtime at Saturday market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Two men performing traditional dance in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Orchestra of instruments at wedding celebration in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Local animal market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Father and child with traditional haircut\n \n \n \n \n \n Cobbler in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Donkey cart off-road in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Uighur woman from bus to East Turkestan\n \n \n \n \n \n Man selling melon slices at Saturday market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Shepard with flock of goat at Kashgar’s airport\n \n \n \n \n \n Barber at Saturday market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Local market at Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Onlookers at Kashgar’s airport\n \n \n \n \n \n Mother and child with traditional crib in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Brother and sister at metal shop\n \n \n \n \n \n Locals making traditional dish samsa\n \n \n \n \n \n Young girls in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Tea shop in old town of Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Man sharpening knives for at local market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Man playing traditional Rawap instrument in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Man with goat for sale at animal market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Family hardware stall at market in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Elderly walking along cedar trees in Turfan\n \n \n \n \n \n Man testing horse for purchase at animal market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Saturday market in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Kashgar’s airport\n \n \n \n \n \n Boys in Kashgar traditional neighborhood\n \n \n \n \n \n Donkey cart on the way to Bezeklik Caves\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Men at Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Local hotel Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Noodle maker in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Children at local market Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Child making noodles\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cemetery in Kashgar\, each dome is for one family\n \n \n \n \n \n Local mercant Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Statue of Mao in city center of Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “Parking lot” at local market Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Men praying at Id Kah Mosque\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Children in Kashgar\n \n \n \n \n \n Man making wudu inside Id Kah Mosuqe URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/xinjiang/ LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States CATEGORIES:Interfaith & Community Outreach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mcceastbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Travelogue-of-1984-Xinjiang-mosque-open-house-uighur.png ORGANIZER;CN="Muslim Community Center - East Bay":MAILTO:events@mcceastbay.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR