April 5, 4:00 PM EDT - in person at Possible Futures, 318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT

Book Talk: Understanding Palestine and Israel with author Phyllis Bennis

Possible Futures, Mending Minyan, and JVP New Haven are proud to host author, activist, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and international adviser to Jewish Voice for Peace, Phyllis Bennis for a book talk and signing of her recently updated work, Understanding Palestine and Israel, an accessible primer text with crucial new analysis of current events. Join us in the bookspace this Saturday, April 5, 4at 4pm!

More about the book:

All the questions you’ve been wondering about—up to and including Israel’s war on Gaza and the election of Donald Trump.

People across the US watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza. They poured into the streets demanding Ceasefire Now—and protested the US government financing, arming, and protecting Israel’s war. A key question was when to start the clock—because none of those events actually began on October 7; all had their origins in events 17, or 58, or 77 years earlier.

In straightforward, accessible language Phyllis Bennis takes on that question—and many more—providing answers to the queries so many never before had the chance to ask. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism—and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7?

Instagram / @possiblefuturesbooks

Saturday, April 5, June 7, September 6, December 6, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Online

Reading Against Empire: A Reading Group

How has our world been narrated to us by empire, and how can we speak back against those narratives? What anticolonial strategies for reading, writing, and being do these works cultivate in their attention to British, American, and Japanese imperial projects?

Join scholars Sam Ikehara and Nozomi Nakaganeku to read and discuss Christina Sharpe’s Ordinary Notes, Dionne Brand’s Salvage: Readings from the Wreck, Crystal Myun-hye Baik’s Re-encounters: On the Korean War and Diasporic Memory Critique, and Wendy Matsumura’s Waiting for the Cool Moon: Anti-Imperialist Struggles in the Heart of Japan’s Empire.

Participants will meet online across four sessions to discuss these books with one another, though there is no requirement to join every session. They are also encouraged to purchase copies of the texts from the Workshops4Gaza bookstore, where all proceeds are donated to a different Gaza initiative each month.

Register and buy books here: 🔗 Reading Against Empire: A Reading Group — Workshops 4 Gaza

Sam Ikehara was born and raised in Oʻahu. Her research and activism emerge from her family’s histories and experiences across multiple wars and empires in the Pacific Ocean, particularly the U.S. military occupations of Hawaiʻi and Okinawa.

Nozomi Nakaganeku-Saito is an Assistant Professor of English and Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies at Amherst College. Her research focuses on the impacts of US militarism and Japanese settler colonialism on Okinawa and the role of literature and storytelling in (re)shaping relations to land/air/sea by centering Indigenous perspectives.

Saturday, April 5 · 2 - 9pm EDT - in person at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, 124 Henry Street Brooklyn, NY

W.A.W.O.G. Town Hall & Fundraiser for Palestine

Join Writers Against the War on Gaza for "Free the People, Free the Land"—a town hall centering the rights to return, resist, and remain.

By Writers Against the War on Gaza

Join Writers Against the War on Gaza (W.A.W.O.G.) on Saturday, April 5 from 2–9 PM for a community town hall at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn (124 Henry St, Brooklyn).

Our programming — including panels , performances, and readings — will center on the right to return to stolen lands, the right to remain in the face of ongoing displacement, and the right to resist the systems of oppression that perpetuate dispossession worldwide. Our workshops will offer practical skills to the movement. Our raffle prizes include rare art prints, revolutionary literature, jewelry, and clothing. Food and coffee will be available throughout the day.

📣 As the Zionist regime intensifies its genocidal assault on Gaza and escalates the violent displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank, the fascist oligarchy of the United States has declared war on Palestinian and pro-Palestine activists on our campuses and in our communities. In these moments of heightened repression, we must remind ourselves that the struggle for liberation is not a choice but an imperative.

🌱 Ticket and raffle proceeds will go to Thamra, a Palestinian-run organization in the northern Gaza fostering food resilience and sovereignty by restoring and cultivating farm land; and PALSHIELD, which supports farming communities in the West Bank through the provision of life-saving medical supplies, protective gear, and training programs to defend against settler attacks.

🎟️ Tickets are sold on a sliding scale from $0-40 with the option to customize your donation amount. Please consider donating; even $5 goes a long way. Free childcare will be provided upon request, and can be selected as an "add-on" to your ticket purchase. Please scroll down within ticketing section to view all options.

♿ The space is wheelchair accessible via a ramp on the ground floor, with a chair lift available to access workshops and vendors on the second floor.

😷 Face masks will be distributed at the door. Masking protects your health and the health of others; it also helps protect your identity. Air purifiers will be dispersed throughout the venue.

⚠️ While will we have a security team ready to address unauthorized recording and engage disruptors and other bad actors, we encourage attendees to consider their own risk level and notify event organizers if you see anything suspicious or out of place. We keep us safe!

RSVP here

A message from Jessie Qumsiyeh for the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability (PIBS) & the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH)

Dear Friends of PIBS/PMNH,

We are pleased to invite you to join this Saturday our monthly virtual meetup that we have been holding on the first Saturday of each month since July 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.  During the meetup, we update our former volunteers and donors of the activities at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability for the previous month and the challenges we faced. We have kept this monthly virtual forum since then.

We are grateful for your attendance at our monthly volunteers and supporters’ virtual meetup plus Mazin’s briefing on Gaza on March 1, 2025!  

Here are the slides and recording of the first hour’s meetup on PIBS progress  Here is the recording of the second hour’s briefing on Gaza.

We are honored to invite you to our next (#57) monthly virtual meetup on this Saturday, 5 April 2025. The time and link are below:  

Saturday, 5 April 2025 at 7 PM Palestine (still on Winter time) / 7 PM CET / 6 PM GMT / 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT.  The total duration will be two hours. In the first hour, we will review PIBS activities for the month of March 2025 (the most colorful month of the year in Palestine). In the second hour, Prof. Mazin will speak about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. 

Here is the meeting link:  

ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6106562489 

Please check out the archive of past meetups’ slides and recordings, especially if you are located in a time zone that prohibited you from attending.

We are also pleased to release our 2024 Annual Report here. We greatly appreciate your review and feedback.

Thank you as always and we look forward to seeing you online this Saturday, 5 April 2025!

Stay Human and keep hope alive,

Jessie H. Chang, M. Sc.
Volunteer Assistant to Director
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability

Please also mark on your calendar for our future virtual meetup dates for the rest of 2025:

3 May 2025 (#58)

7 June 2025 (#59)

5 July 2025 (#60)

2 August 2025 (#61)

6 September 2025 (#62)

4 October 2025 (#63)

1 November 2025 (#64)

6 December 2025 (#65)

Information on Gaza:

• OnGaza.org

• TheStruggleVideo.org

• Mondoweiss.net

• Democracynow.org

• If Americans Knew

• Electronic Intifada

Help Gaza financially: 

• Medical Aid for Palestinians

• Middle East Children’s Alliance

• UNRWA

• ANERA

• PCRS

• United Palestinian Appeal

There are many Hands Off! Rallies throughout ME on Saturday. You can find a location for a Hands Off! protest near you here (scroll down to the interactive map): Hands Off!

BLUE HILL Saturdays, 12:30 - 1 pm, outside Blue Hill Town Hall (every week)

BUCKSPORT Saturdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm, on Bucksport-Verona Bridge (every week)

Portland Stand-Out, Saturdays, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Post Office Park, corner of Exchange and Middle Streets. Please join us!

Saturday, April 5 · 12 - 1 PM EDT - Zoom

The History of Palestine: A Century of Resilience and Perseverance - April 5th, 2025: Palestine from 1947-1949

Zoom Sessions on Palestinian History by American Muslims for Palestine’s Education Coordinator, Tarek Khalil.

By AMP Chicago

About this event

➡️ Want to learn about early Palestinian history? American Muslims for Palestine Chicago and Southsiders for Peace have partnered to bring an educational series of Palestinian history starting March 1st!

We hope to see everyone there as learning Palestinian history has never been more crucial than the current moment 🇵🇸

➡️ Please RSVP and then the zoom link will be sent to you! The History of Palestine: A Century of Resilience and Perseverance Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Saturdays, 12 - 2 PM - in person at 1170 Haddon Ave., Collingswood NJ

South Jersey for Ceasefire and Arms Embargo Now: Weekly Protest for Gaza and Lebanon

Join us every Saturday as we protest for an arms embargo, a permanent ceasefire, and an end to the genocide!

📍Collingswood
⏰ Saturdays, 12-2pm

Instagram / @sjforgaza

Saturday, April 5, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Zoom

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Exception," directed by Ezzaldeen Shalh (currently in Gaza)

Please click here to register for this event.
Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 Palestine, 18:00 Europe, UK 17:00; Running Time 88 minutes, 2006, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with filmmaker and film producer.

About the Film
“ ‘Exception' sheds light on a pivotal moment amidst the ongoing genocide, serving as a testament to the resilience of our people and the depth of our cultural resistance. We stand firm, we remain,” Ezzaldeen Shalh.

About Filmmaker
Ezzaldeen Shalh has held various leadership positions in the film industry. Notably, she is the Founder and President of the Jerusalem International Film Festival, preparing for its 9th edition in November 2025. The festival's website is (link unavailable). Additionally, she is the Founder and President of the Gaza's International Festival For Women's Cinema, scheduled for October 26-31, 2025.

He also co-founded and serves as President of the International Union of Arab Cinema Festivals, comprising 25 festivals from 14 countries. Her expertise extends to heading International Centers in the Middle East, where he has directed the Palestine Center. Furthermore, he was the Executive Director of the first International Film Festival planned for Gaza.

His cinematic work includes "Exception" (2025), a film about genocide in Gaza and resilience in the face of death. Another project is "Love and Bread," a feature screenplay based on Asia Abdel Hadi's novel (2019-2021). He directed a documentary about Gaza University (2011) and earlier projects include "The Other World" (1999) and "The Dry Spring" (1997).

Please click here to register for this event.

Join us once again for our Sunset Park Ceasefire Now Vigil

Saturdays / 12 to 1 pm / Corner of 44th & 5th, Brooklyn

Source: (20+) Sunset Park Ceasefire Now Vigil | Facebook

There are many Hands Off! Rallies throughout VT on Saturday. You can find a location for a Hands Off protest near you here (scroll down to the interactive map): Hands Off!

Saturday Standouts for Palestine - BENNINGTON, VT,11:30 AM - 12:30 PM at the Four Corners.

Vigil for Palestine, 12-1 p.m. every Saturday, 204 Main St., Brattleboro (in front of the post office). Hosted by Southern Vermont for Palestine. SoVT4Palestine

There are many Hands Off! Rallies throughout NH on Saturday. You can find a location for a Hands Off protest near you here (scroll down to the interactive map): Hands Off!

Alton Peace Vigils are back on! Bi-monthly vigils are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 10am until 11am at the Alton Circle in front of McDonalds. The theme is Love Not Hate, no finger-pointing or political signs, please. We have lots of signs, or bring your own. contact NHTess@gmail.com for more info.

Keene Peace Vigil holds weekly peace vigils at Central Square in Keene.   They have been taking a stand for Peace and Justice, against wars and violence, every week since 2001! Saturdays from 11 am to noon, Central Square, Keene.

Nashua, NH, in front of Nashua City Hall from 11 to Noon every Sat. www.nashuapeace.org

Hancock Community Conversations on Race Group (HCCOR) continues its peaceful vigils on Saturdays from noon to 1 pm on Rt 101 and Rt 202 in Peterborough. Please wear a mask and stand 6 ft apart. Parking is available at the outer edges of the Job Lot/Rite Aid Plaza. Please sign in at the unstaffed table near the pedestrian underpass.

Vigil for Palestine, Saturdays @ 5:00 PM outside of Exeter Town Hall, 10 Front St., Exeter NH Flyer: Vigil for Palestine every Saturday Exeter NH.pdf(Review) - Adobe cloud storage

There are many Hands Off! Rallies throughout MA on Saturday, including the largest in Boston. You can find a location for a Hands Off protest near you here (scroll down to the interactive map): Hands Off!

Weekly Saturdays, 10:00am-11:00am, Nason St at Main St, Maynard, MA - Host: Maynard for Peace and Justice

Join Arlington for Palestine on Saturdays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm @ Mass Ave & Mystic St., Arlington to standout on support for the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 Arlington For Palestine | Join us on Saturdays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm to standout on support for the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 #ceasefirenow #armsembargonow… | Instagram

Greenfield Weekly Standout for Palestine - Saturdays between 11:00am and noon. Court Square, Greenfield. Bring a sign. Join local peace vigil holders from Traprock Peace Center, local Jews, and friends every Saturday. All are welcome. Instagram post: Greenfield for Palestine (@greenfield4palestine) • Instagram photos and videos

Plymouth CHANGE OF LOCATION: Next Saturday 4/5 we will be joining comrades in protest across from Plymouth Rock. Same time- 12 noon. Bring your pro-Pal signs and flags, anti-genocide needs to be part of the progressive platform. HANDS OFF PALESTINE! Instagram / @plymouthforpalestine

Weekly vigil in Watertown for a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza & Palestine. Saturdays Noon - 1:00 PM, Watertown Square. Bring a sign. We will have materials for you to make one. Weather permitting. For more info or to check if it is hapening on a specific Saturday email watertowncitizens@gmail.com / Weekly Vigil for a Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine (watertowncitizens.org)

Eastham Standout for Peace, Noon - 1:00 PM, Eastham Windmill Park, 1395 Samoset Rd., Eastham, MA (every week) Instagram / @capecod4palestine

Join Natick for Palestine at their weekly standout every Sat. at 1:00 at the intersection of 135 and 27 (Natick Town Hall for your GPS.)

You can find a location for a Hands Off protest near you here (scroll down to the interactive map): Hands Off!

For those who attend weekly Saturday standouts for Palestine, check with your local organizers to see if they are combining with a Hands Off rally. For instance, the Plymouth MA weekly standout will be held at their summer location @ Cole’s Hill to coincide with the Hands Off rally there.

Friday, April 04, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm (EDT) - in person at the Northampton Friends Meeting, 43 Center St, Northampton, MA

Cultivating a Local Peace Economy: Our Revolutionary Task in the Time of the Rump

Cultivating a Local Peace Economy is the pivot we need to divest ourselves from the madness. Gather together to share ideas, local projects, and building communities of trust and care. Join us at Northampton Friends Meeting on April 4th with CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans and local projects and initiatives to discuss how to build our Local Peace Economy in the area and divest from the war machine. 

RSVP: Cultivating a Local Peace Economy: Our Revolutionary Task in the Time of the Rump

PS. Saturday April 5th, people from around the country will join together in Washington D.C. to say: STOP THE GENOCIDE on the Palestinian people! There are buses from your area! Sign up to gather with Medea, Jodie and the DC team! RSVP for more details. Wear your pink!

Friday, April 4, 6:00 PM EDT - in person at First Parish Church, 1446 Mass Ave., Cambridge MA

On the Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Face of Fascism and Genocide with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley

Join us for the second session of FREEDOM SCHOOL with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley (in-person) on Friday, April 4 at 6 pm! The session will be held in the main sanctuary at First Parish Church in Cambridge (across from the Johnston Gate).

Instagram / @thefreedomschool

Learn more about Prof Kelley at this flyer for the April 3 talk Robin Kelley_STPEC April 3 (1) - Adobe cloud storage

Fri April 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT - in person at the Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker St., Lenox, MA

What About Gaza? Discussion and book signing with author Phyllis Bennis “Understanding Palestine and Israel”

Join us for a discussion with respected political analyst and author Phyllis Bennis. Her new book, Understanding Palestine and Israel, answers important questions including perspectives often missing from corporate media: history that shaped the area, events leading up to the current crisis and how this has affected international law, human rights, the recent American elections, and the erosion of democracy.

Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies where she co-directs the New Internationalism Project. She has written numerous books on Palestine, foreign policy, and the UN. She serves as an international advisor to Jewish Voice for Peace, and has been shortlisted twice to become the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Tickets are free, but please register to reserve a seat. What About Gaza? – Massachusetts Peace Action

Upcoming talks by Phyllis Bennis:

Saturday, April 5 at 4:00 pm: Possible Futures, 318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT 06511. Sponsored by JVP New Haven and Mending Minyan.

Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm: Massachusetts Peace Action. Venue: 1991 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140.

Monday, April 7 at 6:00 pm: Event organized by Traprock Communication at All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church, 399 Main Street, Greenfield, MA.

Tuesday, April 8 at 7:00 pm: UMass Amherst, Thompson 106 (near parking garage). Sponsored by SJP, FJP, JVP, Interlink etc … Phyllis Bennis in conversation with Michel Moushabeck. RSVP.

Wednesday, April 9 at 7:00 pm: Event organized by Southern Vermont for Palestine in Brattleboro, VT.

Join the BOSTON PALESTINE SUPPORT GROUP 🇵🇸 - Bi-weekly meetings, Friday evenings 6 - 7:30 PM

We are glad to share an opportunity on behalf of community member Ibrahim Shalabi— the Boston Palestine Support Group! This space is specifically for Palestinians/Arabs in Boston who are having difficulties coping with the ongoing attacks on Palestine, and the region as a whole.

Next meeting date: Friday, April 4, 6 - 7:30 PM

Food will be provided for Iftar for those observing Ramadan, but it is encouraged to bring your own dishes as well!

Sign up here if interested: Boston Palestine Support Group Signup

Friday, April 4, 5:00 PM - in person at the Quakerbridge Mall, Lawrenceville, NH

Flyer for Palestine

Join our efforts to educate / remind people of the genocide in Palestine and which brands to avoid on the #BDS list by leaving a flyer on their vehicle. We have also decided to stick with every first & third Friday of the month for sake of consistency!

Instagram / @trentondsa

Weekly Standout & Shabbat for Palestine & Lebanon. Field Park/Traffic Circle, Williamstown MA, 3:30 - 4:30 PM. every friday since november 17, 2023 (with one exception when there was a tornado) we have been standing out to show our support for a ceasefire, for a free palestine, for peace, for liberation from occupation. we are not an organized group- we are individuals with diverse backgrounds who all want the killing to stop. we are jewish, muslim, christian, non religious, young, old, in between. we are artists, writers, teachers, organizers, parents, small business owners, restaurant workers, any number of other professions and identities because we are not a monolith. all are welcome to stand with us if you want peace and believe all humans deserve safety, life, love.
most weeks we light the shabbat candles at the end, anyone who wants to can sing the blessing together.
we have extra signs, or feel free to bring your own. Instagram post: Williamstown for Palestine 🇵🇸 (@williamstownforpalestine) • Instagram photos and videos

Sunderland Standout, weekly @ 4 - 5pm, intersection of Rtes 116 & 47 - Western Mass Coalition For Palestine (@westernmasscoalition4pal) • Instagram photos and videos

JVP Standout at the Roundabout - Every Friday, Hello all of you dedicated supporters and comrades! Please take note that we have a TIME CHANGE for our JVP weekly Friday STANDOUT: 4 - 5 PM at the roundabout on the Northampton side of Coolidge Bridge. Please tell your friends! Signs & banners are always available if you don’t bring one along. Northampton Round-about Location: Northeast side of the roundabout in Northampton, by the Norwottuck Rail Trail park & ride bike-path parking lot off of Damon Rd, at end of the Coolidge Bridge over the CT River. Instagram / @jvpwesternma

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY PICKET 🚨🚨@ MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Cambride MA
MIT and Harvard are hosting mass murderer and genocidaire Jake Sullivan, the ex-NSA director, on FRIDAY, APRIL 4, at 5:30 PM! To confront Zionism is not only to confront the Zionist entity, but also the government of the so-called United States, which is JUST as complicit in the accelerated phase of genocide. We are showing up in full force to tell Genocide Jake that he is not welcome in Cambridge! Instagram / @mit_caa

Join the RI Anti-War Committee to vigil against American militarism and call for an end to U.S.-backed wars. Demand negotiations to halt the Russian/Ukraine war and stop the Israeli assault on Gaza. End American shipments of weapons that prolong ongoing wars and end aid to Israel. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall.
See you Fridays at the corner of Gaspee & Francis, Providence) @ New Time 3PM! Bring friends, bring signs if you have (if not, we'll have some!) FB event page: (20+) End American militarism and U.S.-backed wars. | Facebook Instagram post: Instagram / @riantiwar

Fridays @ 3:00 PM EDT

Weekly PSA: Palestine Solidarity Announcements

With reports of a ceasefire agreement nearing completion, we’ll take a close look at the key questions surrounding a possible cessation of hostilities in the near and long term. Join us Friday for the PSA!

Weekly updates on what is happening in Palestine, calls to action, and solidarity work for organizations, activists, and supporters particularly in the SF Bay Area. (note: these organizations are very much worth listening too regardless of geographical location)

Co-sponsored by Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Bay Resistance, Center for Political Education, and Anti Police-Terror Project.

Register to join live Webinar Registration - Zoom

Weekdays @ 3:00 PM EDT

Power Half-Hour for Gaza: Channel grief & fear into action to stop a genocide

URGENT: We need all hands on deck now to act. If the Zoom room is full, join us here: Jewish Voice for Peace - YouTube

We must act together to demand the U.S. immediately de-escalate to prevent imminent genocide after 75 years of Israeli military occupation and apartheid. Invite your friends to this daily power-half hour to take action in political community. -Call on Congress to demand they stop fueling violence -Get messaging resources and pointers for having the hard conversations with people in your life -Intervene in the media narrative beating the drums of war against Palestinians Come to channel grief and fear into action to stop the bloodshed. All are welcome. All are needed.

To register: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Instagram / @jewishvoiceforpeace

WEEKLY RALLY OUTSIDE GENERAL DYNAMICS - ARMS EMBARGO NOW When: Fridays at 2:30pm / Where: 291 North Street, Saco, Maine
Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. General dynamics is the sole manufacturer of bombs used by Israel, according to a recent article published in the Portland Press Herald. The plant in Saco makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. People of conscience in so-called Maine demand that General Dynamics leave the state and that GD execs be held accountable for profiting off genocide. More information here: Instagram post: Maine Coalition for Palestine (@mainecoalition4palestine) • Instagram photos and videos

Brunswick Stand-Out, Fridays 5:00 - 6:00 PM, Maine Street opposite Walgreens Pharmacy, 156 Maine Street Brunswick, ME (map) Join PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick, Maine on Friday at their weekly Vigil for Peace as they call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. For more information, call 725-7686

Camden Stand-Out, Fridays 5:00 PM 6:00 PM, Camden Village Green, 29 Chestnut Street, Camden, ME (map) - A weekly stand-out held by the people of Camden.

Gaza Unbreakable Week of Rage 🚨 NEW YORK CITY 🚨 All out to the NYC SJP Week of Rage! Join us at 1pm at Bryant Park (April 4) in Manhattan to show our universities and the state that we stand united, outraged, and undeterred in our fight for Palestinian liberation and the brave people of Gaza!

We demand our institutions cease all collaboration with the state, divest immediately, remove all arms manufacturers and entities responsible for the genocide from campus, reject anti-Palestinian financial coercion from the Trump Administration, and turn over decision-making power to the united students, faculty, and staff. Join us Friday at 1pm! 🇵🇸🇵🇸

Instagram / @nationalsjp

Fridays @ 12:00 PM EDT - Zoom

This fall, we are returning to our normal Action Hour schedule, meaning each Friday we'll meet for an hour joined by a special guest. If you haven't already, register to join our Action Hour for Palestine every Friday at noon ET/ 9 a.m. PT.  You'll get updates from Gaza, call Congress, and see new resources and upcoming events.

Join us this Friday (4/4), where we’ll hear from Saher Francis, the General Director of Adameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Saher will speak about conditions in Israeli prisons and the unjust detention of Palestinians. 

Use this link to join us each Friday at 12pm ET / 9am PT on Zoom for the Action Hour. You will get a reminder an hour before the Action Hour begins with the link to join. The link for the agenda document doesn’t change week to week, so you can always access it!

To mark a year of genocide, watch this AFSC video featuring the heroic work of AFSC’s staff in Gaza over the past year of genocide, take a look at a timeline of our work over the past year, and read our public statement on the anniversary of October 7th.

Donate today  to support AFSC’s Gaza emergency response in Gaza. Over the past year, our staff have reached over a million Palestinians in Gaza with aid, including water, fresh vegetables, hygiene kits, school supplies, and hot meals.  See our new resource for peer-to-peer fundraising at afsc.org/fundraise. 

To register: AFSC Action Hour – Ceasefire Now

Updates from Gaza - In order to allow you to share Yousef’s updates from Gaza more easily with others, we’ve begun posting them on our Gaza Unlocked website. You can find the full update from our Friday call and the weeks before here. 

FRIDAYS@FETTERMAN’S

We are a weekly peace vigil conducted outside the Philadelphia office of U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Join Our Vigil - Every Friday afternoon until the senator publicly supports our demand.

11:15 am – 12:15 pm at the United States Custom House, 200 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA

More info: (20+) Facebook

Reminder: The Leadership Team of Fridays @ Fetterman’s decided to start Friday vigils earlier in 2025 to make it possible for Muslim allies to attend and still be able to attend Friday worship and prayer services in the early afternoon.

Weekly Vigil: Rockaway for Ceasefire, 9:00 AM, 67-12 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Arverne, NY - Every Friday we will demand that U.S. Representative Meeks calls for a permanent ceasefire and save lives. Join us! We will not demobilize until we are all liberated - Instagram / @rockawayrevolution

🗓️ Fridays 10-11 AM 📍 36th Street and 3rd Avenue 🌅 Sunset Park, Brooklyn - NY-10 Neighbors remains committed to gathering as a community to raise our voices for Palestine. We are deeply disappointed by @repdangoldman ‘s recent praise for Trump—who continues to attack the rights of marginalized communities, including immigrants, women, and trans people.

Instead of standing up to fascism, Goldman supports the deportation of students protesting against genoc/de. He champions Holocaust education yet stays silent as Trump calls for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

Dan Goldman does not represent our diverse district or fight for all our rights. We continue to hold him accountable and demand better.

Instagram / @ny10neighbors

Friday - THETFORD, 7:30 - 8:15 AM every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, on the Green across from the Congregational Church, Route 113. Ceasefire and Stop Arming Israel.

Friday - MONTPELIER, at Noon in front of the old (now flooded-out) Federal Building on State Street.

Friday - HANOVER, NH, time change 2:30 - 3:00 PM. Wo/Men In Black, dress all in black for this silent Vigil at the corner of Wheelock and Main Streets.  

Friday - NEWPORT, VT, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, 100 Main Street at the fish statue

Every Friday - UPPER VALLEY, 4:00 – 5:00 PM Vigil for a permanent Ceasefire Now! in Gaza and the West Bank on Ledyard Bridge between Hanover, NH and Norwich, VT.

Thursday, April 3 · 9 - 10:30pm EDT - Online

Salon 54: Palestine in Print: Publishing & Archiving – Tools for Resistance

Palestine in Print examines the critical role of print media in protecting and archiving endangered voices, histories, and traditions.

By Letterform Archive

Prompted by artists’ responses to the ongoing devastation in Gaza, Palestine in Print examines the critical role of print media in protecting and archiving endangered voices, histories, and traditions. Artists Ren Allathkani and Kate Laster, publisher Nicole Kaack, and archivist MJ Fair will present recent publications that center communities allied with Palestinian liberation: Passport of Witness (2024); a zine by California Jewish Artists for Palestine (2024); Prints for Palestine (2024); and art and zines by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. While employing distinct strategies and materials, each of these projects emphasizes that publishing can itself be an act of resistance. A moderated dialogue will explore the role of printed matter as a tool to preserve communal memory amid censorship, while also attending to the key roles of archivists and librarians in engaging wider networks.

Audience Q&A will follow.

Letterform Archive supports freedom of artistic expression.

We support freedom of artistic expression for our team members, collaborators, and community. We do not allow our donors or board members to influence academic, curatorial, or editorial decisions

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Ren Allathkani is a multidisciplinary Palestinian American artist, currently calling Elk Grove, California home. Allathkani works to understand her rich cultural heritage through the artistic journey. Raised between the U.S. and Jordan, her family hails from Jaffa and Nablus, regions steeped in history and tradition. Ren’s journey in art explores the topics of place, identity, heritage, and spirituality. Allathkani holds a BA in Art Studio from UC Davis and currently practices at Verge, a space where she delves deep into the art of Palestinian tatreez and works with natural materials. Ren’s art is not just a form of expression, but a means of reclaiming her lost roots and connecting with her spirituality and Palestinian heritage.

MJ Fair is an artist and archivist whose practice explores the possibilities of radical social transformation. She is a member of Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, a network of information and memory workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. She is also a member of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, a collective of artists creating work to support social justice movements, and a co-founder of Interference Archive, an archive and social center documenting history from below.

Nicole Kaack is co-editor of prompt:, a collaborative artist publication that recently released Prints for Palestine, a fundraiser series of prints in support of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). She is also an independent writer, editor, and curator with a background in performance production and archives.

Kate Laster is an artist, educator and critical historian from Alaska now based in Oakland. They received a BA at Evergreen State College in 2015 and in 2019 received a MA+MFA in History & Theory of Contemporary Art and Studio Art with an emphasis in Printmaking at SFAI. Laster makes generative and collaborative projects connected to the weight of the past, human migration and the effervescent exhaustion of everyday love. Laster has taught at San Francisco Center for the Book, been a studio assistant at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program and currently works at NIAD as a studio facilitator.

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