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#DroptheADL Power Hour with USCPR: call on media to stop platforming the ADL!
#DroptheADL Power Hour with USCPR: call on media to stop platforming the ADL!Dear friends,As we watch news coverage that papers over the unfolding genocide in Palestine, we are acutely aware of the Anti-Defamation League’s role. The ADL has laid the groundwork for the...
Elias Foundation Activist Fellowship Program 2024
From the Elias Foundation:  Announcing the ACTIVIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2024 - Deadline for Letters of Intent November 30, 2023 We are excited to again share with you this opportunity for Fellowships for activists in underserved communities. The Elias Foundation is...
WESPAC Peace Vigil 10-19-2023
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Reflections on the last few days from Suhad Babaa
Good afternoon WESPACers, Here are some important words from Just Vision Executive Director, Suhad Babaa: I write this letter after a sleepless night checking in on our team in Israel-Palestine. Like so many in our community, I’ve been glued to the news and deeply...
WESPAC Statement on Israel/Palestine
WESPAC FOUNDATION STATEMENT We in the peace and justice community are shattered by the ongoing death and destruction in Israel and Palestine. We are in grief over the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives in the past few days, months and years and are fearful about...
September 2023 Newsletter
Good morning and happy Monday! Â If you missed the September newsletter via email, here it is. Thank you all, as always, for your support of and dedication to our peace and justice work! Â WESPAC September 2023 Newsletter
WESPAC at #MarchToEndFossilFuels
Here is a brief clip of Sunday's #MarchToEndFossilFuels in New York City. The march was very well attended with over 75,000 participants. Thank you to everyone who helped make it so memorable! Watch the video here Photos courtesy of Andrew Courtney– thank you!
Nada being honored at 2023 It Could Happen To You Servants of Justice Awards Banquet!
Nada is being honored at the upcoming It Could Happen To You - Criminal Justice Reform Group Servants of Justice 2023 Awards Banquet for her work in law enforcement accountability! Â See more on the attached invitation:
Promo Piece for End Fossil Fuels NYC September 17 March
Hello all! Â Please check out this promo piece for the September 17th protest here: https://tedglick.com/.../september-17th-the-power-of.../ Â Written by Ted Glick, a progressive activist, organizer and writer since 1968, the piece details the significance of the...
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The film "Lyd" tells the story of the 1948 Nakba through the impact it had on the ancient Palestinian city, now known by Israelis as Lod. Directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland say "the story of Lyd is the story of Palestine."
BREAKING:
🇺🇲🇮🇱🇳🇱 The US threatens the International Criminal Court in The Hague:
"If you send an arrest warrant to Netanyahu and his ministers, there will be no cease-fire" - Bloomberg reports
The US and its allies are concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue…
In this video filmed and published a few days ago in northern Gaza, Mohammed Hijazi is seen celebrating with his friend Tareq Al Duqus by preparing a "lavish" breakfast meal after months of starvation imposed on them by Israel.
This evening, Israel killed Mohammed along with one…
"Keep going, keep going, they will have to concede if we keep going."
This elderly woman was one of the leaders of the demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1968 when she was a student at the prestigious Columbia University.
Today, she returned to the same place 56 years…
Wow! Hamline University in MN may be the first University to grant amnesty to the student encampment for Gaza and even granted the students a meeting with the president of the University and the chair of the board of trustees to hear their demands for the school's divestment.
My brother is an engineering graduate who couldn’t find a job in Gaza, so he decided to raise bees and started his project with 10 beehives I supported him to buy them, after years the 10 became 70 beehives and he was earning enough income for his daily needs, the beehives were…
At Columbia University, I spoke to faculty, the peaceful protestors demanding an end to the siege in Gaza, and pro-Israel Jewish students who described antisemitism. These are the difficult conversations leading to peace and progress.