PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY 🍉
Below are resources for learning and being in action towards ending the genocide, apartheid, and occupation of Palestinian people. (Bold indicates weekly collective actions). May there be justice, equality, safety, and dignity for all.
🍉 Break the Bonds NC North Carolina is invested in genocide. Join us in demanding that NC State Treasurer, Brad Briner, divest from poor returning Israeli Government Bond investments and invest in our communities.
🍉 Freedom Flotilla Coalition International grassroots solidarity movement since 2010 to break the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza, including the recent Global Sumud Flotilla.
🍉 US Committee for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) offers many resources for action including ‘How to Pressure Your Elected Officials’
🍉 Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) international movement. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity. Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, the BDS call urges action to pressure Israel to comply with international law.
🍉 Adalah Justice Project is rooted in the conviction that drawing the linkages between US policy abroad and repressive state practices at home is crucial to shifting the balance of power.
🍉 Emmy and Peabody award-winning Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda documents the life and people of Gaza surviving the US-supported Israeli genocide.
🍉 Dear friend Ellen O’Grady’s powerful comics inspired by her time and relationships in Palestine, on Instagram and Patreon.
🍉 Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Every Monday – Thursday at 3pm EST, JVP national organizes the Power Half-Hour for Gaza to channel grief & outrage into action to stop a genocide. Sign up here. Also check out the NC Triangle JVP chapter for local community events/actions.
🍉 Donations for direct aid to trusted folks on the ground in Gaza:
- Sameer Project: a Palestinian-led aid initiative working to supply emergency shelter and aid to displaced families in Gaza.
- Palestinian American Medical Association provides immediate medical relief
- Water is Life Gaza sources their water from Palestinian-owned wells inside the north, bypassing occupation systems and international NGOs. They rely on community-led systems of survival under siege.
🍉 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Quaker action for a just world. Organizes weekly online action hour Fridays at noon EST for updates and to make calls/emails together. Sign up and more resources here.
🍉 Christians for a Free Palestine (CFP) principles, inspirations, actions.
🍉 +972 Magazine Independent journalism from Isreal-Palestine
🍉 Beautiful and powerful mini documentary with celebrated chef Laila el-Haddad (@gazamom) preparing sumagiya with foraged sumac, purslane, and wood sorrel, keeping Palestinian food culture alive in the midst of a genocide.
🍉 Palestine Heirloom Seed Library (PHSL) is an interactive art and agriculture project that also aims to start conversations, exchange knowledge, and share the stories of food and farming that have been buried away, waiting to sprout like seeds.