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Marketing the Occupation: Part Three - The Social Media Battleground in a Time of War
2025-01-19 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Israel and pro-Israel advocacy groups have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on social media messaging to build “Brand Israel” and sway U.S. public opinion. Such campaigns have influenced elections, inserted falsehoods into news cycles, and intimated decision-makers into funding weapons for Israel. But there is resistance. For example, Wikipedia has deemed the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) “a generally unreliable source” on the war in Gaza. Students assert their First Amendment rights, protesting on campuses, advocating for boycotts, and sharing news directly from Gaza. What are the dimensions of this social media battle for the “hearts and minds” of the American public?

Watch the curated videos for free at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with:
Omar Zahzah – Assistant Professor, AMED Studies, San Francisco State University
Katie Halper – Host, “The Katie Halper Show” (WBAI); Co-Host, “Useful Idiots”
Bryce Greene – FAIR Student Organizer, Indiana University Bloomington
Maya Berry – (Moderator) Executive Director, Arab American Institute

Register now: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-January2025
Watch the trailer: https://tinyurl.com/VFHL-TrailerJanuary2025

My Journey Home: Reflections from Liberated Syria
2025-01-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join Karam Foundation tomorrow, January 22, for a heartfelt and candid conversation about a recent journey to Aleppo, Syria, and beyond.
During the Zoom call, she will share:

Reflections from her journey through Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo.

Stories of resilience and hope from the Syrians she met along the way.

The urgent needs facing Syrians today—and how we can help rebuild lives and communities.

Date: Wednesday, January 22
Time: 1:00-2:00 EST
Location: Zoom (registration link below)
Register via Zoom

Boycott Chevron!
2025-02-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Chevron Eastgate, 3725 150th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA, 98006
New locations! Two locations! Saturday February 1, at Ballard Safeway 15th Ave NW and Market Street from 2-4pm; AND Bellevue Chevron Eastgate 3725 150th Ave SE from 1-3pm.
Choose one and join us! We would love to meet you and build this movement together. Show up to picket Chevron, raise awareness about their complicity in genocide and apartheid, pressure Safeway to stop purchasing fuel from Chevron, and encourage people to #BoycottChevron gas stations! You can also sign and share the letter at http://bit.ly/boycottchevron

Boycott Chevron!
2025-02-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Safeway – Ballard, 1423 NW Market St, Seattle, WA, 98107

WAISN Training: Rapid Response / Respuesta Rapida
2025-02-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Bilingual training in English and Spanish Regardless of the result about presidential elections, the immigrant and refugee community has received direct threats about deportations and immigration raids. Our community must urgently begin to prepare, inform and organize in the face of this situation and know that in their area there are groups that can document any ICE activity in the community. Join this workshop to learn more about existing rapid response networks that support communities, build pressure to stop detention and deportation, and ultimately keep families together.

NLG - Know Your Rights
2025-02-09 12:30 - 14:30 | Sustainable Capitol Hill, 1552 Crawford Place, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Seattle NLG is hosting this Know-Your-Rights training to help individuals know and measure risks so they can make informed choices on their conduct. Learn about how to interact with police in different situations and how to comply with new federal laws cracking down on pro-Palestinian liberation groups.

Healthcare Workers for Palestine
2025-02-10 17:30 - 19:30 | Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105
As a margins-to-center organization, we stand in solidarity with all those being oppressed, especially when it is from our own government. Join us and unite in the fight to protect our community, especially immigrants, refugees, and our trans youth.
All are welcome, including families and children! Bring signs and your people power! We’ll have warm drinks, handwarmers and the energy to match!
Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine PNW will be bannering and distributing flyers outside of Seattle Children’s Hospital on Monday, February 10th, from 530-730p.
#solidarity #immigrants #protecttranskids #abolishice#armsembargonow #seattle #healthcareworkers#healthcareheroes #healthcareisahumanright

Boycott Chevron!
2025-03-05 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Chevron Station – Aurora, 15510 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA
Choose one and join us! We would love to meet you and build this movement together. Show up to picket Chevron, raise awareness about their complicity in genocide and apartheid, pressure Safeway to stop purchasing fuel from Chevron, and encourage people to #BoycottChevron gas stations! You can also sign and share the letter at http://bit.ly/boycottchevron

Study & Action for Palestine 2025: Fighting fascism at home & abroad
2025-03-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
This year’s course is designed to be responsive to the current moment, focusing on campaigns and organizing efforts within the context of the Trump administration and volatile circumstances on the ground in Palestine. This includes a focus on the way in which fighting fascism at home is intimately intertwined with fighting against US state-sponsored violence in Palestine.

Participants are welcome to join us and apply analysis & organizing lessons to their own work at this time, whether their primary focus is on Palestine solidarity or something else. All of our struggles are connected!
All six sessions include curated study materials, engaging guest teacher discussions, and opportunities to share, reflect, receive support, and inspire one another in small and large group formats. We are honored to be joined by an amazing roster of guest teachers, and we encourage participants to join the program with others they know.
Comrades Education (formerly White Awake & based in the U.S.) has outlined community guidelines and expectations for this learning community in our Course Structure, Agreements & Ground Rules document for the program.

CO-SPONSORS: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Jewish Voice for Peace, Adalah Justice Project, Highlander Center, SURJ, Catalyst Project & Rabbis for Ceasefire
FACILITATORS: Eleanor Hancock and Chris Crass
WITH GUEST TEACHERS: Noura Erakat, Huwaida Arraf, Ahmad Abuznaid, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Sumaya Awad, Rama Ali Kased, Rochelle Watson, Sophia Elena Gurulé, Andrew Kadi and Jemma Pasch

WEBINAR: ON THIRD WORLD FEMINISM & THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE
2025-03-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Join the Palestinian Feminist Collective and CODEPINK during Women’s History Month for a popular education webinar on the revolutionary living histories and tradition of Third World feminist and women’s movements.
Together, we’ll learn how we can harness their teachings, tools, and legacies to inform our movement for Palestine and build a future free from oppression and systemic subjugation.

DATE: MARCH 21
TIME: 8 PM ET
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Recognizing & Understanding Anti-Palestinian Racism
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:30 | WA
Attendee will learn to:
Know who Palestinians are
Describe anti-Palestinian racism
Identify who can be targets of
anti-Palestinian racism
Understand the impact of
anti-Palestinian racism on health
wellbeing
Learn ways to address
anti-Palestinian racism

Palestine Cultural Resistance Festival
2025-03-24 | TBD
SAVE THE DATE! 📣 Students for Justice in Palestine at Seattle U (SU SJP) and Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return are hosting their annual Palestinian Resistance Culturefest on April 25th 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥
Stay tuned (and turn your notifications on) for announcements on ticket sales, performers, and calls for vendors/volunteers throughout the month.

Umm Al-Fahm: Virtual Delegation
2025-03-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join us on Zoom for a virtual tour of the ‘48 city of resistance, Umm al-Fahm, which the late Naji al-Ali called
“the code name for Palestine.”
This virtual tour will be followed with a discussion and Q&A.
**PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE TIME WHEN YOU REGISTER!**

Canvassing Training for Tax Day Divestment Actions
2025-04-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
In this training, you’ll learn:

Why canvassing is critical to winning campaigns: How canvassing works to popularize your campaign and grow leadership in your community to sustain every phase
Messaging & Framing: How to craft compelling conversations that resonate with different audiences
Handling Tough Questions & Opposition: Strategies for navigating challenging discussions and overcoming skepticism
Role-Playing & Practice: Interactive exercises to build confidence and refine your pitch
Building Long-Term Support: How to track and follow up with people to sustain momentum
Taking Action: Committing to local canvassing/outreach efforts on Tax Day & spreading the word via the Tax Day of Action map.

Get ready to hit the ground running. Sign up now for our Canvassing Training on Thurs. April 3 at 7PM ET / 4PM PT

Families4Ceasefire: Kids Market
2025-04-06 10:00 - 15:00 | WA
Date: Sunday, April 6th
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: 3518 SW Genesee St, Seattle, WA 98126
Please join us* for a Kids Market where you can find new and gently pre-loved clothes, shoes, books, toys, baby essentials and gear, and much more! All proceeds will directly support local Palestinian Refugee Families 🍉
Let’s come together to nurture our community and celebrate the joys of family and childhood!
*organized by Seattle Families for Ceasefire (@Families4CeasefireSEA) and other community members.
Artwork by @lyji_art ❤️
DONATION DRIVE
Get ahead for Spring Cleaning and donate to the Kids Market! Donation Requests:
We are looking for new and gently used kids’ clothing, shoes, books, toys, craft items, puzzles/games, and baby items for pregnancy and kids’ ages from birth to 12-years-old (all seasons).
*Please refrain from donating worn-out items with stains, rips, or broken/missing pieces.
* Shoes
* Clothing (Please no socks or underwear unless brand new with tags/packaging)
* Seasonal gear
* Toys, crafts, puzzles & games
* All baby items in good condition
* Pregnancy-related items
Unsold items will be donated ❤️
HOW TO DONATE
Drop off items at our donation sites! See our Donation Sites highlight reel and relevant posts.

Kitsap Palestine Solidarity Coalition: Meet and Greet
2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action, 16159 Clear Creek Rd NW, Poulsbo, WA, 98370
Meet and Greet with Kitsap Palestine Solidarity Coalition

Join us for refreshments and discussion as we coordinate our community effort for peace!

Child friendly event – Child care available!

RSVP by email to kitsapforgazaevent@gmail.com
All are welcome, hate is not!

Black in Gaza: Webinar on Race and Resistance
2025-04-07 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Monday, April 7, 2025
12:00 PM 1:30 PM

Join us for a conversation about race, Palestinian identity, and the power of transnational movement building with Wassim Manaa, the viral videographer from Gaza, and Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/webinar-black-in-gaza

Dr. Mimi Syed: Her Work In Gaza
2025-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | the United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE Ste 210, Olympia, WA, 98501-2253
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Mimi Syed in honor of Rachel Corrie’s birthday. Dr. Syed is an emergency physician working in our community and will share her experience treating children in Gaza this past year.

Aysenur Resolution Reading, Reception and Rally in Olympia
2025-04-23 09:30 - 14:00 | WA
Tomorrow’s the big day — we’d love to see you there!
Please don’t forget to RSVP at the link in bio.
We’re gathering at the Washington State Capitol to push for justice and accountability in her killing.
Here’s the plan:
🕤 9:30 AM – Grab a seat
House R Gallery, 4th floor (left side), Main Legislative Building – the big dome building
🔨 10:00 AM – House Gavel + Resolution Recognition
🥪 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Reception + Lunch
Senate Rules Room, Room 220, 2nd floor, Main Legislative Building – the big dome building
📣 1:00 PM – Press Conference + Rally
Capitol Steps
Join us in Olympia to learn about the fight for justice and accountability for our beloved Ayşenur, and how you can help.
See you at the Capitol!

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Boycott War Profiteers
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | PCC-Central District, 2230 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122
Join Seattle DSA’s Boycott War Profiteers Campaign to make our communities apartheid free!

You can help by joining our table outside the Central District PCC. There, we will engage PCC workers and consumers to build momentum for our push to divest PCC of Israeli goods and protect the rights of PCC workers to express their solidarity with Palestine.
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

4/26 Central District PCC Table
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025•10:00 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025•12:00 PM
Central District PCC• 2230 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122 US

Mutual Aid Webinar: Rahat - Building Joy
2025-05-07 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Learn about the struggles of the Afro Bedouin community in Rahat, and hear powerful stories of resistance and survival in the Naqab region.

Pop-Up Resistance Chalk 'n' Talk
2025-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Evergreen Park, 1500 Park Ave, Bremerton, WA, 98337
Pop up on Thursday!!! Come join us❤️ Evergreen park in Bremerton on May 8th 6pm.

Palestinian Youth Movement Meeting
2025-05-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Register for Location
🇵🇸 SEATTLE 🇵🇸 Seattle Arab Youth: Gaza is calling, it is time to organize! Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 looking to do more for Palestine and to advance the cause of our people? As Arabs in diaspora, we cannot stand idly by while we watch our people in Gaza is being deliberately starved and ethnically cleansed from their lands. In this heightened moment of repression, every single one of us has a critical role in the fight for Palestinian liberation! Join us in Redmond this Saturday at 3PM to plug into the PYM and learn more about our critical work.
For this Arab youth meeting, we’re asking you to connect back with your roots! Bring an item (or just a picture of the item) from your hometown or village back home, and be ready to share the significance of the item to you during our icebreakers!
LET’S SHOW UP FOR OUR PEOPLE 🇵🇸🇵🇸 RSVP at https://bit.ly/PYMSEAvolunteer
📆 Saturday May 10
🕒 3:00PM
📍Redmond, RSVP for the exact location
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJS7sPSC8ph/

Mother's Day Rally for Gaza (Bainbridge Island)
2025-05-11 12:45 - 14:15 | 305 & Winslow Way, WA-305 & Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
There is absolutely nothing I can think of that deserves my time more than the children and mother’s of G*z@ on Mother’s Day. Please bring your banners, signs and families. We will have snacks, music and community. We will also have zines, flyers and buttons for you to take and distribute if you’d like. We need to do more and we will not sit by idly.

Workshops4Sudan: Transnational Solidarity
2025-05-12 15:30 - 17:00 | WA
sudansolidaritycollective
Going back to back weeks this month, we bring you the next #Workshops4Sudan, our first collaborative workshop with long-term friends and award-winning poets and writers Safia Elhillo and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio.
They will be joining us to speak to their friendship with each other, transnational solidarity and relationships between Sudan and Hawaii, furthering their expressions of home and also share some of their lovely poetry!
Sudanese by way of Washington D.C., @safiamafia is the author of Girls That Never Die, The January Children, Home Is Not a Country, and Bright Red Fruit, and co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me.
Dr. @jamaicaosorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine artist / activist / scholar / educator / storyteller born and raised in Pālolo Valley, Hawaiʻi. She is an Associate Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi, an internationally recognized poet, subject of an award-winning film, This is the Way we Rise.
We highly encourage you to sign up ASAP! The link is in our bio and in our stories! You can also visit sudansolidarity.com and click “Workshops4Sudan”link on the home page! Comment down what poem you’re looking forward to them reading on the 12th!
Suggested donation: $40 – $100 per workshop. Your contributions reflect our deep appreciation for the time and expertise of our instructors, as well as the urgent, ongoing needs in Sudan.
All proceeds go directly to the Sudan Solidarity Fund, supporting vital mutual aid efforts on the ground. When registering, please select the workshop you’d like to attend—each donation applies to one session.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #Workshops4Sudan #SafiaElhillo #JamaicaOsorio #TransnationalSolidarity #poetry #friendship #hawaii
