BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ArabishWay - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arabishway.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ArabishWay 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T083000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210929T182130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T182130Z UID:10001065-1635402600-1635409800@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian National Youth Summit: Gender Equity Through the Arab American Perspective DESCRIPTION:Virtual event\nFREE with RSVP \nIn partnership with the Smithsonian Institute\, AANM is pleased to be a host of the National Youth Summit. The National Youth Summit hosts conversations about important events in America’s past that have relevance to the nation’s present and future. This year’s theme focuses on gender equity. \nHigh school classrooms and students are invited to join us for an interactive conversation on what gender equity looks like through Arab American eyes. We aim to discuss the history of gender equity in the Arab world and among the Arab American community\, the intersectionality of class\, religion and generations play\, and what the future of gender equity looks like. \nClassrooms are welcome to join for a piece of program or stay until the end! \nFor questions\, e-mail Dave Serio at dserio “at” accesscommunity.org URL:https://arabishway.com/event/smithsonian-national-youth-summit-gender-equity-through-the-arab-american-perspective/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/NYS2021-Title-and-Social-Graphics_Website-2048x1217-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T163000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210929T182641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T182641Z UID:10001067-1634223600-1634229000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Solidarity Town Hall: Imagining Decolonized Futures DESCRIPTION:Online Livestream\nFREE with RSVP \nJoin us for our annual Solidarity Town Hall program\, an anchor discussion as part of AANM’s theme for Fall 2021 – Spring 2022: Istiqbal al Mustaqbal (Welcoming the Future). This year\, the Town Hall is themed Imagining Decolonized Futures\, highlighting futurist and sci-fi narratives as we imagine a world without colonial concepts. The Town Hall will feature keynote speaker: Anishinaabe academic and author Grace Dillon; and panelists: multidisciplinary Afrofuturist artist Bryce Detroit\, Canadian and Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson\, and British Palestinian fiction writer Selma Dabbagh; with moderator Hina Baloch\, leader of the Research & Analytics team at GM. This is a virtual event taking place via Zoom. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/solidarity-town-hall-imagining-decolonized-futures/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Lecture,Lecture/Panel Discussion,Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Decolonized-Futures.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T120000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20211001T224347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T224347Z UID:10001073-1633597200-1633608000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:The People's Inquiry on Gaza DESCRIPTION:Join us for the kick-off of Gaza is Palestine with a virtual People’s Inquiry on Israel’s May Assault and ongoing blockade of Gaza Thursday\, October 7 at 12 noon ET.  Our guests include Mohammed El-Kurd\, Malak Mattar\, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and many others. Reserve your spot today. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/the-peoples-inquiry-on-gaza/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Adalah.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211003 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210927T235820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T000714Z UID:10001031-1633046400-1633219199@arabishway.com SUMMARY:BuildPalestine Online Summit DESCRIPTION:Date: October 1st &2nd\nLocation: Online\nCost: $30 donation requested – register now! \n  \n“Palestine is full of challenges\, which means it is also full of opportunities. Let’s harness our collective power to build a better future for Palestine.”\n– Lama Amr\, Executive Director\, BuildPalestine \n  \nJoin us in the biggest gathering of the global Palestinian community to harness our collective power and build the future of Palestine together. \nThis year has been marked by a renewed sense of unity as Palestinians everywhere have risen up\, with younger generations bringing new energy and creativity to this intergenerational struggle. In the face of a global pandemic\, a failed political system\, and the ongoing Occupation\, our people continue to be resilient and find ways to make an impact. \n  \nParticipants will join 60 speakers and panelists\, in more than 20 virtual panels and workshops\, with the goal of harnessing our collective power and momentum to take concrete steps towards social and political change that can ultimately fulfill our rights to freedom\, justice\, and equality. How can Palestinians in the Diaspora and allies support local changemakers at this critical time? \n  \nJoin the 2021 BuildPalestine Summit\, and register now! \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/buildpalestine-online-summit/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BuildPalestine-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210816T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210816T170000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210720T181105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T182630Z UID:10000967-1629126000-1629133200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:From Bethlehem to Gaza: Palestinian Culinary Resilience & Liberation! DESCRIPTION:Join Middle East Children’s Alliance & Just World Educational virtually for a summer meal prepared by Vivien Sansour and Laila El-Haddad\, together in Laila’s garden. In this exclusive seasonal cooking demonstration\, they will discuss resilience against both the physical and culinary partitions of the occupation – as well as its attempts to destroy diversity of food. In this moment of new imagining for Palestine\, how can we create a plate that threads us together? \nSign up for this special webinar by making a donation below! Suggested donation of $10 per person. \nYour tax-deductible gift will support MECA’s programs in Gaza. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/from-bethlehem-to-gaza-palestinian-culinary-resilience-liberation/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Cooking/Food,Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BANNER-FOR-AUG.-16.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T143000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210811T044609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T044609Z UID:10000991-1628946000-1628951400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Landback U: Palestine and Indigenous solidarity DESCRIPTION:Join us to ground yourself in Palestinian history and resistance through stories and first hand accounts. Led by our own Sandra Tamari and Lenna Zahran Nasr of the Palestinian Youth Movement. \nThe Right of Return and the Right to Remain\, that’s our demand and that’s what we’ll be discussing Saturday\, August 14th for LANDBACK U’s session on Palestine & indigenous solidarity. LANDBACK U is a free\, comprehensive\, online learning platform to engage in political education and discussions on topics critical to the Indigenous movement to reclaim land and relationship to land. \nWe are grateful to our relatives at NDN Collective for hosting this session and for their unwavering solidarity. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/landback-u-palestine-and-indigenous-solidarity/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Landback.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210801T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210726T204118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T204118Z UID:10000983-1627833600-1627837200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Examining Health Care Under Occupation in Israel/Palestine: Ethical & Medical Realities DESCRIPTION: URL:https://arabishway.com/event/examining-health-care-under-occupation-in-israel-palestine-ethical-medical-realities/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/alice-rothchild-for-20190127-UUJME-event-267x400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210802 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210727T173516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T173516Z UID:10000988-1627776000-1627862399@arabishway.com SUMMARY:November Delegation to Palestine: Land & the Environment - Deadline to Apply DESCRIPTION:Help Eyewitness Palestine respond to this request and join us in Palestine in November 2021! In order to move forward\, we need to receive as many applications as possible by August 1st. Apply today!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHear from Palestinian farmers and learn of the importance of agriculture to the economy\, culture\, and as a form of self-determination. Learn about threats to the environment\, Israeli exploitation of natural resources\, and the struggle of Palestinian communities to maintain access to land\, their homes\, water and other resources\, all in the face of forced expulsion. \nWe will visit Om Sleiman Farm\, Silwan\, Sheikh Jarrah\, and many other areas of Palestine. This delegation is also your opportunity to visit Palestine during the olive harvest season. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease Apply by August 1st! We will reassess interest and viability to travel under Israeli regulation at this time. Without enough applicants\, we cannot proceed! \n\n\nLet’s show our partners in Palestine that we are willing to show up for them! \nAbout the Delegation\nThis delegation is your opportunity to visit Palestine during the olive harvest season — a culturally rich and important time for collective resistance. \nHear from Palestinian farmers and learn of the importance of agriculture to the economy\, culture\, and as a form of self-determination. Learn about threats to the environment\, Israeli exploitation of natural resources\, and the struggle of Palestinian communities to maintain access to land\, their homes\, water and other resources\, all in the face of forced expulsion. \nAs with all Eyewitness Palestine delegations\, you will also meet additional Palestinian organizers and Israelis working in solidarity for peace with justice. The delegation will also visit many important historical sites. \nDelegation Ground Costs: $3\,000.00 – Scholarships Available (does not include international airfare) URL:https://arabishway.com/event/november-delegation-to-palestine-land-the-environment-deadline-to-apply/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Travel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/landenvironment.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210718T123000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210630T181804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T181849Z UID:10000965-1626606000-1626611400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Virtual Delegations to Om Sleiman Farm: Eyewitness Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual tour of Om Sleiman Farm\, where farming is a powerful form of resistance! As Yara states in a Vice article (2018)\, “we’re so dependent on the occupier—for the electricity\, water\, housing\, food\, movement\, with the air almost. If we as Palestinians cannot produce our own food\, build our own shelter\, have our own energy—how can we get rid of this occupation?” \nYour Guide\, Yara! \nYara Dowani\, from Jerusalem\, is the co-founder and a farmer at Om Sleiman Farm-Bi’lin. Her journey started after joining a permaculture course in Palestine for two weeks. Afterwards\, she took a trip to Spain for a year to volunteer and learn from different farms and projects and then came back to Palestine to join a research group to study wild perennial plants. In 2018\, Yara became part of the Om Sleiman team and has been a part of it ever since. She is now on a journey to learn new topics\, such as natural building and syntropic farming\, to be able to implement new innovative projects at the farm. \n(All tour times are listed in Eastern Time – USA) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\nTuesday July 6 2:00pm – 3:3opm ET\nSaturday\, July 10\, 12pm – 1:30pm ET\nWednesday\, July 14\, 12pm -1:30pm ET\nSunday\, July 18\, 2pm – 3:30pm ET URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-delegations-to-om-sleiman-farm-eyewitness-palestine-4/ LOCATION:Eyewiness Palestine\, PO Box 73798\, Washington\, DC\, 20056-3798\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Travel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OmSleimanFarm1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210714T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210714T103000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210630T181706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T181746Z UID:10000964-1626253200-1626258600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Virtual Delegations to Om Sleiman Farm: Eyewitness Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual tour of Om Sleiman Farm\, where farming is a powerful form of resistance! As Yara states in a Vice article (2018)\, “we’re so dependent on the occupier—for the electricity\, water\, housing\, food\, movement\, with the air almost. If we as Palestinians cannot produce our own food\, build our own shelter\, have our own energy—how can we get rid of this occupation?” \nYour Guide\, Yara! \nYara Dowani\, from Jerusalem\, is the co-founder and a farmer at Om Sleiman Farm-Bi’lin. Her journey started after joining a permaculture course in Palestine for two weeks. Afterwards\, she took a trip to Spain for a year to volunteer and learn from different farms and projects and then came back to Palestine to join a research group to study wild perennial plants. In 2018\, Yara became part of the Om Sleiman team and has been a part of it ever since. She is now on a journey to learn new topics\, such as natural building and syntropic farming\, to be able to implement new innovative projects at the farm. \n(All tour times are listed in Eastern Time – USA) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\nTuesday July 6 2:00pm – 3:3opm ET\nSaturday\, July 10\, 12pm – 1:30pm ET\nWednesday\, July 14\, 12pm -1:30pm ET\nSunday\, July 18\, 2pm – 3:30pm ET URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-delegations-to-om-sleiman-farm-eyewitness-palestine-3/ LOCATION:Eyewiness Palestine\, PO Box 73798\, Washington\, DC\, 20056-3798\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Travel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OmSleimanFarm1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T103000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210630T181549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T181647Z UID:10000963-1625907600-1625913000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Virtual Delegations to Om Sleiman Farm: Eyewitness Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual tour of Om Sleiman Farm\, where farming is a powerful form of resistance! As Yara states in a Vice article (2018)\, “we’re so dependent on the occupier—for the electricity\, water\, housing\, food\, movement\, with the air almost. If we as Palestinians cannot produce our own food\, build our own shelter\, have our own energy—how can we get rid of this occupation?” \nYour Guide\, Yara! \nYara Dowani\, from Jerusalem\, is the co-founder and a farmer at Om Sleiman Farm-Bi’lin. Her journey started after joining a permaculture course in Palestine for two weeks. Afterwards\, she took a trip to Spain for a year to volunteer and learn from different farms and projects and then came back to Palestine to join a research group to study wild perennial plants. In 2018\, Yara became part of the Om Sleiman team and has been a part of it ever since. She is now on a journey to learn new topics\, such as natural building and syntropic farming\, to be able to implement new innovative projects at the farm. \n(All tour times are listed in Eastern Time – USA) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\nTuesday July 6 2:00pm – 3:3opm ET\nSaturday\, July 10\, 12pm – 1:30pm ET\nWednesday\, July 14\, 12pm -1:30pm ET\nSunday\, July 18\, 2pm – 3:30pm ET URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-delegations-to-om-sleiman-farm-eyewitness-palestine-2/ LOCATION:Eyewiness Palestine\, PO Box 73798\, Washington\, DC\, 20056-3798\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Travel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OmSleimanFarm1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210706T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210706T123000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210630T181527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T181527Z UID:10000962-1625569200-1625574600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Virtual Delegations to Om Sleiman Farm: Eyewitness Palestine DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual tour of Om Sleiman Farm\, where farming is a powerful form of resistance! As Yara states in a Vice article (2018)\, “we’re so dependent on the occupier—for the electricity\, water\, housing\, food\, movement\, with the air almost. If we as Palestinians cannot produce our own food\, build our own shelter\, have our own energy—how can we get rid of this occupation?” \nYour Guide\, Yara! \nYara Dowani\, from Jerusalem\, is the co-founder and a farmer at Om Sleiman Farm-Bi’lin. Her journey started after joining a permaculture course in Palestine for two weeks. Afterwards\, she took a trip to Spain for a year to volunteer and learn from different farms and projects and then came back to Palestine to join a research group to study wild perennial plants. In 2018\, Yara became part of the Om Sleiman team and has been a part of it ever since. She is now on a journey to learn new topics\, such as natural building and syntropic farming\, to be able to implement new innovative projects at the farm. \n(All tour times are listed in Eastern Time – USA) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\nTuesday July 6 2:00pm – 3:3opm ET\nSaturday\, July 10\, 12pm – 1:30pm ET\nWednesday\, July 14\, 12pm -1:30pm ET\nSunday\, July 18\, 2pm – 3:30pm ET URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-delegations-to-om-sleiman-farm-eyewitness-palestine/ LOCATION:Eyewiness Palestine\, PO Box 73798\, Washington\, DC\, 20056-3798\, United States CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Travel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OmSleimanFarm1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210630T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210630T180000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210629T195811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210629T195811Z UID:10000945-1625072400-1625076000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:June's Freedom Film: Storytelling for collective liberation DESCRIPTION:In the wake of increased attacks on Palestinians\, the interconnected struggles of those fighting against settler-colonialism have never been clearer. Donkeysaddle Projects’ Vignette Collective strives to connect the decolonial struggles of Black\, Palestinian\, Chicanx\, and Turtle Island’s Indigenous communities. Through poetry\, personal essays\, and performance\, we look at the impacts of settler-colonization and celebrate the resilience of those who have been in struggle. And we want to share it with you.  \nThat’s why we’re inviting you to join us on June 30th at 8pm ET for our virtual fundraiser featuring the work-in-progress from the Vignettes Collective. Get a sneak peek of our creative\, collaborative process with our collective of artists\, activists\, and organizers\, while raising funds to support Palestinians in urgent need in Gaza. We hope to see you there! URL:https://arabishway.com/event/junes-freedom-film-storytelling-for-collective-liberation/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Benefit/Fundraiser,Lecture/Panel Discussion,Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Storytelling.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T160000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210520T222324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T222324Z UID:10000919-1621695600-1621699200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:#SAVESHEIKHJARRAH Protest in Downtown Kirkland DESCRIPTION:In light of recent events in Palestine and the worsening situation\, we need to continue raising awareness and putting pressure on the government. This Saturday\, May 22nd @3 pm\, we’ll be protesting on Central way\, in front of Peter Kirk Park!\n\nPlease bring your flags\, signs and posters!\nLink with poster/sign ideas: https://docs.google.com/…/1J1rM0RiuciuBlpAL5JQ8…/edit…\n\nPlease don’t forget to wear your face masks and maintain social distancing! Looking forward to seeing you URL:https://arabishway.com/event/savesheikhjarrah-protest-in-downtown-kirkland/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/protest.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210516T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210516T153000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210411T210435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210411T210435Z UID:10000892-1621173600-1621179000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Nesrine Malik (livestream) Six Political Myths Used to Deflect and Discredit Demands for Social Justice DESCRIPTION:In 2016\, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump declared: “I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.” This led many after his victory to blame “identity politics” for his win. When Trump was banned from Twitter\, he claimed it was an assault on free speech. Columnist Nesrine Malik contends that both of these things were myths\, and joins us to explain how these arguments over lies impact the struggle for greater equality in society. \nIn a livestream presentation\, she shares from her book We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert Freedom\, looking at how what she believes to be the lie that American values are under assault creates a solid obfuscation from the real problems. By interweaving reporting with a frank and no-holds-barred analysis of American history and politics\, Malik offers a compelling account of how calls to preserve “free speech” are used against the vulnerable; how a fixation with “wokeness\,” “political correctness\,” and “cancel culture” is in fact an organized and well-funded campaign by elites; and how the fear of racial minorities and their “identity politics” obscures the biggest threat of all–white terrorism. Don’t miss this poignant inspection of the crises roiling American contemporary politics–and the introduction of a radical framework for understanding and identifying it. \nNesrine Malik is an award-winning British-Sudanese columnist and features writer for the Guardian. She lives in London. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/nesrine-malik-livestream-six-political-myths-used-to-deflect-and-discredit-demands-for-social-justice/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/event-image-nesrine-malik.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T180000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210514T220820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T220820Z UID:10000916-1621094400-1621101600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Poetry + Environmental Justice Reading featuring Samiya Bashir\, Leila Chatti\, Amir Rabiya DESCRIPTION:Mizna is proud to present a reading exploring poetry and environmental justice featuring the powerful poets Samiya Bashir\, Leila Chatti\, and Amir Rabiyah.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading’s theme was collectively chosen by members of the Poetry Coalition\, of which Mizna is a member\, and the is titled after the line “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.” from Linda Hogan’s poem\, “Map.” The reading is co-presented with our friends at Moon Palace Books\, an indie bookstore in Minneapolis. \n>>HOW TO PARTICIPATE<< \nThe Zoom link will be sent out through Eventbrite the day before + day of the reading. In addition to the Zoom\, this event will be livestreamed on Facebook. \n>>ACCESSIBILITY<< \nThis reading will be live-captioned in English. An accessible .pdf of poems will be available to follow during the event\, and the full program will be available for viewing post-event. \n>>ABOUT POCO<< \nThis event is part of national Poetry Coalition programming and is supported by the Academy of American Poets with funds from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nMore info on the Poetry Coalition and this year’s collaborative programming: https://bit.ly/3sWOjfS \n>>ABOUT THE READERS<< \nAmir Rabiyah is a trans and two-spirit disabled queer femme poet and writing coach. They were born in London\, England to a mixed Cherokee and white mother and a Lebanese and Syrian father. Their work explores living life on the margins and at the intersections of multiple identities. Amir writes about living with chronic pain and illness\, war\, trauma\, spirituality\, healing\, redemption–and speaks on silenced places. Amir’s first full collection poetry book\, Prayers for My 17th Chromosome\, available for through Sibling Rivalry Press. This debut collection was a finalist for the Triangle Publishing Award\, and an ALA Over the Rainbow pick. Amir is also the co-editor of Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices and has published in numerous anthologies and journals. They currently live in North Carolina and believe domestic work\, chanting Sufi prayers over a home cooked meal\, and nurturing our community is crucial for revolution. \nLeila Chatti was born in 1990 in Oakland\, California. A Tunisian-American dual citizen\, she has lived in the United States\, Tunisia\, and Southern France. She is the author of the debut full-length collection Deluge (Copper Canyon Press\, 2020)\, on the longlist for the 2021 PEN Open Book Award\, and the chapbooks Ebb (New-Generation African Poets) and Tunsiya/Amrikiya\, the 2017 Editors’ Selection from Bull City Press. She holds a B.A. from the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University and an M.F.A. from North Carolina State University\, where she was awarded the Academy of American Poets Prize. She currently serves as the Consulting Poetry Editor at the Raleigh Review and teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, where she is the Mendota Lecturer in Poetry. \nSamiya Bashir is the author of three books of poetry: Field Theories\, and Gospel\, and Where the Apple Falls. Sometimes she makes poems of dirt. Sometimes zeros and ones. Sometimes variously rendered text. Sometimes light. Her work has been widely published\, performed\, installed\, printed\, screened\, and experienced. Bashir holds a BA from the University of California\, Berkeley\, where she served as Poet Laureate\, and an MFA from the University of Michigan\, where she received two Hopwood Poetry Awards. Bashir lives in Portland\, Oregon where she teaches at Reed College. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/poetry-environmental-justice-reading-featuring-samiya-bashir-leila-chatti-amir-rabiya/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Poetry,Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/poetry-and-environmental-justice.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T180000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210509T011020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210509T011020Z UID:10000910-1621010700-1621015200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Nakba Catastrophe Commemoration - on I-5 DESCRIPTION:Please join Friends of Palestine to commemorate the Nakba Catastrophe. \nOur banner will say ISRAEL: RACIST STATE FOR 73 YEARS. \n\n \nWe will be on the I-5 overpass at 45th (Exit 169\, near UW) on Friday\, May 14.  Please meet at the southwest side of the overpass at 4:45 pm. We will banner till 6 pm. \n\n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/nakba-catastrophe-commemoration-on-i-5/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/atlantabds1-443x509-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210404T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210404T110000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210329T205121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T205413Z UID:10000887-1617530400-1617534000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Puget Sound to Palestine: Indigenous Struggles for Sovereignty & Climate Justice DESCRIPTION:SUPER-UW and ICA-UW invite you to Puget Sound to Palestine: Indigenous Struggles for Sovereignty and Climate Justice\, a panel on the Indigenous-led struggles for environmental justice in the U.S. and Palestine.\nThe panel will be on Zoom from 10-11:30am PST on Sunday\, April 4.\nClick the event link to register!\nPanelists include Zena Agha\, a Palestinian-Iraqi writer and poet who focues on climate change\, Palestinian environmental resilience\, and settler-colonial cartography; Cody O’Rourke\, a Human Rights Observer with the Good Shepherd Collective which works to educate and incite action on structural violence in Palestine; and Paul Chiyokten Wagner\, an internationally performing artist and the founder of Protectors of the Salish Sea\, an Indigenous climate justice group in the Pacific Northwest.\nThere will be time for each of the panelists to discuss themselves and their work; a moderated discussion focusing on current issues impacting indigenous communities here in the Pacific Northwest and in Palestine\, and the broader struggle for climate justice worldwide; and a question and answer session. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/puget-sound-to-palestine-indigenous-struggles-for-sovereignty-climate-justice/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Puget-Sound-to-Palestine.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T110000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210329T210626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T210626Z UID:10000890-1617181200-1617188400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:From the U.S. to Palestine: End Medical Apartheid DESCRIPTION:JOIN US to know how you can take action to ensure safety for all people — no exceptions.\n\n\nFrom the U.S. to Palestine\, COVID-19 is revealing longstanding systems of racism and discrimination.\n\n\nLike all people\, Palestinians have the right to live in health and safety. But while the Israeli government rolls out the COVID-19 vaccine to millions of Israeli citizens\, Israel is denying the lifesaving vaccine to Palestinians living under its military occupation.\n\n\nREGISTER using the link in our bio or by going to bit.ly/UStoPalestine URL:https://arabishway.com/event/from-the-u-s-to-palestine-end-medical-apartheid/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-31-end-medical-apartheid.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210330T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210330T120000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210329T205904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T210032Z UID:10000889-1617102000-1617105600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Land Day 45 Years On: A Day to Resist and Remember DESCRIPTION:Online with Facebook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 30\, 2021 at 11 AM PDT – 12:30 PM PDT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrice: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPublic  · Anyone on or off Facebook URL:https://arabishway.com/event/land-day-45-years-on-a-day-to-resist-and-remember/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Land-Day.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210322T173000 DTSTAMP:20260527T050342 CREATED:20210323T180652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T180744Z UID:10000853-1616428800-1616434200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Water\, Health and Human Rights: Marking World Water Day\, from the U.S. to Palestine DESCRIPTION:World Water Day March 22\, 2021\nThe UN designated March 22 as World Water Day in 1993. \nIn the years since\, various UN agencies have declared water to be a human right that “should be treated as a social & cultural good\, and not primarily as an economic good.” The UN General Assembly formally recognized water as a human right in 2010. \nThese declarations have not stopped large corporations from turning water into a commodity to be bought and sold for a profit.  In Indigenous lands in the U.S. and around the globe water resources have been plundered and polluted\, with devastating consequences for traditional ways of living and the environment. The ongoing seizure and diversion of water to drive Indigenous peoples from their land have been tools of colonial domination from the Americas to Palestine and beyond. \nIn the U.S. communities of color have disproportionately faced the poisoning of their water and environment.  In some American cities water shutoffs for nonpayment of bills have forced people to leave their homes\, paving the way for gentrification. \nWars are already being fought over water and this is only going to continue as we confront the devastating effects of climate change. Texas recently experienced a ‘Gaza Strip’ moment\, when the impact of a freezing storm and deregulated grid left people without power and drinkable water. \nThe era of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought many problems into urgent focus\, and access to clean water is one of them. \n Find out how you can get involved in campaigns for water justice at our March 22nd webinar\, Water\, Health and Human Rights: Marking World Water Day\, from the U.S. to Palestine.  It will focus on water struggles in Detroit\, Flint\, Indigenous lands\, prisons and Palestine and help build public support for legislation to stop water shut-offs in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic. \nRegister here. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/water-health-and-human-rights-marking-world-water-day-from-the-u-s-to-palestine/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Social Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/water.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR