Arab American Heritage Month, April, is normally a time of celebration, community events, and sharing diverse Arab cultures, cuisine, music, and accomplishments. This year, however, with the Palestinian people in Gaza facing man-made famine and genocide, there is no room for celebration. Instead, Arab Americans are reaching out, sharing the story of the Palestinian struggle, the story of Palestinian resilience, and the call for Palestinian freedom. Another reason for kids to read my middle grade and young adult Palestine focused books www.alicerothchildbooks.com
Just attended Salaam Cultural Museum Gaza Strong fundraiser with music, auction, good food and a report back from a nurse and a doc who had just returned from Gaza where they saw horrific injuries and medical issues due to lack of medicine, equipment, and staff and the destruction of the Gaza healthcare system.
Urgent Health Updates: Consequences of war on Gaza-April 21, 2024
The Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council is sharing information on the health implications of the attacks. We will update in a week. Please use this information to organize & educate. This has been a particularly catastrophic week with rising deaths & injuries in Gaza, the discovery of mass graves at destroyed hospitals, continued obstruction in aid to starving Gazans, settler pogroms in the West Bank, the Iranian attack on Israel & the Israeli attack on Iran, & suppression of speech on Palestine both in Israel & the US. Positive signs are the explosion of campus protests in the US & the growing documentation of the genocide. Use this info to pressure elected officials and to join protests everywhere. Wear a white coat, a stethoscope, make it clear you are a health care worker!
Open Letter to Canadian Medical Association regarding Gaza (For HCW)
Over 1,300 Healthcare workers across Canada have signed in solidarity, expressing grave concern about the ongoing humanitarian and healthcare catastrophe in Gaza, and the rising trend of anti-Palestinian racism in Canada. They urged the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) to speak out and take action.
In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of 'Old Enough to Know' with me.
Monday, May 20 · 7pm EDT
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street Brookline, MA 02446
4/2/24
The Human Cost of Conflict: A Deep Dive into Gaza's Health and Human Rights Crisis, Peace Economy Project
The Stranger, a Seattle newspaper, chose my two kid books, Old Enough to Know and Finding Melody Sullivan for their Spring READ THIS! campaign.
The Gaza Fundraiser with SCM Medical Missions raised almost $50,000 for food and medical aid.
We need an exodus from Zionism
Naomi Klein gave an incredible speech at the street seder in New York City. "Zionism is a false idol that has taken the idea of the promised land and turned it into a deed of sale for a militaristic ethnostate"
As American Jews speak out on Israel, some see rifts in their communities
P21 Gallery to bring voices of Palestine to London May 3–11
The We Are Not Numbers exhibition will include multimedia works by young Palestinian artists and storytellers.
How to justify the genocide of Palestinians in 14 easy steps: A graphical guide
A review of Finding Melody Sullivan was posted on Social Justice Books, a Teaching for Change Project.
Reflections at the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage on March 23rd:
Getting to know Pastor Vonnetta West, a peacemaker and organizer in the tradition of MLK. Why no one is expendable.