Tenney Park Shelter, 402 N Thornton Ave, Madison
1-4 pm

Photos from Tsela Barr & Cassandra Dixon

Please join us for an afternoon in honor of Palestinian resilience during the 2024 olive harvest. Enjoy live Palestinian music by Ensemble Shamaali, Palestinian olives, olive oil, hot tea, and light Palestinian snacks.

Sponsor an olive tree in the Madison-Masafer Yatta olive grove, or shop for Palestinian olive oil, olive oil soap, hand-crafted treasures, kuffiyehs from Nablus, Stand with Palestine yard signs, and more.

Explore or purchase children’s books about Palestine with Read Palestine! Children’s activities will include a read-aloud, kite decorating, window sign making, and temporary tattoos. 

Learn about Madison’s efforts to educate grocery stores about the Sabra Hummus boycott, and write a customer comment to ask Willy Street Co-op to remove Sabra from the shelves.

Hear from Madison groups working to end the genocide in Gaza, and learn about the Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove, a project to help farmers remain on their lands in the southern West Bank despite increasing settler and military violence that includes the destruction of olive groves. 

Madison Playgrounds for Palestine will have a new shipment of Aida olive oil and other products for sale. All proceeds will support their new Phoenix Elementary School in Gaza.

The event will close with a public vigil on E. Johnson St. We’ll provide materials to make signs, or bring your own signs and banners calling for an end to genocide and occupation.

This event is free and open to all. We will be raising funds for Gaza emergency relief through the Middle East Children’s Alliance and for planting olive trees in the Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove.

Presented by Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison.