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Apr 23, 2026
2026.06.07: Why We Record – Defying Fragmentation And Erasure In Palestine
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 131 6th Ave, Baraboo, 8:45-10 am & 11:30-1 pm
2026.03.26-29: Why We Record – Defying Fragmentation And Erasure In Palestine
Madison Friends Meeting, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
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What it was like to flee my home in Gaza City
SERENA, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), SEP 24, 2025
Tell Congress to Condemn Trump Sanctions Against Human Rights Organizations
MRSCP, Sep 8, 2025
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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Spain ends multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
The Cradle, Apr 24, 2025
2025.05.13: Palestinian Women & the Nakba
Online, 11 am – 12 pm CT
2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
Helping Palestinians in Gaza return home to Rafah
KERRI KENNEDY, American Friends Service Committee, JAN 28, 2025
The New York Times Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide
JOYCE AJLOUNY, THE NATION, JANUARY 24, 2025
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MICHAEL MERRYMAN-LOTZE, AFSC, JAN 17, 2025
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As winter begins in Gaza, will we survive in tents?
As temperatures drop and rains begin, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians confront life in…
2024.10.12: Gaza Vigil at Dane County Farmers Market
Capitol Square7:30 am During this summer and fall members of the Madison Friends Meeting, the…
Senator Bernie Sanders attempts to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel
More than half a million Democratic voters selected “Uncommitted” on their primary ballots, and the…
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2024.09.17: Medical Apartheid in Palestine
Online 12 noon CT REGISTER HERE Health care is a human right. But under the…
2024.09.06: Action Hour for a Ceasefire Now: Education in Gaza
11 am CT Online Learn more about education in Gaza and hear from a former…
San Francisco State University divests from Israel’s weapons
Demands were part of nationwide student movement calling on universities to divest from companies involved…
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Displaced in Gaza
Gaza Unlocked, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Displaced in Gaza is a collection of personal testimonies…
2024.05.19: American Friends Service Committee’s New Tool for Divestment
Friends Meeting House1704 Roberts Court, Madison12:30 pm CT Brian Blackmore, national Director of Engagement for…
2024.04.23: Refaat Alareer — The Power of Telling the Story of Gaza
12-1:30 pm CT In December, Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer was killed in a…
2023.10.29: Solidarity Speaks Emergency Webinar
Series by Green Olive Collective 12 Noon Central Join us this Sunday for Solidarity Speaks,…
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Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel Movement: United for human…
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Allison Tanner, American Friends Service Committee I am happy to share with you the recording…
2023.05.16: Capitol Calling Party: Palestine & the Nakba
May 16, 2023 at 7:00pm – 8:00pm (CDT) Zoom RSVP On Tuesday, May 16, in…
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Monday, April 17 – Monday, April 24: UW Justice for Palestine Week Wednesday, April 19:…
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Tuesday, March 21: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar Tuesday, March 21: Another chance…
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It is an uprisingGush Shalom, October 18, 2022 The State of Israel is going to general elections, but…
President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…
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American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this…
2022.06.14: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar
Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign co-leaders from Defense for Children International – Palestine and American…
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This coming weekend marks 74 years since the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, the ethnic cleansing…
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11 am Central Palestinian Prisoners Day is April 17 and this month’s No Way to…
This Must End
Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, American Friends Service Committee, May 13, 2021
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Did you know that food giant General Mills is manufacturing Pillsbury products on stolen Palestinian…
Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights
This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…
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This event with Tarek Abuata has been cancelled by coronavirus precautions. You can still listen…
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Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019
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Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 17, 2019
aid, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Amnesty International, Benjamin Netanyahu, children, Christian, Church of Christ, Congress, detainees, education, equality, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Lutheran, Methodist, Middle East, military, Muslim, Muslims, nationalism, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Presbyterian, terrorism, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), Wisconsin, worldAhmed Abu Artema on the Palestinian Great March of Return
Esty Dinur, The Progressive, April 11, 2019
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Join us for the 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie with Ahmed Abu Artema, writer, refugee…
Ahmed Abu Artema, Al Jazeera, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Amnesty International, Bethlehem, blockade, Bright Stars of Bethlehem, calendar, Chicago, crafts, Dane County, Friends, Gaza, Great March of Return, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, law, Madison, Middle East, MRSCP, New York Times, olive oil, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, rabbis, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, sister cities, terrorism, Unitarian, war, Wisconsin, women, worldWinning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’
First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project…
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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…
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Gaza Unlocked Issues: Electricity — American Friends Service Committee Gaza’s power system is at risk…
Mennonite Church (USA) Says No Investing in Occupation!
Ramah Kudaimi, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 06 Jul 2017
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Following his recent trip to Israel and Palestine Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 203…
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard…
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