The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Grassroots
Jul 4, 2026
2025.09.17: Music for Palestine
Giant Jones Brewing Company, 931 E Main St, Madison, 5-8 pm
2025.08.24: Sweet Corn Sale for Gaza Aid!
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 6:30 – 7:15 pm
2025.08.24: Hands in the rice paddy
Friends Meeting House, Friends Room, 1704 Robert’s Ct, Madison, 9:45-11 am
Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
2025.07.25-26: Neighborhood Small Business Sale for Gaza Aid
2906 Tucson Trail, Madison, 9 am – 4 pm
2025.07.20: Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Sam Swartz, WMTV 15, Jul. 20, 2025
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
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Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
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Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 27, 2025
2025.07.20: “Big Ride for Palestine” set for July 20
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jun 12, 2025
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
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Mennonite Action Madison Speaks Out Against Christian Nationalism And U.S. Policy In Palestine
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2025
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2025.06.10: 2025 Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid Donations
Donations open until Jun 10, 2025
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Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
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WORT 89.9 FM, World View, 5:30 – 6:00 pm
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2025.04.03: ZOOM with WNPJ on the WI Right to Boycott campaign
Online, 12 noon – 1 p.m.
Tell your Senators: No More Weapons to Israel!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 19, 2025
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ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 2025
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Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
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