The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 2, 2026
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
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2025.12.04: Book Circle – “Land of the Cranes” by Aida Salazar
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
Eman Eid, We Are Not Numbers, November 9, 2025. Artist: Jan Khaled, Flyers for Falastin
2025.09.17-12.06: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
Cassandra Dixon, Sep 2, 2025
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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Wisconsin Coalition For Justice In Palestine Looks Beyond The Ceasefire
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 24, 2025
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Let’s Turn Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” into a Bestseller
On December 10 Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer will posthumously publish a book,…
How To Make Supporters of Israel’s Genocide Feel Safe on Campus
Emergency Teach-In S48 EP1, Jadaliyya, Nov 1, 2024 Featuring Sinan Antoon, Cultural Landscape Specialist; Adel Iskandar, Media…
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2024.08.20-23: Wisconsin Capitol Vigils
Capitol Rotunda Noon to 3 pm This week we partner again with Building Unity to…
24.07.21: Bike ride fundraiser helps raise money for Gaza and refugees
MADISON (WKOW) — Participants pedaled through Madison’s scenic bike paths on Sunday, joining forces to…
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Good Shepherd CollectiveBeit Sahour, Palestine GSC Update This map shows a small snapshot of the…
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. . . books, by, about, and for Palestine! Kid’s books, cookbooks, fiction, poetry, photography,…
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…
2024.04.14: Commemorating the Life of Rachel Corrie
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison 1:30-3:30 pm Free & open to all…
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Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Apr 9, 2024
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Join Middle East Children’s Alliance for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha.…
The Israeli public has embraced the Smotrich doctrine
The internalization of the far-right minister’s ‘Decisive Plan’ is evident in the popular support for…
arms, Bezalel Smotrich, civilians, climate, donate, equality, ethnic cleansing, Gaza City, Gaza War, Great March of Return, Haaretz, Hamas, Hebrew, hostages, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, journalists, justice, land, law, literature, media, military, Nakba, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, prison, prisoners, protest, public opinion, racism, rape, resistance, secular, snipers, starvation, terrorism, video, war, West Bank, women, Zionism2023.11.12: Peace in Ukraine and the link to Palestine
World Beyond War Presents a program on peace in Ukraine, including the link to Palestine…
Anniversary of the Alex Odeh Assassination
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | October 11, 2023 – Today, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)…
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Tuesday, Feb. 21: Don’t Step on My Feet Again: A Poetic Exploration of Life in…
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Webinar March 26th at 9AM CDT / 5PM Palestine Daylight…
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern The Jerusalem Fund In this year’s Edward Said Memorial…
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Running Orders BY LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA They call us now, before they drop the bombs.…
2019.04.19: Palestinian Culture Night: Existence is Resistance
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Memorial Union UW-Madison 800 Langdon St 7:00 PM –…
Remembering Rachel Corrie
March 16 marked 13 years since 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to…
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Commemorating the life of Rachel Corrie Sunday, March 21 Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist…
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Thursday, April 23th 7:00 to 9:30 PM 107 Psychology Building UW-Madison Dr. Najat Rahman will…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
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Rana El-Khatib, Arizona Republic, January 25, 2004 “Israel good!” were the last words my husband…
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