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Sep 20, 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…
aid, benefit, California, Gaza, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), labor, Lebanon, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), music, Palestine, Palestine Partners, peace, poetry, projects, Rafah, refugees, Ride for Palestine, sister cities, UC Berkeley, volunteer, Wall, war, waterStop the Rafah massacre, join an encampment
Good Shepherd CollectiveBeit Sahour, Palestine GSC Update This map shows a small snapshot of the…
benefit, checkpoints, divest, education, encampments, Gaza, indigenous, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, justice, labor, literature, Madison, media, military, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, police, protest, public opinion, Rafah, resources, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, volunteer, war, women, worldA Room of One’s Own has . . .
. . . 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
aid, American, American Bar Association (ABA), Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Chicago, Christian, Church of Christ, civilians, colleges & universities, discrimination, drones, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, Islamic, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, journalists, justice, labor, literature, Madison, Marquette University, media, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), teachers, tech, terrorism, Tunisia, video, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP), women, world2023.12.13: Live Online with Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Join Middle East Children’s Alliance for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha.…
