The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 10, 2026
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
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Help Support Jana, Jehad, and their parents!
February 10, 2026
Special End-of-Year Appeal: Help Plant 400 Olive Trees in the West Bank!
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Dec 28, 2025 Update
2025.07.28: Read Palestine! Discussion with Author Shadi Salem
Online, 7 – 8 pm CT
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
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2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
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2025.05.25 & 06.08 Updates: Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” in Madison
May 25: Bartell Theater 5 pm & 7 pm | Jun 8: Christ Presbyterian Church…
2025.05.03 Update: Palestine Solidarity Fair
Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison, 2-4:30 pm Open House
2025.04.05: Read Palestine! Celebrates Arab American Heritage
Goodman South Library, 2222 S Park St, 1:30 pm
2025.03.23: Update From Palestine
Madison Christian Community, 7118 Old Sauk Rd, 9:00 am
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2025.04.29: Read Palestine! Writing Workshop
Room of One’s Own Annex, 6-8 pm
2025.03.08: Overture Center International Festival
Madison, 10 am – 5 pm
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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The Maia Project, 2010 — 2025
February 14, 2025 Update MECA reports that Israel completely destroyed all but one of their Maia…
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2025.04.03: “They Called Me a Lioness” Book Discussion
Online, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Update: Replace Palestinian Families’ Sheep
Jan 30, 2025 Update
Veterinary Student Scholarship
The Villages Group, Jan 30, 2025
Replace Tuba Property Destroyed by Settlers
Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), Jan 30, 2025
End-of-Year Appeal
Survival in Gaza, Plant an Olive Tree, and Replace the Sheep Your help is needed…
Deadline for removing Sabra Hummus from Willy Street Co-op is December 16!
Special Update & Action Request Member requests to remove Sabra Hummus from the shelves at…
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2024.12.14: Informational Picket at Willy Street Co-op North
2817 Sherman Avenue, Madison 1-3 pm Please join MRSCP, Revolutionary Socialists of Madison, and UE…
Update: Respond to Willy Street Co-op & Help Remove Sabra Hummus!
1% of Willy St Co-op members requested this by 12/02/24 Willy Street emailed all members…
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2024.11.29-12.06: Read Palestine Week
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City Project (@madisonrafah)
2024.12.07: Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace8 am – 3 pm Madison’s 28th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival MRSCP, Palestine…
2024.11.29: Lights Up! for Palestine International Day of Solidarity!
Plaza at W Lawn Av & Monroe StNext to Trader Joe’s4-6 pm
2024.10.19: Madison Video of Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Wisconsin Book Festival Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Read Palestine…
MECA Aid to Gaza, Feb 1 – Nov 5, 2024
$21,287 of $20,000 on 11/05/24 Please give now to allow MECA to provide medical aid,…
2024.10.27 Update: Olive Harvest 2024 – Honor Palestinian Resilience
Tenney Park Shelter, 402 N Thornton Ave, Madison 1-4 pm Photos from Tsela Barr &…
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Madison Central Library 6:00 pm Over the past six years, unbeknownst to most Americans, 37…
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2024.09.22 Update: Banners Up for Palestine! at the Willy Street Fair!
Willy Street Fair postponed until 1 pm today. Parade has been cancelled. March With Us…
Special Back-to-School Appeal: Please support Read Palestine!
During the past year the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project joined with a group of local…
2024.08.17: Eken Park Festival
August 17, 2024 Eken Park, 848 North St, Madison11 am – 8 pm Visit the…
2024.08.11: Banners Up For Palestine! at “Ride the Drive”
11 am – 1 pm Join us for another Banners Up! action at Madison’s Ride…
2024.08.10: Bur Oak Music for Gaza
6 pm View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City…
2024.08.03: Read Palestine! High School Book Club
10 am Read Palestine!, a project of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting a book club for high…
2024.07.21 Update: Ride for Palestine
The Ride for Palestine on July 21 was a great success, with about 50 riders…
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Annual Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) fundraiser By Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Jul 17, 2024 …
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8 O’CLOCK BUZZ & Nicholas Wootton, WORT, JUNE 24, 2024 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Local…
2024.07.02: Meet & Greet the Artists of the Silent Art Auction
5:30 – 7 pmJava Cat Coffee House4221 Lien Road Thanks to the amazing generosity of…
24.06.28-07.08: Java Cat Coffee to host Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent Art Auction
By Omar Waheed, Madison365, Jun 27, 2024 Java Cat Coffee’s Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent…
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The final total raised is over $5000. More than 30 artists contributed 79 beautiful works of…
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Stop the Genocide!
Eight actions you can take now As Israel’s deadly attacks and blockade of critical aid…
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Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE…
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According to Polls in Five Battleground States Today, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) released the…
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7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations…
2024.05.22: Music for Gaza Relief at the Bur Oak
The Bur Oak [Map]2262 Winnebago St, MadisonDoors open at 7 pm, music at 8 Grassroots…
2024.05.01: Pizza & Music for Gaza
Giant Jones Brewing Co.913 E Main St, MadisonEnter on Brearly5-9 PM
2024.04.27: Viroqua Music Benefit for Emergency Gaza Relief
Landmark Center 500 East Jefferson St, Viroqua 6-10 PM
Update from Middle East Children’s Alliance
Thank you so much for your support of the Middle East Children’s Alliance. At this…
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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We wanted to give you an update on our Grassroots to Gaza campaign for emergency…
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Madison Central Library, Room 301 6-9 pm When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally…
2024.03.24: Read Palestine! Presents These Olive Trees
Room of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by…
An update about MECA’s work in Gaza
Children in Deir El-Balah (central Gaza Strip) enjoying hot meals from one of our community…
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The Read Palestine! project, supported by Madison Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting book clubs…
Supporting International Solidarity and Sistering
Image: Sacramento to Bethlehem Below is a letter from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
2024.02.14: Show Gaza Some Love
❤️ Our silent online auction ❤️ starts Valentines day at noon and ends February 29…
Special End-of-Year Appeal
Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works…
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Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove & Other West Bank Aid
Plant An Olive Tree in the Madison-Masafer Yatta Grove! The planting of these olive trees…
New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine…
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$2,000 of $2,000 on 7/27/23
Hebron Emergency Caves Project
We are getting closer to our goal of providing emergency housing to one family in…
Support Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
“We are staying here, herding our sheep and cultivating our land. Nothing will uproot us…
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Rafah Home Construction 2/27/23 Phase 1: $3,080 • Goal: $3,080 Phase 2: $3,555 • Goal:…
Update: Back-To-School Backpacks For Rafah Kids
135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza …
2022.04.21: Madison-Rafah Annual Fundraising Drive: Al Samud Playground Dedication
$9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine…
Al Samud Playground
Al Samud Playground $9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22
2021.10.09: Webinar with Filmmaker Fida Qishta
Join the US Boats to Gaza webinar with documentary filmmaker Fida Qishta, who has just…
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Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
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10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling…
2018.04.08: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration
Mark Your Calendars for Sunday Afternoon Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration Featuring Dessert and a Program…
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Playgrounds for Palestine – Madison July 9, 2016 Hi everyone, I went to Hebron…
Last Month for Gaza Lights!
Our campaign to provide 50 “Gaza Lights” systems to families in Rafah is into its…
Help Us Respond to Gaza’s Electricity Crisis
Amal and the Sketch Engineering Team assemble Gaza Lights systems Gaza Lights for Rafah Campaign…
Gaza Lights Campaign
MRSCP, Jul 19, 2017
Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, blockade, drones, economy, education, Egypt, Electronic Intifada, Haaretz, healthcare, hospitals, Intifada, Israeli, Madison, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, online, Palestinian, peace, project, Rafah, students, take action, volunteer, water, womenGaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…
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Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…
Mental Health Library Campaign
Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…
A Samira Project Success Story
This is from the Middle East Children’s Alliance project assistant in Gaza, who tells us…
