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The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

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Jun 6, 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
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Special End-of-Year Appeal: Help Plant 400 Olive Trees in the West Bank!
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Dec 28, 2025 Update
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2025.07.28: Read Palestine! Discussion with Author Shadi Salem
Online, 7 – 8 pm CT
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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…
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2025.05.03 Update: Palestine Solidarity Fair
Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison, 2-4:30 pm Open House
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2025.04.05: Read Palestine! Celebrates Arab American Heritage
Goodman South Library, 2222 S Park St, 1:30 pm
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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
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2025.03.08: Overture Center International Festival
Madison, 10 am – 5 pm
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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
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Veterinary Student Scholarship
The Villages Group, Jan 30, 2025
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Replace Tuba Property Destroyed by Settlers
Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), Jan 30, 2025
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End-of-Year Appeal
Survival in Gaza, Plant an Olive Tree, and Replace the Sheep Your help is needed…
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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…
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Boycott Review at Willy St Co-op
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City Project (@madisonrafah)…
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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)
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2024.12.07: Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace8 am – 3 pm Madison’s 28th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival MRSCP, Palestine…
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2024.11.30 & 12.02: Read Palestine! Events
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2024.11.29: Lights Up! for Palestine International Day of Solidarity!
Plaza at W Lawn Av & Monroe StNext to Trader Joe’s4-6 pm
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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…
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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,…
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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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2024.10.28: Film Boycott, on the anti-BDS movement
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…
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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…
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2024.08.17: Eken Park Festival
August 17, 2024 Eken Park, 848 North St, Madison11 am – 8 pm Visit the…
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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…
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2024.08.10: Bur Oak Music for Gaza
6 pm View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City…
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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…
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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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2024.07.21: Madison joins cities around the world for Ride For Palestine
Annual Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) fundraiser By Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Jul 17, 2024 …
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2024.06.28-07.08: Local Art Auction To Support Humanitarian Aid For Gaza
8 O’CLOCK BUZZ & Nicholas Wootton, WORT, JUNE 24, 2024 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Local…
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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…
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2024.06.30: Auction Artists on WORT
5-6 pm, after the news Three of the artists contributing their works to our Silent…
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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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2024.06.28-07.08: Silent Art Auction for Gaza Update
The final total raised is over $5000. More than 30 artists contributed 79 beautiful works of…
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Read Palestine! 3rd-5th Grade Book Club
Sign up (requires Google account)
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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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2024.06.05: Banners Up for Palestine
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Wisconsin activist frustrated over blocked aid to Palestinians
Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE…
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“Gaza Votes” May Determine November Election
According to Polls in Five Battleground States Today, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) released the…
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2024.05.23:Break the Bonds! Divest from Israel Bonds, Invest in Freedom
7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations…
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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…
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2024.05.12: Read Palestine! Sitti’s Bird
Kismet Books, 101 N. Main St, Verona, WI, 608.845.2500 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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2024.05.01: Pizza & Music for Gaza
Giant Jones Brewing Co.913 E Main St, MadisonEnter on Brearly5-9 PM
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2024.04.27: Viroqua Music Benefit for Emergency Gaza Relief
Landmark Center 500 East Jefferson St, Viroqua 6-10 PM
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Update from Middle East Children’s Alliance
Thank you so much for your support of the Middle East Children’s Alliance. At this…
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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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Update: Grassroots to Gaza Emergency Aid Campaign
We wanted to give you an update on our Grassroots to Gaza campaign for emergency…
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2024.03.25: Film Israelism: Screening and Discussion
Madison Central Library, Room 301 6-9 pm When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally…
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2024.03.24: Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024
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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…
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2024.03.03: A Reading of “The Aida Camp Alphabet”
A bilingual Arabic alphabet book, written & illustrated by kids at the Aida Refugee Camp…
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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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2024.02.19: Read Palestine! Book Clubs
The Read Palestine! project, supported by Madison Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting book clubs…
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2024.02.24: Reading of Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine
Kismet Books 101 N. Main Street, Verona 10:30 am
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Supporting International Solidarity and Sistering
Image: Sacramento to Bethlehem Below is a letter from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
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CAMPAIGN TO AID SISTER CITY FACING BLOODBATH
Sandra Whitehead, WISCONSIN MUSLIM JOURNAL, Feb 13, 2024 Members of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…
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2024.02.14: Launching a year-long Grassroots for Gaza aid campaign
with a Valentines Day to Leap Year Silent Auction Gaza is now the deadliest place…
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2024.02.14: Show Gaza Some Love
❤️ Our silent online auction ❤️ starts Valentines day at noon and ends February 29…
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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…
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2023.11.29-12.05: #ReadPalestine Week
PUBLISHERS FOR PALESTINE Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on…
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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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Stand with Masafer Yatta!
$2,000 of $2,000 on 7/27/23
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Hebron Emergency Caves Project
We are getting closer to our goal of providing emergency housing to one family in…
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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 Project
Rafah Home Construction 2/27/23 Phase 1: $3,080 • Goal: $3,080 Phase 2: $3,555 • Goal:…
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End-of-Year Appeal: Help with Rafah Family Home
Dear Friends of MRSCP, We hope you will consider contributing to our year-end fundraising drive…
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2022.11.27: Rafah Family Guided Home Construction
A fundraiser by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project Our goal is to raise $10,064 to…
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Update: Back-To-School Backpacks For Rafah Kids
135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza …
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Back-To-School Backpacks
Backpacks For Rafah Kids $2,368 & 135 backpacks! 8/25/22
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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…
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Al Samud Playground
Al Samud Playground $9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22
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2022.01.02: Maia Project Update
For Over 11 Years The new unit providing clean water to the kids in Shuka,…
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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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Update: Fresh Food for Families in Rafah
Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
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2019.07.24-25: Gaza Freedom Flotilla Comes to Madison!
Photos: Jim Maas/FUS Social Justice Ministry, Tsela Barr/MRSCP, and Kit Kittredge/NA Boat to Gaza Campaign…
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Maia Project Update
Latest Maia Water Filters in Rafah (28 Feb 2019) from Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s…
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2018.11.20: Madison’s Clean Water for the Children of Gaza Day
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2018.10.14: Fundraiser for the Maia Project
Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sunday, October 14 First…
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2018.07.21: Maia Water Project at the Midwest Waterfest
10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling…
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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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2017.12.15 Update: Hebron Playground
Playgrounds for Palestine – Madison July 9, 2016 Hi everyone, I went to Hebron…
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Last Month for Gaza Lights!
Our campaign to provide 50 “Gaza Lights” systems to families in Rafah is into its…
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Help Us Respond to Gaza’s Electricity Crisis
Amal and the Sketch Engineering Team assemble Gaza Lights systems Gaza Lights for Rafah Campaign…
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Gaza Lights Campaign
MRSCP, Jul 19, 2017
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Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…
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GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta
Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…
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Gaza Summer Camp
Gaza Summer Camp — July 17, 2016 Dearest Friends, I would like to thank you…
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Mental Health Library Campaign
Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…
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A Samira Project Success Story
This is from the Middle East Children’s Alliance project assistant in Gaza, who tells us…
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