Working across borders toward a just future with Marc Lamont Hill

Friday, April 12, 2019 @ 7:30 PMAFSC, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102  Marc Lamont Hill will delve into intersectional activism as a channel for social change and the nature of movement building toward the future in this plenary talk as part of AFSC’s Corporation Meeting.   Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the …

Ambulance Film Screening – April 15

Hello Beloved Philadelphians, I’ve returned, and I want to invite you to a special FREE BlackStar film screening on Monday April 15, 7pm at Slought, of the Palestinian film Ambulance directed by my dear friend Mohamed Jabaly. We’re very lucky to have Mohamed in attendance with us for a post-screening Q&A.  The film was shot during the 2014 Israeli …

Request for support and assistance from Yousef Natsha

From: yousef natsha <yousef.m.natsheh@hotmail.comTo: Date: March 21, 2019 at 11:18 AM Subject: We need your immediate support. Dear friends,I am Yousef Natsha, the filmmaker who screened the documentary Hebron with all of you at some point last year, and Rachel & I promised to send you an update every now and then.As I have mentioned in most of the film …

Susan Abulhawa speaking on Middle East policy

You can now watch all four parts of this all day conference sponsored by The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy on March 22, 2019, available on C-Span-2.  Susan Abulhawa is the keynote speaker on Part 3 and the other speakers are excellent.   https://www.c-span.org/video/?459045-1/pro-israeli-groups-us-policy-part-1 https://www.c-span.org/video/?459045-4/pro-israeli-groups-us-policy-part-3

Israeli attack on Gaza

Back on March 14th, Al Jazeera reported that Hamas successfully fired two rockets from Gaza that made it all the way to Tel Aviv. Neither of them caused any casualties. Israeli airstrikes hit 100 targets in Gaza. Following the strike, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblat showed a very pro-Israeli/anti-Palestinian bias by …