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The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.  —Toni Cade Bambara

Our vision is to inspire viewers to get involved — or deepen their engagement — in taking action for Palestinian freedom and for collective liberation.

While we do not know which actions will become a tipping point, we are witnessing how our collective action inspires others to get involved. It is in this spirit that we invite you to take action in whichever way you can.

We strongly recommend reaching out to connect with local groups and campaigns toward meaningful conversations and movement building where you live.

If you just have a few minutes, take the first step of immediate action by donating, signing a petition, or making a call to an elected official. When you have more time, why not connect with your local movement, and see where your skills and passion can best be put to service for peace and justice?

  1. Donate to organizations supporting families in the West Bank, rebuilding Gaza, advocating for human rights, and bringing trauma healing work to the region. Please prioritize Palestinian grassroots organizations. See the “Humanitarian and Peace Organization” section below.
  2. Call for an arms embargo and an end of apartheid. Contact your elected officials (click to call if you’re in the U.S.). Precious tax money can be put to good use for life-affirming services like healthcare and education.
  3. Join your local, intersectional solidarity movement. Join street protests, strikes and creative actions. In the US, you can find protests at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR, see their Stop Gaza Genocide Toolkit), Jewish Voice for Peace, If Not Now, and others. Access tools for protesting from Gaza is Palestine.
  4. Divest from injustice. One of the key aspects of the international movement that helped end apartheid in South Africa was to apply economic pressure. Palestinians have been calling for similar action — Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions — since 2005.
  1. Visit Palestine. As international activists, we can show up in accompaniment and bear witness. Visit the refugee camps, checkpoints, and experience daily life. Go on educational tours. Join solidarity efforts to help Palestinians resist settler attacks and continue their sumud (steadfastness), tending their flocks and olive trees, taking their children to school, and making everyday living an act of resistance. Check organizations such as Eyewitness Palestine, International Solidarity Movement, Faz3a, and the tour company To Be There, led by Baha Hilo.
  2. Practice having hard conversations. Find tips on how to talk with your family and friends, and on how to talk about Palestine in your workplace in this free toolkit, Freedom Within Reach, by the Palestine Feminist Collective (see page 19).
  3. Oppose hate speech and violence against Muslim and Jewish communities. Speak up and learn more about how to organize against antisemitism, anti-Arab hate, and anti-Muslim hate. Understand the difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Educate yourself on antisemitism with this primer, On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice, and the Unraveling Antisemitism poster and curriculum from Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. Utilize the Curriculum on Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation. Access guides for speaking out against Islamophobia, bullying and bias from CAIR.
  4. Continue your learning journey. Study and research, and share your knowledge. Find out who finances American elected officials.
  5. Grieve. Mourn and pray together to grieve the lives lost in this genocide. Host a vigil, invoking rituals from your own traditions. Honoring the memories of those killed, you can read out their names, share their stories, or display their photos with candles and tea lights.
  6. Practice self and community-care. We must take care to sustain ourselves and each other for the long haul. Find tools for bringing resilience practices into your community and daily practice, and keep these reminders nearby. Remember, burn brightly, but don’t burn out! Express your gratitude to leaders who are taking courage to call for the violence to stop — elected officials, faith leaders, students, artists, humanitarian aid workers, and community voices around the world. Gratitude is the antidote to fear and despair and helps motivate people to continue to act in integrity and with care. And don’t forget to celebrate the mystery and sacredness of life!

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