The Tide is Shifting: Palestine Advocacy in 2021

A live discussion on Facebook with the following featured speakers:
- Congresswoman Marie Newman: Representative from Illinois’s 3rd congressional district since 2021 and leader of a congressional letter opposing Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem

- Omar Baddar: Palestinian-American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute

- Beth Miller: Senior Government Affairs Manager for Jewish Voice for Peace Action

Ways to help Palestinians:
1) Sign the following:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/congress-protect-east-jerusalem?clear_id=true&source=email-action-alerts-contact-congress-about-gaza-and-east-jerusalem

https://www.codepink.org/stophomethefts

https://www.codepink.org/israelaustin

https://www.codepink.org/1billionmore

https://ampalestine.salsalabs.org/nomoreweaponsforisrael/index.html

https://ampalestine.salsalabs.org/sanctionisrael/index.html


https://actionnetwork.org/letters/save-lives-in-gaza?source=direct_link&;

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/no-apartheid/?source=group-mpower-action-fund&referrer=group-mpower-action-fund

https://secure.everyaction.com/wUAYmd6RzEacXxN3WQuYQQ2

https://secure.everyaction.com/1bUDFJrq_kWz5sjKEeyoPQ2?emci=5d4149d1-36af-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=48af3b35-3eb3-eb11-a7ad-0050f271b5d8&ceid=1631053

https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/contact_your_lawmaker_about_hr_2590?utm_campaign=may_14_gaza_update_nwttac&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dcipalestine&emci=898aaa6a-50ba-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=720e95c4-78ba-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=13259655#/7/

https://www.codepink.org/natgeo

https://www.codepink.org/revokethelicense

https://bdsmovement.net/caf-get-out-of-sheikh-jarrah

https://www.gazaunlocked.org/act2019MELPA


2) Call your US House Representative (202-225-3121) to cosponsor HR2590 (Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act). Congress acts when enough constituents demand it.

3) Learn more about Palestine at:
- American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
- Rebuilding Alliance
- Adalah Justice Project
- Eyewitness Palestine
- Grassroots Al-Quds
- BDS Movement
- Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)
- Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA)
- We Are Not Numbers
- teachpalestine.org
- decolonizepalestine.com
- gazaincontext.com
- palambassador.org
- palestinianyouthmovement.com/sheikh-jarrah
- https://www.gazaunlocked.org/

4) Read Palestine...it is something colonial by Dr. Hatem Bazian

5) Watch the film 1948: Creation & Catastrophe at https://www.1948movie.com/

6) Boycott HP, PUMA, General Mills, Pillsbury, Sabra, SodaStream, ZARA, and Ben & Jerry's