ANNOUNCEMENTS: A Memorial For The Innocent, Community Events On Palestine, And Much More
A Memorial For The Innocent:
10,000 flags have been placed on Dunn Meadow to symbolize every child martyred by Israel within the past four months. Each flag represents one child killed, we unfortunately did not have enough flags to represent the entirety of children killed by Israel as it has risen to 13,022.
These are our children. We refuse to let them be forgotten, we refuse to let this injustice be forgotten. We demand an end to this genocide. We will continue to fight on behalf of every one of these children, and the children that will continually be killed by Israel as they continue their brazen genocide. We fight on behalf of every single Palestinian killed by Israel’s 75 years of apartheid and settler-colonialism. We will continue to call attention, continue to act, and continue to refuse censorship. We will not cease until we see Palestinian liberation.
The living fight on.
Indianapolis Community Event: Connect For Palestine Pt 1: Tools For Organizing
Join pro-Palestine groups in Indianapolis for workshops and discussions about how justice movements can grow our organizing power
Sat. Feb 3rd 4873 W. 38th St 3-5pm
Community Event: Windows to Palestine
“A Window on Palestinian Life” will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church featuring Dan Segal from Jewish Voice for Peace, PSC members, and numerous others speaking about Palestinian experiences, art, music, and the struggle for survival.
Local groups will co-host this event, Citizens for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel, and Bloomington Peace Action Committee.
We hope to see everyone at the event, which will be held on February 4 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. (This is the most updated time)
IU Event: The Sounds Of Palestine
Join PSC again as we host Dr. David McDonald for an evening of Palestinian music and discussion. Our last event was such a success, we decided to host a second version!
Wednesday Feb. 7 6:30PM BAL 008
McDonald will also be part of the following upcoming workshops:
Listening To Gaza - Friday Feb.2. @1:00pm EST - Webinar register HERE.
How to incorporate Palestine into your syllabus, address implicit bias, lead dialogue on contested issues, including sample lesson plans and resources from SAMR's "Educational Resources on Palestine" online repository.Zoom
Listening To Gaza - Tuesday, Feb.6 @2:00pm EST - YouTube Live link HERE.
Join invited speakers Ramzi Abduredwan, Mohammed Lomani, and Issa Boulos for a roundtable discussion, moderated by David McDonald, on how the current Gaza crisis impacts local Gazan culture, heritage, and the arts. Each panelist will speak on behalf of local charitable organizations working to provide shelter for musicians and music-oriented programming for children in Gaza. Funds benefit Providing Shelter for Gaza's Artists and the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.
Speaker Announcement:
PSC is also happy to announce that we will be hosting Sarah Leah Whitson at IU in February. Whitson is currently executive director of Democracy For the Arab World Now(DAWN) and served as head of Human Rights Watch Middle East North Africa division from 2004 – 2020.
We will be hosting her to talk about Human Rights, and US support for Israel.
More on this to come, but save the date: Feb 29th 7pm
Make your voices heard
Samia Halaby exhibition
It has been over three weeks since news about the esteemed alumna of Indiana University and Palestinian-American abstract painter, Samia Halaby, had her much-anticipated US premier retrospective canceled by Indiana University and the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art.
We continue to ask President Pamela Whitten to uphold the mission and values of Indiana University by restoring Samia Halaby's art exhibit in light of this cancellation.
We encourage everyone to support our cause by signing the petition and sharing it widely.
Unsuspend Professor Sinno
We also continue to seek your support in amplifying the student/alumni and faculty petition for Professor Abdulkader Sinno. Indiana University has suspended the tenured professor for assisting our organization in advocating for Palestine.
The university demonstrated a strong determination to penalize Professor Sinno, sidestepping established procedures that would have guaranteed him a hearing in front of peers before imposing such a severe sanction.
Free Sinno!