ANNOUNCEMENTS: Palestinian Poetry, Direct Actions, and Speaker event
National Day Of Action
Following the massacre on Sunday Night in Rafah, where over 100 Palestinians were murdered by Israeli airstrikes, the Indianapolis Coalition for Palestine is calling for action on Saturday, February 17 in Indianapolis.
We call on everyone to join us and many more to echo the calls to end the Zionist bombardment in Rafah the siege in Gaza and to call for the end of all Aid to Israel. Over 1.5 million Palestinians are under aerial bombardment in one of the most densely populated regions on earth.
Weekly Starbucks Sit-Ins at the IMU
Each Monday, PSC will be hosting a sit-in at the IMU Starbucks from 7:30 AM. Come help us protest IU's involvement in the genocide of Palestinians. All you need to do is show up and take up space. Feel free to study, chat, and get to know all of us at the PSC!
Indianapolis Event: Poetry for Palestine
The Middle Eastern Student Association at IU Indianapolis will be hosting Palestinian-American author Fady Joudah. This event, a partnership with JVP Indiana, PSC, and Indiana Resiste will look at advocacy and activism through the lens of poetry. There will be a table fair and a reading of one of the works by Joudah.
This event is in Indianapolis on Thursday, February 15th from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
Documentary Screening: The Israel Lobby
Our own Lee Hamilton has said of the Israel lobby: “There’s no lobby group that matches it . . . they’re in a class by themselves."
Why does the United States support Israel? Why do some states require employees to take loyalty oaths? Whats with the pro-Israel groups on campus?
Join PSC as we screen the Al Jazeera documentary censored by the outlet. The doc focuses on the influence of the Israel Lobby in the US. We will be screening part 1, which focuses on the lobby’s influence on US college campuses.
Wednesday Feb 21 6:30PM BAL 008
Speaker Announcement:
PSC is also happy to announce that we will host Sarah Leah Whitson at IU in February. Whitson is currently the 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 to 2020.
The event will be Thursday Feb 29th at 6:30pm in Mauer Law School RM 123
We will host her to discuss Human Rights and US support for Israel.
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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!