Events - Both Online & Local to Bellingham

 This is a page where I will list upcoming events that may be of interest.  While still a work in progress, I will update it often, adding the newest event to the top, and coming back later to add hyperlinks to anything that may be recorded and can be watched later. 

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Online Event: April 15, 2025. 8am to 11:30 am PST.

During the public presentations, "Eight Families in Gaza: Amplifying Their Voices," which I have been giving in my local community these past couple of months, I have begun by talking a little bit about the connection and intersection between Disability Justice and Palestinian Justice. I talk about mutual aid, collective liberation, the framework for disability justice, and how all of this has been part of my connection to Palestine. 

This week, on April 15, 2025 at 8 a.m. PST there is an online event, "Disability Justice in Palestine: Taking Action," organized by The Palestinian Disability Coalition, which includes members from "organizations of persons with disabilities, self-help groups, and activists with disabilities from all parts of Occupied Palestine, and also the Disability Justice for Palestine Collective, which is made up of disabled people, "researchers, human rights activists and advocates from all over the world working together to document the situation of Palestinians with disabilities and the crimes being committed against them, and advocating for justice and accountability." 

You can find out more about this event on the Disability Justice for Palestine Collective website, and register for the Zoom online. 

[Image Description: ONLINE EVENT: DISABILITY JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE: Taking action. APRIL15-11h EST/18h Palestine /Palestinian refugees with disabilities will join from Gaza, the West Bank and other locations to tell us what is happening to their communities in occupied Palestine. Join us, listen to their testimonies, and help us spread their voice! Register: https://bit.ly/DJPTA. Organized by THE DISABILITY JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE COALITION and THE PALESTINIAN DISABILITY COALITION / With support from WOMEN ENABLED INTERNATIONAL / ASL & IS interpretation and CART transcription into Arabic & English will be provided.]

April 12, 2025 from   3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - "Eight Families in Gaza: Amplifying Their Voices" Presentation

(Followed by Whatcom Coalition for Palestine from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.)

Venue: In-Person, Bellingham Public Library Lecture Room (Central Branch)

Event Description: A presentation offering an opportunity to learn about eight families in Gaza who are connected to a local community member (Clarissa) who has received permission to share their stories and words. This is an opportunity to learn more about their lives, loves, and challenges, and to find out more about ways you can offer meaningful and direct support to Palestinians in Gaza. (This event is NOT sponsored by the Bellingham Public Library).

 

March 22 from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. 

Venue: In-Person, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship 

Whatcom Coalition for Palestine Info Table -  I will be at the at the "Skill Up & Connect for Community" event along with some other folks from the Whatcom Coalition for Palestine, on Saturday March 22, 2025. We will have information about upcoming events, craft items for sale to support donations for families in Gaza, and information about ways to get involved. 

Workshops for Gaza - Dates: Ongoing / Venue: Online.

Check full schedule for classes and programs; donations requested for registration; donation suggestion and link in event description.

Sunday, March 2, 2025 / 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Presentation / 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Q&A

In-Person Event - Presentation with Optional Q & A, "Eight Families in Gaza: Amplifying Their Voices."

Bellingham Public Library Lecture Room (Central Branch)

Event Description: A presentation offering an opportunity to learn about eight families in Gaza who are connected to a local community member (Clarissa) who has received permission to share their stories and words. This is an opportunity to learn more about their lives, loves, and challenges, and to find out more about ways you can offer meaningful and direct support to Palestinians in Gaza. (This event is NOT sponsored by the Bellingham Public Library).

Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 12:30 p.m.

In-Person Event - Film Screening: From Ground Zero, 
Pickford Film Center in Bellingham

Friday, February 14, 2025 / 8:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)

Online Event from Institute for Palestine Studies

"Voices for Justice in Academia: The Fight Against Genocide and Scholasticide in Gaza."