One of the speakers talked about how his #OliveTree back home in #Gaza was still standing. His voice broke as he described how unreal the past year had seemed -- that he felt like even the olive tree was perhaps not real. It was heartbreaking. Trauma from #Genocide and #War are real!

#FreePalestine #PortlandMaine #InternationalDayOfAction #MaineDSA #MaineVoicesForPeace #JVP #Palestine #Lebanon #Iran #NoWar #EndGenocide #PeaceWorks #CeasefireNow

There were hand-painted banners, and hand-painted signs as well. Folks had just finished painting the banner in Arabic. It's hard to see, but the banner in Arabic had four flags in each of the corners -- #Palestine, #Lebanon, #Iran and #Syria.
#FreePalestine #PortlandMaine #InternationalDayOfAction #MaineDSA #MaineVoicesForPeace #JVP #Palestine #Lebanon #Iran #NoWar #EndGenocide #PeaceWorks #CeasefireNow