Even local elections give us a chance to vote in solidarity with Palestine. With Election Tuesday tomorrow, we have compiled some resources to help inform your decision. #MApoli #boston #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #Palestine
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American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system + demand equality and justice for all.
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge For Palestine gave a questionnaire to this year's City Council candidates. Based on the responses, they've endorsed Ayah Al-Zubi for a #1 vote. (They also recommend ranking LaQueen Battle, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Stan Rivkin, & Sumbul Siddiqui in any order.)
Al-Zubi is a passionate advocate for Palestinian rights, who bravely came out for a ceasefire as a first-time candidate in 2023, before anyone else in the race.
(Read the questionnaires at https://docs.proton.me/doc?mode=open-url&token=EHV4DAXPFM#OpaGMtOiGpoL)
SOMERVILLE
Somerville for Palestine endorses Willie Burnley, Jr. for Mayor, and a Yes vote on Question 3, which would instruct the city to divest from businesses that sustain Israel’s enactment of apartheid, genocide, and occupation of Palestine.
Importantly, Question 3 is a non-binding resolution. Burnley, Jr. is a stalwart defender of Palestinian freedom, who has spoken in favor of the resolution, and pledges to follow it if passed. (His opponent, Jake Wilson, opposes the resolution.)
Join us this Thursday, 8/14 at 5:30pm in downtown #Boston for a mass mobilization. No flags. Details at https://innmvmt.org/boston-jews-say-no-more
Whoever can protest our people’s actions, and doesn’t, is responsible for them. (Shabbat 54B)
IfNotNow #Boston calls for the immediate release of #Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk. It is time for our elected leaders in #Massachusetts to match their words with action and #ProtectUsAll.
Join 70+ groups at the #Boston Common bandstand this Friday, 2/14 at 12pm. We will gather our diverse communities to demonstrate our fierce collective resistance to the billionaire coup that threats us all.
“The power of love is stronger than the love of power.” -Mel King
March will be approximately .8 miles, mostly flat, accessible to wheels.
https://bit.ly/stopcoupmarsvp for details and to RSVP.
(RSVP optional, but it is secure and helps us plan)
Join us on Tuesday at 7pm in Porter Square for What Comes After Ceasefire Part 2 community night & potluck, where we will have opportunities to emotionally process and think through what a thriving future for all actually means.
What Comes After Ceasefire: Part 2 · IfNotNow
News of the ceasefire in Gaza has brought us both relief for the ending of hostilities but also worry for what the future will look like. Join us for What Comes After Ceasefire Part 2 community night & potluck, where we will have opportunities to emotionally process and think through what a thriving future for all actually means. This community night is the second part of a previous community night where we went in depth on what solutions are currently on the table, and grounded ourselves in the history and political reality of various solutions and global agreements. Those resources will still be available at this community night, but the focus will be on creative conversations on what an ideal future looks like in historic Israel/Palestine.
This Thursday, bring your questions, anger, grief, fears, & hopes to a post-election Community Night.
After a potluck, we'll have breakouts to process our emotions & discuss how Jews have responded to governments they live under, from ancient rabbis to today.
RSVP for location: https://innmvmt.org/Bos11-21
IfNotNow Boston Community Night: How do we keep going? · IfNotNow
Bring your questions, anger, grief, fears, and hopes to this post- presidential election community night. We will have a potluck from 6:30-7 and then breakouts until 8:30: a discussion of texts on how Jews have responded to the governments they live under, from ancient rabbis to today, as well as open emotional processing. Location sent out after RSVP.
Fascism wants us isolated and intimidated. We fight back by joining in community, love, and solidarity.
Next week, join us for a chapter meeting: either in person on Wednesday (https://innmvmt.org/BosNovMtg) or by Zoom on Thursday (https://innmvmt.org/BosNovVirtual).
Come at 7 pm if you're new, 7:30 otherwise!
INN November Chapter Meeting - Boston · IfNotNow
Whether you are new to IfNotNow or organize regularly with us, join INN Boston for our November Chapter Meeting. New members, join us at 7:00 pm for an IfNowNow 101/Orientation. Everyone else, join in at 7:30 for updates on our current strategy and the opportunity to plug in with specific teams within the chapter! If you plan to attend the 101, please register for the two separate time slots. Thank you. **Please note: we will also host a virtual chapter meeting on Thursday, November 14th with the same structure and content. To sign up, go to: https://mobilize.us/s/m6Rb7N**
On October 7, 2024, over 500 Jews and allies gathered in Boston to mourn and bear witness to the slaughter of the past year.
It didn’t have to be this way. It still doesn’t.
There is a world where we don’t have to watch the news in a state of panic. Where children in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon can grow up with their families in peace and safety.
Where our governments don’t slaughter innocents. Where our politicians can no longer ignore our cries.
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