Monday, June 16, 7:00–8:30 p.m. in the UUC chapel, by pre-registration
Our screens are filled with upsetting images from Israel-Palestine: bombed buildings, stalled aid trucks, crowded checkpoints, endless negotiations. It can be difficult to see and hear the actual people who live there, the people who strive for freedom and dignity.
On June 16 two visitors from a Palestinian village in the West Bank will tell us about their lives under Israeli occupation. The presentation will be moderated by a Seattle resident and volunteer with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence.
These activists—who are also fathers, husbands, teachers, and artists—have dedicated their lives to documenting the human rights violations by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in their home village and across their community. They are on a national speaking tour and visiting Seattle for the first time.
The West Bank has been dominated by Israel since 1967. Unlike Gaza, it is not a high-profile battlefield. But the 3 million Palestinians who live there face daily violence and intimidation from Israeli police, soldiers and a rapidly growing number of settlers. Our guests are activists trying to resist demolition, displacement, and humiliation. But they also are fathers and husbands trying to raise families, teachers and artists trying to maintain community; humans trying to survive. They want to tell their stories from Masafer Yatta or the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank.
We are asking prospective attendees to register for this event in case our guests are detained and/or turned away by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This will allow us to let you know in advance if we are forced to cancel or modify our plans.
Free childcare is available for this event. Please contact us at childcareJune16@gmail.com to let us know how many children you are bringing and their ages.
Sponsored by UUC’s Social Justice Steering Committee and Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME).
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