CEASEFIRE NOW: Take Action for Palestine
The Highlander Center is joining voices across the globe calling for an end to genocide and apartheid in Gaza and demanding a permanent ceasefire and end to occupation now.
Highlander joined 219 organizations April 30 in signing onto a statement to “stand in solidarity with the students nationwide and globally who are bravely protesting in encampments and otherwise to condemn Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza–actions which human rights organizations, a federal U.S. court, and the International Court of Justice have said “plausibly” constitute genocide.”
We also invite you to read this open letter on the student encampments and other global resistance efforts seeking liberation for Palestine from organizers with Equal Health’s Campaign Against Racism, inspired partially by their time at Highlander’s 90th Homecoming celebration.
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson facilitated a Teach-In with the Rising Majority, “No to Genocide, No to War, Ceasefire Now!” featuring Dr. Barbara Ransby, the Palestinian Feminist Collective, Jewish Voice for Peace, UE150, Adalah Justice Project, Robin D.G. Kelley, and many more. It was a powerful session holding space for grief in song and poetry; sharing in-depth political education on the history, context, and current violence rooted in Zionism, apartheid, genocide and colonialism against Palestinians; and centering concrete action steps and organizing strategies to free Palestine that are part of a growing mass movement today.
We implore you to watch, share, and take action with organizations in your community and via these campaigns:
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Toolkit: Read, act, and share!
- Write your members of Congress to demand a ceasefire now
- Tell President Biden to call for a ceasefire now
- Take action to reject Biden’s $105 billion Death Package and military aid to Israel
- Find a protest near you
- Donate to humanitarian and medical aid for Palestine via Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and Doctors Without Borders.
More Resources for Political Education and Organizing:
- Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement
- The Black and Palestinian Solidarity Organizing Toolkit from Dream Defenders in partnership with Black for Palestine, Movement for Black Lives, BlackOUT Collective, and Dissenters
- #Ceasefire NOW Resources from Dream Defenders, Adalah Justice Project, Kairos Center, and the Rising Majority
- All Out for Palestine Digital Action Toolkit from Palestinian Feminist Collective
- No Tax Dollars for War Crimes Toolkit for organizing actions at congressional district offices, from American Friends Service Committee
- Report social media censorship or a digital rights violation to the Palestinian Observatory of Digital Rights Violations (7or) by 7amleh
- Legal Resources for Activists from Palestine Legal
- Decolonize Palestine website
- Al Jazeera for news
- Activist Resources & Joint Struggles from USCPR
- Why Black Americans Should Stand In Solidarity With Palestinians: Activist And Scholar Nyle Fort Explains
- Abolition and Liberation of Palestine
- Palestine: “Women and Children” and the Politics of Appeal
For Current Updates on Ongoing Actions, Follow these Social Media Accounts: