NAKBA DAYS OF ACTION:
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
May 14-15, 2024
Washington, DC
Registration deadline: May 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET
TAKE ACTION IN DC
Join the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action on May 14-15 for “Nakba Days of Action: Stop Arming Israel” focused on the ongoing struggle to end U.S. military funding to Israel, once and for all.
As we commemorate 76 years of the ongoing Nakba, Palestinians in Gaza have now lived through a seven-month-long genocide. In the midst of this devastation, people around the world have risen up, building spaces fighting toward Palestinian liberation. The Gaza solidarity encampments have brought a new level of attention to the ongoing genocide. Take action to stop the aggression and demand that Congress divest from Israel immediately!
Join us in community in Washington, DC. You'll build with movement organizers, who will share the tools to create pathways for ending U.S. military funding to Israel. Then you’ll bring your demands directly to moveable members of Congress in advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill.
Registration is only $50, which includes meals.
If you’re interested in a scholarship to cover registration and/or housing, please apply here by Wednesday, May 8.
We are unable to provide scholarships for travel at this time. Learn more about how to cover your costs with this grassroots fundraising toolkit.
Questions? Contact us.
THE SCHEDULE
Over the course of two days, you’ll take part in the following events. This is a draft schedule with exact times and topics subject to change.
Tuesday, May 14: A day of organizing skills workshops and an evening Gaza teach-in, encompassing ways you can take action and build campaigns to divest from Israel.
11 AM: Arrival & lunch
12-1 PM: Opening panel - “Planning a strategic local campaign that can win”
1-2:15 PM: Workshop - “Campaigns that move the money: Powerful local campaign models to stop arming Israel & fund our communities”
2:30-3:25 PM: Role play breakout sessions - Media interviews, social media videos, testimony at city council, recruitment/one-on-ones, & direct action messaging/action planning
3:45-5 PM: Closing workshop - “Making our campaigns irresistible: Integrating cultural work & vision into our organizing”
7:00-9:30 PM: Teach-in - “How U.S. Policy Enables the Gaza Genocide”
Wednesday, May 15: A day on Capitol Hill to take our demands to members of Congress, including a permanent ceasefire across Palestine and an end to U.S. military funding to Israel. Make sure Congress hears our voices loud and clear. Advocacy meetings will run from about 9 AM to 4 PM, depending on the timing of your scheduled meetings.
You’re invited to take action in all sessions over the course of the two days, but we also understand if you can only make it to some portion. We look forward to seeing you in DC. Let's lean into this extremely important moment and keep pushing toward total liberation!
FEATURED SPEAKERS & GUESTS
EMAN MOHAMMED
Visual Journalist
JEHAD ABUSALIM
Executive Director, The Jerusalem Fund
SALMA SHAWA
Content Creator
Registration deadline: May 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET
PLEASE WEAR A MASK FOR YOUR HEALTH & SAFETY
We keep us safe! For your own health and our collective safety, masks are required during the teach-in/workshops on the first day and highly encouraged on Capitol Hill on the second day. Please wear a mask while traveling to the event, test for COVID-19 prior to the event, and cancel your registration in the event you have symptoms or test positive for COVID-19. Getting the COVID-19 vaccine and the latest bivalent booster is also recommended. Thank you for your commitment!