Direct from Gaza: Report Back from a Bay Area Midwife
2024-07-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oakstop Ballroom, 1736 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, United States
Date: Thursday, 11 July
Time: 7:00 pm PST
Location: 1736 Franklin St, Oakland, CA
Tickets: $10, available via Eventbrite
Join us as Bay Area Midwife Bridget Rochios discusses her recent mission to Gaza in conversation with Palestinian-American Psychologist Dr Jess Ghannam.
Bridget Rochios is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Reproductive Health Nurse Practitioner dedicated to reproductive justice and health equity. Born and raised in the East Bay, she combines her clinical expertise with a passion for social activism, working to improve healthcare access both locally and internationally.
In May 2024, driven by her commitment to global health and social justice, Bridget volunteered at Emirati Maternity Hospital in Rafah, Gaza. During her month-long mission with the Canadian organization Glia, she provided critical obstetric care alongside local healthcare providers amidst the ongoing genocide. This experience allowed her to witness firsthand the challenges faced by Palestinians and advocate for their healthcare needs.

San Francisco: ONE YEAR OF GENOCIDE, ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE PROTEST
2024-10-06 13:00 | 16th & Valencia, 16th & Valencia, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
SAN FRANCISCO ONE YEAR OF GENOCIDE ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Date: Sunday, 6 October, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm PST
Location: 16th and Valencia, Mission District, San Francisco, CA
The Bay Area will honor our martyrs in Palestine, we will demand an end to the US’ complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestine and the world, and demand an arms embargo on Israel. Palestine will be free, and we will continue to march, organize, and fight.
Find protests and actions in other cities

SOMArts - BEARING WITNESS
2024-10-12 - 2024-11-08 | SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, California, 94103
Bearing Witness: An Expression of Love, Solidarity, and Justice for the People of Palestine
Curated by Rio Yañez and Bridgett Rex
Date: October 12 – November 8, 2024
Location: SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
As the world watches and responds to the genocide of the Palestinian people, this year’s exhibition theme reflects on the impact of this ongoing trauma on personal, national, and international levels. Participating artists center creation as resistance by mounting traditional and contemporary altar installations that honor, celebrate, and mourn those who have perished in Palestine.
In alignment with the tradition of Día de Los Muertos, the exhibition also showcases personal altars dedicated to loved ones who have passed.
This evening features curatorial remarks, Día de Los Muertos inspired artist market, and more.
Calendar available for sale here

Berkeley, CA: Direct from Gaza: Mosab Abu Toha
2024-11-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Berkeley City College Auditorium, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Direct from Gaza: Mosab Abu Toha
Author, Poet, and Founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza Reading from his new book: FOREST of NOISE
Date: Friday, 8 November
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm PST
Location: Berkeley City College Auditorium – 2050 Center Street Berkeley, CA 94704
Join MECA in welcoming back Palestinian educator, author and poet, Mosab Abu Toha, as he shares portions of his poignant new release Forest of Noise. The reading will be followed by a book signing with the author. Forest of Noise will be available for purchase at the event and is currently available on ShopPalestine.org. Purchase tickets here.
About the Author
MOSAB ABU TOHA is a Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist from Gaza. His first collection of poetry, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and won the Palestine Book Award, the American Book Award, and the Walcott Poetry Prize. Abu Toha is also the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which he hopes to rebuild. He recently won an Overseas Press Club Award for his “Letter from Gaza” columns for The New Yorker.
About Forest of Noise
“A powerful, capacious, and profound” (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.
Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli army bombed and destroyed his house, pulverizing a library he had painstakingly built for community use, he and his family fled for their safety. Not for the first time in their lives.
Somehow, amid the chaos, Abu Toha kept writing poems. These are those poems. Uncannily clear, direct, and beautifully tuned, they form one of the most astonishing works of art wrested from wartime. Here are directives for what to do in an air raid; here are lyrics about the poet’s wife, singing to his children to distract them. Huddled in the dark, Abu Toha remembers his grandfather’s oranges, his daughter’s joy in eating them.
Moving between glimpses of life in relative peacetime and absurdist poems about surviving in a barely livable occupation, Forest of Noise invites a wide audience into an experience that defies the imagination—even as it is watched live. Abu Toha’s poems introduce readers to his extended family, some of them no longer with us. This is an urgent, extraordinary, and arrestingly whimsical book. Searing and beautiful, it brings us indelible art in a time of terrible suffering.

Berkeley, CA: 21st Annual Palestinian Holiday Crafts Bazaar
2024-11-16 10:00 - 18:00 | Ciel Creative Space, 935 Carleton St, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Date: Saturday, 16 November
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Location: 935 Carleton St, Berkeley, CA, 94710
Tickets: $5, Kids under 18 Free, available via Eventbrite
Ticket prices help cover new venue costs. (This is first and foremost a Palestine solidarity event and no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Support Palestinian artisans and keep ancient crafts alive! Purchase unique holiday gifts that support Palestinian children and families.
Olive oil, ceramics, embroidery, jewelry, olive wood, cookbooks, keffiyehs, soap, stunning scarves & shawls, Palestinian Dead Sea products, children’s toys and books, kitchenware, t-shirts, and much more.
Plus delicious Arabic food and coffee! Lunch tickets available for 3 seating times (11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm)
Enjoy a taste of Palestine with Zaytoon’s mouthwatering selection of freshly made falafel, creamy hummus, smoky baba ghanouj, and fluffy pita bread. Paired with a refreshing, vibrant salad, each dish is crafted with traditional flavors and fresh ingredients, offering an authentic and satisfying culinary experience. Celebrate the rich food heritage of Palestine with every bite!
For more info email meca@mecaforpeace.org, or call (510)548-0542
Wheelchair accessible

BERKELEY, CA: LIFE SUPPORT - A POETRY EVENT WITH KATHY ENGEL
2025-02-07 18:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
DATE: February 7, 2025
TIME: 6:30 pm PST
LOCATION: Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Tickets: $10 from Eventbrite
Poet, educator, and activist, Kathy Engel will read from her new book: Dear Inheritors and the anthology she co-edited with Kamal Boullata, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon.
Introduction by Aracelis Girmay, poet, children’s book writer, educator, editor. Her most recent book of poems is The Black Maria.
Arabic music by Palestinian musician, Ibrahim Safi.
Kathy Engel’s books include Ruth’s Skirts, 2007 and The Lost Brother Alphabet, 2020. She is the founder of MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, the former President and co-founder of Riptide Communications, co-founder of East End Women in Black, Poets for Ayiti, among other groups.
Her new book of poems and personal prose, Dear Inheritors and We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon are available at ShopPalestine.org

NEWARK, CA: ISLAMOPHOBIA & ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM
2025-02-22 17:00 | 5748 Mowry School Rd. Newark, CA 94560, 5748 Mowry School Rd., Newark, CA, 94560, United States
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm PST
Location: 5748 Mowry School Rd, Newark, CA 94560
Buy Tickets here
Join us for an enlightening evening featuring renowned Columbia University professor Joseph Massad. An expert in modern Arab politics and intellectual history, Prof. Massad will deliver a thought-provoking speech on the intersection of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism.

CANCELED Mosab Abu Toha in Santa Rosa, Berkeley and San Jose
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-03 | CA
We are very sorry to announce that Mosab Abu Toha will not be able to join us for our events in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose due to some serious safety concerns at this time. He wants to come here as soon as circumstances allow it.
In the meantime we want to urge you to read his published works, Forest of Noise and Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, both available from shoppalestine.org.
About the Author
MOSAB ABU TOHA is a Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist from Gaza. His first collection of poetry, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and won the Palestine Book Award, the American Book Award, and the Walcott Poetry Prize. Abu Toha is also the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which he hopes to rebuild. He recently won an Overseas Press Club Award for his “Letter from Gaza” columns for The New Yorker.
About Forest of Noise
“A powerful, capacious, and profound” (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.
Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli army bombed and destroyed his house, pulverizing a library he had painstakingly built for community use, he and his family fled for their safety. Not for the first time in their lives.
Somehow, amid the chaos, Abu Toha kept writing poems. These are those poems. Uncannily clear, direct, and beautifully tuned, they form one of the most astonishing works of art wrested from wartime. Here are directives for what to do in an air raid; here are lyrics about the poet’s wife, singing to his children to distract them. Huddled in the dark, Abu Toha remembers his grandfather’s oranges, his daughter’s joy in eating them.
Moving between glimpses of life in relative peacetime and absurdist poems about surviving in a barely livable occupation, Forest of Noise invites a wide audience into an experience that defies the imagination—even as it is watched live. Abu Toha’s poems introduce readers to his extended family, some of them no longer with us. This is an urgent, extraordinary, and arrestingly whimsical book. Searing and beautiful, it brings us indelible art in a time of terrible suffering.
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BERKELEY - OPEN HOUSE & MARKETPLACE
2025-04-27 11:00 - 16:00 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Shop Palestine Open House & Marketplace
Sunday, April 27, 2025
11am – 4pm
1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710
RSVP Here!
Join Shop Palestine for our open house and marketplace to learn more about the Palestinian artisans, cooperatives, and farmers we support.
Every purchase is an act of solidarity, directly supporting Palestinian livelihoods and preserving traditions threatened by ongoing oppression. At a time when Palestinian communities are facing genocidal attacks, your support offers hope to families in Palestine and strengthens their resilience.
We will be showcasing Olive oil, ceramics, tatriz embroidery, jewelry, olivewood, cookbooks, keffiyehs, soap, stunning scarves & shawls, leather products, children’s toys and books, kitchenware, t-shirts, and much more from Palestine.

New York City - Palestine: the Moral Issue of Our Time with Gabor Maté and Chris Hedges
2025-05-05 19:00 | New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Palestine: the Moral Issue of Our Time with Gabor Maté and Chris Hedges
Date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Adler Hall, NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th St, New York 10023
Solidarity Tickets: $55.20
Supporter Tickets: $108.55
Order Tickets Here:
MECAxNYC.eventbrite.com
The Middle East Children’s Alliance is coming to New York City on May 5th to welcome Gabor Maté and Chris Hedges in conversation on Palestine – the Moral Issue of our Time. Please join us at the New York Society for Ethical Culture for this important discussion and to meet some of our team in person.
Proceeds will support MECA’s emergency relief efforts in Gaza.
For more info email meca@mecaforpeace.org, or call (510) 548-0542

OAKLAND: Art for the Children of Gaza
2025-09-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Grand Gallery, 560 2nd Street, Oakland, CA, 94607
Art for the Children of Gaza
September 1 – 30, 2025
Reception: Saturday, September 27, 4-6pm
Location: Grand Gallery, 560 2nd St, Oakland CA
kathykennyart.com
All proceeds of art purchased during the month of September will benefit children in Gaza
Bay Area contemporary artist and activist Kathy Kenny is raising $10,000 in the month September for urgent aid to families in Gaza through the Middle East Children’s Alliance. Over a dozen Grand Gallery artists are joining in—look for green dots on our works. MECA Reception at The Grand Gallery: Sept 27, 4–6 pm. Every art purchase or direct donation makes a difference—scan the QR code to learn more or give directly.

Berkeley: Rumi's Caravan
2025-09-28 19:30 - 21:30 | The Freight, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Berkeley
Sunday, September 28th 7:30-9:30
The Freight: 2020 Addison Street Berkeley
Rumi says, “Ours is not a caravan of despair.” We are here to share the oral tradition and revive the soul of the world!
For 25 years (10 in the East Bay), Rumi’s Caravan has offered an improvised poetic conversation with music, quoting from Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Neruda, Rilke, Robert Bly, Yeats, Naomi Shehab Nye, William Stafford, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, Seamus Heaney, Denise Levertov, Antonio Machado, May Sarton, and others. The conversation can range from the heights of inspiration and ecstasy to the depths of grief, and back again, but always with images of beauty. Dress lavishly! We offer this treasury of words to meet and inspire the souls of the audience.
All proceeds from tonight’s performance will support the work of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (mecaforpeace.org)
Advance Tickets: $30.00 (includes all fees)
https://secure.thefreight.org/15271/15272-rumis-caravan-returns-to-berkeley-250928
Day of Show Tickets: $35.00

Oakland, CA- Two Years of Genocide: The Legacy of Malcolm X and Black-Palestinian Solidarity
2025-10-01 18:30 - 20:30 | First Congregational Church Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Two Years of Genocide: The Legacy of Malcolm X and Black-Palestinian Solidarity
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 6:30pm
Join MECA as we welcome Angela Davis, Ali Abunimah, and Lara Kiswani in conversation on the two years of ongoing genocide in Gaza. the legacy of Malcolm X, and Black-Palestinian solidarity. Co-sponsored by IJAN, NorCal Sabeel, AROC, PYM, and Center for Political Education
While the genocidal assault on Gaza intensifies, the international Palestinian solidarity movement is gaining strength. A united resistance is the only way forward and can take inspiration from the revolutionary internationalism of Malcolm X. 2025 marks 100 years since his birth.
Malcolm X’s views on Palestine were shaped by his evolving global perspective and his 1964 visit to the Gaza Strip, where he witnessed the conditions in Palestinian refugee camps. He drew a direct parallel between the displacement of Palestinians and the oppression of Black people in America, emphasizing that both were part of a universal struggle for justice and self-determination against a system he saw as a new form of colonialism.
Angela Y. Davis, Professor Emerita at UC, Santa Cruz, is an activist, writer, and lecturer. Her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition, and the related intersections of race, gender, and class.
Ali Abunimah is Executive Director of The Electronic Intifada. He is the author of One Country and The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
Lara Kiswaniis the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), which serves thousands of poor and working-class Arabs and Muslims across the Bay Area.
Hatem Bazian is Founder and Director of the Islamophobia Studies Center, Co-Founder of Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, and UC Berkeley Faculty.

Berkeley: Terms of Servitude
2025-10-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Terms of Servitude: Big Tech’s Rise in Silencing Palestinian Voices and Advancing Genocide
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 6:30 pm
Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA 84710
Event is free but please RSVP
Join MECA in welcoming Omar Zahzah to discuss his new book, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler/Colonialism in the Palestine Liberation Struggle.
Zahzah illustrates how big tech has leveraged massive power to spread propaganda, silence criticism of Israel, and smear dissenters. Zahzah calls this “digital settler colonialism” and shows how it operates in both subtle and overt ways—from shadow banning to blacklisting to paid trolling—across platforms. He also profiles the creative Palestinian activists, artists, and journalists who are outwitting the seemingly all-powerful tech titans and getting their message out despite the massive forces arrayed against them.
OMAR ZAHZAH is a writer, poet, organizer of Lebanese Palestinian descent, and Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies at San Francisco State University. Omar has covered digital repression in relation to Palestine as a freelance journalist since May 2021, with work appearing in such outlets as Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, CounterPunch.

Berkeley: United in Song, United for Gaza
2025-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94705, United States
United in Song, United for Gaza: Benefit Concert for MECA’s Gaza Relief
Sunday, October 26, 2025
La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Doors open at 6:00pm)
Tickets: $25-$75. Reserve your spot on Humantix
Join us for an evening of powerful music and solidarity featuring the renowned Georges Lammam Ensemble, legendary activist-artist Holly Near, Poet Anita Barrows, and special guest, Zeiad Abbas, MECA Executive Director with an informative slide show on MECA’s work in Gaza.

Berkeley: MECA & Joining Hands' 22nd Annual Holiday Crafts Bazaar
2025-11-08 10:00 - 18:00 | Ciel Creative Space, 935 Carleton St, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
This will be our second year hosting the bazaar at Ciel Creative Space at 2611 Eighth St, Berkeley, CA 94710. Support Palestinian artisans and keep ancient crafts alive! Purchase unique holiday gifts that support Palestinian children and families.
Olive oil, ceramics, embroidery, jewelry, olive wood, cookbooks, keffiyehs, soap, stunning scarves & shawls, Palestinian Dead Sea products, children’s toys and books, kitchenware, t-shirts, and much more.
Plus delicious Arabic food and coffee!
Register today! https://events.humanitix.com/mecabazaar2025
For more info email meca@mecaforpeace.org, or call (510)548-0542
Wheelchair accessible

Berkeley, CA - The Voice of Hind Rajab Screening
2026-03-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
The Voice of Hind Rajab Screening at MECA Offices
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Middle East Children’s Alliance 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA
Join the Middle East Children’s Alliance for our screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab. This tragic docudrama, written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, follows the Red Crescent response during the killing of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl, by the Israel Defense Forces during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. It stars Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Amer Hlehel, and Clara Khoury.

Berkeley: Author Talk - Michael J Cooper on Crossroads of Empire
2026-04-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Author Talk: Michael J Cooper on Crossroads of Empire
Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: MECA Offices, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710
Join MECA in welcoming author Michael J Cooper as he introduces two of his books of historical fiction which are set in Ottoman Palestine during WW1 and deal with the imperial designs of the Great Powers. Michael will also discuss his experience as a pediatric cardiologist on 26 volunteer medical missions to Palestine over the past twenty years.
There will also be refreshments and special musical entertainment from Cormac Gannon and Ibrahim Safi.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and opportunity to obtain books with donations to MECA: all donations of at least $50 will receive a free copy of either book, with both books free for a donation of $90 or more.
100% of monies raised at this event will be donated to MECA to assist in delivering vital aid to children in Palestine.
Please note: this event is dedicated to the memory of the founder of MECA, Barbara Lubin.
Entry is free, but because of limited space, we ask that you RSVP in advance.
“Wages of Empire is a superb historical novel and a must read! I am a man of Jerusalem and felt goose bumps as Cooper’s prose brought back vivid memories of the city of my birth. Most importantly, this memorable historical novel directly relates to issues we face today. I’m grateful for Cooper’s genius in invoking a difficult past to heal a broken present.”
—Rizek Abusharr, Emeritus Director General of Jerusalem International YMCA, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (1993), recipient of Marthe Laube Prize for Tolerance and Democratic Values (1996).
“Crossroads of Empire dives into the tumultuous waters of World War I, presenting a thrilling narrative enriched by a blend of historical and fictional characters. Cooper’s writing is compelling and richly detailed, offering a tapestry of scenes that bring early 20th-century conflicts vividly to life.”
—Literary Titan Review
Combined synopsis of Wages of Empire & Crossroads of Empire
In the summer of 1914, sixteen-year-old Evan Sinclair leaves home to join the Great War for Civilization. Little does he know that, despite the war raging in Europe, the true source of conflict will emerge in Ottoman Palestine, since it’s from Jerusalem where the German kaiser dreams to rule as Holy Roman Emperor. Filled with such historical figures as Gertrude Bell, T.E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill, Faisal bin Hussein and Chaim Weizmann, Wages of Empire follows Evan through the killing fields of the Western Front where he will help turn the tide of a war that is just beginning, and become part of a story that’s still being written.
The story of Evan Sinclair that begins in Wages of Empire continues in Crossroads of Empire. Having survived German artillery, poison gas, and friendly fire in helping to turn the tide of the war in its first months, Evan barely survives his hospital ship’s sinking by a German U-boat, and left with amnesia, he no longer remembers who he is. During his quest to recover his memory Evan will discover far more: love for his father, grief for his late mother, and hidden secrets of his bloodline.
The Middle East Front soon explodes with pitched battles at Suez and Gallipoli as the great imperial powers maneuver, calculate, and make promises they have no intention of keeping. These machinations are woven into the fabric of both books as the German Empire, the British Empire, and France look forward to controlling various portions of the Ottoman Empire, and particularly the Middle East, after the war.

Berkeley: Shop Palestine Spring Bazaar
2026-05-03 11:00 - 17:00 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Shop Palestine Spring Bazaar
Date: Sunday, May 3 2026
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Location: MECA Offices, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710
We’re excited to announce our second Shop Palestine Spring Bazaar happening Sunday, May 3rd from 11am – 5pm at our offices on 1101 8th Street in Berkeley. We will have our new shipment of olive oil for sale as well as ceramics, embroidery, jewelry, and so much more!

Richmond, CA: All That's Left of You at Central Stage in Richmond, CA
2026-05-16 16:00 - 20:00 | Central Stage, 5221 Central Ave, Richmond, CA, 94804, United States
Join us on Saturday, May 16, at 4:00 pm for a screening of All That’s Left of You at Central Stage in Richmond, CA.
Storytelling can illuminate truths that are too often overlooked. In All That’s Left of You, the history of the Nakba—and its ongoing impact today—comes into focus through Palestinian life portrayed with a depth, humanity, and dignity rarely seen on screen.
Following the film, we invite you to stay for a Q&A discussion to further explore the themes, histories, and lived experiences shared in the documentary.

May 15 is internationally recognized as Nakba Day, a commemoration of the forced displacement of Palestinians that began in 1948 and continues to shape lives and histories. It is a day of remembrance, reflection, and acknowledgment of profound loss—and of the enduring struggle for justice.
We believe this makes it a deeply meaningful moment to share this film. All That’s Left of You invites viewers to engage with personal stories, honor lived experiences, and confront the ongoing legacy of the Nakba with openness and care.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Limited Seating
$25 Sliding scale ticket
$35 Supporters
$50 Sponsor

Central Stage can be a little tricky to spot, so here’s the easiest way to find it:

Head down Central Avenue toward Costco, crossing over the freeway overpass.
As you head towards Costco, you’ll see a side street on your right (San Joaquin Street) after the freeway overpass.
Just after that side street, look for the driveway entrance to United Granite & Cabinet on your right. Look for Palestinian flags and signs.
Turn into that driveway.

Berkeley, CA - Refugee: Poems of El Salvador and Palestine with Paul Totah
2026-05-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Refugee: Poems of El Salvador and Palestine with Paul Totah
Date: May 20, 2026, 6:30pm – 8:30pm PDT
Location: Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710
Join us in welcoming Paul Totah, Palestinian-American poet and activist as he reads from his new poetry book, Refugee: Poems of El Salvador and Palestine
Event is free, but please RSVP
Paul Totah is the author of several books, including Refugee: Poems of El Salvador and Palestine. Paul had his start in journalism at Santa Clara University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper before working for five newspapers around the Bay Area. After three years working with homeless teens, he earned his master’s degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University and began teaching English literature at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, his alma mater. He served there between 1985 and 2020; along the way, he edited the school’s alumni magazine for 33 years and became SI’s first director of communications. The books he wrote include The San Francisco Fair: Treasure Island 1939–1940 (Scottwall Associates); Spiritus Magis: 150 Years of St. Ignatius College Preparatory (published by the school); The Gospel of Everyone: A Poetic Retelling of the Gospel of Luke (Resource: a division of Wipf and Stock); Charting a New Course: Reinventing High Schools for the New Millennium (Information Age), Earth, Word, Fire & Water (poetry and landscape photography),Murder at Beach Chalet & The Body in Sutro Baths. He has also co-authored a play on the life and study of Dante.

Berkeley CA: MECA Film Screening - Palestine 36
2026-06-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
MECA Film Screening: Palestine 36
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm PST
Location: MECA Offices, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710
Tickets: $10 + 1.68 fee
Join MECA for a screening of Palestine 36 on June 4, 2026 at 6:30pm.
In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region.
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Starring Jeremy Irons, Liam Cunningham, Hiam Abbass, Kamel Al Basha, Yasmine Al Massri, Jalal Altawil, Robert Aramayo, Saleh Bakri, Yafa Bakri, Karim Daoud Anaya, Wardi Eilabouni, Ward Helou, Billy Howle, Dhafer L’Abidine

Fifth Annual Ride for Palestine: The Ride of Return
2026-07-19 | Middle East Children’s Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Join us Sunday, July 19 for our Fith Annual Ride for Palestine, a day of solidarity along the 14-mile scenic San Francisco Bay. The ride is designed to be enjoyable for cyclists of all skill levels and the post-Ride event, Gather for Palestine will include delicious Palestinian food, music, dancing, and more.
All funds raised this year will support MECA’s work in Palestine–where the situation is dire and your support is more important than ever. Thanks to the efforts of our community, MECA’s 2025 Ride for Palestine was a huge success, raising more than $450,000 in support of our ongoing work in Palestine.
Help us reach our 2026 Ride for Palestine goal of $500,000 by registering today.
With your support, we can deliver food and other necessities and send a powerful message of solidarity to Palestine.
Ride for Palestinian Children. Ride for Solidarity. Ride for Return.
