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  • 2nd Annual Ride for Palestine

    Middle East Children's Alliance 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Date: Sunday July 16, 2023 Time: 9am - 3pm  Location: MECA 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA Cost: $25-$50 The Ride for Palestine is an annual fundraiser to support the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA’s). The Ride for Palestine is an 11-mile scenic route with beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay. Bring the entire family along for the [...]

    $25 – $50

  • Berkeley, CA: Rumi’s Caravan Returns to the East Bay!

    Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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 twenty years, Rumi’s Caravan (www.rumiscaravan.com) has offered an improvised poetic conversation with music, quoting from Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Pablo Neruda, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Bly, W.B. Yeats, Naomi [...]

    $25

  • SF: Emergency Protest for Gaza

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    SF Ferry Building San Francisco, CA, United States

    For those of you in the Bay Area, please join us for this emergency protest BAY AREA: Stand with Palestine. Stand on the right side of history. ALL OUT FOR GAZA! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! NO US AID FOR GENOCIDE! Join us on Saturday, October 14, 12pm at the SF Ferry Building [...]

  • Oakland, CA: Un-Erasing Palestine: Dena Takruri in Conversation with Dr. Hatem Bazian

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    Oakstop 1736 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    MECA Presents: Dena Takruri in Conversation with Dr. Hatem Bazian Un-Erasing Palestine Please join us to hear award-winning journalist and author Dena Takruri in conversation with Dr. Hatem Bazian about Dena's reporting on the daily struggles of Palestinians. Dena will also talk about the book she co-authored with Ahed Tamimi, They Called Me A Lioness, as well [...]

  • Berkeley, CA: 20th Annual Palestinian Holiday Crafts Bazaar

    Middle East Children's Alliance 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Celebrate 20 years of supporting Palestinian artisans and keeping 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. This year's bazaar is a benefit for emergency aid for [...]

  • Online: Live with Mosab Abu Toha

    Online

    Join MECA for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha. The event will honor two dear friends and colleagues Refaat Al-Areef & Doaa Al-Masri who were killed by Israeli attacks several days ago and feature poetry by Refaat as well as Mosab's own work. Mosab is the founder of MECA partner the Edward Said [...]

  • Sumoud Through Food: Food Sovereignty and Resistance in a Time of Genocide

    Oakstop 1736 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join MECA for this special for a discussion with this panel of chefs, cookbook authors and activists for food justice to discuss current situation in Gaza and the fight for a more socially and economically just world. Featuring: Laila El-Haddad, Jocelyn Jackson, Crystal Wahpepah, and Reem Assil in Conversation Small nourishing [...]

    $20

  • Carmel, CA: Poetry for Peace in Palestine

    Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 4th & Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, United States

    Poetry for Peace in Palestine A Reading by Monterey Peninsula Poets to benefit Middle East Children’s Alliance with Marie Boucher, Farnaz Fatemi, Rana Issa, Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Daniel Summerhill & Patrice Vecchione reading poems by Palestinian and Palestinian American poets Saturday, April 6, 3:00 - 5:00pm Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 4th & Guadalupe, Carmel, [...]

    $20

  • Palestine: Protecting Our Children and Supporting Our Community

    Arab American Cultural Center of the Silicon Valley 3968 Twilight Drive, Building 2, San Jose, CA, United States

    We are pleased to present this important event with: Hannah Moushabeck, author of the children’s book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine Bahar Hashemi, MD, child and adolescent psychiatry specialist Faten Hijazi, parent advocate Samia Shoman, Teach Palestine Project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance Sunday, May 5, 2024, 2-4pm Arab American Cultural Center of the [...]

    $10