Thursday, March 14, 7pm Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley near downtown Berkeley BART When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that [...]
Saturday, March 30, 2019 will mark the first anniversary of the Great March of Return in Gaza and the 43rd anniversary of Land Day in Palestine. Since March 30, 2018, more than 240 Palestinians have been killed, thousands wounded by live fire and thousands more by tear gas and other weapons. Despite being trapped inside the [...]
Indigenous, Palestinian and Black Liberation Featuring: NICK ESTES Co-founder of the Red Nation, author of “Our History is the Future," and assistant professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico. Nick is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. LARA KISWANI Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center, from Beit [...]
Our apologies. The Palestine Ramadan Bazaar has been canceled.
Join MECA partner Zam Zam Water for this beautiful Gala fundraiser and celebration! The Zam Zam Family would like to cordially invite you to celebrate our 5th Anniversary by providing access to clean water for Afghanistan, Palestine, and Rwanda. Musical Performances: Seattle Jafra Dabke Rubab: Parveez Sakhi Rwanda Dance Troupe Attan Performance (Zam Zam + UC [...]
July 13th: Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Oakland Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) Recitation of World Poetry with Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista and others. With musicians Christine Tulis and Cindy Albers and Sufi dancer Chelsea Rose TICKETS: $15.00/Advance, $30.00 at the door A Poetic [...]
MECA’s Teach Palestine Project organized an amazing delegation of elementary, middle and high school teachers to Palestine this summer. The goal was to learn about Palestine firsthand, explore connections to the lives of their students in the US, and bring those insights back to their classrooms. If you will be in the Bay Area Friday, October [...]
NOURA ERAKAT, celebrating her new book, "Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine" Tuesday, November 12, 7pm, Berkeley In Conversation with Lara Kiswani Berkeley City College Auditorium Tuesday, November 12, 7pm 2050 Center Street (near downtown Berkeley BART) Tickets on sale now via Eventbrite Facebook Event MECA's event with Noura Erakat will be live-streamed [...]
Two days only! Saturday, December 7, 10am-5pm Sunday, December 8, 11am-3pm Facebook event A unique display of items from Palestine: award-winning Olive Oil, Pottery, Olive Wood Products, Embroidery, Shawls & Scarves, Olive Oil Soap & Palestinian Dead Sea Products, Keffiyehs, Children’s Toys & Clothing, Jewelry, Kitchenware & Cookbooks, Rugs and Books - plus delicious Arabic food. [...]