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  • Fremont, CA: A Journey with Zam Zam

    Paradise Ballrooms: Banquet Hall & Event Center 4100 Peralta Boulevard, Fremont, CA, United States

    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 [...]

    $25

  • Oakland, CA: Rumi’s Caravan

    Unitarian Church 685 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    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 [...]

    $15 – $30

  • SF, CA: Report Back: K-12 Teacher Trip to Palestine!

    The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics 518 Valencia, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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 [...]

  • Berkeley, CA: Noura Erakat “Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine”

    Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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 [...]

  • Berkeley, CA: Palestinian Holiday Crafts Bazaar

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

    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. [...]

  • SF, CA: Cairo Cabaret benefit for MECA

    El Valenciano 1153 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Cairo Cabaret: Celebrating Live Arabic Music and Improvisational Dance in the Heart of San Francisco Facebook event Many thanks to the artists for making the December Cairo Cabaret a benefit for MECA! Improvisational dance to live Arabic music is an integral part of any Middle Eastern arts and cultures. Unfortunately, this is a dying art. The [...]

    $12 – $15

  • SF, CA: Decolonize Your Food!

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    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SOLD OUT Museum of the African Diaspora Chef-in-Residence, Bryant Terry and Middle East Children’s Alliance presents Decolonize Your Food From Turtle Island to Palestine, an afternoon of food and conversation about food sovereignty with food justice activists Featuring world-class chefs Laila El-Haddad, Reem Assil, Bryant Terry, and Shakirah Simley While food has long been a tool [...]

    $15 – $35

  • CANCELED: San Francisco, CA, Noam Chomsky on “What Hope for Palestine–and Beyond? The World After 2020”

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    Sidney Goldstein Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Dear Friend, Unfortunately, I’m so sorry to let you know that that the Middle East Children’s Alliance and I have decided that, due to concerns about the Corona virus, we have decided to cancel the public talk I was planning to give in San Francisco on March 21st. I still hope to find a way at [...]

    $29 – $250

  • ONLINE EVENT: Eugene “Gus” Newport: A conversation on struggle, legacy, and resistance

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    Join us for a Webinar and a conversation with Eugene "Gus" Newport, the former Mayor of Berkeley, CA (1979-1986), a towering figure in the Bay Area, nationally and internationally. Importantly and in the past 60 plus years, former Mayor Newport has been connected, both actively and by lending his name, to every civil and human rights [...]