MECA Welcomes New Staff in Berkeley and Gaza
fbt Ghada Mansi, Maia Project Coordinator, is an engineer living in Deir El Balah town in Gaza, Palestine. She joined the MECA staff in July 2018 as the Maia Project Coordinator, overseeing the [...]
MECA’s Teach Palestine Project Making Connections with Native Americans
A student at the Santa Fe Indian School tries to find Palestine on a world map. Zeiad explains why it isn't there. By Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director and Jody Sokolower, Teach Palestine [...]
MECA selected as the EveryAction hero
We were thrilled to be selection as EveryAction's hero: The Middle East Children's Alliance works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. This [...]
Living with the electricity crisis in Gaza
What’s it like to live with just 6 hours of electricity a day? I can tell you what it’s like because I live in Gaza. Six hours is the most we get because of the [...]
Benefit Dinner in Oakland Raises Funds for MECA’s work
MECA supporters Ann Walker, Jon Demeter and Paula Rainey organized a benefit dinner at Bacheeso's in Oakland in celebration of MECA's 30 anniversary Huge thanks to longtime MECA supporters Ann Walker and Paula [...]
Joint Statement on the Occasion of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2018
Palestinian Support for Indigenous Peoples’ Day Commemorations and Historical Justice from Palestine to Turtle Island In August 2018, several Palestinian human rights organizations attended The Red Nation’s annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We, the [...]
Backpacks for children & food parcels for families in Gaza
Distributing food parcels to families in Gaza Over the summer, MECA and our partners in Gaza distributed food parcels to 1000 families in Gaza. Canaan, one of the volunteers who helped with distribution [...]
Berkeley, CA: Racism, Islamophobia and Empire
Ecumenical Peace Institute Autumn Gathering Saturday, November 3, 2018 Dinner and Program 5:30 – 8:45 p.m. St. John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave., in Berkeley Zahra Billoo Director of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Bay [...]
Gaza Lights for Families in Khuza’a
The village of Khuza’a in Gaza has been devastated by poverty and the 2014 Israeli bombing. With funding from many individuals organized by Santa Fe Friends of Khuza'a, MECA staff and Palestinian engineers in Gaza [...]