August 2, 11am CT AFSC Action Hour for a Cease Fire in Gaza. There will be a special guest. Link here: AFSC Action Hour for Ceasefire – registration required
August 3, 7pm, Misseo Dei Church, 931 W Wilson. Palestinian Christian leader Rev. Dr. Munther Issac, a teacher and pastor in Bethlehem and leading voice in Palestinian liberation theology, the Sabeel center, nonviolent resistance, reconciliation and criticism of "Christian Zionism"
Sunday August 11, 12pm: Second Hour: March on the DNC Information and Art Session - Join Ministry on Racism Committee for an information and art session during Second Hour following Meeting for Worship! Make signs and posters while learning about the upcoming March for Palestine. You'll learn details about participating, hear Friends' personal stories, and have a chance to spend time in community together. All are welcome.
August 12, 7:00 - 8:00pm Monthly Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Healing in Israel & Palestine. Location: Downers Grove Virtual Meeting House Sponsored by: Illinois Yearly Meeting Peace Resources and Racial Equity and Education Committee
August 15, 7pm. ILYM Anti-Racism Cafe, There will be an opportunity to view together the heartrending documentary The Night Won't End. The film shows the devastating shows the devastating stories of three Palestinian families during the U.S. and Israel's ongoing genocide. Anti-Racism Cafe Zoom link; Meeting ID: 827 0319 9934, Passcode: 161204.
August 19, 12pm - March for Palestine on the DNC (Day 1). Union Park 1501 W. Randolph St
August 22, 5pm - March for Palestine on the DNC (Day 4). Union Park 1501 W. Randolph St
September 9, 6:30-8:00pm CT. Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture 2024: Light Within and Light Without--The Personal and Political in the Formation of a Palestinian-American Quaker Identity. Steve Tamari, Emeritus Professor of Middle East and Islamic History at So Illinois University Edwardsville. Free and open to the public, registration required. In-person registration is limited. Pendle Hill's annual Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture will be streamed live and available as a recording on our YouTube channel, Pendle Hill USA. Register at Pendle Hill website to receive the Zoom link.
September 15, 7pm ILYM Anti-Racism Cafe. Presentation: "Finding Our Footing: A Teach-in On Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism and Collective Liberation" Presented by Jewish Voice for Peace. This presentation will provide historically informed definitions on Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Philo-Semitism, as well as the un-definability of Jewishness. The goal is to show how these terms constrain and instrumentalize Jewishness towards destructive ends, synergizing in the Israeli nation-state project. As Zionism depends on blurry definitions on Jewishness and Anti-Semitism, we aim to disambiguate this confusion to empower allies to take action. Anti-Racism Cafe Zoom link; Meeting ID: 827 0319 9934, Passcode: 161204.
September 16th 6pm CT. Quaker Earthcare Witness. Tom Kunesh. “Pushing Universalism--decentering humanity, centering nature and expanding our ideas of personhood.” Register at Quakerearthcare.org/event/pushing-universalism