Quakers Advocating Justice for Palestine, an interest group in New England Yearly Meeting, organized at New England Yearly Meeting sessions a program about the occupation and siege of Palestine by Israel. This included a workshop by the American Friends Service Committee about its Apartheid Free Communities campaign, a brief presentation about Be Bold Bernie (Sanders) in Vermont, three informal drop-in discussions during lunch, road signs comparing apartheid in South Africa and Israel-Palestine, an information table, a photo exhibit about the Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe), assisting Friends in Vermont as they presented minutes (statements) about the AFSC campaign, No Child Left Behind, and cosponsoring a workshop by Friends Committee on National Legislation about Palestine-Israel.
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New England Yearly Meeting of Quakers Sessions—2023
Quakers Advocating Justice for Palestine
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Photos by Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography