Several JVP DC members lent their stories and analysis to this panel discussion, organized by Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine, about how the Taglit-Birthright Israel program functions within American and Israeli systems to oppress Palestinians. If you want to learn more about the subject, read: Questioning our Birthright, an op-ed by Chase Carter & Julia Wedgle; Those without a Birthright, an op-ed by Palestinian students at Tufts University; Whose Birthright? a zine by Tufts JVP; Birthright: A Primer, a zine by Tufts SJP.
Open Shuhada Street: Protest at the Israeli Embassy
As a part of the 8th Annual International Open Shuhada Street Campaign, JVP DC joined a protest led by Youth Against Settlements at the Israeli Embassy to call to #OpenShuhadaSt and for an end to occupation and apartheid in Hebron and the rest of Palestine! Photos by Martin Karcher
Read more#NoToBoth: DC to Jerusalem #BuildMovementsNotWalls
In response to the nomination of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House, JVP - DC Metro joined with local Arab and Muslim organizations as part of a national day of action to send a clear message of resistance: We oppose Trump and Netanyahu's parallel agendas of racism, bigotry, and Islamophobia, David Friedman's nomination, and any plans to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. Speakers included: Linda Sarsour, Reverend Graylan Hagler, Rabbi Joseph Berman, Phyllis Bennis, Kareem El-Hosseiny, and others. Photos by Leah Muskin-Pierret
Anti-Islamophobia Canvassing
Starting in February, JVP - DC Metro began a canvassing campaign around the city to distribute and publicly display posters containing messages of solidarity with immigrants, Muslims, and refugees. So far, we have put our posters in over 100 businesses from Dupont Circle to Petworth to Capitol Hill. This campaign serves to indicate to residents, politicians, visitors, and workers that all people are welcome in DC and that the city should be designated as a safe space - a sanctuary - for any and all vulnerable communities.