ALL WEEK 24/7: Support the Student Encampment; Check here for updates & appeals
Thursday, May 9: 12 Noon: Yousef Aljamal discusses Gaza & Rafah on WORT Radio
Thursday May 9: 2 pm: Hands Off Rafah, Hands Off Students: Library Mall RallyFriday, May 10: Student-Led Liberation Shabbat service at Library Mall
Sunday, May 12: Reading of “Sitti’s Bird” + Gaza Bird decorating at Kismet Bookstore
Wednesday, May 15: Nakba Day Banners Up for Palestine at Trader Joe’s PlazaWednesday, May 22: Grassroots to Gaza Music Benefit at The Bur Oak
UPCOMING EVENTS DETAILSThursday, May 9:
Yousef Aljamal live on WORT Radio discussing current conditions in Rafah & Gaza
12 noon, 89.9 FM or listen live online.
Join A Public Affair host Allen Ruff for a live conversation with our friend and Gaza native Yousef Aljamal of the American Friends Service Committee. Yousef visited Madison in Oct. 2019 and last month organized Goals for Gaza, which kids in Madison participated in. If you miss the show, you can find it later in the archives.Thursday, May 9:
Support the Student Encampment: Rally 2 pm

NOTE: Reports are that the negotiations with the UW ended today without a resolution. Also the Madison City Council failed to pass any resolution of support for the students at its meeting last night. The students need your support more than ever…especially during the overnight hours. Please come down and spend some time at the protest.Friday, May 10:
7 pm, Library Mall

All are invited to the student-led Liberation Shabbat service on Friday, May 10, 7 pm at the Gaza Solidarity encampment on Library Mall, UW Madison campus. For those with mobility issues please bring folding chairs. We hope to see you there! #shabbatshalom#savegaza#freepalestine
Sunday, May 12:Read Palestine! Presents Mother’s Day Reading of Sitti’s Bird Children’s Book11 am – 12 noonKismet Books, 101 N. Main Street, Verona WI

Join us for another Read Palestine! Storytime celebrating the Sitti’s Bird book release!We will start with a quick child friendly Palestine 101, read aloud from Sitti’s Bird, and then offer paper birds for children to decorate as part of the Birds of Gaza project. The book is recommended for ages 4-7. More information here.
Wednesday, May 15:
Banners Up for Palestine for Nakba Day
4:30 – 7 pm
Join MRSCP at West Lawn & Monroe Street in the plaza by Trader Joe’s with your signs, flags, banners and kuffiyas in remembrance of the Nakba. Check here for updates.
Wednesday, May 22:
Music for Gaza Relief at the Bur Oak2262 Winnebago Street, MadisonDoors Open at 7 pm, Music at 8

(Can’t come to the benefit? As always, you can donate to the campaign here. As of today, we are less than $1600 away from our goal of $20,000!)
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MRSCP
P.O. Box 5214
Madison, WI 53705

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