Practicing Freedom in a Time of Crisis: Political Education, Movement Building and Accountability’ with Resist + Renew
As genocide and ethnic cleansing continue to unfold in Palestine, everywhere around us a narrative war is taking place, while a campaign to silence voices calling for a ceasefire has gone into overdrive. The need to speak up for freedom, justice and equality has never been more acute or challenging. Friendships and working relationships are rupturing as a deep-set breach in values and beliefs is revealed, resulting in painful feelings of alienation and even betrayal with those close to us. In such a defining moment, we are starkly reminded not only of the importance and necessity of mobilising, but of the centrality of political education in working towards change. To register for the event, click on the title above.
Thinking about the future at a time of Nakba reoccurring
Makan Outreach & Programmes Manager, Saron Bedwan, will be a panel member at this event organised by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) to discuss how we can imagine a future in a time of genocide and ongoing Nakba. In the webinar, the speakers challenge the ongoing desecration of Palestinian lives and ponder…
‘Reframing Palestine’ workshop
Dive deep into understanding Palestine with our 'Reframing Palestine' training and explore crucial frameworks like settler-colonialism, occupation, resistance, and more that shape the Palestinian struggle. Our training will help you gain insights through historical analysis and conceptual exploration, unraveling the discourse surrounding Palestine.
Reframing Normal: Disability, Dehumanisation, and Solidarity with Palestine
Join us and on Thursday 4th April as we explore how disability and debility configure into the collective Palestinian experience, and how disability justice is at the core of Palestinian liberation. Click on the title to learn more.
Climate Justice Power Hour for Palestine
Join us for our monthly Climate Justice Power Hour for Palestine!
We are teaming up with Tipping Point for Power Hours at 5pm every third Thursday of the month. Together we will provide overviews of different areas of Palestine’s history and its current struggles followed by taking collective action. Click on the above title to learn more.
Film in Solidarity with Palestine
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will be participating in the Open Documentary Festival by holding a talk on narrative reframing. The event itself will explore how filmmakers can work together to end institutional complicity with occupation and apartheid both within the industry and the world beyond. It will also discuss what Palestinians are calling on cultural workers to do, and what does meaningful solidarity can look like. Click on the title to learn more.
ESEA Green Lions: Palestine Solidarity & Climate Justice Teach-in
Sarona Bedwan, Makan's Programme Manager will be joining this Palestine solidarity and climate justice teach-in and presenting on the extractive ideology of political Zionism, how Israel uses the land to greenwash its land theft, and the exploitation and theft of natural resources by Israel in its settler colonial project. Click on the title to learn more.