Queer as in Free Palestine
No Pride in Genocide
Nothing can amend the suffering that has occurred, or recover the lives lost of our LGBTQIA+ kin in Gaza.
May our tears water the seeds of our resistance.
Local Actions
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Last Updated: June 3, 2024
Support Ceasefire Resolutions
Holyoke Ceasefire Public Meeting
Time: Monday, June 10, 2024, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: 220 Linden Street, Holyoke
Details: Join the effort to bring a Gaza ceasefire resolution to Holyoke City Council.
Contact: Questions? Email us: holyokeceasefire@gmail.com
RSVP: bit.ly/rsvpjune10
Attend a Protest
Greenfield Stand-Out for a Ceasefire - Saturdays
Time: 11 am - 12 pm every Saturday
Location: Court Square, Greenfield
Details: Kid friendly standout with coloring activities and snacks! All ages welcome!
Jews & Friends Protest for a Permanent Ceasefire in Northampton - Fridays & Sundays
Time: Fridays 5 pm - 6 pm & Sundays, 11 am - 12 pm
Location & Parking: Northampton Rotary. Parking at the Norwottuck Rail Trail, 446 Damon Rd.
Details: We are committed to raising our voices in protest of the incomprehensible violence and suffering Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza and the West Bank - and holding these twice weekly actions until there is a permanent ceasefire! Please join us with your signs, your outrage, your sadness and grief, and your friends and family. There is hope and power in solidarity and action. FREE PALESTINE! This is a JVP Western MASS twice weekly event.
Contact: N/A
Easthampton for Ceasefire Standout - Tuesdays every week
Time: 5 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Corner of the Pond, Easthampton
Details: Bring signs, banners, flags, and friends! Kids and families are welcome and encouraged to participate.
Contact: For more information, email info@easthamptonforpeace.org
Engage with Events & Fundraisers
UP ALL NIGHT FOR PALESTINE
Time: Saturday, June 8 at 9 am to Sunday June 9 at 9 am
Location: Lawn outside of 220 Main Street, Downtown Northampton
Details: JVP Western Mass is hosting “UP ALL NIGHT FOR PALESTINE,” a 24-hour teach-in where we will learn, grieve, and take action in honor of the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot. More info at link in event title.
Western Massachusetts Popular University for Palestine: A Political Education Summer Camp
Time: Every Saturday, June 8 - Aug 31
Location: Pulaski Park, Northampton
Details: The Popular University for Palestine is launching in Western Massachusetts this Summer! Join us at Pulaski Park in Northampton every Saturday, June 8 - August 31.
Every Saturday, we will set up a public encampment with educational, social, and material resources and open to the entire community. With this effort, we aim to create collective power and solidarity outside of the capitalist system which exploits us all.
An escape from capitalist oppression requires a real alternative—dual power—and we seek to lay the groundwork for that alternative, rooted in collective care and in the prioritization of people over profit.
We are looking for educators, musicians, artists, community healers, and local mutual aid organizations! If interested, email us at WMAPopUni4Pali@proton.me.
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Coaching for Affected Community Members
In support of those deeply impacted by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Keith Aron of Keith Aron Transformational Coaching is offering up to three (3) 60-minute coaching sessions at reduced sliding scale rate of $30/session*.
Regardless of our personal proximity to the relentless genocide and apartheid in Gaza, many of us have been carrying a deep level of distress over our powerlessness to make it stop. We may be living with a narrative that it’s selfish or entitled to care for ourselves when so many are suffering, so we push ourselves to give from a place of depletion. We may adrenalize and caffeinate our way through long days of outrage. At the same time, we may also be hitting a wall of grief and exertion exhaustion and wondering, deep down inside, when we will break.
Coaching can’t end the nightmare in Gaza. But it can help reconnect you with yourself. Coaching can provide a safe place to slow down and metabolize tangled thoughts and emotions. It can help to identify choices that may be getting lost in the chaos and strategies for sustainable engagement with causes you care about.
Note: Coaching is not therapy, nor is it intended as a replacement for therapy. Clients who are seeking diagnosis or treatment of serious behavioral health issues or trauma should seek the assistance of a qualified mental health practitioner. If you have any questions about the distinctions between coaching and therapy, I’d be happy to speak with you.
*Sessions are typically valued at $125. This is special offer is being made in support of Bloom Local community members and adjacent folks while the genocide continues in Gaza. Those interested should contact me using the forms provided at www.keitharon.com. Please mention “Bloom Local Actions for Palestine.”