Palestine Justice Mission Team
The Palestine Justice Mission Team is exploring ways to support a just peace in Israel and Palestine.
July 25: American trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa speaks of his recent work in Gaza
ORUCC’s Palestine Justice Mission Team encourages your attendance at these events, which are co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace/Madison, Middle East Studies Program/UW Madison, the Havens Center for Social Justice, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, WORT FM and World Beyond War. The first session is intended specifically for medical professionals. Cases from Gaza: Etiologies and InterventionsJuly 25,…
Presentation at ORUCC Sunday June 29
How UCC Mission Partners bring hope to the Holy Land Please join us Sunday, June 29, at 9 a.m. in Friendship Hall. During the past 16 years, ORUCC members Diane Dulin and Tom Beilman have traveled multiple times to the Holy Land. They’ve seen firsthand how UCC Mission Partners (partner organizations) bring hope and friendship to oppressed…
Sign a petition Sunday morning
We will have letters you can sign after church on the next 3 Sundays (June 29, July 6, and 13). Letters to Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson ask that they call publicly for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and advocate for the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Letters to Mark Pocan thank him for…
June 8 Film: “Sarura”
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the film No Other Land is no longer available for presentation this Sunday (June 8th, 5 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison). In its place, the organizers will be screening Sarura: Nonviolent Action Against Occupation, a highly acclaimed film that we hope you will appreciate just as much. Sarura tells the story of a group of young Palestinians using…
May 29 Speaker at Midvale Lutheran
Gaza and the West Bank: A Struggle for Survival Amid Genocide May 29 at 7:00pm Midvale Community Lutheran Church, 4329 Tokay Blvd., Madison, WI Register Here Israel’s extreme violence in Gaza and the West Bank is uprooting entire communities, destroying homes, displacing civilians, many of them children, and depriving inhabitants of food, water, shelter and medical…
Dec 21: Interfaith “Longest Night” Gaza Vigil
You are invited to join us, Saturday, December 21st 4-6 pm at the West Lawn Plaza near Trader Joe’s (1810 Monroe St., Madison). The “Longest Night” is a service that has taken place in the Christian tradition on Winter Solstice, just a few days before Christmas. It began to help those who are struggling during…
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