...Palestine will be free

Hello ,

We are all bearing witness to the genocide of Palestinians. We know many of you are grieving, organizing, and demanding that it stop. We are with you. PeoplesHub unequivocally stands with everyone fighting for self-determination and freedom from colonization and occupation, including Palestine. 

We’re calling on everyone in our hub, particularly those based in the so-called “united states,” to apply pressure in all possible ways toward: an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian assistance to Gaza, and an end to united states military funding to israel. Most importantly, we call on our hub to join organizations with ongoing campaigns to free Palestine. 

What actions can I take right now?

The Palestinian struggle is significant to us, as an organization working in the disability justice and solidarity economy movements. We hold as true what the Abolition and Disability Justice Collective stated in 2021: “Disability justice cannot exist under settler colonialism, military occupation, imprisonment, and apartheid.” As an online hub of many disabled movement workers, we are offering free online methodology and design coaching services to our partner organizations dedicated to supporting Palestinian freedom efforts. 

What organizations can I join?

• Arab Resource Organizing Center
• US Palestinian Community Network
• Palestinian Youth Movement
• Palestine Legal
• Arab American Action Network
• Muslims for Just Futures
• Jewish Voice for Peace

In adding our voice to the many other organizations who’ve spoken up in solidarity with Palestine, we want to emphasize that this matters even when it’s not making international news. With the funding and complicity of the united states, israel has been committing genocide of Palestinians for the past 75 years since 1948. We encourage our hub to stay informed and active in support of the Free Palestine movement, even if mainstream media moves on. Disability justice demands solidarity with Palestine. 

Where can I keep learning?

In solidarity,

PeoplesHub Staff

Parte de cómo liberarnos es atendiendo a las maneras en que los sistemas de dominación operan dentro de nosotres y dentro de nuestras organizaciones. ¡Cuando no lo hacemos nos arriesgamos a replicar las mismas cosas que estamos trabajando para transformar!

Únase a un espacio gentil para practicar la aplicación de Principios y prácticas de la Economía Solidaria que directamente apoyan una cultura de liberación. Ya sea que esté en una cooperativa, en una organización sin fines de lucro, en un jardín comunitario o en algún otro tipo de organización, la sabiduría de la comunidad le va a apoyar en su camino.

*Nota: ¡Nuestro curso Introducción a los movimientos de Economía Solidaria es un prerrequisito para tomar este taller!

Part of how we get free is by attending to the ways that systems of domination operate within us and within our organizations. When we don’t, we risk replicating the very things we are working to transform!

Join a gentle space to practice applying Solidarity Economy Principles and Practices that directly support a liberation culture. Whether you’re in a cooperative, a nonprofit, a community garden, or some other kind of organization, the community-sourced wisdom will support your journey.

*Note: Our Intro to Solidarity Economy Movements is a prerequisite to take this workshop!

Descripción de la foto: Un fondo gradiente azul y anaranjado con un título en texto blanco dice “Cultura de Liberación: Aplicando principios y prácticas de solidaridad económica”. La fecha y hora del evento dice “Lunes, 13 de noviembre de 2023 12-2pm PT / 3-2pm ET”. Texto al lado derecho dice “Bilingüe en inglés y español." Enlace de registro. Están visibles los logos de PeoplesHub y de Solidarity Economy Principles.

Image description: An orange/blue gradient background featuring white text title "Liberation Culture: Applying Solidarity Economy Principles and Practices." Date and time information says "Monday, November 13, 12-2pm PT / 3-5pm ET." Text to right says "Bilingual in English and Spanish." Registration link. The logos for PeoplesHub and Solidarity Economy Principles are visible.

Join us for a series of three online clinics, designed to bring movement organizers together to share strategies, resources, and political education on resisting COVID denialism.

We recognize that people have been resisting COVID denialism, often in relative isolation. These clinics are for folks actively working against COVID denialism – including long-term organizers & people who’ve become involved over the course of the pandemic. 

We encourage you to attend the full series, as each session will build upon the next. Here's what we'll cover in a popular education format:

• Session 1: Connecting past & present, political realities on the ground, identifying challenges and opportunities in movement spaces.
• Session 2: Sharing interventions, practices, campaigns, and strategies.
• Session 3: Determining where we want to go next and exploring possibilities for ongoing mutual support.

Image description: Blue and green background with PeoplesHub logo at top left, and black text title: "Resisting COVID Denialism: Strategy Clinics for Organizers." Date, time, and details: "Thursdays Nov 16, 30, and Dec 14. 3-4:30pm PT / 6-7:30pm ET. Interpreters and captioners available by request." Trainers named and pictured wearing masks: Ngozi Alston, Dustin Gibson, JD Davids, Deborah Rosenstein. At bottom is the registration link.

Be a part of the Hub...

At PeoplesHub, we train organizers and facilitators to practice online radical hospitality and use tools of popular education in service to our radical and progressive movements. We’re pleased to offer this free, monthly practice space as a continuation of our popular workshops: The Power of Online Space, Online Connection 101, Radical Hospitality, and Still Zoomin’: Tech for Online Movements.

Our facilitated Tech Support Clinics offer space for the growing number of online trainers and tech support leads who want to hone their skills - in community. Together, we’ll share updates on Zoom, technical tips and tricks, practice (play) with the tools, and deepen our understanding of accessibility and radical hospitality.

Join us at our upcoming Tech Support Clinic on Thursday, November 30 at 9-10:30am PT | 11am-12:30pm CT | 12-1:30pm ET.

Image description: A dark blue background with sections of violet and light blue. Title at the top says “PeoplesHub Tech Support Clinics.” Date and time information says “July 20 - 9AM PT/12PM ET, August 24 - 8AM PT/11AM ET, September 21 - 9AM PT/12PM ET, October 19 - 12PM PT/3PM ET, November 30 - 9AM PT / 12PM ET.” Text to right says “Hafidha Acuay, Jolanda Walter, Catherine Klebl” with photos of the trainers below. Text below says "Open to past participants of our Online Methodology Offerings. Interpreters & captioners available by request." Registration link at the bottom.

An ongoing community care peer support space aimed at expanding possibilities around how we live and work as disabled and chronically ill people.

This space will be animated by questions such as:

• What does it mean in our activism, in our movements, in our work and in our communities to be all in?
• What sacrifices are inherent, what do we gain, what do we give up and what is expected of us?
• Am I worthy, do I have the ability to be in the movement, do I have a place here?

Join us at our upcoming Care Clinics on: 

• Tuesday, November 7 at 4-6pm PT / 6-8pm CT / 7-9pm ET
• Tuesday, November 21 at 4-6pm PT / 6-8pm CT / 7-9pm ET

Image Description: Top right the logo for PeoplesHub. A light purple background with white text that reads "Save the Date for Community Care Clinics for Chronically Ill & Disabled Movement Folks." Dates below are "Monday September 4: 12pm PT/3pm ET, Tuesday September 19: 4pm PT/7pm ET, Monday October 2: 12pm PT/3pm ET, Tuesday October 17: 4pm PT/7pm ET, Tuesday November 7; 4pm PT/7pm ET, Tuesday November 21: 4pm PT / 7pm ET." An illustration in the bottom half features a group of disabled queer Black folks talking and laughing at a sleepover, across two large beds. On the left, two friends sit on one bed and paint each other’s nails. On the right, four people lounge on a bed: one person braids another’s hair while the third friend wearing a C-PAP mask laughs, and the fourth person looks up from their book. Registration link at right.

In Care,

PeoplesHub Staff