On-line conversations with a stunning line-up of Palestinian solidarity activists, offered as webinars through the summer months, have helped The Stones Cry Out build momentum for the upcoming three days of Palestinian solidarity actions, witness, and resistance in Washington, D.C., September 23-25. If you are able to participate in person, and haven’t yet registered, there is still time to sign up. Contact Doug Thorpe (dthorpe@spu.edu). The D.C. gathering will feature the prophetic words of several speakers including those listed in the flyer above.

Even if you cannot be there in person, you can participate through adding you name to a Declaration that will be delivered on the steps of the Capitol to some members of Congress and also to the executive branch of our government on Tuesday the 24^th. The title of the declaration makes its message explicit: "There is Another Way for Israel and Palestine: A Declaration of Faith and Urgency from Christian Clergy to the Government of the United States." 

There is indeed another way. It is beyond time for the United States government to stop being complicit in funding Israel’s genocide. It is time instead to use our government’s considerable power, as the declaration states, “to pull Israel back from its descent into militarism and barbarism.” To read the full text of the Declaration and its demands and to add your name go here. The Declaration will be made available later in a booklet form for study in churches and communities.

The series of summer webinars provides a treasure trove of educational materials for individuals and congregations to us, including speakers such as Palestinian-American businessman and political analyst Sam Bahour; the Rev. David Wildman, Methodist representative to the UN; and Ali Abunimah, journalist, political analyst, and director of the  Electronic Intifada, and many more. The full series of The Stones Cry Out webinars is archived on the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace's YouTube channel that you can access here.

This is a section of the UCCPIN September 2024 E-Newsletter. To read the entire newsletter, follow this link.