The Stones Cry Out is continuing its summer series of "Virtual Delegation" webinars. Listed below are the upcoming webinars for July and August. The line-up of activists, organizers, and scholars who will be sharing their insights and strategies for justice-seeking and advocacy to end Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is impressive. 

Stones Cry Out organizers -- Michael Spath, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace; Mark Braverman, Kairos USA; and Doug Thorpe, Episcopal Bishop’s Committee on Peace & Justice in the Holy Land, Diocese of Olympia -- have designed this intensive online series to equip, mobilize, and empower a broad spectrum of faith leaders and human rights activists, building momentum for an in-person gathering in Washington, D. C., September 23-25.  Through direct action, Congressional visits, public proclamation, and worship, participants coming to D.C. will confront the Biden Administration and Congress, demanding an end to the U.S. government’s complicity in and financing of Israel’s genocide. 

All the webinars have a 1 pm ET start. To see the full line up, into September, of webinar speakers and all their photos, go here.

Here is the line-up for July and August:

Wednesday, July 10
: Issa Amro, Hebron-based non-violent activist, co-founder of the grassroots group, Youth Against Settlements. Issa, who Nicholas Kristof describes as a follower of MLK, Jr. (see Breaking the Stories), has been recognized and given awards by international organizations, including the United Nations, for his leadership of nonviolent, civil disobedience campaigns against Israeli apartheid and occupation. Register here.

Wednesday, July 17:   Neve Gordon, an Israeli professor of International Law and Human Rights at Queen Mary University in London and author of Israel’s Occupation, and coauthor of Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire. Join this webinar in real time on the 17^th here.

Wednesday, July 31: Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council, human rights activist; the Rev. Allison Tanner, Apartheid-Free Communities Initiative; the Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, Congregational Justice Organizer, Unitarian, Universalist Association. Register here.

Wednesday, August 14: Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian Christian human rights defender, civil rights lawyer and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led organization focused on assisting the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict using non-violent protests. Register here.

Wednesday, August 21: Josh Ruebner, Political analyst and activist, Institute for Middle East Understanding. Register here

UCC PIN is one of several organizations supporting this initiative, including Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, Christians for Ceasefire, Churches for Middle East Peace, Sabeel, FOSNA, and many others. 

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