Action to Expression for #FreePalestine
Today, we gathered for an Action to Expression Practice. In the practice we learned more from key stakeholders about last week’s updates in the genocide of thousands of Palestinian people by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and took action through petition signing, calls to our reps, and social media sharing.
We listened to powerful storytelling in the Movement Memos Vigil for Palestine podcast episode and took time for creative expression through movement, writing, and other forms of expression.
Our goal with this practice was to support #FreePalestine by filling our own cups and supporting liberation for all.
I've included the Movement Memos Vigil for Palestine podcast link, transcript excerpt, and a few additional resources below that were shared earlier in our meeting.
❤️ Your actions matter.
"Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects."
-HH Dalai Lama
Action to take:
📨 Listen
Vigil for Palestine: We Mourn and Consider What Solidarity Demands of Us Movement Memos podcast episode
Transcript excerpt from creator Kelly Hayes:
"To say that our liberation is bound up in the liberation of the Palestinian people is not some lofty, metaphorical statement...
To defend Palestine is to defend the world itself,
against the slaughter of human beings, against the contamination of bombs and munitions, against ethno-nationalist, supremacist ideologies, and against the wicked idea that some lives are worth more than others.
Our defense of Palestine is a defense of all freedom and a defense of all life, because, as Ahmad reminded us, there is a continuity in our oppression, and a continuity to our fates."
💝 Offer
I offer you what I wrote:
I ask for your expressions as well, if you wish to share! Email hello@tejalrpatel.com
I invite your reflections and feedback on this practice so that I may improve, and that we all can continue to be present and act together. Please share here.
Other offers:
Palestine will be free poster by Raneem, info on commissions and info here.
The many ways to stand up for Racial Justice. Downloadable image comes from the Emmett Till exhibit in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennesee.
The Sound of Palestinian Traditional Music music
Spotify Playlist here
Enemy of the Sun poem: Among the ninety-nine books Black Revolutionary writer George Jackson had in his cell at the time of his death, one was “Enemy of the Sun,” a collection of Palestinian resistance poetry. For four decades, the title poem of the collection has circulated in Black Panther newspapers and other venues under George Jackson’s name.
Read in full here
Tejal Yoga offers accessible movement and continuing education in a warm environment. Our knowledgeable South Asian yoga teachers are committed to the authentic and spiritual practice of yoga. Learn more at tejalyoga.com
Find an Indian yoga teacher, South Asian yoga teacher, find Indian yoga classes near me.
Take your 1st online yoga class FREE at https://tejalyoga.ck.page
