Coming together for Free Palestine

At Tejal Yoga, we hosted the first of this week's Action to Expression practices to support a Free Palestine. Below is a recap and resources for you to take a few actions where you are, online or in person.

And please share how you've been feeling and organizing where you are, so that we can share your news at this Friday's Action to Expression practice (reserve your spot here). Use the Tejal Yoga Contact Form to share about actions in your area.

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We kicked the meeting off with the timeless check-in question of: What brings you to this practice?

We shared feelings of isolation from living in areas where not much seemed to be happening to bring awareness or take action.

We shared experiences from the bigger cities where the marches and rallies are huge and powerful yet outside of organized events, the micro-networks can be confusingly silent.

We shared that it can be frightening or scary to recognize feeling detached and not know if this feeling will take up permanent residence within you.

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We spent time watching clips from Palestine is the Still the Issue, a 2002 documentary by John PIlger. We viewed two clips: the lasting impact of the occupation on Palestinian school children (42:44) and an Israeli father's perspective on the forces that create the situation of suicide bombings (15:21).

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We shared stories that connected us to Palestine's struggle and to our own dedication towards challenging oppressive systems and regimes.

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We told one another what actions we planned to take this day and invited loving accountability from one another. We started a list of resources and references to support our actions.

TAKE ACTION

• ​* STOP GAZA GENOCIDE: Ceasefire Now! (Public Toolkit)​

• ​Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard. 5 Calls​

• ​Call Congress: STOP ARMING ISRAEL!​

• ​Stop the Gaza Genocide Toolkit, Images, Info​

REFERENCE & EDUCATION

• Learn about Gettysburg PA's weekly protest: Gettysburg for Gaza​

• Jewish Voice for Peace daily action agenda for their Half Hour Power Hours: https://jvp.org/agenda​

• Documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue (2002)​

• ​The watermelon’s story, from an interview with @ajplus in June 2021​

• ​Palestinian KidLit Preorder list by DESI BOOK AUNTY​

• Stats on what the tax dollars sent to arming Israel could be used for instead in your city/state/country: https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/​

• ​Omwashing and Zionism: A Yoga Teach In for Palestine with Dr. Sheena Sood and Aniqa Anwar​

• Latest, frequently updated news on Al Jazeera's home page​
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I left our meeting feeling lighter and once again, eager to stay involved and invested in this struggle.

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I hope to see you at the next Action to Expression practice. Sign up for the newsletter to stay tuned.
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Warmly,

Tejal
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