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We are getting excited for this year’s annual gala, and for the incredible opportunity to hear from Susan Abulhawa about her work as an author and activist. With just over a month until November 2, we’ve put together this brief glimpse at the kinds of stories that helped spur her to found Playgrounds for Palestine….
We are delighted to invite you to an evening you won’t soon forget! This year our gala features Susan Abulhawa as the keynote speaker. Her literary work and her activism are inspiring, and we are certain that her discussion with us will be as well. +Author, Mornings in Jenin (translated into 32 languages), The Blue…
Sunday, October 20, 6:30 pm – Plymouth Congregational Church: 501 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Free to the public. Join us for an interesting and informative evening with Ambassador Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, DC and former Pakistani High Commissioner to UK and Ireland. Named…
Saturday, September 14, 6:30pm Plymouth Church, 501 West Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Free to the public. Join us for an evening with political activist and co-founder of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin. Medea was also the 2000 Green Party candidate in California for the US Senate, receiving the highest vote total of any Green…
Beginning at 4:00pm, the Orchard Gallery is hosting a Reception and Benefit for Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, featuring the paintings of Jane and Ron Caldwell. Orchard Gallery, 6312 Covington Rd # A, Fort Wayne, IN 46804, (260) 436-0927. The Open House lasts until 8:30pm, but they’re opening early so you can also attend the…
MAX BLUMENTHAL (Feb. 28, 2019) Israel (and the US’s) Perpetual War Against Palestinians Max Blumenthal is a celebrated Jewish-American author, journalist, commentator, and filmmaker. Fellow at the National Institute, formerly writer for The Daily Beast and Media Matters. He is the author of Goliath: Life & Loathing in Greater Israel (2013), The 51-Day War: Ruin & Resistance in Gaza (2015), and producer of…
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at Plymouth UCC, 501 West Berry St. Fort Wayne, IN Dr. Jeff Halper is a prominent Jewish-American analyst, activist, and anthropologist in Jerusalem, founder of Israel Against House Demolitions. He has been arrested as part of the flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade, and with other Jewish and Palestinian activist…
On Sunday evening, December 9, 6:30 pm, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 501 West Berry Street, we host A Service of Solidarity in Commemoration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our keynote preacher is Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, D.C., Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, Washington DC,…
Indiana Center for Middle East Peace hosts military analyst US Army Major Danny Sjursen on Thursday, November 15, Plymouth Congregational Church UCC, 501 West Berry Street (260.423.9424), 6:30pm. He will be speaking on “Israel’s Impact on America’s Military Involvement in the Middle East.” Danny Sjursen is a U.S. Army officer, strategist, and former history…
October 20 @ 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist, co-founder of Electronic Intifada website, covering the Israel-Palestine conflict. He was Vice-President of the Board for the Arab-American Action Network, and is a frequent commentator on PBS, CNN, MSNBC. He i of, among others, The Battle for Justice in Palestine (2014). Click here to buy your tickets or…