Mon. 2/17, 1:00 pm: Join BFP members in this National Day of Protest. (Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party)
Build momentum to stop the Trump-Musk coup.
This is a non-violent and peaceful demonstration, bring signs, banners, acoustic instruments, and your friends. There will be no speeches, but plenty of noise: singers and performers who will lead some chants, invited groups (Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Resistance Revival Chorus, and others). March to Washington Square Park for another rally.
Gather at the Gandhi statue, southwest corner of Union Square. 
Join local partners:
#50501 Movement: 50 protests, 50 states, one movement.
Third Act NYC
Rise and Resist
Email bfp@brooklynpeace.org if you're planning to come so that we'll know how many signs to bring. 
Photo courtesy of Matt Weinstein.

Sat. 2/15, 2:00--4:00pm: Join us for a family-friendly gathering at Brooklyn Poets, a wonderful space where we’ll come together to be in community with each other and take action. We’ll write postcards to our federal representatives, demanding an arms embargo on Israel and voicing our concerns. For our youngest constituents and folks who love to create, there will be a craft table where they can make valentines for Palestine—either to take home or to be delivered to Rep. Dan Goldman.
Location: Brooklyn Poets, 144 Montague St, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Heights.
Sponsor: NY-10 Neighbors
For more info, DM (Direct Message) them on Instagram. 
Image courtesy of NY-10 Neighbors

Feb. 14-Feb.16. A Knock on the Roof. Matinees and evening shows. New York Theater Workshop, 79 E 4th St. -30% off code: CDM30

Feb. 14--Feb. 20: "No Other Land." Documentary by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli activist/filmmakers, chronicling the Israeli military’s incremental expulsion of the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta — home to 20 ancient Palestinian villages. At the Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St, west of 6th Ave. For info and tickets.

Sat. Feb. 14, 2:00pm: Stand Against Trump's Ethnic Cleansing! Jordan and Egypt, Reject The Plan. Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 47th ST. & 2nd AVE., near the Jordanian Mission. Sponsor: PYM NYC (New York City Chapter of the @palestinianyouthmovement) and others

Sat. Feb. 15, 12:00pm: Permanent Ceasefire Now Vigil at 5th Ave. and 44th St., Sunset Park. Sunset Park Elders. Also on Tuesday February 18, at the same location

Sun. Feb. 16, 3:00pm (EST): Made Homeless in the Homeland: Voices from the Holy Land Film Salon. Watch film for free, join Q&A discussion. Must register to see the film.
See the trailer.

Sun. Feb. 16, 4-5pm: Israelis for Peace/NYC Vigil at Union Square (South steps) Israeli anti-occupation activists, call for ceasefire and full hostage deal. All welcome, but please do not bring signs or flags.

Mon. Feb. 17, 1:00 pm. Fight the Trump/Musk Coup. Union Square. Indivisible Brooklyn & many others. Email bfp@brooklynpeace.org if you want to join BFP contingent

Thurs. Feb. 20, 5-6pm: Women in Black Vigil at Union Square, on the traffic island on 14th St between Broadway and 4th Avenue. For over 20 years, Women in Black Union Square has been part of the international movement of Women in Black (started by Jewish and Palestinian women in Israel in 1988). See more info at www.womeninblack.org

Sun. Feb. 23, 1:30pm: Global Day of Action to Close (Military) Bases. Outside the Times Square Recruiting Center. 200 W. 43rd. St. Prayer and public witness. Bring signs that call for The Closure of Military Bases or An End to Military Recruitment
Sponsor: Pax Christi New York State

Sun., Feb. 23, 7pm. The Palestine Exception. Film screening and fundraiser for Gaza. Includes film discussion. Stone Circle Theatre, 59-14 70th Ave. Ridgewood, Queens.

Wed, Mar. 5, 8:30am. Rally & March for a Nuclear-Free World. Sponsored by The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, in conjunction with Third Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.) Begins at the Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd Street) then processing at 9 AM to the U.S. Mission to the UN (First Ave. & 45th Street).

Wed. Mar. 5, 4-5 pm: Close Guantanamo! Steps of NY Public Library, 41st St 5th Ave, Manhattan. Initiated by World Can't Wait; co-sponsored by BFP and many others

For daily updates of NYC area actions for Gaza, send an email to joecatron@gmail.com and ask to be added to an extensive list of NYC-area actions to stop Israel's Genocide.

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