Taghyeer (Change) Palestine is committed to creating a mass movement in which grassroots leaders and their communities take responsibility for social change and national nonviolent resistance to occupation. Recently, Taghyeer has pivoted to organize and partner throughout the West Bank to help Palestinians deal with health, food security and land issues. Ali Abu Awwad will discuss how Taghyeer initiated difficult food deliveries to poor families near Bethlehem, helped provide medical support for the isolated communities of the South Hebron Hills and built an essential, growing partnering capacity based on its Messengers of Change grassroots organization. We will also discuss how Palestinian civil society activists are responding to impending annexation.

Join Rashad Robinson, the President of Color of Change and Color of Change PAC, for a discussion about the stakes of the November election and how organizations like ours can work together to influence the outcome at the polls. Color of Change is a leading online racial justice organization, driven by 1.7 million members dedicated to building political and cultural power for Black communities. J Street Chief of Staff Ben Shnider will lead a conversation with Rashad about our shared values and political priorities that will also explore how we can fully mobilize communities most threatened by Trump’s hateful policies and rhetoric come November.