We’ve marched. We’ve posted. We’ve prayed, meditated and donated. And yet – over two years since the beginning of the current genocide in Gaza, Palestinians are still experiencing daily violence, humanitarian crisis, and advancing colonization. How can Buddhists be strategic and effective in helping bring these atrocities to an end? What interventions are needed right now, and how can we be a part of them?
Join Palestinian Journalist and Dharma leader Lubna Masarwa, Jonathan Brenneman of Christians for Free Palestine, and Rabbi Alissa Wise of Rabbis for Ceasefire for an interfaith panel discussion to refresh our strategies for solidarity with Palestine, with meditation and reflection on what’s worked, what hasn’t, and wisdom on where we go from here in our commitment to a free Palestine.
Recording will be provided to all who register after the event…
Guest Bios:
Lubna Masarwa is a Palestinian Journalist and dharma teacher based in Palestine. She has been involved in actions for breaking the siege in Gaza for over a decade. She is dedicated to being present with her communities during genocide and holding spaces for grief. Lubna has spiritual roots in sufism and dharma, and she teaches weekly meditation spaces for Palestinians in Arabic. She is a core member of the Sacred Justice Coalition and is inspired to co create a revolutionary dharma for this historic time.
Rabbi Alissa Wise is a community organizer, educator, organizational consultant, and ritual leader with over two decades of movement-building experience. She is the Founding Director of Rabbis for Ceasefire. She is co-author of Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing (Haymarket, 2024).
Jonathan Brenneman is a Palestinian American Christian and co-founder of Christians for a Free Palestine. He was a frontline activist at Community Peacemaker Teams and played a primary role in writing, passing, and implementing MC USA's Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine Resolution.
Jungwon Kim is a writer, Soros Equality Fellow, and sangha builder in the Plum Village tradition founded by Thích Nhất Hạnh. Her professional career spans more than two decades of work as a communications strategist and journalist dedicated to human rights and environmental advocacy, most recently at the Rainforest Alliance. She is the mother of two young adults, co-founder of the Love Circle Sangha (2012-20) and the Dharma Pod Sangha, an amateur musician, and a joyfully mediocre surfer.