Presenters: Palestine Education Project, Huaxtec, SNAG Magazine, 7th Generation Indigenous Visionaries and The Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)

Part 1 will show how grassroots media and community cultural production is central to the process of building vibrant movements for survival/self-determination. Co-facilitated by PEP and students from Bushwick Community High School, we will use media the students created to connect their experiences of oppression and strategies for resistance with each other and with indigenous youth in Palestine and throughout Turtle Island. This workshop will provide concrete activities, hand-outs, and audio-visual materials to take home and use in your own communities.

Part 2 will be led by partners in the Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine taking place this August. Students at Haskell Indian Nations University and youth from SNAG Magazine will tell the history of colonization and indigenous resistance throughout North America. Through an interactive historical mapping activity, we will draw connections between that history and the colonization and resistance of Palestinians. The workshop will conclude with an image theater activity by Huaxtec, exploring the connected experiences of xicana/o immigrant communities in the U.S. and Palestinians living under occupation. Participants will be invited to observe a live video conference the following morning between our partner youth centers in Palestine and the indigenous delegates.