July Newsletter

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July Newsletter #SupportTheMission

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Community Engagement Palestine 101 Workshop at ICPC Summer Youth Camp:

Muslim Girls Mental Health Focus Group: We’re partnering with the Mental Health Association in Passaic County to support thier intiative to create a safe space for young Muslim women to discuss mental health and other issues with their families.

We were invited to host a two-hour workshop that provided an overview of Palestinian history and current events for over 40 youth at the Islamic Center Of Passaic County summer camp. We also discussed why it’s important to learn about and care for Palestine!

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Advocacy Meeting with Senator Menendez’s Office: Islamic Relief invited us to join a meeting with members of Senator Menendez’s team to advocate for legislation that prioritizes the social and economic needs of the community your organization serves.

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Advocacy and Community Engagement Team: Our ACE team was in conversation with youth their age from the Shoruq Organization in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Occupied Palestine. They discussed current events in both Palestine and the United States, and began brainstorming ways we can collaborate on a project to elevate the voices of youth in Palestine.

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Events Palestine Monday: We focused on Gaza this month and held a moderated discussion about what makes Gaza unique in the Palestinian struggle with Omar Baddar, a political analyst, digital producer, and human rights advocate based in Washington, DC. He is also co-host for IMEU’s podcast This is Palestine. We had 11 people join this important conversation over Zoom and 850 views on Facebook.

Tunisian Ambassador: Led by the efforts of Dr. Abdelhamid Siyam, PACC welcomed and celebrated Tunisian Ambassador Tarek El Adab for his continuous support of the Palestinian struggle, coupled with an unveiling of Tunisian artist Zeineb Tlili Ghali’s beautiful painting of Ayed Abu Amre which glorifies the struggle of Palestinian people. The artist joined via Zoom for the event, and we had over 45 people join for the ceremony.

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Game Night: We hosted another one of our game nights which the youth of our community especially look forward to! We had over 22 attendants who all enjoyed a variety of games, activities and refreshments.

Workshop Wednesday: We held our financial literacy workshop series this month! The first session focused on the basics of banking and the second was about credit reports and how to have good credit. Both were hosted by M&T Bank and had over 350 viewers on Facebook.

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Programs Arabic for Kids:

Dabka:

Our Arabic program is going very well. With the help of our experienced teachers, our students now know how to read, write, and speak Arabic much better now.

This session of our program is almost coming to an end and our students’ progress has improved.

Seeing how far they’ve come shows how dedicated our students are!

Stay tuned for their dabka recital coming soon!

Bookbinding: This program is almost coming to an end and our students have learnt the basic use of bookbinding tools and materials, along with introductory bookbinding structures, such as: one sheet books, Japanese style stitch, stab binding, and a hardcover accordion.

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PACC Summer Fun: We concluded the first session of our summer camp and are mid way through the second session!

All the kids are enjoying their fun and interactive activities and classes.

Holding Onto Palestinian Existence: Our virtual HOPE class is more than half way through and our students have already learned so much about important dates in Palestinian history as well as Palestinian culture and symbols of resistance!

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