July Newsletter 2022

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Palestinian American Community Center

July Newsletter

2022

July 2022

Palestinian American Community Center

If you like anything we are doing, please donate at paccusa.org/donate Every dollar helps keep us going!

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PACC Summer Fun

Events P ro gram s

We launched our PACC Summer Fun program this month! We have 67 participants from ages 5 to 14 years old who are engaging in fun activities such as gym, Dabka, cooking, robotics, arts and crafts, health and nutrition, and our Holding onto Palestinian Existence Jr. course.

We recently took a trip to Van Saun County Park where they were able to ride a carousel, go on a train ride, and enjoy the zoo.

We also enjoyed a reading and discussion of “The Coolest Career” by author Ruba Qasem and had delicious ice cream from Mr. Softee (Thank you to Hakam Bsharat who donated his time and ice cream to our participants).

The kids learned some magic tricks from a magician and competed in a fun obstacle course after showing off their group’s Palestine art pieces.

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Events

Camelback Eid Trip We coordinated another Eid trip to CamelBack Beach Outdoor Waterpark in the Poconos.

Twenty community members enjoyed a fun filled day celebrating Eid al Adha at the water park!

Social Services

Eid Meat Vouchers

Using a $5,000 grant from Penny Appeal and $15,000 from Islamic Relief USA, we provided 227 families with meat vouchers for ten pounds of Udhiya/Qurbani meat from Al-Quds Supermarket.

Thank you to our partners for their continued dedication in serving our community.

Marketing

PACC Takes Over Palestine

Since summer is when most of our community visits the homeland, we asked our PACC followers who were visiting Palestine to send us pictures to highlight the different parts of the country. We received pictures from Al-Quds, Gaza, Ramallah, Deir Debwan, Nablus, and Mukhmas. We also took our Facebook and Instagram followers on mini tours of the old city in Nablus, Hisham’s Palace in Jericho, and The Old City of Jerusalem.

Community Engagement

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Get Out the Vote Our team focused on gathering community data such as stories and mapping information to help build a collective narrative. All respondents of the community stories and community mapping forms were automatically entered into a giveaway for a free IPAD. We have a total of 20 respondents for both forms and hope to further empower as well as expand our community outreach. Fill out your community story and community mapping forms today.

PACC’s Executive Director Recognized at Islamic Relief USA’s Quran Night Coordinated by Islamic Relief USA, our Executive Director, Rania Mustafa, was presented with an award honoring and recognizing her excellence in community service at Islamic Relief USA’s Quran Night. We thank Islamic Relief for the recognition and their continued partnership.

Led one of DSA’s Educators for Palestine Workshop Invited by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) Palestine chapter, our Palestine Education Director, Abire Sabbagh, presented a workshop about the history of Palestine through a solidarity lens for educators interested in being more inclusive of the Palestinian struggle in their classroom.

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Spotlighted in NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice’s July Newsletter Our Executive Director, Rania Mustafa, and our Community Outreach and Palestine Education Director, Abire Sabbagh, were featured as this month’s NJAIJ member spotlight! They were interviewed about their work, PACC’s work, and the impact and importance of PACC in our area. Read their entire interview here.

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