Use Your Presence

That's The Real Gift

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FREE SUDAN * FREE CONGO * FREE TIGRAY * FREE PALESTINE

The true gift this season is your presence and how you choose to use it. 

As we continue to witness the world burn to the ground before it is restored to balance, please use the gift of your action to: 

📍Take a stand against genocide in Palestine, Congo, Tigray and Sudan

📍Find a creative way to Participate in Community Care and Mutual Aid

📍Make a commitment to support Black creators and businesses on a continual basis throughout the year. 

(The 2023 Reparative Spending Guide I created of over 100+ Black owned businesses can be purchased here.)

📍Gift a direct contribution of care to a person in your own community instead of a large organization.

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Below you will find toolkits, books, conversation starters, scripts and other resources to help you take a stand against genocide. 

#1 Shop & Boycott

• Purchase a Kufiya from the last standing factory in Gaza:

https://www.kufiya.org

• Boycotts:

https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

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Light in Gaza by - Various authors (Free download)

#2 Books

• FREE E-Books about Palestine: 

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading

• Books on Palestine:

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/subjects/33-palestine

• Kids Books: 

Exploring Palestine: Children's Books for Understanding the World | San Francisco Public Library | BiblioCommons

• 10 Kids Books About Gaza 2023:

https://crescentmoonstore.com/blogs/news/10-childrens-books-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-palestine-in-2023

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#3 Tool Kits

• Shut It Down for Palestine - Toolkits, Actions Sites & Graphics: 

https://www.shutitdown4palestine.org

• Palestine Resource & Activism Guide: 

https://www.amaliah.com/post/67235/resource-list-advocacy-guide-palestine

• Ceasefire NOW Tool Kit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hpHkM9KlH5Yn3xq7nk9xfPtIkWZDblWnCKD8xt5DBx0/mobilebasic 

• Palestine Portal - Guides & Toolkits

https://www.palestineportal.org/action-advocacy/guides-toolkits/

• Portland, Oregon Action Toolkit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_jNlK4yxCKGAlO6XRq6oqLllFe4c4o-yV4FfQKPsD2E/edit

• Palestine Solidarity Tool Kit

https://international.dsausa.org/palestine-solidarity-toolkit/

• Palestine Feminist Collective ToolKit 2021:

https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/060/430/original/PFC_Toolkit_PDF.pdf

• Palestine Feminist Collective Toolkit 2023: 

https://palestinianfeministcollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/All_Out_Palestine_Toolkit_3.0.pdf

• 6 Ways You Can Support Palestine: 

https://afsc.org/news/6-ways-you-can-support-palestinians-gaza

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#4 Conversation Guides & Phone Call Scripts

From the IG of @protectpalestineorg

• Website to Help With Phone Calls:

https://5calls.org/getting-started/

• Call Guides and Scripts for Reps & Senators:

https://act.uscpr.org/a/callforgaza

• How to Contact Your Reps and a Script: 

https://blog.hautehijab.com/post/how-to-contact-your-elected-representatives-and-what-to-say-to-ask-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza

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#5 Protests

IG post by @ampalestine

• Protest Locations: 

https://www.protectpalestine.org/protests

• Find A Protest: 

https://uscpr.org/oct-2023-protests/

You don’t have to do it all but please, do what you can.

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