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Friends,
Many people have asked us how they can get involved with EJP. So we are holding our first general meeting before the end of the semester to expand our EJP community. If you want to get involved with EJP and/or want to learn about how to support our efforts, come to our first general meeting this Sunday at 2 PM at Baba's. We are the UMN Twin Cities chapter of the National Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (NFSJP). You don’t have to be faculty to join EJP, however. All UMN grad students, staff, alumni, faculty, and postdocs who are committed to the liberation of Palestine are welcome to join our general membership. And if you are faculty, staff, grad student, alum, or postdoc in MN but your campus does not have a chapter of FSJP, you are welcome to join us! United we are strong! (see flier below).
Also, a reminder that Encampments is screening at the Main Cinema from May 9-15. Mizna, EJP, SJP, and SDS have endorsed a conversation on May 10th, after the 7 pm screening. Come and see some of our amazing former student organizers (including members of "Minnesota 9") speak about the encampment at UMN! (See flier below).
As we get close to Nakba Day, you can start participating in events TODAY by attending the SDS rally this evening! For those who need a refresher or do not know about Palestine, you can attend the Palestine 101 workshop on Friday. On Saturday, join the community picket to support workers whose freedom of speech is banned by the Wedge Co-op. Make sure to come to the screening of the Encampments Saturday night and listen to the organizers of the encampments at UMN speak. Then come to EJP's general meeting on Sunday to see how you can get involved (or join SDS or SJP if you are an undergrad!). And on May 17th, join the Nakba march and rally. See information for all of these events below. (Also, don't forget to support Dogukan on Monday, May 12th, and see Syria on Screen on May 16!)
Upcoming Events
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Sunday, May 11
2:00 pm
EJP General Meeting
Baba's. 2220 Lyndale Ave S.
Minneapolis
Want to get involved with EJP? Do you want to learn about how to support our efforts? Come to our first general meeting and meet some of our core members. We are the UMN Twin Cities chapter of the National Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (NFSJP). We have had many requests from people who want to join us, and we are ready to expand our community to continue our organizing and educational work. You don’t have to be faculty to join EJP. All UMN grad students, staff, alumni, faculty, and postdocs who are committed to the liberation of Palestine are welcome to join our general membership. And if you are faculty, staff, grad student, alum, or postdoc in MN but your campus does not have a chapter of FSJP, you are welcome to join us! United, we are strong!
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Wednesday, May 7
5:30 pm
Protect Free Speech Rally and March
📍 Northrop Plaza (84 Church St SE)
📅 May 7th
⏰ 5:30 PM
SDS: 📢 UMN! PROTECT YOUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 📢
STAND UP FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. STAND UP FOR YOUR 🫵 PEERS. JOIN SDS ON MAY 7th AT 5:30 PM AT NORTHROP PLAZA TO DEMAND A SANCTUARY CAMPUS AND TO END RESTRICTIONS TO FREE SPEECH
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Wednesday, May 7
7 pm
Insurgent Transmissions: 3CM LESS
Bryant Lake Bowl
810 W Lake St.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Mizna: 3CM LESS by Azza El-Hassan
Raeda Taha, is angry with her father, not because in 1972 he hijacked a plan, but because he died in the process. Samia and Surida, are proud of the years their mother, Hajar, spent fighting the Israeli occupation, but know that her resistance put a strain on their family. Partly video diary, 3CM LESS looks at the effect of political struggles on families
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Friday, May 9
6-8:30 PM
Palestine 101
Educational presentation
EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION: PALESTINE 101
MNFPC: Do you want to learn about what’s going on in Palestine but have no idea where to start?
🤯 Gaged bits and pieces from social media and the news, but confused about how to separate propaganda from reality?
👩🏼🏫 Or, are you involved in the movement but need a refresher on your history?
This presentation is for YOU!
Join us for a comprehensive overview of the crisis in Palestine. 🪧 This presentation is designed for anyone that’s new to learning about the topic OR has a foundation, but needs to brush up on their historical facts! 🔥
We will cover: The history of Palestine leading up to the formation of Israel - The occupation of the West Bank - a history of the sieges of Gaza - Myth vs fact about Gaza - Minnesota’s complicity in the crisis in Palestine
🥪 Dinner will be served
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Saturday, May 10
12 pm
Free Expression For Wedge Co-op Workers! FREE PALESTINE!
📆 Saturday, May 10 at 12:00 PM
📍Wedge Community Co-op Lyndale (2105 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis)
PSL and MN Workers United: Join us as we advocate for the workers’ right to free expression!
Community members, owners, and shoppers, please join us for a picket in solidarity with Wedge workers!
Historically, workers at the Wedge Co-op have been encouraged to express support for social justice. Recently, CEO Nick Seeberger unilaterally changed the dress code to ban anything (pins, t-shirts) referencing issues not endorsed by the Co-op. They are enforcing disciplinary action that targets anything referencing Palestine, including the Palestinian flag. The enforcement of this policy and the silencing of worker voices are forms of suppression. Wedge workers demand a repeal of the dress code policy!
We stand with Wedge workers in solidarity with Gazans suffering forced starvation and thirst at the hands of the US-Israeli war machine.
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Saturday, May 10
7 pm
Film screening (7 pm) and Conversation with UMN encampment organizers (8:30 pm)
Main Cinema
115 SE Main St
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Join Mizna on May 10 for a conversation with UMN-Twin Cities encampment organizers directly following the 7pm screening of The Encampments.
Co-sponsored by Mizna, SDS, SJP, EJP
Discount code for tickets: ENCAMPMENTS2025
GET TICKETS HERE: https://mspfilm.org/show/the-encampments/
📍Main Cinema
THE ENCAMPMENTS (dir. Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman, 81m)
When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Encampments spring up at hundreds of campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today.
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Monday, May 12
3 PM
Pack the Room and Rally!
Federal Building
316 N Robert Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
‼️DOĞUKANS CHARGES ARE DROPPED‼️BUT HE IS STILL IN CUSTODY‼️
As of May 1st, Doğukan, the Carlson student who was detained by ICE, had his charges dropped. Unfortunately, he is still in custody until his rescheduled trial date on May 12th. Come out to support our fellow student on Monday, May 12th at 3PM at 316 N Robert St.
If you are a student, please join us at the East Bank Light Rail station at 1:45PM to ride with SDS to the rally! All are welcome!
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Friday, May 16
6 pm
Syria on Screen
New City Center (Sanctuary)
3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407
Co-presented by Mizna, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of Syria (CISPOS), and From the Periphery Media Collective, join us for a screening of The War Show (2016) by Obaidah Zytoon and post-screening discussion with Ramah Kudaimi and Mazen Halabi. This event aims to provide space for our local community to learn about and process the recent events in Syria.
Donations at the event go to SARD’s project to rebuild university dorms in Aleppo, Syria.
When: 6:00–9:00 PM (reception with light refreshments at 6:00 PM; film starts at 6:30 PM; discussion at 8:15 PM)
Where: New City Center (Sanctuary), 3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407
Panelists: Ramah Kudaimi and Mazen Halabi
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Saturday, May 17
1:30 pm
MARCH AGAINST THE ONGOING NAKBA
Gateway Park Fountain
1 S 1st St, Minneapolis
MNFPC: 🇵🇸 Al-Nakba, Arabic for “the catastrophe” refers to the violent expulsion of 750,000+ Palestinians to pave way for Israeli land theft. Hundreds of ethnic cleansing operations made possible the creation of the colonial state of Israel on May 15th, 1948.
🪧 But the Nakba continues! Israel continues to displace Palestinians, mass demolish homes, exile, and deny the 6 million descendents of the 1948 exiles the right to return home—a right enshrined by international law.
Trump continues to escalate the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by facilitating exile—in the US and abroad!
March to demand an END to the ongoing Nakba! Right of return for ALL Palestinians! MN Divest from genocide NOW! Free Mahmoud Khalil! Defend the right to protest!
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