How to Talk About Palestine (In person) - Platforma Festival
2025-10-25 13:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, 51 Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF, United Kingdom
Join us on Saturday 25th October as we deliver our How to Talk About Palestine workshop as part of The Peterborough programme with 62 Gladstone Street. This workshop is designed to help you speak more confidently and effectively about Palestine—particularly when responding to difficult questions or dominant narratives.
The session will offer communication strategies, tips for navigating challenging conversations, and insight into the most common talking points.
Platforma is a biennial event produced by Counterpoints Arts, showcasing bold, innovative work by artists from refugee backgrounds and creative projects with displaced communities. The Peterborough programme is part of the wider festival taking place across the East of England this October, fostering local connections and conversations around culture, identity, and belonging
62 Gladstone Street is a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough, with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions, residencies, and public programmes, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community.
62 Gladstone Street presents this workshop as part of the wider PLATFORMA FESTIVAL with Counterpoints Arts & Supported by Arts Council England
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Palestine 101 series: Settler Colonialism & Imperialism - Session 2: How to Talk About Settler Colonialism & Imperialism
2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:30
This workshop is part of our Palestine 101 series: Palestinian History. This workshop builds on the previous workshop, focusing on how the key ideas from that session can be effectively communicated. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a couple of recurring talking points regularly heard in the mainstream media and the wider pro-Israel conversation about indigeneity, colonialism, and imperialism, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to and debunk them.
Tuesday 28 October – 6:30-8:30pm London time
Deadline to register: 21st October, 6pm (BST)
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These two sessions are part of a broader Palestine 101 series designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the Palestinian struggle and equip them with the tools to advocate effectively for justice in Palestine. While attending both sessions is highly encouraged, participants are welcome to join either one.

Palestine 101 series: Israeli Apartheid - Session 1: Framing Israeli Apartheid: Uses and Limitations for Palestine Advocacy
2025-11-11 18:30 - 20:30
This workshop is part of our Palestine 101 series. In this workshop, we offer a comprehensive understanding of apartheid, illustrating how Israel’s policies meet the legal definition of apartheid under international law. This workshop also aims to help activists develop a critical understanding of some of the limitations of the apartheid framework, and how to utilise it strategically alongside frameworks of settler colonialism and occupation in advocacy work.
Tuesday 11 November – 6:30-8:30pm London time
These two sessions are part of a broader Palestine 101 series designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the Palestinian struggle and equip them with the tools to advocate effectively for justice in Palestine. While attending both sessions is highly encouraged, participants are welcome to join either one.
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Palestine 101 series: Israeli Apartheid – Session 2: How to talk about Israeli Apartheid
2025-11-25 18:30 - 20:30
This workshop builds on the previous session, focusing on how the reality of Israeli apartheid can be effectively communicated. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a couple of recurring talking points regularly heard in the mainstream media denying Israeli apartheid, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to and debunk them.
Tuesday 25th November – 6:30-8:30pm London time
These two sessions are part of a broader Palestine 101 series aiming to build people’s knowledge on the Palestinian struggle and how to effectively advocate for Palestine.
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