Makan

Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Justice & Palestine Training (Online Training)
2024-12-03 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
In this interactive workshop, co-developed with Diversity & Ability, we examine concepts of disability and disablement in relation to Palestine. Through growing our understanding of disability justice in Palestine, we explore how disability justice is not only a human rights issue but also an integral part of the broader anti-colonial movement.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the disability justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how disability justice is central to it.
Deadline to apply: Wednesday 27 November, 6pm London time
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Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Book Talk & Panel
2024-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Makan Programmes & Outreach Manager, Sarona Bedwan, will participate on a panel discussion alongside Rebecca Vilkomerson, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Ben Jamal, and Asad Rehman following a book talk featuring the themes of their new book, Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons From Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing.

Palestine Mini Series 4: Where are we today? (Online Workshop)
2024-11-27 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The final session focuses on the current period in the Palestinian struggle, focusing on the consequences of the so-called ‘peace process’ and on current forms of Palestinian and global resistance. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 26th November, 6pm London time
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Gender, Sexuality & Anti-Colonialism in Palestine
2024-11-27 11:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
This interactive workshop will critique intersectionality and examine gender and sexuality in relation to Palestine. By focusing on the roles of Israeli settler colonialism and Western imperialism in gender and sexual oppression, as well as looking at frameworks for resistance and liberation, this workshop goes beyond the pink-washing framework to deepen our solidarity.

This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in queer and feminist movements and would like to learn more about how feminist/queer struggles relate to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how queer and feminist liberation is central to it.
The workshop will be jointly facilitated by Sarona from Makan and Ghiwa from Kohl. It has been organised with the Queer Hope and Futures Project (led by Aytak, Qais, and Akanksha) and the Centre for Feminist Research.
This workshop is being held at Goldsmiths, University of London. The venue will be in the main building (Richard Hoggart Building – RHB) on Goldsmiths campus in New Cross, SE London – https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfbADo3zfoAVAeBo6 The exact room will be emailed before the workshop to confirmed participants. The room will be accessible by lift.

The workshop will run from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM with an hour break for lunch (1-2 PM) and hot lunch will be provided for everyone. We have approximately 30 spaces for the workshop.

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Edward Said: The Question of Palestine
2024-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Hosted by Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, to mark the re-publication of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine, this landmark event gathers eight key authors to reflect on the enduring legacy of Said’s work and its role in the ongoing Palestinian struggle for self-determination.

Free the People, Free the Land: Climate Justice Training
2024-11-19 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
This workshop aims to develop understandings of the material connections between justice for Palestine and climate justice. The session will dive into the relationship between settler colonialism and ecological violence on a local level, and discuss the relationship between the climate crisis and imperialism on a global scale and why the climate justice movement should have Palestine and anti-imperialism at the heart of it.
This workshop is suitable for people involved in the climate justice movement who would like to learn more about how climate justice connects to Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestine movement and would like to learn how climate justice relates.
Deadline to Apply is Wednesday 13 November, 6pm London time
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Fighting Systems of Oppression: How Do Our Principles Guide Our Work for Justice?
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will be joining educators and organisers that are doing powerful work for justice, locally, nationally, and globally–from resisting genocide to fighting for abolitionist futures.
We will discuss and learn from each other’s experiences about how the principles we hold dear help guide and shape our work for justice.
Speakers:
Welcome: Nina Mehta is a community educator and co-director of PARCEO, a community research, resource, and education center that partners with a range of groups and institutions to strengthen our collective work for justice.
Moderator: Morgan Bassichis is a writer and performer who has been a member of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City since 2014. They co-edited the anti-zionist anthology Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah, published by Wendy’s Subway in 2023.
Ujju Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor at The New School. She brings a long history of working to build organizing for educational justice, immigrants’ rights, and abolition as well as projects at the intersection of arts and social justice, popular education, and adult literacy.
Nyle Fort is a minister, organizer, and scholar. He is currently an Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
Darakshan Raja is the founding director of Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) where she manages the organization’s overall development, programming, administration, and strategic direction. She leads MJF’s national advocacy and movement-building efforts, local Chicago power-building programming, and DC Guaranteed Income Program.
Aimee Shalan is a British-Palestinian and Director of Makan, a not for profit organisation providing transformative education to strengthen the movement for Palestinian liberation.
Lesley Williams is a longtime advocate for Palestinian rights and for anti racism in local and municipal government and services.
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Palestine Mini Series 3: Framing Israeli Apartheid: Uses and Limitations for Palestine Advocacy
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The third session critically examines the apartheid framework in relation to the Palestinian context, outlining its strategic uses and its limitations. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 12th November, 6pm London time
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Amnesty International Student Training Day (Bristol)
2024-11-02 10:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on 2 November 2024 in Bristol for a dedicated day of training and organising. We’ve partnered with Amnesty International UK to help equip you with the knowledge and skills to effectively debate, hold meaningful conversations, and navigate your legal rights to protest and take action on campus.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with like-minded activists, share experiences, and gain practical tools to take your activism further this academic year!
Click here for more information and to register.

Palestine Mini-Series 2: Settler Colonialism & Imperialism
2024-10-30 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The second session discusses Palestine as a struggle against settler-colonialism and a global struggle against imperialism. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 29th October, 6pm London time
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Makan & shado mag: How To Talk About Palestine
2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
Jointly held by shado mag & Makan, this workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.
This workshop is suitable for people with foundational or advanced knowledge on Palestine who would like to develop how to best debunk arguments in the mainstream narrative.
Deadline to Apply is Thursday 17 October, 6pm London time
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Gender, Sexuality and Anti-Colonialism in Palestine
2024-10-22 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
This interactive workshop will critique intersectionality and examine gender and sexuality in relation to Palestine. By focusing on the roles of Israeli settler colonialism and Western imperialism in gender and sexual oppression, as well as looking at frameworks for resistance and liberation, this training goes beyond the pinkwashing framework to deepen our solidarity.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the queer and feminist movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how queer and feminist liberation is central to it.
Deadline to Apply is Wednesday 16 October, 6pm London time
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Nowhere' at Battersea Arts Centre post show panel on 'The Space of Solidarity'
2024-10-17 19:30 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will participate in post show panel on solidarity following the performance of ‘Nowhere’, written and performed by Khalid Abdalla

Palestine Mini-Series 1: The lead up to the Nakba
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The first session focuses on the local and global context of the early 20th century to provide an understanding of the period leading up to the Nakba. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 15th October, 6pm London time
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Trinity College Dublin - How to tell the story of Palestine
2024-10-14 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Trinity College Dublin’s Services Industrial Professional & Technical Union Workers (SIPTU) are hosting Sarona Bedwan, Makan’s Programmes Manager, for a training focusing on ‘’How to tell the story of Palestine’’. This training will delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood, such as settler-colonialism, occupation, apartheid, peace process, Nakba, and more. Through interweaving a historical and conceptual analysis of the trajectory of the Palestinian cause, this workshop offers a critical understanding of Palestine, its history, and the discourse around it.

Palestinian Digital Rights, Genocide and Big Tech Accountability Talk with Amnesty & 7amleh
2024-10-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Moderated by Makan and anchored in 7amleh’s and Amnesty Tech’s critical work, this event will centre the necessity for organisers and human rights defenders to become educated on their digital rights one year into Israel’s genocide in Gaza and ongoing apartheid regime. Providing both legal and research based expertise, speakers will unpack how Israel violates digital rights, with the complicity of big tech corporations such as META and Instagram, to spy on and punish human rights defenders globally, and will speak to advocacy and policy efforts offer practical steps on what activists can do to protect themselves and their advocacy efforts across digital platforms.
Where: Palestine House, 113 High Holborn, London, UK / In-person event

How to Talk About Palestine Workshop
2024-09-18 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Sign up to our ‘How To Talk About Palestine Workshop’ to unpack common misconceptions you come across in the conversation on the Palestinian liberation struggle. In a safe discussion space, we will go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.
Apply here.

Palestine and Intersectional Anti-Racism in Schools
2024-09-14 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Sarona Bedwan, Makan’s Programmes manger will take part in this workshop on issues of race and racism surrounding Palestine. The workshop will examine the colonial connections between antisemitism, anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia, and discuss intersectional strategies for confronting these forms of prejudice in UK schools.
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How to Talk About Palestine with Queercircle
2024-08-28 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
This workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.
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Reframing Palestine with Reform Jews for Justice
2024-08-22 20:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
In this training we delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood, such as settler-colonialism, occupation, apartheid, peace process, Nakba, and more.
We will focus on providing grassroots organisers in the USA who are working with Reform Jews for Justice the ability to articulate the Nakba as a structure, not an event, understand the reality of Palestinian fragmentation, and how this a result of the continuing Nakba and to equip them with the educational tools needed to be able to practice meaningful solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. The training will provide an overarching history of settler colonialism in Palestine, the Nakba and the limits and advantages of using the occupation and apartheid frameworks.
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How to talk about Palestine
2024-08-17 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-17 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
In this session you will be able to unpack what happens when conversations about Palestine close down. You will collectively unpack common misconceptions you come across in the conversation on the Palestinian liberation struggle.
The session will guide you through the building blocks of a storytelling process that lets you compellingly start the conversation where you intend to finish it. Bringing in the historical and political context so you can centre realities of displacement, dispossession, and the values of dignity, freedom and justice.
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How To Talk About Palestine Workshop
2024-07-16 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Join our workshop to boost your confidence in discussing Palestine and improve your communications skills. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them. To apply, click here.

Land, Water and Destruction: Israel's Ecocide in Palestine
2024-07-16 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Makan’s Programmes Manager, Sarona Bedwan, will be a part of this panel discussion on the ecological consequences of the Israeli war and occupation. There will be discussion on the impact of the Palestinian environment and the climate crisis in the Middle East. In this event you’ll gain a deeper understanding on how the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and military governance of Palestine impacts water, land and other resources of Palestinians. For more information and to attend this event, click here.

Mobilizing for Gaza: Speaking Truth to Power
2024-05-22 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
In a time where misinformation, falsehoods, and outright lies are enabling death and destruction of epic proportions, it’s imperative that we seek, uplift, and learn from leaders that do the courageous work of speaking truth to power and guide others to follow suit. Makan Director, Aimee Shalan will be joining Inès Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD), and Anam Raheem, BuildPalestine’s Global Community Organizer to discuss how language, when used with intention and precision, is a powerful tool and vehicle for resistance.
Register for the event here.

Between the Local and Global: Palestine as Indigenous & anti-Imperialist Struggle' Online Workshop
2024-05-21 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
In this new interactive workshop, we examine the concepts of indigeneity and imperialism in relation to Palestine. Through growing our understanding of indigeneity and imperialism, participants will understand Palestine as a local Indigenous struggle for decolonisation, frame Palestine as part of a global anti-imperialist struggle, and explore how together these frameworks shape our demands and strategies.

As an organisation our primary focus is to work with student activists, trade unionists, social justice campaigners and journalists based in Britain & Ireland. We do also encourage applications from other individuals who are:

Active and engaged with Palestine outside Britain & Ireland
Involved with other social justice struggles/human rights struggles looking to start/get more involved in Palestine
Diaspora Palestinians and Palestinians based abroad or planning to study/work abroad.

Click here to apply.
*APPLICATION DEADLINE – Wednesday 15th May 2024, 12pm noon London time*

ESEA Green Lions: Palestine Solidarity & Climate Justice Teach-in
2024-05-12 18:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Sarona Bedwan, Makan’s Programme Manager will be joining this Palestine solidarity and climate justice teach-in and presenting on the extractive ideology of political Zionism, how Israel uses the land to greenwash its land theft, and the exploitation and theft of natural resources by Israel in its settler colonial project.
The teach-in will feature other knowledgeable speakers who will shed light on how these two crucial movements are interconnected. Book your tickets here.

Film in Solidarity with Palestine
2024-04-27 15:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will be participating in the Open Documentary Festival by holding a talk on narrative reframing. The event itself will explore how filmmakers can work together to end institutional complicity with occupation and apartheid both within the industry and the world beyond. It will also discuss what Palestinians are calling on cultural workers to do, and what does meaningful solidarity can look like.
Book your ticket here.

Climate Justice Power Hour for Palestine
2024-04-18 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
We are teaming up with Tipping Point for Power Hours at 5pm every third Thursday of the month. Together we will provide overviews of different areas of Palestine’s history and its current struggles followed by taking collective action. Get informed, get inspired, and join us in a targeted actions to call for a permanent ceasefire, an end to the blockade on Gaza, and uplifting Palestinian calls for freedom and dignity. RSVP now and share this with people in your networks.

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Reframing Normal: Disability, Dehumanisation, and Solidarity with Palestine
2024-04-04 18:00 - 19:15 (Europe/London)
Makan and Diversity & Ability present: ‘Reframing Normal: Disability, Dehumanisation, and Solidarity with Palestine’. Join us as explore how disability and debility configure into the collective Palestinian experience, and how disability justice is at the core of Palestinian liberation, especially amidst the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Whether or not Palestinians self-identify as Disabled according to Western definitions, there is no doubt that all Palestinians, in Gaza and beyond, live under violent, debilitating conditions. Yet disability justice is rarely part of the mainstream conversation on Palestinian liberation. Equally, Western disability rights and inclusion frameworks don’t sufficiently meet the needs of the Palestinian people, often rendering conversations about Palestine and disability into depoliticised, humanitarian frameworks. In this context, what does useful, informed solidarity look like? How are decolonisation and disability justice related? What is a useful way to build frameworks and practices that anchor our understanding of Palestinian liberation in an anti-colonial disability politics?

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