Introductory Workshop: Recognizing Anti-Palestinian Racism and Creating an Environment of Understanding

Date/Time
Date(s) - December 05, 2024
7:00 pm-8:45 pm


Thursday, Dec. 5, at 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern for a dynamic webinar by staff and leaders of the Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism that will help you identify aspects of anti-Palestinian racism and how to counter it.

The mission of the Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism is to end racism against Palestinians and their allies including advocates for Palestinian rights and freedom. The Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism consists of researchers, physicians, psychologists, and anti-racist, legal and communication experts who are committed to empirically researching, educating and advocating on the impact of anti-Palestinian racism on individuals and communities across all sectors of society.

Register here via the Institute’s Zoom link for the Webinar on Anti-Palestinian racism

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Introductory Workshop: Recognizing Anti-Palestinian Racism and Creating an Environment of Understanding

The One-time Introductory Workshop is an interactive introductory virtual workshop designed to be a 90-minute meeting that brings together the community.

Get to know Palestinian people, culture and history and the cultural wealth that they possess.

Describe and identify anti-Palestinian racism (APR), in civil society, and look at its human impacts including on health and wellness.

Begin to examine ways we can help the institute align, to create a culture, environment and perhaps changes that confront and reduce APR where it exists within the community, inside institutions and in society.

About IUAPR

The Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism (IUAPR) consists of researchers, physicians, psychologists, and legal, anti-racist and communication experts who are committed to empirically researching, educating and advocating on the impact of anti-Palestinian racism on individuals and communities across all sectors of society.

You are not alone.

IUAPR’s groundbreaking survey reveals harmful effects of anti-Palestinian racism on both Palestinians and non-Palestinians:

88% of more than 1200 survey respondents reported experiencing or witnessing anti-Palestinian racism.
Anti-Palestinian racism affects both Palestinians (27% of survey respondents) and non-Palestinians (73% of respondents). Distinct from Islamophobia, 61% of the respondents were Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, no religion or other religions.
Prevalent in the most significant sectors of society including schools, work, healthcare settings & public spaces.
75% of respondents reported feeling isolated and alone.
55% of respondents reported feeling afraid.
>70% of all respondents (and >75% of students, faculty, teachers and education administrators) reported mental and physical health effects from anti-Palestinian racism.
74% of >250 students, faculty, teachers & education administrators reported experiencing anti-Palestinian racism, >66% experienced it from faculty, teachers or administrators
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Convener:

Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East

Co-sponsors:

Friends of Sabeel North America

Kairos USA

Orthodox Christians for Palestine

Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace

Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation

United Methodists for Kairos Response

United Church of Christ Palestine-Israel Network

Pax Christi

This webinar is made possible partly by the Fund for Unitarian Universalism and the Fund for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility.

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