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EPF PJN Los Angeles regrets Governor Brown’s decision to sign AB2844 into law
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The Los Angeles Chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) Palestine Justice Network (PJN) regrets Governor Brown's decision to sign AB2844 into law Saturday afternoon.
AB2844 was a frequently revised attempt to stifle criticism of the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands and the growing influence…
Faith Forum on Middle East Policy: Employing Economic Measures as Nonviolent Tools for Justice
Employing Economic Measures as Nonviolent Tools for Justice In the Israeli-Palestinian Context
August 22, 2016
The U.S. Congress and 22 states across the U.S. are considering, or have passed, laws that penalize or criminalize the use of economic measures to oppose Israeli policies towards Palestinians…
EPF PJN Los Angeles Calls on Governor Brown to Veto AB2844
Dear EPF PIN Friends:
We have the opportunity to protect free speech AND to save money at the same time! And all it takes is enough of us letting Governor Jerry Brown know that we want him to veto AB 2844.
For those who don't know, AB 2844 is a bill that has passed both houses of the California…
Is there an elephant in the room when we look at co-existence projects?
Judith Norman, who traveled in Palestine/Israel with EPF PIN in May/June 2016 reflects.
The movement for peace in Israel-Palestine is a big and messy tent. Many of the groups that are promoting a vision of peace in the region have incompatible goals, strategies, and rhetoric. The very notion of “peace”…
A Left Coast Perspective: An Update from the Diocese of California
EPF PIN member Vicki Gray, a deacon in the Diocese of California and a former deputy to General Convention, updates us on the work in the diocese around Palestine/Israel.
As a quick glance at a globe will confirm, California’s Bay Area is about as far from Jerusalem as one can get.…
EPF & EPF PJN Endorse M4BL Vision for Black Lives
The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, joined by the Fellowship’s Palestine/Israel Network, is proud to stand in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives in unequivocal support of its ”Vision for Black Lives” (https://policy.m4bl.org/) issued on August 1. "The policy…
Remembering Ed Browning, 24th Presiding Bishop
Naim Ateek, Founder of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem and Chair of its Board, spoke at Ed Browning’s funeral in the cathedral in Portland OR on 19 July 2016:
On behalf of SabeeI and Friends of Sabeel I would like to express my deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to…
Voices for Justice: Ann Coburn on Gaza with photos by Boyd Evans
Voices for Justice: Ann Coburn on Gaza with photos by Boyd Evans
On the Ground in Palestine with EPF PIN
In May/June 2016, an EPF PIN delegation spent time in Gaza. Ann Coburn writes about one visit to a building bombed in Israel’s invasion of Gaza in 2014. Boyd Evans took the photos.
We were driving…
Hospitality as an Act of Justice: Naim Ateek preaches in Portland OR
Sermon
Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Portland, OR
July 17, 2016
Genesis 18:1-10a; Luke 10:38-42
Justice as Radical Hospitality
“Lord do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work? …” (LK 10:40)
“Do not neglect to show hospitality” Hebrews 13:2
Thanks to Fr. Martin…
On the Ground in Palestine/Israel with EPF PJN
A delegation of PIN activists and friends traveled in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza May 22 - June 3, 2016. Here is a brief pictorial review of just a few of their encounters during that time. Throughout their time, the group met living examples of steadfastness and resistance to the occupation. These…
Smile You’re on the Upper West Side
EPF PIN member Rebecca Fadil reflects on her time in Gaza and on the ways in which Palestine/Israel is discussed in her community and on the ongoing work of peace with justice. A version of this was published last week on Mondoweiss.
I just returned from Gaza a couple weeks ago. I can't begin to…
Voices for Justice: The Nakba Storyteller
EPF PIN member Tinka Perry reflects on the Nakba, commemorated in May, and an artwork she saw at the Native American Museum in Santa Fe after the EPF PIN leadership retreat in February.
This week I have been acutely aware of the Nakba anniversary. Over the past 4 years I have been learning more and…
Voices for Justice: Witness from the Palestine Justice Network
EPF PJN member Harry Gunkel reflects.
A Voice for Justice
As it is for many people, "Casablanca" is one of my favorite movies. In the iconic last scene, the impossibly beautiful Ingrid Bergman is saying goodbye to gruff but good-hearted Humphrey Bogart. They are in love but must separate because they…
Racialized States and Popular Resistance: From Chicago to Jerusalem
EPF PJN member Newland Smith reports on a 3-day conference at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary last month.
This two-day conference which was held on the campus of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston April 14-16 was attended by about a hundred people. The purpose of the conference…
BDS: As American as Apple Pie!
Editor's Note: EPF PIN member Linda Gaither reflects on boycott actions and free speech and how it’s all interpreted and acted on when she compares the boycott movement affecting North Carolina around HB2 and the New York legislature’s attempt to stifle action around Palestinian civil society’s…