Standing Together Webinar This Sunday!

The binational Israeli peace and justice organization Standing Together is holding a webinar this Sunday, 12/17/23, to inform supporters about their organizing efforts. As the invitation states:

After over two months of war, death, and destruction, where do we go from here? Join us on Sunday December 17th (1pm EST / 8pm Jerusalem) for a webinar, where you'll meet members of Standing Together to hear about the work we're doing on the ground to build an alternative of peace, equality and justice from within Israeli society. If you have already registered for our webinar, we ask you to register again on the following link to receive a reminder and the event's link automatically from the event's platform.

REGISTER TO OUR WEBINAR HERE

We are entering a new phase, past the immediate emergency reaction to the war, and toward preparing for the day after. When this war ends, another war will begin within Israeli society - a war over what kind of society we will be and what future we are headed towards. Our future depends on what kind of political partnership we can lead as Palestinians and Jews in Israel, and we are building one that is based on solidarity, equality, mutual recognition and justice. Our role moving forward is to strengthen and expand this partnership and model for a future society from the ground up, through developing new leadership across the country, organizing and mobilizing Palestinians and Jews around these ideas, and expanding our support base within Israeli society. This is no easy feat - we are up against powerful extremists who benefit from increasing division and fear in Israeli society.

Social media training session for students in Jerusalem.

We are focusing on increasing our training sessions across the country, where we provide people with tools to organize their communities towards political action, solidarity, and social justice. In addition, we have begun to organize communications and social media training with groups in various cities discussing how best to spread political messages and shift public opinion. As a social movement, we believe that the best way to build a social movement around shared ideas is not to speak down to people from a moral high ground, but rather to meet the public where it’s at and address the common interests of the society. These training sessions answer the growing demand of people searching for more effective ways to communicate ideas and influence public opinion by taking an in-depth look at how to communicate ideas in a way that addresses people’s common interests and increases support - rather than isolating people who may initially disagree.