Wednesday, July 8th

5:30 to 8:00 pm

730 Broadway, Kingston

• Mocktails, Finger Foods, Sweet Treats

• Live music

• Exhibits & Activities

• Special Giveaways

Ticket prices: From $25 - $2000

With comments from Mustafa Sheta, Manager of the Freedom Theatre.

This powerful and deeply moving documentary shines a spotlight on the unwavering resilience, strength and agency of Palestinian women living under the dual forces of military occupation and entrenched patriarchy. SAMIDOUN: The Steadfast Women of Palestine uses intimate, first hand accounts to amplify the voices of women who continue to resist and rebuild in the face of extraudinary adversity. Their stories are a testament to their extraudinary dignity, unbreakable spirit and capacity to survive against all odds.

This exhibition explores climate change and environmental justice in the Hudson Valley.

Featuring installations made from waste collected from the Hudson river, it reflects both historical and ongoing human impact. Indigenous relationships to the land, rooted in stewardship and reciprocity, are placed in contrast with present patterns of extraction, pollution, and disconnection. The exhibition asks where we stand now in our relationship to the Hudson and what responsibility we carry moving forward.

Join us this Saturday for a fun and engaging program where children (ages 5–10) learn the values of peace, empathy, and cooperation through storytelling, games, and creative expression!

In a world where conflict often takes center stage, teaching peace from a young age helps nurture kindness, understanding, and community.

Register here

Saturdays | 10–11am
Kingston Library
Jan 17, Feb 21, March 28, April 25

JENIN’S FREEDOM THEATRE: VOICE OF RESISTANCE by director Eyad Hourani bears witness to the extraudinary resilience, hope and strength of the founder and performers of Jenin’s Freedom Theatre, a sanctuary for the youth in the Jenin refugee camp in occupied Palestine. The film documents Mahmoud Aby Aita as he leads his aspiring young actors in rehearsinf for a performance abroad, despite what seems like a never-ending trauma from which there is no escape, Mahmoud’s unwavering belief in the possibility of change underlies his commitment to helping his students heal, broaden their horizons and envision a future beyond the devastating Israeli occupation.

Join us this Saturday for a fun and engaging program where children (ages 5–10) learn the values of peace, empathy, and cooperation through storytelling, games, and creative expression!

In a world where conflict often takes center stage, teaching peace from a young age helps nurture kindness, understanding, and community.

Register here

Saturdays | 10–11am
Kingston Library
Jan 17, Feb 21, March 28, April 25

MAYOR follows Musa Hadid, the Christian Major of Ramallah. Exquisite in detailed observation and poignant humor. Mayor offers a compelling portrait of extraudinary dignity amidst the devestation and despair of endless occupation while posing the question: How does one govern a city amidst the unimaginable ongoing loss of the country in which it resides?

Join us this Saturday for a fun and engaging program where children (ages 5–10) learn the values of peace, empathy, and cooperation through storytelling, games, and creative expression!

In a world where conflict often takes center stage, teaching peace from a young age helps nurture kindness, understanding, and community.

Register here

Saturdays | 10–11am
Kingston Library
Jan 17, Feb 21, March 28, April 25

This must-see debut feature film, directed by Abby Martin shows you Gaza’s protest movement like you’ve never seen before. A thought-provoking and inspiring cinematic portrayal of Palestinian’s heroic resistance to oppression, repression and ethnic cleansing from their homeland.

Join us this Saturday for a fun and engaging program where children (ages 5–10) learn the values of peace, empathy, and cooperation through storytelling, games, and creative expression!

In a world where conflict often takes center stage, teaching peace from a young age helps nurture kindness, understanding, and community.

Register here

Saturdays | 10–11am
Kingston Library
Jan 17, Feb 21, March 28, April 25

In a world where conflict often dominates the headlines, it’s important to teach our children the values of peace, kindness, justice, and understanding. Our program offers fun, creative, hands-on activities that introduce the basics of peacebuilding

Storytelling and creative expression to explore peace and justice

Games and group activities that teach cooperation

Collaborative projects that help them appreciate differences, and nurture empathy.

Registration recommended but not required.

In a world where conflict often dominates the headlines, it’s important to teach our children the values of peace, kindness, justice, and understanding. Our program offers fun, creative, hands-on activities that introduce the basics of peacebuilding

Storytelling and creative expression to explore peace and justice

Games and group activities that teach cooperation

Collaborative projects that help them appreciate differences, and nurture empathy.

Registration recommended but not required.

Family Style Dinner Reception, Photo Exhibition & Film Screening

From 2005-2010, Hudson Valley activist and humanitarian Jane Toby stayed with Palestinian families in the West Bank , documenting the tenderrhythm of their daily lives in photographs and film. With a deep sense of respect and a longing forinternational understanding and compassion,

“When We Meet: Stories from the West Bank” offers a timely reminder that the ties that bind us are far strongerthan we might ever imagine.

Family-Style Dinner: 5-6:30pm, Café Joust 365 Main Street,Catskill, NY 12414

Film Screening: 7-8pm, Community Theater 373 Main Street,Catskill, NY 12414

In a world where conflict often dominates the headlines, it’s important to teach our children the values of peace, kindness, justice, and understanding. Our program offers fun, creative, hands-on activities that introduce the basics of peacebuilding

Storytelling and creative expression to explore peace and justice

Games and group activities that teach cooperation

Collaborative projects that help them appreciate differences, and nurture empathy.

Registration recommended but not required.

In a world where conflict often dominates the headlines, it’s important to teach our children the values of peace, kindness, justice, and understanding. Our program offers fun, creative, hands-on activities that introduce the basics of peacebuilding

Storytelling and creative expression to explore peace and justice

Games and group activities that teach cooperation

Collaborative projects that help them appreciate differences, and nurture empathy.

Registration recommended but not required.

1. Karim Satoum - HELLS’S HAVEN

2. Alaa Damo - 24 HOURS

3. Aws Al Banna - JAD AND NATALIE

4. Rabab Khamis - RECYCLING

5. Etimad Washah - TAXI WANISSA

6. Mustafa Al Nabih - OFFERINGS

7. Hana Eleiwa - NO.

8. Wassam Moussa - FARAH AND MYRIAM

9. Basal El Maqousi - FRAGMENTS

10. Neda’a Abu Hasna - OUT OF FRAME

11. Mahdi Kreirah - AWAKENING

Resources. Refreshments. Relationship Building. All are Welcome, Free Admission. Donations are Appreciated.

ADA-Compliant Venue

For More Info: mecr@mideastcrisis.org

Executive Producer Michael Moore and Palestine’s Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers who capture their lives in Gaza amidst war.

1. Reema Mahmoud - SELFIE

2. Muhammad Al Sharif - NO SIGNAL

3. Ahmed Hassouna - SORRY CINEMA

4. Islam Al Zeriei - FLASHBACK

5. Mustafa Kolab - ECHO

6. Nidal Damo - ALL IS FINE

7. Khamis Masharawi - SOFT SKIN

8. Bashar Al Balbisi - CHARM

9. Tamer Nijim - THE TEACHER

10. Ahmed Al Danaf - A SCHOOL DAY

11. Alaa Islam Ayoub - OVERLOAD

Resources. Refreshments. Relationship Building. All are Welcome, Free Admission. Donations are Appreciated.

ADA-Compliant Venue

For More Info: mecr@mideastcrisis.org

In a world where conflict often dominates the headlines, it’s important to teach our children the values of peace, kindness, justice, and understanding. Our program offers fun, creative, hands-on activities that introduce the basics of peacebuilding

Storytelling and creative expression to explore peace and justice

Games and group activities that teach cooperation

Collaborative projects that help them appreciate differences, and nurture empathy.

Registration recommended but not required.

A drama revolving around a Palestinian schoolteacher struggling to support his students who becomes romantically involved with a British aid worker. It explores the complexities of life uner occupation while examining cross-cultural relationships and the personal costs of resistance.

Resources. Refreshments. Relationship Building. All are Welcome, Free Admission. Donations are Appreciated.

ADA-Compliant Venue

For More Info: mecr@mideastcrisis.org

Film Screening & Community Discussion

Produced by Zeteo Media, ‘Who Killed Shireen?’ is a 40 minute documentary that investigates the killing of prominent Palistinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in the Occupied West Bank in May 2022

Resources. Refreshments. Relationship Building. All are Welcome, Free Admission. Donations are Appreciated.

ADA-Compliant Venue

For More Info: mecr@mideastcrisis.org

The Peace Education Center invites women and anti-war supporters of all ages to join us on the first Saturday of each month and to be part of the Kingston Women in Black. We meet at Firemen’s Park in Kingston. Women in Black is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence.

Photovoice is a learning and research method that involves exploring your neighborhood to observe the conditions and any inequalities you notice in everyday life. Using photographs, participants document aspects of their lives and share them with others. Our sessions will focus on taking photos and sharing stories that inspire the observer to create positive community change.

Photovoice with a peace education lens (ha ha, pun intended) hopes to inspire children, youth, and families to imagine the community they want to live in.

Each session will last about 1-2 hours and include: Overview of Peace Education and Envisioning a Positive Future; walking tour for picture taking; discussion and sharing of photos.

Sessions will be offered at various times throughout the month of July. Feel free to attend more than one. Bring a camera or smartphone. We will also have some digital cameras available for use.

Sign Up Here

Photovoice is a learning and research method that involves exploring your neighborhood to observe the conditions and any inequalities you notice in everyday life. Using photographs, participants document aspects of their lives and share them with others. Our sessions will focus on taking photos and sharing stories that inspire the observer to create positive community change.

Photovoice with a peace education lens (ha ha, pun intended) hopes to inspire children, youth, and families to imagine the community they want to live in.

Each session will last about 1-2 hours and include: Overview of Peace Education and Envisioning a Positive Future; walking tour for picture taking; discussion and sharing of photos.

Sessions will be offered at various times throughout the month of July. Feel free to attend more than one. Bring a camera or smartphone. We will also have some digital cameras available for use.

Sign Up Here

Photovoice is a learning and research method that involves exploring your neighborhood to observe the conditions and any inequalities you notice in everyday life. Using photographs, participants document aspects of their lives and share them with others. Our sessions will focus on taking photos and sharing stories that inspire the observer to create positive community change.

Photovoice with a peace education lens (ha ha, pun intended) hopes to inspire children, youth, and families to imagine the community they want to live in.

Each session will last about 1-2 hours and include: Overview of Peace Education and Envisioning a Positive Future; walking tour for picture taking; discussion and sharing of photos.

Sessions will be offered at various times throughout the month of July. Feel free to attend more than one. Bring a camera or smartphone. We will also have some digital cameras available for use.

Sign Up Here

Join the MHVDSA Palestine Liberation Working Group on Sunday, July 13 from 1 PM to 3:30 PM for a FREE screening of the documentary "How Israel Won the West". The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion.

This screening offers the opportunity to learn about the history of the relationship between Israel and the Western world and explains the complexity of Israel/Palestine/US relations, including factors leading to the US giving $23 billion to Israel for weapons & military operations for its genocide in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.

The fact that a group is permitted to meet at the Gardiner Library does not in any way constitute an endorsement of the group’s activities, policies or beliefs.

The Peace Education Center invites women and anti-war supporters of all ages to join us on the first Saturday of each month and to be part of the Kingston Women in Black. We meet at Firemen’s Park in Kingston. Women in Black is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence.

Photovoice is a learning and research method that involves exploring your neighborhood to observe the conditions and any inequalities you notice in everyday life. Using photographs, participants document aspects of their lives and share them with others. Our sessions will focus on taking photos and sharing stories that inspire the observer to create positive community change.

Photovoice with a peace education lens (ha ha, pun intended) hopes to inspire children, youth, and families to imagine the community they want to live in.

Each session will last about 1-2 hours and include: Overview of Peace Education and Envisioning a Positive Future; walking tour for picture taking; discussion and sharing of photos.

Sessions will be offered at various times throughout the month of July. Feel free to attend more than one. Bring a camera or smartphone. We will also have some digital cameras available for use.

Sign Up Here