https://thepjn.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1712271200189-6SZJ5W83PMCWS5TAXWS0/IMG_6966.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/31b04179-7400-47e4-983e-f10b52644009/mazin.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1708098314716-44MZA7FAGOGL1OA5HTLC/WhatsApp+Image+2024-02-16+at+6.34.22+AM.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/50b687a6-a094-4b5c-9faf-7b2edbf29c42/DC680271-3188-4767-B898-D3C7A5072FB6_1_105_c.jpeg https://thepjn.org/blog/in-nablus-there-is-life monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1774878877883-F4SR84V1MHQEV146I3VY/IMG_5524.jpeg PJN Blog - In Nablus, There is Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1774878875930-GWZYTGBGQ77R8JODBR9H/IMG_5527.jpeg PJN Blog - In Nablus, There is Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/22e013be-8be8-4e7a-ba9b-6ce458cce879/Ana+pic+1.jpg PJN Blog - In Nablus, There is Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b5758b00-8a9d-4b2a-b2c7-af3d88fb65a6/IMG_5549.jpeg PJN Blog - In Nablus, There is Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/52b7f3fc-371b-447f-916d-678f2c0289f1/IMG_5582.jpeg PJN Blog - In Nablus, There is Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/blog/who-is-he-a-palm-sunday-reflection monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://thepjn.org/blog/where-children-are-free-to-chase-soccer-balls monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/c83dbd46-8c5c-4b14-aadd-9313a22a1ee9/npw+blog+pic+1.jpg PJN Blog - Where Children are Free to Chase Soccer Balls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/96c89478-764e-4229-aa98-7391c12d1ea6/npw+blog+pic+2.jpg PJN Blog - Where Children are Free to Chase Soccer Balls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/294f71fb-67ad-4c60-855f-cfe2a018dbba/npw+blog+pic+3.jpg PJN Blog - Where Children are Free to Chase Soccer Balls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/a0035726-f469-4042-932d-3d9dd5bc7a99/Screenshot+2026-03-23+at+12.59.39%E2%80%AFPM.png PJN Blog - Where Children are Free to Chase Soccer Balls - Nate Paulin-Wieland is a hospital chaplain living on Illiniwek land currently known as Greenville, Illinois. 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They are passionate about the church's role in helping us all get free and are eager to be in deeper solidarity with our Palestinian siblings! After returning home, gave a presentation to their parish on their experience. Check out their presentation here. https://thepjn.org/blog/hanna-palestinian-art-and-culture monthly 0.5 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/85b5a2d1-3053-4a09-bf8d-24d8ea15a2e8/Screenshot+2026-03-09+at+11.54.31%E2%80%AFAM.png PJN Blog - Hanna: A Story About Palestinian Art and Culture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/4719abb0-7cb3-405d-ae89-90da4b506a83/Screenshot+2026-03-09+at+11.54.48%E2%80%AFAM.png PJN Blog - Hanna: A Story About Palestinian Art and Culture - Make it stand out Two delegation members, Rev. Dr. Heidi Armstrong (L) and Rev. Dr. Mary Graves (R), standing with Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University https://thepjn.org/blog/haifa-a-mixed-city monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1772484532019-QZ4Y58CQLLNPV3KC9XGF/Beautiful+surprise+on+a+Haifa+corner.jpg PJN Blog - Haifa: A Mixed City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1772484529708-8GKPF1BIDDG3Q12NU7N2/Beautiful+port+city+of+Haifa.jpg PJN Blog - Haifa: A Mixed City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cc58f8db-548a-47e5-9c94-9a49ed0fd509/Entrance+to+Adalah.jpg PJN Blog - Haifa: A Mixed City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/6f766c5b-0ef9-4b3d-a5b6-e96a4d174cf2/Author+outside+of+Social+Development+Cmte.jpg PJN Blog - Haifa: A Mixed City - I have been politically active since 2010. I began as a Democratic precinct chair, then served as treasurer of the county party, and then I was a candidate for Congress in multiple election cycles. One time, I came close to winning the seat in my very red area of North Texas! As a Unitarian Universalist, my platform was always rooted in the first UU principle, a belief in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. I combined that with my background as a retired CPA to advocate for an economy that truly works for all. I’ve done my best to be informed about the issues that are important to people, and to speak out on the side of ALL the people, not the few. I’m determined that we can make this world better for ALL. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, but my family moved to the Dallas, Texas area when I was 8- years-old, and I’ve been here ever since. I’m a fan of lifelong learning, so being a part of this delegation was an incredible learning experience for me! https://thepjn.org/blog/a-day-of-sorrow-hope-and-challenge monthly 0.5 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1771878463525-OZH9FPXYB8NGEUOAD5Z2/image0+%283%29.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1771878463391-R9XHHO411I37NY6MQ65S/image1+%282%29.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e92ac872-da42-4048-bb43-e4ae16a4c4e8/image2.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1771875274572-F0NIG674I0SCUL7WMUI4/IMG_1188.jpg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1771875274504-MDBNM1N59AZDWUFNQ9HB/IMG_0994.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1771875334109-5AIFEJP2WMR5Y1FITTM9/image3.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d9ffe273-eb1e-4c19-a2a9-5ad3a8e8fe90/20260125_103841_8E51F5.JPEG PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge - Make it stand out Pastor Munther Isaac preaching at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/2fcf6b89-d32a-4acc-b31d-3f53eba2706a/IMG_3089.jpeg PJN Blog - A Day of Sorrow, Hope and Challenge - Georgina Dietz is the former artistic director of Beacon Theatre Productions, a regional touring theatre company in the Philadelphia area. She is an ecumenical follower of Jesus, spiritual director, prayer facilitator, and board member of an urban Mennonite church. She is a lifelong learner and continues to remain committed to the power of the arts to transform minds and hearts. https://thepjn.org/blog/pjn-action-alert-save-umm-al-khairs-soccer-field monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://thepjn.org/blog/the-water-of-life monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/c1041265-450e-416b-a4ee-2c60ad8fa89b/Picture1.jpg PJN Blog - The Water of Life - Make it stand out [Image: homes with plastic water tanks visible on the roofs, under the surveillance of an IDF outpost on the top of the hill.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/2a395b63-6b2c-4fa0-9f2b-c935ef1555e5/Picture2.jpg PJN Blog - The Water of Life - Make it stand out [Image: the clear delineation between Palestinian land, nearer to the camera, and land occupied by Israeli settlers, demarcated by the dual roads splitting the image. The settlers have the water resources to maintain plant life, while to the left of this photo frame, a Palestinian olive tree plot slowly withers.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/bac60819-dd36-471f-9736-32577b2eb9e2/henri+headshot.jpg PJN Blog - The Water of Life - The author, Henri Acree, accompanied Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow’s December 2025 Presbyterian delegation to Palestine. The son of Presbyterian preacher Jill Acree, Henri studies anthropology and archaeology, and is currently obtaining a Master’s degree. He currently lives in Massachusetts with his cat Indiana Jones. He is @hjacree893 on Instagram. https://thepjn.org/blog/growing-up-with-in-palestine monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/11531ca3-eca1-40c2-9ee2-7a7b386085a1/IMG_9182.jpeg PJN Blog - Growing Up with/in Palestine - Make it stand out The walls of a cave classroom at the Tent of Nations is adorned with a peace mural made by children, showing their shadows and wishes for peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1770053160687-OD0FTYPU63PLB7J55ZRV/IMG_8937.jpeg PJN Blog - Growing Up with/in Palestine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1770053157072-EZNFWPAVGRVU1CQ0RLKW/IMG_9196.jpeg PJN Blog - Growing Up with/in Palestine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/6e2d1cef-f366-4e33-821f-caf83e48a301/headshot.jpeg PJN Blog - Growing Up with/in Palestine - Ailih Weeldreyer (she/her) is the National Organizer for the World Student Christian Federation-US and a 2024 graduate of Harvard Divinity School. She has served on the staff of the Quaker United Nations Office, as a Presbyterian Young Adult Volunteer in Washington, D.C., and organized with the Sunrise Movement in her hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her professional, volunteer, and academic work, as well as personal history, connects her to efforts for peace in Palestine, the Korean Peninsula, and Scotland. https://thepjn.org/blog/wenak-ya-allah monthly 0.5 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/109e614d-e0ef-457e-97ef-b29aaf72e74b/Samayo+blog+picture.png PJN Blog - Wenak ya Allah — Where are you, God, amidst genocide? - Make it stand out Sticker found at The Gateway Café, Old City Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0edb5d79-8628-4a79-af75-0d332489be3f/Nathan+Samayo+headshot.jpg PJN Blog - Wenak ya Allah — Where are you, God, amidst genocide? - Nathan Samayo is a PhD Student at Princeton Theological Seminary studying Indigenous religion and politics surrounding issues of climate change in the Pacific. https://thepjn.org/blog/kairos-palestine-ii-study-guide monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b7a19a63-8ceb-4a7f-be15-a6432a8a26dc/COVER+KP2.jpg PJN Blog - New Study Guide Brings Bold Palestinian Christian Document to Congregations - Firas Thabet, Gaznica, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 152 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Firas Thabet, Gaznica, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 152 cm. Courtesy of the artist. “Every brushstroke in my paintings carries the pain of a nation.” Firas Thabet’s work appeared in the "Gaza Biennale” in an exhibition entitled From Gaza to the World, which opened on September 11, 2025 in Brooklyn, NY. Most of the 25 artists remain in Gaza, and do their work amid the rubble of the ruins which Israel has reduced Gaza to. Thabet’s Gaznica, like Picasso’s Guernica, shows devastation and despair and illustrates that in a time of war and genocide, art is not a luxury but an essential record of life as well as death. https://thepjn.org/blog/open-letter-pcusa-reps-palestine monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://thepjn.org/blog/condemnation-of-israels-ongoing-genocide-in-gaza monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0a7d13e5-b9dd-4263-b308-0581eae7cd63/emad-el-byed-Wk_pMkVrVsQ-unsplash.jpg PJN Blog - PJN Reiterates Condemnation of Israel’s Ongoing Genocide in Gaza - Make it stand out Photo by Emad El Byed on Unsplash https://thepjn.org/blog/pjn-2025-annual-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://thepjn.org/blog/77th-anniversary-of-nakba-prayer monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://thepjn.org/blog/easter-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/abcf723c-e3c8-4c55-af22-ed6b140e8070/IMG_7007.jpg PJN Blog - Easter 2025: May Our Strength to Fight Injustice Be Renewed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/87932fc0-4683-43cd-8cb2-4830c9c0e13c/IMG_7018.jpg PJN Blog - Easter 2025: May Our Strength to Fight Injustice Be Renewed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/deb26d8a-9a61-4d33-8ca1-c95bab4f8b18/IMG_6719.jpg PJN Blog - Easter 2025: May Our Strength to Fight Injustice Be Renewed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/blog/story-of-an-unnamed-woman monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/19266da6-7159-4dc0-a517-cbc6dd682b60/PXL_20250312_141155953.jpg PJN Blog - Story of an Unnamed Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/f7fd1c24-73cb-4482-affb-8c499832cf94/PXL_20250311_115527112.jpg PJN Blog - Story of an Unnamed Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/362a15e5-61c2-4960-8ff5-463270934f0d/Roberts%2C+D_2024.jpg PJN Blog - Story of an Unnamed Woman - Dee Roberts is a theological librarian and a member of the PJN Steering Committee. Having previously traveled to Palestine, she was a co-leader on the Lenten Solidarity and Witness delegation with FOSNA from March 7-17, 2025. Dee is active in the Atlanta, GA community working with multiple organizations to bring the liberation of Palestine into reality. She serves as one of the co-chairs for the PJN’s Hosanna Preaching Project which exists to challenge and equip activists, educators, and preachers to engage the issue of Palestinian justice from a stance of Christian solidarity with the Palestinian people and utilizing the best contemporary theological resources. In addition to working around Palestinian justice, Dee enjoys playing guitar and singing, hanging out with her two dogs, and attempting to be a gardener. https://thepjn.org/blog/jimmy-carter-hero-for-human-rights monthly 0.5 2025-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/2500fda8-c222-4f83-a036-21de55497d3c/prescarterbookcover.jpg PJN Blog - Jimmy Carter, Hero for Human Rights - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/871f4fab-edae-4e19-bf1f-5eaa5ec5dd19/prescarterprotest.png PJN Blog - Jimmy Carter, Hero for Human Rights - Make it stand out Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter protest in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in October 2010. (Bernat Armangue/AP) https://thepjn.org/blog/the-spirit-hovers-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2024-12-24 https://thepjn.org/blog/pjn-advent-series-a-confession-of-hopelessness monthly 0.5 2024-12-22 https://thepjn.org/blog/pjn-advent-series-is-this-my-fathers-world monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://thepjn.org/blog/the-place-and-way-of-peace monthly 0.5 2024-12-08 https://thepjn.org/blog/psalm-130-waiting-for-divine-redemption monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://thepjn.org/blog/advent-for-palestine-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/9235af09-6ef3-425d-b2d0-477c5e3ecb66/Advent+for+Palestine.jpeg PJN Blog - PJN Advent Series: Advent Calendar for Palestine - Make it stand out Click here for a printable version. https://thepjn.org/blog/we-are-the monthly 0.5 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/01a15b60-1253-4ef2-aef4-5857b8923f0b/PJN+2024_Transparent.png PJN Blog - We are the... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/blog/will-you-too-rise-and-sing monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/506afe7e-4aa8-41a2-8be8-df4e1830d45f/CFP+singing.jpeg PJN Blog - Will you, too, rise and sing?  - Make it stand out Rise, fighting for our friends in Gaza! Rise with our spirits in this place! Rise in power, rise in love, rise in grace! https://thepjn.org/blog/open-letter-to-the-office-of-palestinian-affairs-regarding-the-arrest-of-sheikh-ekrima-sabri monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://thepjn.org/blog/remembering-long-time-ipmn-member-dr-nahida-halaby-gordon monthly 0.5 2024-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/720c7ea1-9dbd-4f61-9b7d-785fa8db6ea1/Nahida+H+Gordon.jpg PJN Blog - Remembering long-time IPMN Member, Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/blog/the-presbyterian-church-usa-votes-to-divest-from-israeli-bonds monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://thepjn.org/blog/a-disturbing-scene-during-the-2024-flag-march monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/644f22a5-8390-480b-9f8b-70e6d7057008/Oxford_Paul+A.+McAllister+.jpg PJN Blog - A Disturbing Scene During the 2024 Flag March - Rev. Dr. Paul McAllister Rev. Dr. Paul A. McAllister, Founder and President of Global Leaders in Unity and Evolvement (GLUE), an independent 501(c)(3) think tank organization in North Carolina. He is a member of the Science and Digitalization Task Force of Think 7 Italy, the official policy engagement group of the G7, and was a 2023 member of the Think 7 Japan Task Force on Peace, Security and Global Governance. He is chair of the Interfaith Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party, a member of the National Council of Churches Theology Task Force of the Interfaith Relations Convening Table, the Faith and Order Convening Table, and a Bonhoeffer Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. A former systems engineer, he is an ordained clergyman with the Church of God (National Offices in Anderson, IN) and a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. https://thepjn.org/blog/hebron-collective-peace-or-punishment monthly 0.5 2024-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/c9b012f8-c361-4d57-a635-c6274af568ee/IMG_7041+Large.jpg PJN Blog - Hebron: Collective Peace or Punishment? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/05247cb6-9d3a-469f-b8bf-fc28efb184f2/IMG_7046+Large.jpg PJN Blog - Hebron: Collective Peace or Punishment? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/97a41a38-3946-4879-8b5c-6b95d0e489ba/d47e9700-4631-450b-90bb-a158caa13573+Large.jpg PJN Blog - Hebron: Collective Peace or Punishment? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/53204971-a994-4b37-88fb-469438ded74b/Shannon-Smythe-News.jpeg PJN Blog - Hebron: Collective Peace or Punishment? - Rev. Dr. Shannon Smythe Rev. Dr. Shannon Smythe serves in a validated ministry in the Presbytery of the Coastlands as Director of Field Education and Vocational Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She has spent the past decade engaging in Reformed theological scholarship and teaching in both seminary and undergraduate contexts and pastoring in PC(USA) churches in NY, DE, and NJ. With a strong commitment to seeing God’s shalom kin-dom come on earth as it is in heaven, her goal is to help cultivate students who “are able to facilitate the gathering of people together,” inviting them “into a shared offering of themselves to one another” (Willie Jennings). Shannon lives in Morrisville, PA with her husband, Kevin, son, Micah, and dog, Chloe. https://thepjn.org/blog/joy-and-hope-as-resistance monthly 0.5 2024-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/4db9eeae-e70f-4c37-896f-609e0fe393a5/Interfaith+march.jpg PJN Blog - Joy and Hope As Resistance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/11ff0a30-eb7e-42dd-811b-6c9d65a6153e/Colleen+Moore.jpeg PJN Blog - Joy and Hope As Resistance - Colleen Moore Colleen Moore is the Director of Peace With Justice at the General Board of Church and Society, the social justice agency of the United Methodist Church. In her position, she is responsible for developing and managing the agency’s legislative and policy advocacy in support of peace and justice. She works in coalition with United Methodist faith and secular coalitions to advance GBCS strategic priorities on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, nonproliferation and disarmament, and multilateralism. She previously held roles at Women Cross DMZ, Global Zero, Beyond the Bomb, Win Without War, and Seeds of Peace. Colleen holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and International Relations from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from American University’s School of International Service. https://thepjn.org/blog/liturgies-of-occupation monthly 0.5 2024-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/12ae1bd2-dd69-4248-85aa-b116d2609d49/Dove+grafitti PJN Blog - Liturgies of Occupation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8e93f01c-cd38-4268-9266-ff61ce656202/Conor+headshot.png PJN Blog - Liturgies of Occupation - Conor Foley Conor Foley (they/them) is the Outreach Minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn. Through and alongside their church work, they have been active in the movement for Palestinian liberation, and for the abolition of police and prisons in the U.S. They are currently writing an academic monograph titled The Bible and Police Violence in the United States. https://thepjn.org/blog/amazing-sumud monthly 0.5 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/2aaf80ee-3092-4e84-80f7-4c4ed5ff0d92/IMG_4214.jpeg PJN Blog - Amazing Sumud - Make it stand out IPMN delegation with Father Jamil, pastor of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Nablus, Nahida, Rula, and Sami Khalil, church members, and Omar Haramy, Director of Sabeel Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d3463a5e-9a0f-4eed-84e8-d2e5231ba0d3/IMG_0010.jpeg PJN Blog - Amazing Sumud - Carol Garwood Carol is married, retired, and lives in South Sioux City, Nebraska. She has four grown children and seven grandchildren. Carol worked for just under 40 years as an insurance adjuster for Great West Casualty Company. She currently serves on the Steering Committee of United Methodists for Kairos Response and is on the United Methodist Great Plains Conference Holy Land Task Force and a member of Nebraskans for Peace – Palestinian Rights Task Force. Her first trip to Israel/Palestine was in 2011 as part of a Volunteer in Mission team. Since that time, she has traveled back three times as a Team Leader, and once as a participant of a Pilgrims of Ibillin team. In her spare time, she enjoys crocheting, knitting, reading, and flea marketing. https://thepjn.org/blog/is-god-really-on-the-side-of-the-oppressed monthly 0.5 2024-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/30d3c8d9-60a2-4970-ada7-970ccbdfcb2c/IMG_0698.jpeg PJN Blog - Is God Really on the Side of the Oppressed? - Make it stand out The person to the left has their back turned while holding a key. It is said that Palestinians keep their keys from before the occupation hoping to someday return and open the doors to their old homes. Their backs are turned as a reminder that that time has yet to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8deb7df4-d1e9-4a52-b370-7d658117b508/Jeff+headshot.jpeg PJN Blog - Is God Really on the Side of the Oppressed? - Jeff Shankle Jeff Shankle is currently the longest tenured youth worker in Marin County (north San Francisco), CA serving at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Over the past 25 years he has served in a variety of positions as an associate pastor and then a senior pastor before returning to his original call of youth ministry. He has had the privilege of preaching, leading relief efforts, and community organizing in 30 states and 7 countries. His ecumenical efforts are substantial having partnered with congregations in every major world religion, major Christian denomination, many para-church organizations and other charities. An avid runner, reader, news junkie, and ultimate frisbee player you'll find also Jeff spending time with his wife Jenn (a gerontologist) and twin 9 year old boys, Theo and Sol. https://thepjn.org/blog/pilgrims-not-tourists monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/089f0c5b-e67c-4916-b0fb-29037ee56458/IMG_9197.jpeg PJN Blog - Pilgrims, Not Tourists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e31c0320-a8d6-4d26-a08f-2109306a146e/Joan+Deming+Headshot.jpeg PJN Blog - Pilgrims, Not Tourists - Rev. Joan Deming Joan Deming, married to Don Schultz, mom of 2 daughters and grandmother to 2 amazing preschoolers. I live in Minneapolis, MN near one daughter and her family, but lived most of my life in Wisconsin. I am a retired United Methodist pastor, a member of the Wisconsin Conference. I split my career between local church ministry (28 years) and nonprofit leadership (15 years), with the last 10 years before retirement focused on support for Palestinian Christians and leading groups to visit Israel/Palestine. I worked for Pilgrims of Ibillin, supporting the work of Abuna Elias Chacour at his schools in Ibillin plus other peace-building organizations in Israel and the West Bank. My ongoing partner in leading trips has been Wi'am Center for Conflict Transformation in Bethlehem, and I have continued to work with their leadership to lead Living Stones pilgrimages after retirement. My hobbies include gardening, hiking, quilting, knitting, and anything my grandchildren want to do. https://thepjn.org/blog/signs-of-hope-in-a-hostile-land monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/05a76a1a-98b0-46ac-ac7f-9960618d3360/Day+1+blog+post+IPMN.jpg PJN Blog - Signs of Hope in a Hostile Land - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/de3ca36a-b0d1-453f-84f1-da5fb3aef278/Kathy+Drinkard+Headshot.png PJN Blog - Signs of Hope in a Hostile Land - Kathy Drinkard Kathy Drinkard is a retired Fairfax County, Virginia teacher and elementary school counselor. She has been studying the Israel-Palestine issue and advocating for peace in the region for nearly two decades and has visited the region several times. She currently chairs the Ministry for Middle East Peace and Justice at Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield, which has maintained a partnership with an Anglican congregation in Nablus in the West Bank since 2007. She is very excited to be participating in this solidarity delegation. https://thepjn.org/blog/come-and-see-go-and-tell-may-2024-delegation monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://thepjn.org/blog/israeli-forces-damage-episcopal-church-in-nablus-contact-your-us-elected-officials-to-demand-an-investigation monthly 0.5 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/407f6675-71f8-4548-8e39-982d0d0ff1b3/Church+of+the+Good+Shepherd.jpg PJN Blog - Israeli forces damage Episcopal church in Nablus : Contact your US elected officials to demand an investigation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/blog/open-letter-to-university-presidentschancellors-on-divestment monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://thepjn.org/blog/2024-hosanna-preaching-project-recap monthly 0.5 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b1bcb591-693c-4f5a-ae1e-5b07bbe260e2/Sagan.png PJN Blog - 2024 Hosanna Preaching Project Recap - Make it stand out [A photo of our littlest learner, co-chair Addie Domske’s child Sagan, soaking up liberation education!] https://thepjn.org/blog/ipmn-2024-annual-meeting-recap monthly 0.5 2024-04-04 https://thepjn.org/blog/words-matter monthly 0.5 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/12616f58-a990-4c91-a1bf-c8e098880973/noushin.jpeg PJN Blog - Words Matter - Noushin Framke Noushin Darya Framke is a West Asian Christian whose family is Armenian on one side and Iranian on the other. Noushin’s maternal grandmother walked into Iran in 1915 as a ten-year-old refugee survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Noushin was educated in Iran at a Presbyterian mission school and in boarding schools in England. She came to the United States in 1978 for college and her freshman year turned out to be the year of the Iranian Revolution. Noushin served six years as a member of MRTI, Mission Responsibility Through Investment, which advocates for corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). From 2006, Noushin has been a founding member of IPMN. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations. She is also a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board of Presbyterian Women. Noushin is a Presbyterian elder and lives in New Jersey and New York City. She and her husband of 42 years have 2 adult daughters. https://thepjn.org/blog/three-families-displaced-on-ash-wednesday monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/60a5a452-ec8b-4f92-8fb9-0577a0761ada/Ronee+Christy.jpeg PJN Blog - Three Families Displaced on Ash Wednesday - Rev. Ronee Christy Rev. Christy was pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church in Oil City, PA for 11 years. She retired during the pandemic and moved to Pittsburgh where she began a part time position at Bellevue United Presbyterian Church, where she is currently serving. She has worked in a Presbyterian Church in one way or another since she was in college. She traveled to the Middle East (1966, and mid-1970) with her family. Their travels were not as much about touring as they were about understanding situations of conflict and struggle in that region. I grew up hearing missionaries (example: Dr. Ken Bailey) who lived in the Middle East (and around the world), who had eyes to see a different perspective than what is offered here in the USA. Rev. Christy is honored to be a part of this community. https://thepjn.org/blog/we-have-been-too-silent-for-too-long monthly 0.5 2024-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/dccc59ff-ff23-4524-a670-3cf6e54feb32/Rob-Trawick-Picture.jpeg PJN Blog - We Have Been Too Silent For Too Long - Dr. Robert Trawick Dr. Robert Trawick is a Ruling Elder currently serving as the General Presbyter for Albany Presbytery. Prior to this call, Rob taught philosophy and religious studies for over twenty years at St. Thomas Aquinas College. He has served the Presbyterian Church (USA) as a member of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy and currently serves as the co-moderator of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network. https://thepjn.org/blog/two-hours-and-50-minutes-at-a-checkpoint monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/28da8ed5-92ef-41e9-8fc5-9b95d8b1ccf6/IMG_6695.jpg PJN Blog - Two Hours and 50 Minutes at a Checkpoint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b0501f32-3f38-4172-a8c6-8a5811dfde95/IMG_6698.JPG PJN Blog - Two Hours and 50 Minutes at a Checkpoint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/4eced0bc-fc77-4d4c-929f-db7ed8d76ca9/IMG_6697.jpg PJN Blog - Two Hours and 50 Minutes at a Checkpoint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/9d9e3b91-c16b-4ffe-8dc8-010cf21197a9/image0+%281%29.jpeg PJN Blog - Two Hours and 50 Minutes at a Checkpoint - Rev. Marietta Macy Rev. Marietta Macy (she/they) was first introduced to the subject of Palestine and Israel while serving as a Youth Advisory Delegate for the PC(USA) General Assembly in 2004 and has stayed connected ever since. She graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014 with her M.Div. and from 2013-2019 she served in various roles on the Steering Committee of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA) including as Co-Moderator. Having grown up on a farm in rural southern Indiana, she recognized a shared language of kinship with the land expressed by indigenous Palestinian farmers which has greatly shaped her theology of creation and our place in it. Serving as a Christian educator for most of her professional career with children, youth, and youth adults, she now serves as Associate Pastor of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, West Virginia. To get the chance to learn from Rev. Macy, join us for the Hosanna Preaching Project! https://thepjn.org/blog/gaza-starving-as-unrwa-gets-strangled monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0ecb6b17-3509-4453-b20e-0260848974fc/unrwa+field+office.jpg PJN Blog - Gaza Starving as UNRWA gets Strangled - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/afc2e660-36b8-4e89-bceb-c9c0fb4701cd/Director+of+UNRWA.jpg PJN Blog - Gaza Starving as UNRWA gets Strangled - Make it stand out Adam Bouloukos, Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b50d6875-0279-46cf-a5b1-9e4e473e8813/toyota+land+cruisers.jpg PJN Blog - Gaza Starving as UNRWA gets Strangled - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8c83a1c4-467e-4909-b28f-142ce3dd1240/noushin.jpeg PJN Blog - Gaza Starving as UNRWA gets Strangled - Noushin Framke Noushin Darya Framke is a West Asian Christian whose family is Armenian on one side and Iranian on the other. Noushin’s maternal grandmother walked into Iran in 1915 as a ten-year-old refugee survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Noushin was educated in Iran at a Presbyterian mission school and in boarding schools in England. She came to the United States in 1978 for college and her freshman year turned out to be the year of the Iranian Revolution. Noushin served six years as a member of MRTI, Mission Responsibility Through Investment, which advocates for corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). From 2006, Noushin has been a founding member of IPMN. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations. She is also a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board of Presbyterian Women. Noushin is a Presbyterian elder and lives in New Jersey and New York City. She and her husband of 42 years have 2 adult daughters. https://thepjn.org/blog/hamsa-and-heartache monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/923f4af1-6695-4eaa-9f38-c00642cd3360/woman+at+the+well.jpg PJN Blog - Hamsa and Heartache - Make it stand out Jesus meeting the woman at the well. Nablus, Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8bec89f7-f19e-4d36-95f1-1e3271ad9f51/Screen+Shot+2024-02-27+at+12.34.23+PM.png PJN Blog - Hamsa and Heartache - Make it stand out Solidarity delegation at Seeds. Image from Seeds’ instagram post from February 22, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8d67267b-258a-410e-9fcf-4681741463e9/Gail+Doering.jpeg PJN Blog - Hamsa and Heartache - Rev. Gail Doering Rev. Gail Doering, MDiv is a 2nd career pastor and a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is currently a board member of the Pilgrims of Ibillin, and a faculty for Mid America/Lincoln Trails (MALT) Transitional Ministry Education. Gail first visited Palestine in 2012 with three other Presbyterian women pastors. In 2016, she led an Olive Picking small group with Joint Advocacy Initiative/Alternative Tourism Group. In 2018, she spent 3 months in Galilee, Jerusalem/Old City and Bethlehem studying hope amidst conflict through the benefit of a Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Grant. When asked why she joined this delegation, she said, “All of these visits have provided so many opportunities to make friends and I am not sure I can show my face [in Palestine] again if I do not witness/stand with them in this time.” https://thepjn.org/blog/where-is-the-palestinian-gandhi monthly 0.5 2024-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/3ea34d17-9810-40f2-ade7-d14e094f2148/david+nassar.jpg PJN Blog - Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? - Make it stand out Daoud Nassar of Tent of Nations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0171f7e7-e60d-4baf-9056-bcf660915637/mitri+raheb.jpg PJN Blog - Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? - Make it stand out Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb of Dar al Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/285e6707-4c64-4754-abe6-8a7c35afa606/mazin.jpg PJN Blog - Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? - Make it stand out Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh in his biodiversity garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/9a50e150-20a6-4e38-8583-095d5d0692d0/noushin.jpeg PJN Blog - Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? - Noushin Framke Noushin Darya Framke is a West Asian Christian whose family is Armenian on one side and Iranian on the other. Noushin’s maternal grandmother walked into Iran in 1915 as a ten-year-old refugee survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Noushin was educated in Iran at a Presbyterian mission school and in boarding schools in England. She came to the United States in 1978 for college and her freshman year turned out to be the year of the Iranian Revolution. Noushin served six years as a member of MRTI, Mission Responsibility Through Investment, which advocates for corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). From 2006, Noushin has been a founding member of IPMN. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations. She is also a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board of Presbyterian Women. Noushin is a Presbyterian elder and lives in New Jersey and New York City. She and her husband of 42 years have 2 adult daughters. https://thepjn.org/blog/a-message-from-the-delegation-to-the-us-embassy monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/17456ac9-923f-425e-bacb-49ae53ae72d8/WhatsApp+Image+2024-02-22+at+12.02.40+PM.jpeg PJN Blog - A Message from the Delegation to the U.S. Embassy - Make it stand out The U.S. Embassy in Israel. Photos and videos were not permitted inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/903803d8-0b6f-4385-832a-b98d646e9bf8/image0+%281%29.jpeg PJN Blog - A Message from the Delegation to the U.S. Embassy - Rev. Marietta Macy Rev. Marietta Macy (she/they) was first introduced to the subject of Palestine and Israel while serving as a Youth Advisory Delegate for the PC(USA) General Assembly in 2004 and has stayed connected ever since. She graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014 with her M.Div. and from 2013-2019 she served in various roles on the Steering Committee of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA) including as Co-Moderator. Having grown up on a farm in rural southern Indiana, she recognized a shared language of kinship with the land expressed by indigenous Palestinian farmers which has greatly shaped her theology of creation and our place in it. Serving as a Christian educator for most of her professional career with children, youth, and youth adults, she now serves as Associate Pastor of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, West Virginia. https://thepjn.org/blog/two-unanswered-questions monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/ca57b71d-23b9-4422-b7d9-8c5fd3caf1e7/IMG_2744.jpg PJN Blog - Two Unanswered Questions - Make it stand out A Palestinian family frantically attempts to stop Israeli Government seizure of their land south of Bethlehem on February 19, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/48f7274d-e827-402b-82d0-718386eff831/American_Progress_%28John_Gast_painting%29+%281%29.jpg PJN Blog - Two Unanswered Questions - Make it stand out John Gast’s “American Progress”, image sourced from Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/a9277bcc-a7a5-483c-97b1-152a02c0c693/hunter.jpg PJN Blog - Two Unanswered Questions - Dr. Hunter Farrell Hunter Farrell and his wife, Ruth, live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and have three grown children. Hunter works as the Director of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s World Mission Initiative. Previously, he served as the Director of World Mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and as a mission worker in the Congo and Peru for 15 years, working in community organizing and theological education. Hunter earned his M.Div. in Cross-Cultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and the Doctorado en antropología from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. https://thepjn.org/blog/aida-refugee-camp monthly 0.5 2024-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d265432f-ab46-40ac-88c3-d3b4c4d4c98c/image0+%282%29.jpeg PJN Blog - Aida Refugee Camp - Make it stand out A photo of the apartheid wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/003121d8-47fc-4207-9d7f-0629c535953f/marygene+photo.jpeg PJN Blog - Aida Refugee Camp - Rev. Mary-Gene Boteler Mary Gene Boteler is a retired PCUSA pastor. She lives in Westerville, OH, a suburb of Columbus, with her husband. Dr. Rick Nutt. Their travel in Palestine/Israel/Jordan and their hosting of international partners from Palestine have led to their advocacy for justice for Palestinians, as well as a meaningful peace in the region. During the last eight months they conducted a monthly study in preparation for a pilgrimage they were to lead in November 2023--a pilgrimage that was unfortunately cancelled. They welcome the opportunity to stand with friends, new and old, in the region reminding them that they are not alone. Boteler serves on the Board of Trustees at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, is past president of the Board of Directors of Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, has represented the denomination on both national and international Presbyterian delegations, and spends hours canvassing for progressive candidates. She and her husband have two grown daughters and two grandchildren. https://thepjn.org/blog/a-demolished-house-and-an-arrest monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1708440819629-WEV8DX3FI04J5U7DP42W/F94EAA90-732C-4606-9923-DC97EE35CD75_1_201_a.jpeg PJN Blog - A Demolished House and an Arrest - Make it stand out Fakhri Abu Diab standing in front of his demolished home in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan. Photo by Noushin Framke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cdeb2a68-02b4-4a30-bd82-5761b76ae851/Screen+Shot+2024-02-20+at+9.04.31+AM.png PJN Blog - A Demolished House and an Arrest - Make it stand out A Palestinian boy being detained by Israeli police. (Apologies for the low-quality photo. Bob had to zoom in to capture the moment.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/17b31f55-c222-480a-a2d4-20bfeb12f02d/Bobrossheadshot.jpeg PJN Blog - A Demolished House and an Arrest - Dr. Bob Ross Bob Ross is a geography professor at Point Park University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has written several articles about Palestine/Israel, mostly about the BDS movement. He is currently working on a book about the role of American churches in the South African anti-apartheid movement. He has been a member of IPMN since 2012 and served on the steering committee between 2014 and 2017. He has also served as co-moderator of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and as a member of the Fossil Free PCUSA steering committee. Bob has traveled to Palestine with several delegations, both as a participant and as a co-leader. 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He lives in Westerville, OH, a suburb of Columbus, with his wife Mary-Gene Boteler. Their travel in Palestine/Israel/Jordan and their hosting of international partners from Palestine have led to their advocacy for justice for Palestinians, as well as a meaningful peace in the region. During the last eight months they conducted a monthly study in preparation for a pilgrimage they were to lead in November 2023--a pilgrimage that was unfortunately cancelled. They welcome the opportunity to stand with friends, new and old, in the region reminding them that they are not alone. https://thepjn.org/blog/solidarity-delegation-february-14-awaiting-the-death-of-despair monthly 0.5 2024-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/ac8f9bb3-bc99-4297-a76b-943d7120a5e1/WhatsApp+Image+2024-02-16+at+10.55.03+AM.jpeg PJN Blog - Awaiting the Death of Despair - Rev. Addie Domske Rev. 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He has served as the Director of the Israel/Palestine Program for the American Friends Service Committee where he gained "extensive on-the-ground experience in Israel/Palestine.” Horowitz's writing mainly focuses on the Israel-Palestine conflict, human rights, and international law. His coverage attributes indicate a preference for evolving stories related to government announcements and legal policy regulations. In addition to Mondoweiss, Horowitz has written for The Nation, AlterNet, The Huffington Post, and The Hill.com. He has spoken frequently on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on campuses and to organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8aa40cfd-1bce-4d29-b19c-86c360399aba/4.png Events - IPMN 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting and Celebration - Representative Ruwa Romman Ruwa Romman is currently the Georgia State Representative for House District 97. She was born in Jordan and is the granddaughter of Palestinian refugees. Her family moved to Georgia when she was 7 years old. Romman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from Oglethorpe University in 2015 and a Masters in Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University in 2019. Ruwa has worked as a senior consultant for a professional services management company assisting government agencies and other stakeholders by advising, implementing, and developing improved strategies to deal with major public policy issues at the local, state, and federal level. In the past, she also worked as a Field Organizer for the Georgia Muslim Voter Project, as well as served as Communications Director for CAIR Georgia. Ruwa is passionate about politics, civic engagement, interfaith dialogue and community service. https://thepjn.org/events/ipmn-2023-annual-virtual-meeting monthly 0.5 2023-10-05 https://thepjn.org/events/event-four-ksg28 monthly 0.5 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1635346126275-WPZKS82YKUX4DIVVL9A6/unnamed.jpeg Events - IPMN Annual Meeting 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://thepjn.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8438b7c9-6f2c-47c2-bf7b-e8abc3ec1be0/COVER+KP2.jpg Home - AVAILABLE NOW! A Congregational Study Guide on Kairos Palestine II Three Christian organizations have jointly released a new congregational study guide for the confessional document A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide, the recently issued Kairos Palestine II statement from Palestinian Christian leaders. (Issued Nov. 2025). Developed by The Palestine Justice Network (PJN) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), and Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), the study guide is a free digital download. It is available now at our websites in February, for use as a 2026 Lenten Study and throughout the year. This resource invites congregations into a sacred dialogue with the Kairos Palestine II document—a living confession born from the heart of Palestinian Christian suffering. To study it during Lent, that ancient season of preparation and renewal, is to walk the path of baptism once more: to rediscover what it means to pledge our faith in Christ and to boldly renounce the sin and evil alive in our world today. A free PDF download and hard copies ($70/pack of 10) are now available! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/a64f88e1-b232-4ad7-b6ef-1b7877b20c19/1.png Home - The PJN is advocating for two overtures going to the 227th General Assembly! The first overture would empower the PC(USA) to officially recognize and refer to the catastrophe in Gaza as a genocide. It would also enable the Office of Public Witness to lobby Congress for an arms embargo on Israel. The second overture directs the Office of Public Witness to urge Congress and the President to enact a full trade embargo on Israel until Palestinians achieve their full slate of human rights, including an end to the occupation, an end to apartheid policies, and the right to return to their homeland. Watch PJN members, Noushin Framke explain the genocide overture and Bob Ross introduce the trade embargo overture! https://thepjn.org/pcusaga daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://thepjn.org/support-our-work daily 0.75 2024-11-20 https://thepjn.org/about daily 0.75 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1635419575146-53I54MI1IUKF0BJCX0H9/12065957_676389508475_8892514381599594257_n.jpeg Who Are We? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1635422964289-XOPP4Q5GIFGQ4ZH8RSZ7/Jerusalem_tile.jpeg Who Are We? - Our Logo Our logo is based on this ceramic tile from the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The Armenian community in Jerusalem is known for their ceramic and tile works with their unique style, well-represented by this tile. PJN was mandated by the 2004 General Assembly and in 2006, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) organized a trip to Palestine/Israel under the Peacemaking Program called "Steps Towards Peace." 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What role have Zionism and Christian Zionism played in shaping attitudes and driving historical developments in the Middle East and around the world? How do Christians, Jews, and Muslims understand the competing claims to the land of Palestine and Israel? What steps can be taken to bring peace, reconciliation, and justice to the homeland that Palestinians and Israelis share? Now also available in e-book format on Kindle, Zionism Unsettled is a 74-page full color illustrated booklet with free online companion video episodes that embraces these critical issues fearlessly and with inspiring scope. The guide draws together compelling and diverse viewpoints from Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Israel, Palestine, the US, and around the globe. By contrasting mainstream perceptions with important perspectives frequently ignored in the media, Zionism Unsettled is an invaluable guide to a deeper understanding. Published by the denomination’s Palestine Justice Network, Zionism Unsettled does not represent the views of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). A how-to guide for class leaders and focused discussion prompts make Zionism Unsettled an ideal resource for multi-week exploratory education programs in churches, mosques, synagogues, and classroom settings. https://thepjn.org/zionism-unsettled-controversy daily 0.75 2021-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1635495174121-KX4CZ3Y5YXLVMJ03SNSJ/ZU+Cover.jpg Responses to the controversy around Zionism Unsettled - Responses to the controversy. Reconsidering “Zionism Unsettled:” an open letter to Reverend Chris Leighton by Rabbi Brant Rosen Shalom Rav, February 19, 2014 Dear Reverend Leighton, I read with dismay your recent “Open Letter to the Presbyterian Church” ....As a rabbi who works actively alongside the IPMN – and whose words are quoted extensively in the guide – I am saddened by your words and feel compelled to respond. As you might imagine, I take exception to... [read more] J Street attacks Presbyterians over study guide questioning Zionism by Ali Abunimah Electronic Intifada, February 20, 2014 The Israel lobby group J Street has launched a blistering attack on the Presbyterian Church USA over its new study guide Zionism Unsettled, claiming that the publication promotes “polarization” and “intolerance.”... [read more] Presbyterians affirm commitment to constructive debate on Israel/Palestine by Rachel Menitoff Medill Reports, February 20, 2014 In the aftermath of the publication of its Israel/Palestine Mission Network's study guide that faced an avalanche of criticism from the American Jewish community, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has issued a detailed statement... [read more] Presbyterian stances causing tension with Jews by Peter Smith Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, 2014 A group commissioned by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to promote "a just peace in Israel/Palestine" publishes a study guide that includes depictions of Zionism... [read more] Political Zionism is destroying a culture and a people, and intentionally so by Dr. Rev. Jeffrey DeYoe Mondoweiss, February 24, 2014 I just spent two weeks in Israel/Palestine, representing American Presbyterians, with an international team that planted olive trees for Palestinian farmers who would otherwise be unable to work their fields... [read more] “Lest we forget” the day Rachel Corrie Died by James M. Wall Wallwritings, February 24, 2014 Rachel Corrie was killed March 16, 2003, by an Israeli soldier who crushed her to death with an American-built Caterpillar bulldozer. Eleven years later, March 16, 2014, on the anniversary of her death... [read more] More heat than light: my response to Rev. Chris Leighton by Rabbi Brant Rosen Shalom Rav, February 26, 2014 Dear Reverend Leighton, Thank you for your response to my open letter. While I’m also not particularly interested in turning our dialogue into a debate to be “won” or “lost,” I do take exception to much of what you wrote... [read more] IPMN responds to Chicago group's mischaracterization of Zionism Unsettled The Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) of the PC(USA) is compelled to respond to a statement issued by the Ecumenical and Interreligious Work Group (EIWG) of Chicago Presbytery on February 26. We dispute the characterizations contained therein of IPMN and its recent publication, Zionism Unsettled... [read more] A (non-reader?) writes: I exhort Brian McLaren to repent of his anti-Christian Zionism by Brian D. McLaren Author's Blog, March 2014 Thanks for the encouragement to repent (i.e. to prayerfully self-examine and rethink), something I try to remain perpetually willing to do. Hardness of heart and stiffness of neck are bad for the soul... [read more] Re: 'Repairing the breach' between Christians and Jews by Leila Richards Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 14, 2014 The opinion piece by Rev. Sheldon Sorge, a Presbyterian minister, and Rabbi James A. Gibson criticizing a recent Presbyterian (U.S.A.) publication entitled "Zionism Unsettled" merits a serious response and I, a Presbyterian bystander, would like to offer one. Let me explain why the purported "breach" is of interest to me... [read more]. The Crisis of Liberal Zionism - What it portends... by Andrew Levine Counterpunch, April 2014 excerpt: ...“Zionism” designates the Jewish national and cultural movement that was born in Europe late in the nineteenth century and that evolved and flourished subsequently. The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was a decisive moment in that movement’s trajectory. Does a commitment to Zionism entail support for a Jewish state? Must that state be in Palestine? Must Zionists support a revival of the Hebrew language? How committed must they be to distinctive cultural forms and ways of life established by Jews in Palestine and, later, Israel? What is Zionism’s relation to the Jewish religion?... [read more] "Zionsim Unsettled": Neither False Nor Misguided by James M. Wall My Catbird Seat, May 12, 2014 The battle has begun over Zionism Unsettled. The Christian Century opened round one by publishing an attack on Zionism Unsettled, a study guide developed for the study of Zionism, a secular ideology formed in the 19th century, which has had a major impact on Jewish–Christian relations... [read more] A Response to Jeffrey Bernstein re: "Zionism Unsettled" by Timothy F. Simpson Political Theology Today, July 14, 2014 I wish to thank Dr. Bernstein for his thoughtful and irenic response to “Zionism Unsettled.” Having been involved in the divestment debate for the last ten years, and having been the target of barbs by both Christian and Jewish Zionists, I can only wish that all of those with whom I have disagreed were as charitable!... 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This Confession of Faith, written in 2009 by a broad spectrum of Palestinian Christian leaders, is addressed to Palestinians, Israelis, the international community--as well as all the churches of the world. It lifts up the classical theological virtues of faith, hope, and love that lie at the heart of the Christian Gospel, and affirms that resistance to injustice and oppression is firmly grounded in these principles. It is both an anguished cry in a dark hour and a profound testament to unquenchable hope. This special 24-page PJN (formerly IPMN) publication pairs the Kairos Palestine statement with a three-week study plan that provides individual readers and congregational groups with essential historical, political, and theological context as well as a list of thought-provoking questions to stimulate reflection and discussion. The booklet is an excellent guide for readers undertaking an individual study of the document. Church-based groups will benefit from the detailed lesson plans for a three-week congregational study, including a list of thought-provoking questions to stimulate reflection and discussion. https://thepjn.org/annual-meeting-2021 daily 0.75 2021-11-04 https://thepjn.org/cradle-of-our-faith daily 0.75 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/5e6f7c4c-05aa-46f8-a389-246c5e0023fd/Cradle_Cover_web.jpg Cradle Of Our Faith: The Enduring Witness of the Christians of the Middle East - Who are the Christians who live in the Middle East today? How did the first-century church develop in the land of Jesus’ birthplace and spread to the far corners of the region? The Cradle of Our Faith is a fascinating portrait of these “living stones” of the early Christian Church. Learn about the modern-day Christian communities of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, and Egypt. Understand their distinctive theological roots, liturgical traditions, and relationship to the prevailing Muslim-majority culture. Trace the troubled historical relationship between the Eastern and Western Church. This beautifully illustrated, 20-page full-color keepsake booklet features photography, maps, statistics, and fascinating facts, great as a group study resource. Bulk orders are available at a discounted cost. 1-9 copies: $2.50 each, 10+ copies: $1.50 each. https://thepjn.org/ga223 daily 0.75 2021-11-07 https://thepjn.org/church-bds daily 0.75 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511440608-5BVMHVN4WR2I9YQV1WWR/Aro+Ha_0010+1.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511467879-K5J9BYNACHJVDV3BNSFU/Aro+Ha_0387+1.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511743693-J3A8OYH6X8C7RXNU5K0J/20140301_Trade+151_0124+1.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1639614429475-N5XDARHTALMC1OHZMU76/SUB-JP-PRESBY-superJumbo.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1639614602168-2HILKALIM96A8WGC2LFM/sodastream.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1639681239538-J771UI474E7W7EA0S00F/pcusa_endorse_.jpg Church BDS Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/1639681258935-VYJJO54ZHAY4DRQ0PQC5/sodastream.jpg Church BDS Resources https://thepjn.org/grants2017 daily 0.75 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/52652222-dc46-4e4a-9bd9-227f5bae1de0/c074f656-ea9d-4c57-b5f4-5ff274713280.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - PJN Grants Approved in 2017 Dear PJN Friends, Below you will find the grant proposals which were approved in October by the Steering Committee and shared with those who attended the annual meeting. As many of you will remember, we did not give out grants last year because we could not implement a vetting process which would satisfy the PCUSA regarding organizations which applied for grants who were not our mission partners. That is to say, we couldn’t verify who they were and did the work they claimed to do. Since 2016, we have worked out a vetting process and were pleased to be able to allocate both the 2016 and 2017 funds, totaling $38,000 for grants at this time. We received nine applications (three of which were applying for a second grant and one of which was applying a second time for a first grant), and because we had more funds than in the past, we were able to give a grant to each of the nine projects. Not only did we have more funds, but we genuinely felt that each of the projects was worthy of our support. Much prayerful consideration was given to each application as the sub-committee reviewed and rated each one; two conference calls brought us to our final recommendations. The list of grant recipients are listed below in alphabetical order. Most sincerely and enthusiastically, PJN Grants Committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/db4f6c35-0a60-4ae3-9462-84031151ea7b/e0303069-f531-4cf2-9a68-a78df877ca76.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese Jerusalem — “Mobile Clinic Equipment for St. Luke’s Hospital” in Nablus, West Bank AFEDJ is a non-political, independent nonprofit which acts as a partner to the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and is the sole non-profit organization in the US dedicated to supporting the humanitarian institutions of the Episcopal Diocese. AFEDJ’s request is for IPMN to contribute funds for a new Lutech, Datalyst 500 fetal heart monitor to be used in a mobile unit clinic which extends the care of St. Luke’s Hospital in Nablus. These mobile clinics are central to the care given by St. Luke’s because many patients are unable to travel to St. Luke’s due to the security checkpoints and violence done toward Palestinians by some inhabitants of nearby Israeli settlements. High-quality care to pregnant women is one of the primary services that St. Luke’s staff provides, and each mobile clinic van needs to have an ultrasound fetal heart monitor. These monitors are particularly necessary in late pregnancy and during labor. A grant of $4,500 was approved for one heart monitor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/75a0ce69-37b5-4998-a2f6-d99a4fae1eb7/85579d10-5654-43b3-a2df-0f1eebd047ab.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)— “Equipping the Zuhour Al-Walajeh Preschool” Outside Bethlehem ANERA is a registered non-governmental, non-profit, international organization established in 1968 to advance the well-being of communities in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. Today, ANERA responds to the economic, health and educational needs of the most marginalized people in the Middle East. In the West Bank and Gaza, only one-third of all four- and five-year-olds are enrolled in preschool. ANERA is committed to fostering safe and effective spaces in which Palestinian children can learn and grow. ANERA has built or renovated 10% of the existing preschools in the West Bank and Gaza. ANERA requested a grant to furnish Zuhour Al-Walajeh Preschool with educational and age-appropriate toys, learning materials, outdoor play equipment, and furniture. Zuhour Al-Walajeh is a traditional agricultural village located just four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem. A grant of $3,500 for educational equipment was approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cabb6f13-4869-401e-85f8-e5e5db71e9c0/ab80574d-753e-46ed-8d6d-e7250b53d2db.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Bethlehem Bible College— “Christ at the Checkpoint Conference 2018” in Bethlehem Under the leadership of Bethlehem Bible College, four “Christ at the Checkpoint” conferences have been held during the past 10 years, at which between 300 and 700 participants attended. In May 2018, the fifth international conference will take place with the theme, “Jesus at the Center: The Centrality of Jesus in our Theology, Advocacy, and Mission.” The group describes itself as follows, “We are a community of Evangelical Christians who believe that following Jesus with integrity means that our lives are formed by our love for God, the teaching of the Bible and a fearless life of discipleship (within the context) of Israeli-Palestinian conflict…We wish to find Jesus at the center of everything we do and to make his life our life, which means finding courageous love for Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews alike.” The conference will be led by Palestinian Christians, and all Evangelical Christians everywhere are invited to attend in hopes…this conference will provide a much-needed platform for Evangelical Christians to learn about and become engaged in working towards Christ-led solutions for peace. The conference will be four days of lectures, small group discussions and workshops as well as field trips to different places that are “hot zones” in the conflict. The registrations for all participants are kept reasonable; therefore, the amount needed to make up the difference between the income from the registrations and the expenses is $63,000. A grant of $4,400 to be used toward these conference expenses was approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/4b0935e1-77a7-415b-8c0d-b65a10018d13/67308dbd-142e-4e42-a59a-2408b53a4261.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Bright Stars of Bethlehem— “Dar al-Kalima University Scholarships” in Bethlehem Bright Stars of Bethlehem, NFP is the US 50l(c)(3) organization that supports the work of the Diyar Consortium and the ministries and programs begun through Christmas Lutheran Church in 1995. Dar Al-Kalima University, accredited in 2013 as a four-year (BA) institution, is the only Lutheran/Christian university/college in the Middle East dedicated to arts and culture education for Palestinian students seeking economical and self-sustaining futures in their homeland. The focus on the arts and culture is critical for people living under occupation in which it is easy to lose one’s identity and narrative. The Scholarship Stars program is for Dar al-Kalima (DAK) students enrolled at the University, where a full year’s tuition is $3,600 (USD). The student body is composed of 378 full and part-time students with the demographics of 60% Muslim, 40% Christian; 51% female, 49% male with ages ranging from 21-53. Almost all the students receive scholarship assistance. The goal of Scholarship Stars is to support 100 full time students by raising $360,000 over two years beginning in January, 2017. Upon graduation; there are many teaching positions available in the 600 elementary schools (public and private) in the West Bank, as well as many graduates become well prepared to begin their own viable businesses. A grant of $3,600 was approved for a one-year scholarship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/631aff71-08aa-4c01-a617-b4d8251f37b6/c7622f24-0256-4771-adb0-e86dddc836f6.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)— “Interfaith Advisory Group Churches for Middle East Peace is a 501(c)(3) coalition of 27 national Church denominations and organizations in Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Evangelical traditions. CMEP’s Congressional Engagement program (CE) exists to develop and grow CMEP’s capacity to engage Congress in order to advocate effectively for U.S. policies that promote a comprehensive, just and secure resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This project involves the re-establishing of the Interfaith Advisory Group (IAG) to elevate and bring together the voices of Christian, Muslim and Jewish civil society leaders engaged in peace and justice work in Palestinian and Israeli communities. While strengthening interfaith relationships, the work of the IAG will lift up the voices of Palestinians and Israelis as they also inform CMEP’s advocacy with U.S. and International policy makers. A grant of $3,000 was approved for the expenses of re-organizing the Interfaith Advisory Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/07f6bfe6-ec42-44fc-95ad-50ab96d2e84b/9675f1ea-2e1f-4e48-bd57-87ce8600f183.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN)— “Increasing the Chances of Bedouin Girls Education in Hebron Governorate” in Hebron HIRN’s mission is to improve access to education for the most vulnerable sectors of the Palestinian communities. This particular project would provide a classroom to expand a unisex school for girls in a small, traditional Bedouin community of Zweidin in the South Hebron Hills. In the public education settings boys and girls attend school in mixed classes. Families tend to force their girls to drop out in early stages to prevent mixing the genders. Having a unisex school allows the girls to continue their education up through high school. Over the past three years, the community has created such a school which now provides classes for 70 girls. By adding another two classrooms and bathroom facilities, the school could expand its student body by 35 students to a total of 105. With a secondary education, research shows the students will have higher family incomes, marry later, have fewer children and at an older age and invest in their own children’s education. A grant of $6,000 was approved for the purchase of one pre-fab classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/5edffb44-24fe-453a-bf57-b184725b2470/72a715ff-5d87-48d7-9bb6-8ea45e256845.png PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Jahalin Solidarity— “A Social Media Campaign: Who is a Bedouin and what is S/he?” in Jerusalem Jahalin Solidarity is a non-profit registered in Ramallah, which aims to improve and develop Palestinian society (especially for Bedouin). This project would create five filmlets to be used in social media to introduce Bedouins to the Israeli and Palestinian publics, neither of which understand the Bedouin, who are marginalized by both groups. The subjects of these filmlets will be five Bedouin spokespersons who will speak about what being Bedouin means to them. It is hoped that these messages will help the public to identify with the Bedouin and to realize that they are not being treated fairly. At this point, Bedouin are not “seen” by the Israelis or the Palestinians. Hopefully, through this project, the Bedouins will become more visible and their voices more clearly heard. A grant of $3,000 toward the producing of the first filmlet was approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0d4b2cf3-2c11-4a90-a217-781efad586b8/06d87cbf-689b-4071-acc0-7d463736fe19.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Vision Association for Culture and Arts (VACA and also referred to as the House of Hope) – “Grade Levels Expansion of VACA School” in Bethany, West Bank VACA provides an elementary school for the Bethany villages of Al-Eizariya, Abu Dis and Al-Sawahera, which are increasingly isolated due to the barrier wall and restrictions imposed by the Israeli army. This marginalization diminishes resources for the arts and leaves community members feeling that their cultural heritage is disappearing. Particularly children experience a sense of hopelessness in this environment. VACA was established in 2008 to promote freedom, independence and justice by increasing cultural, artistic and literary awareness among Palestinian children. This program aims to empower children with creative self-expression and nonviolent communication skills. VACA operates the House of Hope, which is a kindergarten and elementary school for low-income Palestinian children of Muslim and Christian faiths. In addition to the required academic curriculum, House of Hope teaches creative learning classes around arts, crafts, music and dance. So far, the school includes Kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2. This grant would allow them to expand their program to include children who have reached Grades 3 and 4. A grant of $4,000 was approved for equipment and educational materials necessary to add more students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/9420d7b6-236b-4367-b23d-eb38734bced3/36eda8a5-ab06-4019-b8db-92596d684f50.jpg PJN Grants Approved in 2017 - Yaffa Youth Movement Association (YYMA)— “Access to Higher Education for Palestinian Youth” in Yaffa YYMA has spent the last seven years, identifying critical needs of local residents in Yaffa and working to improve the life of community members. They believe that the only way forward is to build a unified and cohesive community that is empowered, resilient, inclusive and democratic. To do so, it is important to have a strong youth movement built on democratic values and human rights, strong community support and accountability, and solid partnerships. This particular project will support 27 high school youth from Yaffa, who will participate in a program to develop access to university and academic engagement. They hope to present and develop options for university entrance and academic career paths, which is important because marginalized Palestinian youth typically live in very non-academic environments. The 27 students will take part in field trips to meet students and staff at six universities in Israel. They will meet with Palestinian academics and/or Ph. D. candidates in informal settings to share ideas regarding academic career prospects. A grant $5,000 was approved to cover the expenses for the field trips. https://thepjn.org/grants2019 daily 0.75 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e8312e18-48a1-4206-88f5-b6e82a13ddc3/Three_women_with_anti_violence_sign.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 The Palestine Justice Network of the PC(USA) makes biennial grants to organizations/agencies that address human needs or economic development in Palestine, or provide education towards an understanding of Middle East history and present conflicts and challenges. This grant period, we were able to give grants to projects based in Palestine and Israel, as well as projects based in the U.S. Our grants totaled $40,000 for this award period. Thank you to our membership who donate for making this work possible! Most sincerely and enthusiastically, PJN Grants Committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d3376ad2-400a-4c6b-9f2d-62281c20afb1/Dr._Maher_Ayyad.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) based in Palestine/Israel American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) AFEDJ is requesting a grant to support a program to treat and heal malnourished and underweight children at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. The grant will provide the full cost of treating twenty (20) malnourished/underweight children and provide education and food assistance to their families. The full course of treatment will be delivered by the hospital over a period of six months. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/81b1c963-c9fb-442c-9dd7-f4884980689c/tomatoes2.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) based in Palestine/Israel ANERA is requesting this grant to support their program “Sustainable Harvests and Incomes in Gaza.” Since 2010, ANERA’s Gaza food security program has worked to improve access to healthy foods and increase household income of Gaza’s most marginalized and food-insecure families. Centered around the construction of a greenhouse for each family, the program promotes more efficient use of limited land and water resources and longer growing seasons. Since the beginning, the program has improved the health and livelihoods of 87 families, most of whom continue to reap the harvest of their greenhouses. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/fb304595-0c68-4197-af61-c91133ef1d36/College-Students-Bethlehem.jpeg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Bright Stars of Bethlehem based in Palestine/Israel Bright Stars continues to support the work of the Diyar Consortium and programs through the Christmas Lutheran Church, including the Dar al-Kalima University, accredited in 2013 as a four year (BA) institution dedicated to arts and culture and education for Palestinian students seeking economical and self-sustaining futures in their homeland. Grant approved - $2,500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/78d7650b-abc2-429b-83a1-1cf272ca6daf/najla.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) based in Palestine/Israel CMEP is planning a women’s summit “And Still We Rise: Elevating Global Voices for a Just Middle East” in the spring of 2021. This grant will support the planning process beginning in early 2020 and will include funding of organizational meetings with potential speakers and partners. Participants will include Palestinian civil society leaders from organizations like Al Haq, Adameer, Adalah, Bisan Center, WICLAC and others. Women leaders from Israeli human rights groups will also be invited. Grant approved - $2,500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e8312e18-48a1-4206-88f5-b6e82a13ddc3/Three_women_with_anti_violence_sign.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Kayan Feminist Organization based in Palestine/Israel Kayan envisions a secure and just society free of gender-based discrimination, in which Arab Palestinian women in Israel enjoy full and equitable opportunities for self-actualization, and take a leading and active part in society through realizing their individual and collective rights. The grant will support a project to prevent and protect against the sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) to which Palestinian women in Israel are often subjugated. For Palestinian women in Israel, who live in a complex socio-political environment, in which they are marginalized minorities in an oppressive state and women in a patriarchal society, violence takes many forms including physical, sexual, legal, economic, social, and political ones. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/48d8649d-fe48-45ab-bc7f-9f952a87b36f/image001.png PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Wi’Am, the Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center based in Palestine/Israel Wi’Am works to strengthen local communities in the Bethlehem area and to support them in tackling increased family breakdowns and community tensions created by the current situation. Wi'am is rooted in the belief that helping people resolve their personal conflicts creates a culture of acceptance of others as they are. The Ministry of Reconciliation project is based on the premise of mediating conflicts at the community level that will tackle deep-seated and rising conflicts to bring about peaceful resolutions by enhancing social harmony and friendly environments. The activities will meet the human need for friendly relations and justice which preserves the dignity of each person in order to foster “normal” (non-deviant, non-violent behavior. The project will provide field mediation for personal and family conflicts, counseling sessions in cases of domestic violence and organize community meetings to discuss cases of conflicts, areas of intervention and ways of promoting reconciliation. Grant approved - $6,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/4259ae4d-e486-456b-a260-9ba621d7c1fb/ICPR_display.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights (ICPR) based in the United States ICPR is a non-profit organization in the Austin, TX area with the goal to promote peace with justice and security for all people in the Middle East … and to encourage universal cooperation to realize fulfillment of all legal rights of Palestinians in accord with international law and United Nations resolutions. This group began in 2000 as a study group led by an Episcopalian and has grown to include Presbyterians (several IPMN members), Methodists, Lutherans, Jews and Muslims. ICPR is requesting a grant to help sponsor “Go and See” trips to Israel/Palestine to see the facts on the ground for themselves. The targeted participants for these trips would be key Presbyterian leaders – pastors and elders – in the Central Texas area. Each participant would commit to education and sharing within their own and other churches about their experiences. ICPR works closely with FOSNA. Grant approved - $4,500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/583dbbff-707e-426b-9815-948e13bc5c30/JHJP_logo_text.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Joining Hands for Justice in Palestine and Israel (JHJPI) based in the United States JHJPI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. It is an ecumenical and interfaith organization that holds a series of educational events through the year. This grant is requested to support a pilot project that will develop a series of programs to be given at the many seminaries in the Atlanta area around the issues of anti-Palestinian and anti-Semitism. It is hoped that these programs will provide a greater understanding of the volatility in the Middle East, equip Christian leaders and seminarians to advocate for justice, liberation, and equality for our neighbors in Israel/Palestine. Grant approved - $6,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b2422dd5-900c-4762-b50b-3cdb56149959/PalestinePortalLogo_vertical.jpg PJN Grants for 2018 – 2019 - Palestine Portal / Kairos U.S.A. based in the United States Kairos U.S.A. is requesting this grant to hire a part-time consultant to assist them to expand the reach of Palestine Portal and to further populate the online sections of Mapping the Movement. Since Kairos is a voluntary organization, it is often necessary to engage professional help to move forward in particular areas. IPMN was instrumental in helping Kairos U.S.A. to get Palestine Portal in place beginning in 2013. Grant approved - $3,500 https://thepjn.org/corporateengagement daily 0.75 2022-01-03 https://thepjn.org/donations daily 0.75 2024-11-19 https://thepjn.org/2022-meeting daily 0.75 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0f73d3f8-db4f-40dd-8ba0-0d8adca780ed/8D81EB42-A001-46E0-AE0C-0ABD8936E2F9.jpeg https://thepjn.org/keephopealive daily 0.75 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/01971284-7a95-47e1-b991-c6c98aec6ac6/IMG_1148.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/df209221-6704-480f-b742-3ea068929b50/JAI_OTC_Poster_English2022.jpeg https://thepjn.org/2022payment daily 0.75 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/0f73d3f8-db4f-40dd-8ba0-0d8adca780ed/8D81EB42-A001-46E0-AE0C-0ABD8936E2F9.jpeg https://thepjn.org/grants2021 daily 0.75 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e8312e18-48a1-4206-88f5-b6e82a13ddc3/Three_women_with_anti_violence_sign.jpg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - PJN Grants for 2020 – 2021 The Palestine Justice Network of the PC(USA) makes biennial grants to organizations/agencies that address human needs or economic development in Palestine, or provide education towards an understanding of Middle East history and present conflicts and challenges. This grant period, we were able to give grants to projects based in Palestine and Israel, as well as projects based in the U.S. Our grants totaled $38,500 for this award period. Thank you to our membership who donate for making this work possible! Most sincerely and enthusiastically, PJN Grants Committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cd6b077c-834f-47a9-b853-6e5726a91512/IMG_2168.PNG PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza based in Palestine/Israel PJN grant support has contributed to the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem’s (AFEDJ) support of a program to treat and heal malnourished and underweight children at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. IPMN support has covered the cost of treating twenty (20) malnourished/underweight children and provide education and food assistance to their families over a period of six months. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cc5ab982-b64e-4c7b-8616-8641d7ab8844/150935936_215571506919981_4765743201259506076_n-780x470.jpeg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Baladana Youth based in Palestine/Israel PJN grant support has allowed Baladana facilitate building youth capacities in networking, grassroots activism, critical thinking, community organizing and advocacy to help allay the proliferation of violence among Palestinian youth. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d3439da8-969c-421d-a4f5-083630c5debc/IMG_1217-1024x625.jpeg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Bethlehem Bible College based in Palestine/Israel PJN grant support helped Bethlehem Bible College to launch new Bethlehem Institute of Peace and Justice certificate programs. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/78d7650b-abc2-429b-83a1-1cf272ca6daf/najla.jpg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) based in Palestine/Israel CMEP received PJN support to assist with funding internships within Israel/Palestine for recent college graduates. Grant approved - $3,500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d4613cc6-eb74-4d96-8d3c-3466b776815a/DAK12.19.2.jpg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture based in Palestine/Israel PJN support has helped Dar al-Kalima University launch a new program for 50 seniors to work through the traumas and realities of Palestinian life. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d97f09e2-f09b-418b-92e0-d548d12b43af/118596793_3866653463364738_1405059237965936820_n.jpg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - In His Steps: Pathways of Peace based in Palestine/Israel PJN supported In His Steps by financially equipping The Breast Cancer Palestine Project local Palestinian team members to achieve Phase I of developing a patient navigation process that meets their needs in the Palestinian culture and language. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/bf78e6ed-29f5-4867-a0ea-f03314303065/41343366_1918248711547633_921613773138034688_n.jpg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Kayan Feminist Organization based in Palestine/Israel Kayan received funds from IPMN to support a project called Your Turn: Women in Decision-Making Processes that will foster a competent, gender-inclusive, and democratic Palestinian civil society and leadership in an effort to better meet the individual and collective needs of the masses. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/96083e2e-6cdd-4108-a41d-ed140e3bd341/725_showing+Kerstin+copy.jpeg PJN Grants for 2020 — 2021 - Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, DC based in the United States IPMN support has helped the Museum of the Palestinian People move an online exhibit, titled “Intersections: Palestinian and African American Artists and Social Justice,” to a physical exhibit, and bring together the artists for conversations and activities. Grant approved - $5,000 https://thepjn.org/grants2023 daily 0.75 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e8312e18-48a1-4206-88f5-b6e82a13ddc3/Three_women_with_anti_violence_sign.jpg PJN Grants for 2023 - PJN Grants for 2022-2023 The Palestine Justice Network of the PC(USA) makes biennial grants to organizations/agencies that address human needs or economic development in Palestine, or provide education towards an understanding of Middle East history and present conflicts and challenges. This grant period, we were able to give grants to projects based in Palestine and Israel, as well as projects based in the U.S. Our grants totaled $41,000 for this award period for a total of 9 grantees. This year’s grant cycle brings the grand total of IPMN grants from 2007 to the present to $319,650. Thank you to our membership who donate for making this work possible! Most sincerely and enthusiastically, PJN Grants Committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/cd6b077c-834f-47a9-b853-6e5726a91512/IMG_2168.PNG PJN Grants for 2023 - Ahli Arab Hospital (AAH) based in Gaza This project was meant to support the AAH’s Children’s Trauma Clinic which serves 450 children/caregivers annually. The work of the Children’s Trauma Clinic is based on three (3) objectives – a five-day program to evaluate children for PTSD, putting children identified as needing further support into guided sessions using a therapeutic approach and a program for caregivers including education about trauma, advocacy training and psychosocial support activities. There is no Gazan family that has not been affected by the current and previous wars either physically, emotionally or economically with the children being affected the most. Update: The paragraph above is the essence of the original application from AFEDJ. With the bombing of the hospital since then, we have spoken with the AFEDJ director stressing that we want to continue this grant and to see that it goes towards “child trauma in Gaza” as overseen by AFEDJ. Furthermore, we allocated AAH an additional $7,000 for emergency Gaza relief. Grant approved - $5,000 Additional emergency relief grant - $7,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8fc6ab35-846d-4dac-8900-2f2ab24950a2/Alrowwad.png PJN Grants for 2023 - Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Society (ACTS)- based in Bethlehem Alrowwad is a non-profit, non-governmental organization distinguished by its philosophy of “Beautiful Resistance.” Through the “Images for Life” program, ACTS strives to empower children and youth in the Aida camp to creatively express themselves and share their personal stories, life and perspective through photography. “Images for Life” will offer three (3) classes that will target fifty (50) children who are selected due to the particularly difficult challenges they face as they deal with ongoing trauma and exhibit learning difficulties. The grant also provides a new camera which will be used beyond the life of the funded sessions. The project will build on the ripple effect in play among participating youth in each of Alrowwad’s program areas over the past 25 years. Alrowwad has witnessed many of its youth participants later become volunteers in various community projects, develop their skills to become program trainers themselves, and a few have even gone on to serve as Alrowwad board members. Grant approved - $4,000 Photo source: Alrowwad’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/78d7650b-abc2-429b-83a1-1cf272ca6daf/najla.jpg PJN Grants for 2023 - Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) based in Palestine/Israel The “And Still We Rise” (ASWR) program of CMEP is designed to empower Middle Eastern women to become agents of change in their communities, particularly in promoting peace in Israel/Palestine. The ASWR Summit is a crucial component of this program, bringing together 25 Palestinian women and 20 American women from the USA to provide interreligious and intercultural capacity strengthening and empowering opportunities for women leaders from Palestine and will connect them with their counterparts from the US to advocate for the issues of Palestinian communities, build relationships, exchange leadership experiences and develop future cross-cultural initiates that both Palestinian and American women participants will lead on implementing in their home towns. An educational series prior to the ASWR Summit will provide Palestinian women with the tools and knowledge they need to be effective leaders in their communities and prepare them for their participation in the ASWR summit. Grant approved - $4,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d8cd1c82-99b5-4bd0-bf4f-238e35eb10fc/global+kairos+for+palestine.jpeg PJN Grants for 2023 - Global Kairos for Justice (GKJ) based in Palestine Global Kairos has seen the need for a centralized communications program. A part time Palestinian Communications Coordinator will be recruited and hired. This person will work on a monthly newsletter providing news and information about what is happening in the GKJ network and in the global church movement. A portion of the grant will be used to fully transform Palestineportal.org and the companion “Celebrating our Global Community” newsletter into an online resource and networking platform for the Global Kairos network. Grant approved - $5,000 Photo source: GKJ’s Facebook page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d97f09e2-f09b-418b-92e0-d548d12b43af/118596793_3866653463364738_1405059237965936820_n.jpg PJN Grants for 2023 - In His Steps (IHS): Pathways of Peace based in Palestine The IHS Patient Navigation Program’s goal is to improve the 5-year survival rate of Palestinian women with breast cancer. Navigation is a process of phase by phase starting with a trusted, local woman, the patient navigator. This grant will continue patient navigation in the Hebron district using learnings from a previous grant to harmonize with local culture, provide mammogram and transportation funds to women in need and develop a non-clinical toolkit for lay navigators. Additionally, a preliminary assessment will begin in the Aida Refugee Camp to begin the navigation program there. Finally, there will be great emphasis to infuse hope into interactions with local participants. Grant approved - $4,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/bf78e6ed-29f5-4867-a0ea-f03314303065/41343366_1918248711547633_921613773138034688_n.jpg PJN Grants for 2023 - Kayan Feminist Organization based in Palestine/Israel This grant will be used to help move forward the project called “Enhancing Palestinian Women’s and Youth’s Agency in the Digital Age.” The project comes from the belief that women’s and youth’s human rights are violated beyond the analog space and are becoming under increased threat in the digital space. During COVID-19, this was witnessed at alarming levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women and girls in the digital space in Israel. On an individual level, it aims to prevent dire psychological and societal consequences for each victim that seeks support via Kayan’s hotline. On the community level, the aim is to empower Palestinian women and youth by providing them with the necessary knowledge on identifying and dealing with digital violence through a series of trainings so that they can be better protected. On the societal level, the aim is to inspire long-lasting change. Grant approved - $4,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/b2dfd38e-ae9a-4ee8-a2c4-e5479fb2b4fb/wi%27am.jpg PJN Grants for 2023 - Wi’am The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center based in Bethlehem This grant will help support a “Students Resolve Peer Conflicts” program for 70 students (grades 9 and 10) and 5 teachers from two schools in the Bethlehem area. Peer mediation empowers students to prevent, resolve, and transform violent and non-violent conflicts by developing their values, attitude, skills and knowledge to help envision alternative options for actions towards building a conflict-sensitive, gender-sensitive, and culture sensitive learning environment in schools; the main goal is to reduce violence in schools and increase the capacities of students and teachers to deal with conflicts in a non-violent way. Grant approved - $4,000 Photo source: Wi’am’s website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/95f5fc46-f25d-4934-a9fa-f3520a001ae9/Screen+Shot+2024-01-22+at+11.57.04+AM.png PJN Grants for 2023 - I Witness Silwan أَنَا شَاهِدٌ عَلَى سِلْوَان based in Jerusalem and the United States I Witness Silwan is a project of US-based Art Forces and East Jerusalem-based Madaa-Silwan Creative Center (MCC) taking place in Silwan, East Jerusalem. This grant will be used to develop four (4) new murals and two (2) new multimedia walking tours with local Palestinian youth and residents in partnership with MCC and international artists. With the inclusion of the Silwan community involving international solidarity, I Witness Silwan contributes to the local and global resistance movements working to end Israeli colonization and dispossession. This grant will build on an I Witness Silwan project that has been underway since 2019 and will build on the successes thus far. To date, dozens of murals have been developed that are an intervention in the built environment. These murals have been well received by the community, those involved in their development, local residents and the many tourists who are curious to know more about their development, meaning and background. Art Force has completed several videos of tours of Silwan which activist organizations use in the work. (https://vimeo.com/796316134 and https://vimeo.com/811486646) Grant approved - $4,000 Photo source: I Witness Silwan’s website https://thepjn.org/organizational-grants daily 0.75 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/5bbe18bc-d2cd-4a50-ad20-d7cad83ddfc0/PJN+2024_Transparent.png Organizational grants - Past PJN Grantees View our 2024-2025 grantees here. View our 2022-2023 grantees here. View our 2020-2021 grantees here. View our 2018-2019 grantees here. View our 2017 grantees here. View our 2015 grantees here. View our 2014 grantees here. View our 2013 grantees here. https://thepjn.org/travel-grants daily 0.75 2024-11-10 https://thepjn.org/grants24-25 daily 0.75 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/e8312e18-48a1-4206-88f5-b6e82a13ddc3/Three_women_with_anti_violence_sign.jpg PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - PJN Grants for 2024-2025 The Palestine Justice Network of the PC(USA) makes grants to organizations/agencies that address human needs or economic development in Palestine, or provide education towards an understanding of Middle East history and present conflicts and challenges on a rolling basis. To submit a grant application, go to our grants page. All submitted grant applications will be reviewed within 60 days of receipt. The PJN has distributed $10,100 in grants in 2024 and $18,000 in 2025 so far. Thank you to our membership who donate for making this work possible! Most sincerely and enthusiastically, PJN Grants Committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/22649ede-0570-4e45-bbaf-361caeb31b81/CFP+Logo PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - Christians for a Free Palestine Christians for a Free Palestine (CFP) is “an ecumenical, grassroots, nonviolent, and volunteer-led movement dedicated to mobilizing Christians across the U.S. to take action in solidarity with Palestinians. Collectively, we seek to end the genocide in Gaza and ensure a long-lasting, just, and sustainable peace for Palestinians and Israelis.” CFP requested a grant to support its structure as a growing grassroots organization by helping fund staff and future actions. PJN members and friends were in on the very beginning conversations that ended up taking the shape of CFP. This grant makes it possible for CFP to reach a larger audience and encourage more Christians to speak out and join the larger movement for justice. You can join their grassroots movement here. Grant approved - $6,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/49793e1e-3040-4a4a-9aca-d1ff7d950cf5/BSBLogoRGBSmall.png PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - Bright Starts of Bethlehem Bright Stars continues to support the work of the Diyar Consortium and programs through the Christmas Lutheran Church, including the Dar al-Kalima University, accredited in 2013 as a four year (BA) institution dedicated to arts and culture and education for Palestinian students seeking economical and self-sustaining futures in their homeland. Grant approved - $2,900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/106ed4e3-3be7-49f6-a67f-6097b13bbeed/JAI_OTC_Poster_English2022_NL.jpg PJN Grants for 2024-2025 Launched in 2002, the JAI Olive Tree Campaign distributes olive saplings among farmers, sponsored by individuals, YMCAs, YWCAs, churches, church related organizations, human rights organizations, as well as solidarity and advocacy groups around the world, as an act of solidarity and support to help 'Keep Hope Alive'. The farmers supported are these who suffer from the various Israeli policies that put their land and property under the threat of confiscation, and the sponsored olive trees get planted in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip areas where olive trees have been uprooted and destroyed by the Israelis, or where fields are threatened to be confiscated by the Israeli military Occupation, or where parts of the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements are constructed on part of the land. Grant approved - $1,200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/d528c50c-3db2-41f1-ac0c-2c3f87369fc0/Screenshot+2025-04-05+at+6.15.54%E2%80%AFPM.png PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - In His Steps: Pathways of Peace in the Holy Land IHS has requested grant funds to support their effort to deliver wheelchairs to those in need in Gaza. To provide wheelchairs and get them through Customs clearance, IHS is also partnering with Hope Haven International Ministries and the Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO) in Amman Jordan. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/52a3b5a7-c1cf-4346-bf4e-ef17fe4fad8c/Screenshot+2025-04-05+at+6.31.37%E2%80%AFPM.png PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - Seraj Library Project The Healing Through Art and Expression: A Safe Space Initiative for Palestinian Youth in Birzeit offers weekly art therapy, music therapy, and breath work sessions over six months, each addressing essential human needs for emotional healing and resilience. These activities will provide a critical space for young men and women, particularly those facing the ongoing trauma of military occupation, systemic oppression, and daily humiliation. By reducing stigma around mental health, especially for men, the project addresses a key cultural gap in emotional expression and support. It will equip participants with tools to process their experiences, build resilience, and foster mutual understanding within their community. In a context of overwhelming hardship, this initiative offers hope, dignity, and the means to rebuild emotional strength, positively impacting both individuals and the broader Palestinian society. Grant approved - $5,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/8af30435-4177-4c44-a49e-793a97807253/IMG_0461-640x380.jpg PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - Wi'am, The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center Wi'am is a grassroots civil society organization rooted in Bethlehem, dedicated to transforming conflict and fostering reconciliation through the fusion of traditional Arab mediation practices (Sulha) and modern conflict resolution techniques. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of justice, dignity, and peace by addressing systemic injustices, empowering marginalized communities—including women, youth, and families—and nurturing cordial relationships ("Wi'am" in Arabic) within and beyond Palestinian society. We stand for nonviolence, equity, and dialogue, striving to heal the psychological, social, and political wounds inflicted by prolonged occupation while building a pluralistic civil society grounded in democratic values and human rights. This grant will go towards supporting their project entitled Bridging Hearts, Building Peace: A Peer Mediation Initiative for Palestinian Students Grant approved - $3,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613cd6ac68a4c91bda9b7ce2/38f7d5a2-e4ea-43f7-9467-a198290aad52/Gaza+Soup+Kitchen+Logo PJN Grants for 2024-2025 - Gaza Soup Kitchen One of the things that sets the Gaza Soup Kitchen (GSK) apart from other charities is that the vast majority of our supplies & cooking ingredients are resourced locally from the Gaza markets and produce. Throughout the past several months, the GSK team has developed excellent collaborative relationships with the local farmers and suppliers. This created win-win situations for both sides and promoted what’s left of the local economy. The GSK not only continued to provide daily meals in Gaza but also added more feeding locations. Currently GSK has 7 locations of feeding centers that feed thousands of needy Gazans in addition to meal delivery to patients and staff at the Gaza hospitals. GSK also operates a medical point that serves as an outpatient clinic where patients are seen by a physician, basic medications are dispensed, and minor procedures are performed. Needless to say, the limited supplies added extreme hardships on our team and on our financial resources. The GSK team members have been outsourcing and moving needed items such as vegetables from some farmland in south Gaza to the north of Gaza. While some charities stopped or cut back their operations due to the scarcity of supplies and the high prices of the limited resources, GSK expanded its reach despite the tremendous strain on our financial resources. 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