The Struggle Continues

Join us at The Riverside Church for
“The Struggle Continues”
Friday, February 13th | Doors open at 6:30PM | South Hall
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A discussion of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the movement against it, featuring
Jake Romm, Mahmoud Khalil, Sharif Abdel Kouddos, Laila Al-Arian, and organizers from the Palestinian Youth Movement.

Over the last two and a half years, the State of Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine and the broader region has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of martyrs and revealed a vast array of institutions complicit in genocide: the mainstream media, AIPAC and the broader State of Israel lobby, weapons manufacturers, and an international order incapable of enforcing accountability.

The October 11th ceasefire has brought needed relief to the people of Gaza. However, as violations persist and the State of Israel escalates its aggression in the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, it is critical that we ground ourselves in analysis and practical organizing to confront this new phase of the State of Israel’s genocide.

The evening will conclude with a musical ensemble of revolutionary Palestinian music performed by the Palestinian Youth Choir, alongside Sami Abu Shumays and an ensemble of musicians.

Tickets are free, and anything you decide to donate while you get your ticket will go to relief efforts by Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) in Gaza. MECA works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through humanitarian aid, empowerment, and education. MECA partners with community organizations, runs projects for children, and supports income-generation initiatives.

Join us on February 13th as we reaffirm our commitment to Palestinian liberation and strengthen our political movement.

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The struggle continues.

FEATURING 

Jake Romm
Jake Romm is a writer and human rights lawyer based in Brooklyn, NY. He is the U.S. representative for the Hind Rajab Foundation, a legal organization devoted to ending the impunity of the State of Israel and achieving justice for Hind Rajab and all victims of the Gaza genocide. His writing and photography have appeared in Inkstick Media, Strange Matters, The New Inquiry, Hyperallergic, Photograph Magazine, Protean Magazine, MAP6, Yogurt Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Midnight Sun, Iterant Magazine, and elsewhere.

Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian leader recognized for his role as a lead negotiator and organizer for the student-led Gaza Solidarity Encampments at Columbia University in 2024. Following his activism, he was arrested without a warrant and detained by ICE for several months, making him one of the first and most high-profile political prisoners of the Trump administration’s crackdown on student speech and Palestinian organizing. Despite ongoing threats of deportation, he continues to organize and advocate for Palestinian rights and free speech on campuses across the United States.

Sharif Abdel Kouddos
Sharif Abdel Kouddos is an independent print and television journalist based in New York and Cairo. He has reported across the Arab world and internationally, including from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, Algeria, and the United States. He received a George Polk Award for his investigation into the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, an Emmy Award for coverage of the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban, and an Izzy Award for his reporting on the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Laila Al-Arian
Laila Al-Arian is an investigative journalist based in Washington, DC, and the executive producer of Fault Lines, the Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning documentary program on Al Jazeera English. Fault Lines has produced six documentaries on the Gaza genocide, including The Night Won’t End.