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Eastside Olympia Food Co-op We are moving into full preparation mode for this year's 3rd Olympia Arab Festival - Shuruq III at the The Olympia Center, October 8th! Help support us by buying some delicious homemade treat made by our Festival Coordinator Farihan Bushnaq. Thanks to the Olympia Co-op for donating ingredients and the opportunity to sell […]
On May 14, 1948, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine, his heavily armed troops seized the ancient Palestinian Arab town of al-Zeeb and drove out most of the inhabitants. Eighteen-year-old Mariam Fathallah was one of them. She and her young husband and their families were forced to flee […]
Friday, May 27th, 7:00 PM Bloedel Hall at St. Mark's Cathedral (1245 10th Ave E., Seattle) On May 14, 1948, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine, his heavily armed troops seized the ancient Palestinian Arab town of al-Zeeb and drove out most of the inhabitants. Eighteen-year-old Mariam Fathallah […]
featuring author Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta Saturday, May 28, 7:00 p.m. Olympia Friends Meeting House (3201 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia) Author Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, a Quaker Jew who lived in Jerusalem for seven years and has written widely on Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activism, will share reflections from her interview-based study that presents the voices of over […]
Celebrate the late Daniel Berrigan and nonviolent Peace Activism. Watch the informative and inspiring documentary film "Hit and Stay." On April 30, Dan Berrigan died shortly before reaching the age of 95. He and his late brother Phil were members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and courageous leaders of bold nonviolent peace activities from the 1960s onward, […]
