We at the Poetry Project stand in solidarity with Palestinians in occupied Palestine, in Gaza, and in the global diaspora; and commit to ongoing organizational efforts toward Palestinian liberation. As an organization and as individuals, we demand an end to the ongoing occupation of Palestine and an end to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

We organize, curate, work, and dream in the conviction that poetry sustains people and place. That is, in a world riven by inequality, dispossession, hunger, and war, poetry makes life more possible. None of us are free until all of us are free, and we believe that poetry can and must be a tool for liberation.

On Thursday, October 26th, we will open our doors for Poets for a Free Palestine, an evening of poetry, performance, and solidarity. While we think and work toward more sustained liberatory efforts, we offer the Parish Hall as a gathering place for collective grief and respite, for art and resistance. Participants include: Andrea Abi-Karam, Mirene Arsanios, Lara Atallah, Carolina Ebeid, Abou Farman, Kaleem Hawa, Adham Hafez, Benjamin Krusling, Ladan Osman, Sahar, H Sinno, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, and Mohammed Zenia Siddiq Yusef Ibrahim, with others to be announced. This gathering will be free and open, with more details forthcoming.

Free Gaza. Free Palestine.