Emergency Summit for Gaza: Ceasefire, Saving Lives, Building Peace

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Date(s) - 01/12/2024 - 01/13/2024
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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CHICAGO, IL

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Agenda

10:00 – 10:30

Fri. POLL RELEASE PRESS CONFERENCE – – – EXCLUSIVE PRE-SUMMIT PROGRAMMING – –

– – – EXCLUSIVE PRE-SUMMIT PROGRAMMING – – – POLL RELEASE PRESS CONFERENCE: American Attitudes in the Aftermath of the Latest Outbreak of Violence in Palestine/Israel Summit attendees are welcome to…

10:30 – 11:00

Fri. SUMMIT CONVENES—OPENING REMARKS

We gather in a moment of urgency with a call to action—one that is at least 44 years in the making. Hear from Rainbow PUSH voices, including those who have led the conversation for decades demanding as Reverend Jesse Jackson has said, “Security for Israel and Justice for Palestinians.”

11:00 – 12:00

Fri. ROUNDTABLE-A CRISIS THAT IMPACTS US ALL

Hear from leading voices to understand why so many diverse communities are deeply impacted by Gaza, and what this means for organizing, coalition building, and the collective pursuit of justice.

12:00 – 13:00

Fri. PANEL-WHAT PALESTINIANS ARE ENDURING

Understanding why so many diverse communities are deeply impacted by Gaza, and what this means for organizing, coalition building, and collective pursuit of justice.

13:00 – 13:30

Fri. JUMMA PRAYER

Friday prayers for Muslims.

13:00 – 14:00

Fri. LUNCH

Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen

Network with summit attendees over boxed falafel or chicken shwarma lunches from Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen, a local Palestinian-American-owned restaurant. Lunches are pre-paid and then sold on a first come, first serve basis until sold out.

14:15 – 15:15

Fri. PANEL-SILENCING DEBATE

A critical conversation about efforts to silence and distort the debate we must have on Israel/Palestine.

15:15 – 16:15

Fri. PANEL-RESPONDING TO A MORAL CRISIS IN LEADERSHIP

16:30 – 17:30

Fri. PANEL- CHICAGOLAND RESPONDS TO THE MOMENT

CHICAGOLAND RESPONDS TO THE MOMENT: A MODEL FOR MOVING POLICYMAKERS TO ACTION IN SUPPORT OF AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE Hear from Chicago organizers on work happening on the ground to move often reluctant policy makers, including members of Congress, to speak up. Learn how grassroots movements organize, using the roles of local activism and protest, local media, and the introduction/passage of resolutions in city councils and state legislatures.

09:00 – 10:00

Sat. SHACHARIT PRAYER

Attendees are welcome to join local IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace members for the first of three periods of daily prayer in Judaism with a quiet song-based ceremony.

10:00 – 11:30

Sat. RALLY FOR CEASEFIRE

We will join Rainbow PUSH for their weekly televised broadcast in support of a national call for a ceasefire with host: Santita Jackson,

11:45 – 13:00

Sat. BOXED LUNCHES AVAILABLE

Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen

Working lunch with more good Palestinian food (falafel or chicken shwarma)

11:45 – 12:15

Sat. PLENARY – WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SECURE A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN WASHINGTON?

A ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop the killing, to allow unimpeded humanitarian aid to flow, and to ensure reconstruction in Gaza begins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accountability that many have correctly demanded. What is the status of the ceasefire debate among policymakers and political commentators? How can it be advanced?

12:15 – 13:15

Sat. PLENARY CONT. — ON THE LOCAL LEVEL?

13:15 – 13:45

Sat. PLENARY CONT. — ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

A ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop the killing, to allow unimpeded humanitarian aid to flow, and to ensure reconstruction in Gaza begins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accountability that many have correctly demanded. Opponents of a ceasefire are aiming to isolate members of Congress who have called for an end to the violence and have been critics of Israeli policies. How do we protect the policy call for a ceasefire from the election-year politics trying to derail it?

13:45 – 14:00

Sat. NEXT STEPS

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