Demonstrators and artists have taken the steps of the met museum unfurling an ENORMOUS (30 x 50 foot) quilt created by artists around the world in solidarity with Palestine.
The quilt was collectively created by 64 artists from around the world and shipped to New York City.
They're demanding the met museum:
(1) cut ties with board members profiting from Israeli bombardment + occupation of Palestine
(2) support an immediate + permanent ceasefire
(3) aid the preservation of Palestinian cultural heritage sites being destroyed by Israel
In addition to the quilt, demonstrators reclaimed and redistributed Met flyers, stickered with movement messaging and demands.
Dozens rallied outside the officers of Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer earlier as part of today's Christians Against Genocide actions.
-- PRO_NYC, 18 Mar 2024
TODAY: 60+ Faith leaders delivered letters from NYC clergy to [Senator Schumer] & [Senator Gillibrand] demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 🕊️🇵🇸
NYers of all faiths joined a day of action with Christians for a Free Palestine to call for an end to the war & military funding for Israel!
that james baldwin quote where he says, “it took many years of vomiting up all the filth i’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before i was able to walk on the earth as though i had a right to be here.”
i think it shld be more widespread for ppl to read aloud to each other as a means of spending time together. like even just a bunch of adults sitting together reading wikipedia articles or something