October 4, 1:00 PM EDT - Online
October Monthly Meeting - PIBS & PMNH
Warmest Autumn greetings from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) and the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH)!
A huge THANK YOU to our donors, who responded generously to our $100,000 matching fundraising campaign that started on July 7, 2025. We also express our deep gratitude to our current and former volunteers who have made profound contributions to the development of the Institute and Museum (PIBS/PMNH).
We have, therefore, dedicated one hour per month to give you an update of the Institute’s activities and the Museum’s progress for the previous month. This is the invitation to you for our 63rd monthly virtual meetup on Saturday, October 4, 2025.
If this is your first invitation, you may like to know that we have been holding these monthly meetups on the first Saturday of each month since July 2020, initially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each session includes:
A review of our activities at PIBS during the previous month
A discussion of challenges we are facing
All sessions are recorded and archived online, making them accessible if you cannot join live.
Since October 7, 2023, the volunteer director of PIBS/PMNH, Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, has also dedicated the second hour for a briefing on the ongoing situation in Gaza. Some of these briefings are also available in our archive.
Despite the overwhelming shadow of the continuing genocide in Gaza, we remain committed to PIBS’s four pillars of work: Research, Education, Conservation, and Community Services.
We salute all who are risking arrest at events worldwide calling for the release of the Freedom Flotila participants and for an end to the genocide in Gaza. We are honored to share this struggle with you and warmly welcome you to join us this Saturday.
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time:
8:00 PM Palestine Summer Time
7:00 PM Central European Time
6:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Duration: 2 hours (Feel free to join either hour or both!)
Hour 1: Review of PIBS activities in September 2025
Hour 2: Gaza & West Bank briefing by Prof. Mazin
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6106562489
Thank you for the great turnout last month and for your thoughtful questions and comments.
Here are the resources from our last meetup September 6, 2025):
We also invite you to read our 2024 Annual Report, released in February 2025. Your feedback is most welcome. Read the report here.
Thank you, as always, for your solidarity and continued engagement. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom this Saturday.
Stay human and keep hope alive,
Jessie, Mazin,
Amal, Johanna, Mohammad N.,
Reem, Saleh, Sara, Victor, and Zena
Upcoming Virtual Meetup Dates for 2025:
1 November (#64)
6 December (#65)
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