📅 August 18 🕛 9 - 11am PT I 12–2pm ET I 7-9pm Palestine
📍 Online

Walls That See: From Jerusalem to the Global Struggle for Justice

JOIN NOURA ERAKAT, TA-NEHISI COATES, NYLE FORT, PERFORMING ARTISTS AND I WITNESS SILWAN FOR A VIRTUAL GATHERING ON AUGUST 18!

This urgent and inspiring virtual gathering brings together artists, thinkers, and organizers to explore how art confronts injustice — from the “I Witness Silwan” murals in occupied Jerusalem to the walls and stages of communities resisting oppression worldwide.

Hosted by Art Forces, this session will be guided by Noura Erakat, a Palestinian human rights attorney and Professor of Africana Studies and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, whose work illuminates the lived realities of Palestinian communities facing forced dispossession and ethnic cleansing as well as the shared strategies of global freedom movements.

Featured voices include acclaimed author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, and minister, activist, and scholar Nyle Fort. We will also be joined by visual and performance artists who will share how their art challenges injustice and uplifts stories of resistance, including members of the I Witness Silwan team in Jerusalem.

Together, we’ll examine the power of art — murals, music, storytelling — to protect truth, resist erasure, and build between struggles for justice, with a special focus on Black–Palestinian solidarity and our collective resistance.

As Palestinians continue to face forced displacement and erasure, including the imminent expulsion of multiple extended families in Silwan, art reminds us that resistance is alive. We must build power together to transform silence into action and uplift the voices of those most impacted.

Register to Receive Zoom Link: August 18th - 9am PT I 12pm ET I 7pm Palestine - Art Forces

Together, we witness. Together, we resist. Together, we create.

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