We will not be taking a moment of silence. Because silence is precisely what is allowing genocide to happen in Palestine. Because if we took just a minute for each soul that has been taken by the Israeli occupation, we would be here for years, sitting in silence.
May 15, 2025 marks 77 years since the Nakba—Nakba means catastrophe that led to the displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians in 1948. Yet, the Nakba is not a historical event confined to the past; it is a continuing reality for Palestinians today.