Food as Resistance & Online Baking Class

June 18, 2024

Good morning. Remember that every day is a good day to stand in solidarity with Palestine.

LEARN. Read about food as a tool and act of resistance in this article from Nylah Iqbal Muhammad. “Food is central to the movement for Palestinian liberation, because food is central to history, identity, and life. And that is what the movement is fighting for, until Palestine is free.”

NOTICE. What part of the article jumped out to you, made you feel something? What did it make you feel? Notice how that sits in your body.

ACT. Sign up here for this online baking class with Asmaa and Rebecca. This is a fundraiser to support 15 families in Gaza access the basic necessities. All funds from this online event will go directly to each family. There is a more accessible financial option available for folks who could not attend at the full price. If you cannot attend but want to donate, you can donate directly here.

Chi Nwosu on Instagram wrote this beautiful reflection, saying "🧡Find your connection point to liberation and let it move you 🧡 Food, yes even food is political. Who gets to make their cultural dishes, what ingredients they have access to, how Empire punishes and oppresses groups to control & erase cooking traditions: bread, za'atar, corn, fruit, all of it!"

SHARE. Send this email to 5 friends who could attend and ask them to sign up for this event and/or share the fundraiser directly with 5 friends

ASK. What other types of events or fundraisers would you want to attend? Please reply to this email (or, if you are reading this online, leave a comment below) to let us know.*

In solidarity for Palestinian liberation,

Rebecca Steckle, on behalf of the Shades of Anger collective

*You can also continue the conversation with us in the Speaking Up Network, a private social media platform co-created by Animah Kosai, one of the leaders of Shades of Anger.

Shades of Anger was created by a global collective of women to raise awareness and inspire action to free Palestine. We chose the name of our collective to honor the poem, “Shades of Anger,” by Palestinian-Canadian poet Rafeef Ziadah. We also believe in liberation for Sudan, the Congo, Haiti, and all places where systems of oppression are causing immense suffering and crushing the life out humans. We are led by women of the Global Majority/BIPOC. Shades of Anger is for everyone who wants to act for liberation and you can learn more about it here.