STORYTELLERS DELEGATION: UPDATE 2
Dead Sea, Border Crossing, Nakba, on my.
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Hello all. Well, I'm in Palestine again. Yes, it was only a month ago, but I'm back. We made it across the border, which is a super stressful and anxiety inducing experience. And I think that's part of what the intent of the Israeli government is, is to make it really difficult and, make you not want to come.
In any case, we're here. We've already heard two really powerful stories from folks who were displaced from their land, during NAKBA in 1948, older folks who, exhibited a good deal of righteous indignation, a lot of lament and sorrow for the loss of childhood and home, and just a reminder of what people have had to live under, for the last 75 plus years.
And so our storytellers were here to listen to those stories. We may generate some things while we're here, to build our own kind of community, to be in allyship, and continue to help to share and amplify stories. One of the stories we'll ...