🍉 Van Gran 4 Pal Community Newsletter (September 29th, sorry we're late!) Introduction Neighbours and friends, Our newsletter is a little behind schedule. Below we have our usual introduction, actions and events. But first, if you are reading this on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, today we are joining you in honouring Residential School Survivors and the children who never
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (September 13, 2026) Introduction Dear neighbours & friends, The new school year is in full swing, and fall is just around the corner. The leaves on the trees in our neighbourhoods are starting to turn, and with that a new turn of events. In what came as a surprise to many, Canada joined
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (August 28, 2026) Introduction Dear neighbours & friends, The summer is coming to a close for students and children who are stocking up on school supplies, clothing, and backpacks, while parents are planning for another busy school year of activities. Yet, this past summer we've seen Israel continue its intentional attack
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (August 13, 2026) Introduction We have been enjoying the summer weather and the opportunities it presents for community to connect at bigger local events. It was great to see artists and business owners continuing advocacy for Palestine in their work at Pleasant Day festival, and to make new connections along the way. We
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (July 11, 2026) Introduction "They brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end." Dr. Hassan Abu Safiya has spent over 18 months in Israeli detention without charge, subjected to daily torture. During his first appreance since his abduction his lawyer could barely
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (June 19, 2026) Introduction Dear neighbours and friends, In this week’s edition we have an amazing selection of local events. From an emo show to queer cinema for Palestine, there’s a lot of ways to meet your community, raise money for Palestinian relief efforts and enjoy your summer. FIFA has completely
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (May 29, 2026) Introduction Dear neighbours and friends, We've been watching these past couple of weeks the decimation of schools, hospitals, paramedics, and the continued ethnic cleansing of villages in Southern Lebanon by the IOF. At the same time we've also been witnessing the horrific bombings happening in Gaza
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (May 8, 2026) Introduction Dear neighbors and friends, This newsletter is dedicated to commemorating Nakba Day, observed each year on May 15. Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”, marks the violent expulsion and ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, when 78%
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (April 27) Neighbours and friends, Late April in Vancouver is made beautiful by its natural blanket of soft pink petals. Our cherry blossoms have bloomed in peace and can safely rest for another season. Our city's children kick them up or tuck them into their pockets on the way to
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (April 9, 2026) Neighbours and friends, It’s an understatement to say that the last two weeks have been difficult. It’s hard to even wrap our heads around the growing barbarism of our society as we witness the continued normalization of genocidal language against a civilization, one of the most aggressive bombardments
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (March 27, 2026) Neighbours and friends, As we approach Yom Al Ard (Land Day) on March 30th, we would love for our readers to check out an important briefing from our community member and newsletter contributor Federica. The briefing summarizes the latest developments across Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, showing how
Land Day 2026 – A Warning at the Edge of Erasure Every year on March 30th since 1976, Palestinians commemorate Land Day – the day six demonstrators were killed and hundreds more injured or arrested by Israeli forces while protesting the confiscation of 20,000 dunums (~20 km²) of Palestinian land in the Galilee. Land Day has become a defining moment in
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (March 13, 2026) Introduction Sometimes it’s hard to even know where to begin… Whilst trying to wrap our heads around ever-escalating global events, we are trying even harder to stay connected, united and supportive of each other. Friends have been reflecting with community for Ramadan and celebrating International Women’s Day, persevering
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (February 28, 2026) Neighbours and friends, We are still looking to expand our newsletter team! Working on the newsletter is a beautiful way to stay engaged, feel connected to the community and find hope among friends in trying times. As I write this, I am sitting with a neighbour and friend who would
🍉 Join us tomorrow - Emergency Action: Close the loopholes Neighbours and friends, Join us TOMORROW, February 17, at 1 pm at Taleeb Noormohamed's Office at 3077 Granville Street. (Convene at the Plaza at 13th and Granville at 12:45 to march over together). Canadian companies are arming Israel's genocide in Gaza, Trump's illegal
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (January 29, 2026) Neighbours and friends, We’re on the lookout for volunteers! Working on this newsletter every couple of weeks helps us to organize our thoughts, feel connected to the community, and be less hopeless about it all. However, it isn’t always easy to manage everything and take breaks with such
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (January 9, 2026) Neighbours and friends, We at VanGran4Pal want to wish you all a very happy new year, and hope that you were able to find some restful moments over the holidays. Thank you for continuing to read along with us in 2026 and working towards a day where this newsletter doesn&
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (December 19, 2025) Neighbours and friends, As many of us move into this festive season — gathering with loved ones, sharing meals, and finding moments of warmth — we also mark a grim reality: we are now past Day 800 of the genocide in Gaza. Despite the so-called "ceasefire" having been in place
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (December 5, 2025) Neighbours and friends, Thank you so much to those of you who responded to our survey earlier this week. We are excited to grow and strengthen our community together with the help of the insights you provided. Thank you for your time, solidarity and kindness. If you didn’t have
Featured A New “Mandate” for Gaza — and Why We Must Resist It In November, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 — a measure presented as a blueprint for “peace” and “reconstruction” in Gaza. Behind the diplomatic vocabulary lies a decision of staggering illegality and profound moral failure. The resolution establishes an externally appointed “Board of Peace” comprised of powerful states, alongside a
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter - We Want Your Feedback! Neighbours and friends, As we turn the page on another heavy month, we want to start by saying thank you. More than 700 of you are now part of this community, and every edition of this newsletter continues to see 40–50% engagement – an extraordinary number. It speaks to something
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (November 18, 2025) Neighbours and friends, We have an important action for you to take today! In direct contradiction to our government’s many claims that Canadian military exports are not being used in this genocide, the new report exposes shipments of vital components of both Israel’s fighter jets and the bombs
Newsletter 🍉 Join us at the "So you want to be an organizer? A newbie's guide to getting involved" workshop! Vancouver Granville for Palestine, in collaboration with Al Awda Vancouver, presents “SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ORGANIZER? A NEWBIE’S GUIDE TO GETTING INVOLVED!” Join us for this in-person, half-day workshop on November 16th as we skill-up for Palestine! 🗓️Sunday, November 16th, 2025 ⏰Doors at 12:45 PM / Starts
🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter (October 31, 2025) Neighbours and friends, We come to you this week from a new platform and hope you will bear with us through any hiccups. You can now check out all our previous newsletter editions here. These past few weeks we have been processing the ongoing tragedies in Gaza and watching the
Newsletter 🍉 VanGran4Pal Community Newsletter This post was imported from Mailchimp. Some formatting may have been lost in translation. **Neighbours and Friends, ** This week, our introductory words come from community member Mohammed: GAZA update. The ceasefire agreement has been signed and approved by the Knesset, yet the genocide continues. Since the deal was announced, at