Will you be my Palentine?

Join us for an evening of cultural healing and remembrance.

Since its inception, The Land in Our Bones has been a devotion of stewardship and care for and from my own ancestors and the Levant’s liberatory relationships to land, love, and life. The book’s culmination is both in resistance to our erasure, and the ongoing cultivation of pathways that can fortify sovereign futures. As genocidal assaults on our people continue, please help me birth this offering in a spirit of collective healing, the cultivation of sumud (steadfastness), communal generosity, and ancestral nourishment as we plant seeds of our liberatory futures together and re-member the roots which fortify us to do so.

Reem’s California will be cooking delicious food featured in the book, including a special Gazan dish in connection towards our kindred relatives on the ground. There will be live folk music, a brief book reading, signing, and q+a with some thoughtful words and invitations for this time. We will have an altar to uplift the spirits of our martyrs - please bring symbolic items to contribute in their honor if you feel called, and a special place to plant native seeds of love and vision towards liberated futures together - from our diasporic homes to our ancestral ones.

While all these generous things are being offered without cost and registration is technically free, I invite folks to purchase tickets with as much generosity is possible for you. ALL fees from the tickets will go directly to our mutual aid efforts to provide basic needs to Gazan civilians enduring genocide: relocation costs, prenatal and postnatal care supplies, tents to protect displaced families, and other such daily living needs. There will be items for sale to collect more funds for our relatives in Gaza on the day of the event as well.

If you would like to donate a customized amount that is not included in the fixed registration tickets, please feel free to register for "free" and then repeat the process by clicking "DONATE + TICKETS" and following the link at the bottom that says "no thanks. I just want to make a donation" to make the contribution in whatever amount you would like to.

* Please wear a mask to increase safety and access for as much of our community as possible.

* RSVP to register your spot, as there is limited capacity and this will help us prepare for adequate amounts of food. Can’t wait to see you!