Ansel Schmidt, Felix Thomson, Raghav Goyal, Reilly Gardine
Four Highland Hospital workers and SEIU members will share firsthand accounts of grassroots organizing at Alameda County’s largest public hospital. From leading a system-wide campaign to divest from weapons manufacturers, to organizing “Know Your Rights” trainings in response to ICE threats, to building cross-departmental networks that can - and did - defend from external attacks on the workforce, these workers are demonstrating how to transform their workplace through collective action. Their efforts offer a powerful example of how workers can build organization and solidarity on the job - even in difficult conditions.
Sarah Alza12:00 and Jamie Swanton This presentation explores the life experiences of a Palestinian refugee through hergrandparents’ powerful stories of a Palestine before Zionism and then surviving the Nakba. Despite the Zionist entities’ current genocide wiping the family name from the civil registry, Sarah Alza12:00 continues the fight for a free Palestine in the diaspora. Specifically looking at the long history of the Zionist mission to dismantle the Palestinian medical infrastructure, Sarah, along with Jamie Swanton from Healthcare Workers for Palestine, focus on the continuing Palestinian-led resistance to Zionism through education and action in the diaspora as well as the fight for a liberated Palestine in the U.S. by Healthcare Workers for Palestine. The presentation includes sections from the Al Jazeera documentary, “The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiyah” and time for questions and discussion. We will also have zines, pamphlets, handouts and other resources on Zionism as racism and settler-colonialism created by Palestinians in the diaspora and anti-Zionist organizers.
Sarah Alzanoon and Jamie Swanton
This presentation explores the life experiences of a Palestinian refugee through her grandparents’ powerful stories of a Palestine before Zionism and then surviving the Nakba. Despite the Zionist entities’ current genocide wiping the family name from the civil registry, Sarah Alzanoon continues the fight for a free Palestine in the diaspora. Specifically looking at the long history of the Zionist mission to dismantle the Palestinian medical infrastructure, Sarah, along with Jamie Swanton from Healthcare Workers for Palestine, focus on the continuing Palestinian-led resistance to Zionism through education and action in the diaspora as well as the fight for a liberated Palestine in the U.S. by Healthcare Workers for Palestine. The presentation includes sections from the Al Jazeera documentary, “The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiyah” and time for questions and discussion. We will also have zines, pamphlets, handouts and other resources on Zionism as racism and settler-colonialism created by Palestinians in the diaspora and anti-Zionist organizers.
