Healing-Centered Resources for Those Impacted by Violence in Palestine/Israel (for New Yorkers and beyond)

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Free and Donation-Based Virtual Groups and Gatherings

Additional Resources

2024 Archive (dates passed but these may be a source for future resources)

2023 Archive (dates passed but these may be a source of future resources)

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Free and Donation-Based Virtual Groups and Gatherings

*Multi-Resource List - Ongoing Updates by @inclusivetherapists

Support and Resources for Student Activists for a Free Palestine

*Multi-Resource List - Ongoing Updates by @naapimha

Mental Health Supports During Gaza Crisisand Google Event Calendar 

*Multi-Resource List - Ongoing Updates

Mental Health + Somatic Resources for Palestinians in Diaspora / SWANA Folks and Spreadsheet

Support Group for Palestinians - Zoom on 5/5 and 5/26

  • “This space is for Palestinians to find healing within their community. We will have honest discussions about the emotional fatigue Palestinians are currently facing during this ongoing crisis. These groups will be facilitated by peers. There is limited capacity. Please only register if you’re able to commit for the full hour. Note: This is not a therapy session or ‘group therapy’ this is a healing support circle.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up with details

Grief Resilience and Prayer Circle for Palestine - 5/2, 5/9. 5/23, 5/30

  • “Inspired by our student protestors who have showed us how strong we are when we stand together, we will be gathering tonight to connect, process and debrief. This is a space held weekly to share, listen, and be held by like minded community.”
  • Website with Event Sign Ups and IG Page

Solidarity Encampment Support Workshop Series - 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 on Zoom

  • “HEART in partnership with Maruna Healing is offering a workshop series to support Palestinian solidarity campus encampments with psychological first aid, creating compassion containers for disclosures of harm, and building cultures of accountability.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

Psychic Worlds Under Stress: The State of Mental Healthcare in Palestine - Hybrid Event on 6/1

  • “Join us for a teach-in on mental healthcare in Palestine as Drs. Lara and Stephen Sheehi join Healthcare Workers for Palestine to discuss their book, ‘Psychoanalysis Under Occupation’”
  • Website with Event Sign Up and IG Flyer
  • In person location: The People’s Forum, Manhattan NY

Grief Cafe for Gaza - Zoom support group and sign up for future sessions - 2/8, 3/22, 4/12, 5/5, 6/2

  • “Grief Cafes are a safe and brave space for us to be with our individual and collective grief in solidarity with the Palestinian people. You can opt into an identity-based affinity group or join a mixed space for people of all identities.”
  • “The Grief Café for Gaza Community is a private space where people attending Grief Cafés for Gaza can connect in between grief cafes and support each other. Sasha will be sharing weekly grief prompts and community check-in at least once a month.” Monthly subscription for $5.
  • Grief Cafe: IG flyer and Sign Up, Future sessions sign up
  • Grief Circle: Subscribe (Next Circle 5/23)

Healing & Resistance Circles - Virtual sessions 4/24, 5/8, 5/22, 6/5

  • “This is an ongoing, free, 60-minute virtual support group for Muslim and/or Arab/SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) individuals and anti-Zionist healthcare workers/organizers who are impacted by the genocide in Gaza - for those directly impacted, those experiencing vicarious traumatization, and those experiencing survivors' guilt and compassion fatigue/burnout. We will have an opportunity to share our collective grief and practice skills to support our nervous system regulation so we can continue to function and do impactful liberatory work.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up with details
  • Flyer for Youtube Channel

Grieving the Occupation: A Virtual Community Grief Ritual - Online class series; first Sundays 12/3 through 6/2

  • “So many of us from all around the world are grieving the unfolding genocide in Gaza and the longtime occupation of Palestine. If you are looking to gather and ritualize your grief with others who share your feelings, this is the space for you. Our time together will include time for grounding, spacious time for sharing, somatic practices designed to support grief as well as writing and song.”
  • IG Flyer and sign up

Recurring Events and Offerings

Generative Somatics - Daily Practice Space Online

  • “This 30 minute daily practice space is for movement leaders in this time of ongoing change and loss. This space is open to anyone who has already practiced politicized somatics with gs or organizations who practice with the methodology developed by gs…gs is committed to 60% or more BIPOC attendance at our online daily practice space. We will manage registration with that in mind.”
  • Sign up website with details and IG flyer with more info

Palestine Solidarity Pods - Mondays online

  • “In response to the emergent need for a community resourcing space as we continue to bear witness to the continued genocide of the Palestinian people, we will be holding a weekly pod meeting…Sessions will provide relational building in community  support and practical body-based tools to sustain care, hope, and action. This offering is open to Palestinians across the diaspora and allies for a Free Palestine.”
  • Sign up website with details and IG flyer

Support group for Palestine: Healing Together - Mondays on Zoom

  • "We are all affected in different ways. This support group provides a safe space for us to come together and process these events, whether we are experiencing first-hand trauma, second-hand trauma, survivor’s guilt, or feeling numb and frozen. This group is open to everyone seeking support in relation to the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine and Gaza, regardless of nationality or location.”
  • DM tkholistic for Zoom link (changes weekly)
  • IG Flyer with details  

Grief Space - Eyes on Palestine - Mondays on Zoom

  • "Here, we will take time to process the immensity of our grief together, as a virtual community. The level of horror in Gaza right now is unfathomable, and for many of us it feels impossible to digest the magnitude of loss in real time. We do not need to carry this burden alone, for we are in this together… This is a support group for those who want community in sharing and holding their collective grief. All are welcome."
  • Sign up and IG Flyer with details  

Palestinian Community Support Groups - Mondays on Zoom

  • "We are providing a virtual community space facilitated by a group of Palestinian therapists to process feelings of collective grief, rage towards injustice, experiences of anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia in the diaspora."
  • Support Group Sign Up and IG Flyer 

Buddhists for Justice in Palestine- Monday and Friday Gatherings on Zoom

  • "BJPal is a free devotional and action space for all change-making, rabble-rousing activists and creatives who long for a safe and nurturing space to be themselves while practicing the dharma. We will center the foundations of justice in early and contemporary Buddhist practice and focus our energies on the joy of chanting and singing, guided meditation, deep listening,  community building, and organizing for change. Folks of all and no faith traditions are welcome. No meditation experience is necessary. Please bring all of you! This is designed to be a liberatory and safe space for all, especially survivors of violence, disabled, genderqueer, trans, femme, SWANA, BIPOC and caste-oppressed folks. This is expressly an anti-racist, anti-imperialist, anti-Hindutva and anti-Zionist space."
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer 

Holding Our Heartbreak - QTPOC Meditation Tuesdays on Zoom

  • “QTBIPOC kin! continuing to offer a place to practice, grieve, and resource together. a space for us to come together and to hold this heartbreak, the rage, the numbness, whatever is coming up and move with it.”
  • Sign Up  and IG Flyer

Palestine Healing Circle Thursdays Virtually

  • “This 8 week support group encourages individuals to explore personal and collective experiences and feelings with trauma surrounding identity, systemic oppression, and the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This group is open to Palestinians/SWANA, BIPOC folx, and allies. Sessions are led by Palestinian therapists through the Depth Co.”
  • Contact connect@thedepthcollective for more info and to sign up.
  • IG Flyer

Voices of Palestinian Women Authors - Every other Friday online, 5/17 through 7/26

  • “This series aims to provide a prominent platform to showcase and explore a curated selection of works, primarily literary, by Palestinian women authors. Throughout each session, we will delve into various aspects of Palestinian culture, history, and contemporary reality, utilizing literature and the arts as key vehicles to understand the diverse voices and perspectives of Palestinian women…Our project is a semi-academic reading sessions directed to people interested in literature and Palestine, and it is open to university attendees and general audience.”
  • Sign Up with details

Sliding Scale Breathwork and Embodied Practice - Virtual or in-person (Brooklyn), offerings and dates vary

  • POC Full Moon Sundays: 5/19 - $30-45

“Breathwork, journaling and community time. Other practices sprinkled in, as it fits with monthly themes.”

  • Heal and Build Power First Fridays: 5/3, 6/7 - donation based

“A monthly gathering for activists to turn inward with curiosity, cultivating the freedom we want to build in the world in our own bodies. We’ll clear energy, release emotional and creative blocks, cultivate nervous system ease and protect energy.”

Tapping for Revolution- Sundays online

Processing Palestine - Peer Support Space for SWANA/Arab/Muslim Diaspora Therapists and Human Service Professionals

  • “The intention for this group is to provide a safe, supportive space for therapists and allied human service professionals who identify as Arab, Muslim, or a member of the Southwest Asian/North African Diaspora who are looking for an anti-oppressive, decolonial group to collectively process, advocate, and share resources that support Palestinian Liberation.”
  • Sign Up

Additional Resources

Free Mental Health Support Calls for Student Activists

  • “We are offering free 30 min non-crisis mental health support calls for SJP students and student activists. These support calls for activists will be facilitated by volunteer anti-oppressive mental health professionals in support of Palestinian liberation.”
  • Website to Sign Up and IG Flyer

Palestine Mental Health Response - Ruh Care Free Individual Therapy and Healing Circles

Maintaining Mental Health in the Movement

  • “In movement moments like we’re seeing now with the widespread Gaza Solidarity Encampments, so much is happening simultaneously that it can feel impossible to process while you’re actively involved. Because the encampments are sites of so many intense emotional experiences, it’s important to build in intentional processing spaces in order to protect participants, deepen community relations through shared vulnerability, and sustain movement… I created a resource that includes specific reflection prompts, processing handouts, and somatic (body-based) processing ideas. Those at encampments can print / circulate this resource and adapt it to their needs.”
  • Post 1 and Post 2

Mental Health Tips for Student Encampers for Palestine

  • “Tips for students and everyone supporting them. Something as simple as deep breathing can be very crucial during a high stress time like now.”
  • IG post

Document Genocide Through Story

  • “ Write to the Children of Gaza is an online digital solidarity letter-writing campaign. What would you tell a child or the children of Gaza? This is a written opportunity open to people of all ages, worldwide.”
  • “Read letters to the Children of Gaza from people around the world. Letters can be used in training, workshops, breakout sessions, op-eds, newsletters. They're digital.”
  • “We are using the power of story for changemaking. If you’ve participated in a gaza encampment, tell your story. It will provide critical context and will be studied in the future.”
  • “Share a Ramadan reflection. Open to all faiths. Ramadan comes at a heavy time this year. Share your Ramadan experience. Read Ramadan stories: islamophobia.io/ramadan/stories”
  • Instagram with all links
  • Flyer for ‘Write to Children’ | Flyer for ‘Tell Your Gaza Encampment Story’ | Flyer for ‘Ramadan Reflection”

Rabbis for Ceasefire - Shabbat for Ceasefire and Free Spiritual Care Sessions

  • "Some wonderful members of Rabbis for Ceasefire are available for one-on-one calls for support and accompaniment while we navigate life right now and as things continue to change. We hope that these free care offerings will help you nurture and honor the support systems you already have as well as provide support for some meaning-making if that is something you are seeking."
  • Spiritual Care Details and Sign Up
  • Shabbat for Ceasefire
  • IG Page for Updates and Website for additional resources

The Conscious Kid - Palestine Resources for Children and Families

  • “This collection of children’s books centers and uplifts Palestinian voices and stories, which are often erased, suppressed or punished. It also includes books by Arab and Muslim authors that affirm Arab and Muslim identities and provide opportunities to educate about Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism”
  • Website

Love & Power for Gaza, an interview series ft. healers and organizers 

  • “How to Stop a Genocide While Maintaining a Regulated Nervous System”
  • View and sign up for the series

South Asian Therapists and Healers Network

  • “This group is for therapists, coaches, and allied health professionals across the globe who are of South Asian descent, and also of Southwest Asian and MENA descent. This group is for therapists and healers to network, advertise offerings, make connections across professions, and refer clients (without sharing identifying client information).”

Tips for Therapists to Support Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims 

  • “Many therapists don’t get training on how to properly support people facing oppression, and mainstream #psychology is rooted in a white colonial lens that pushes us to adapt to and sustain the status quo. Here are 8 do’s and don’ts for therapists to support #palestinian #arab and #muslim clients (and really anyone who is affected by the #gazagenocide”
  • IG Slide Series

Mental Health Services in Brooklyn with Council of Peoples - Free counseling

  • COPO is a non-profit organization in New York City serving the South Asian community providing multiple services…We are dedicated to providing specialized mental health services to diverse communities. In order to meet the diverse needs of our community, all our services are offered in three languages: English, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi.”

Grounding for Grief – Self Guided Course by IDHA 

  • “This class explores how grief can serve as a teacher, an assertion of our collective humanity when allowed acknowledgment and tending...As we witness ongoing state-sanctioned violence, genocide, and oppression, IDHA is offering our self-paced course Grounding in Grief for free to anyone who is looking to engage in politicized learning/unlearning, embodiment practice, and ritual.”
  • Learn more and sign up 
  • IG Flyer 

Healing for Peace Yoga Sessions Free with Code or Payment Donated to Medical Aid in Gaza

  • “Join me for Healing for PEACE discounted 1-1 sessions. Your payment for distant healing sessions with me will go to an organization offering medical aid in Gaza. 3 Ways to Participate: 1) Book your sessions with additional $75 donation, so I can continue to offer free sessions to those affected while 100% of your session fee will be donated. 2) If you are a Palestinian (or from another country affected by US imperial policies), get yourself a free session by using the code:CEASEFIRE. 3) Get yourself a few sessions and know all that you spent will be donated to support the healing of Palestinian people. You can choose to receive energy healing or oracle card reading sessions.”
  • Sign Up links and IG Flyer

Mentorship program to facilitate “HEALING CIRCLES” for Palestinian and Arab-American College Students

  • "The USA-Palestine Mental Health Network recognizes the benefits of emotional support groups and is offering a Healing Circles mentorship program for facilitators of college-based support groups. Our USA-PalMHN mental health professionals will provide local group facilitators with guidance, best practices, and specific considerations to develop and implement their own support groups for Palestinian and Arab-American students."
  • Email newsletter with more info as well as free downloadable facilitation tip sheet.
  • Subscribe to mailing list for future updates

A Schools Guide: Mental Health Support for Palestinian Students

  • “As we watch the horrors of this genocide unfold before our very eyes, we must not forget about our Palestinian students…While the media and our leaders have turned their backs on our Palestinian students, we must remember that our job is to always create a safe space within our classroom. Let us be ready to listen and support our Palestinian students during this vulnerable time.”
  • Virtual Resource Guide  and IG Flyer/Slides

BIPOC Therapy Fund: Free Therapy for People Impacted by the Crisis in Palestine

  • “If you are currently impacted by the crisis in Palestine and need financial assistance to access therapy services, kindly review the FAQ fully and fill out the interest form. We are prioritizing Palestinians and folks with family and loved ones in Palestine.”
  • Website with details and sign up
  • IG flyer

Individual Virtual Support Sessions with Jewish Board (JBFCS)

  • “Jewish Community Services integrates mental and behavioral health services with spirituality, combining the richness of Jewish traditions with social work practices. Our Jewish clients are Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Chasidic and unaffiliated.” Services include a range of topics, including  but not limited to the impact of the current war.
  • Website
  • To learn more and request sessions, call JBFCS at 212-632-4790 or at JCSSupport@jbfcs.org. No insurance required.

Individual Virtual or In Person Counseling with Ohel - particular focus on Jewish communities

  • “Ohel’s staff provides strategies and therapies that enable adults and children to cope with everyday problems like stress and anxiety and offers intensive support to people confronting more serious mental health diagnoses.” Additional services available for Crisis, Trauma And Grief Counseling.
  • Medicaid and many private insurances accepted, sliding scale for uninsured individuals.
  • Website

The Teaching Well - Free Wellness Session for Educators with Direct Ties to Loss in Palestine or Israel

Mental Health + Somatic Resources for Palestinians in Diaspora / SWANA Folks - Assembled by Bokyung Kim, LCSW 

USA-Palestine Mental Health Network 

SWANA Therapist Collective - Resources for those interested in seeking therapy or referring out for a SWANA clinician.

  • “This page is a free informal directory for individuals trying to connect with South West Asian & North African therapists. The page will be dedicated to increase visibility and build awareness about SWANA therapist practices, offerings, work, and/or research. We will also use this as a hub to connect and refer. We are working on a fund to provide free therapy sessions for SWANA clients in the future.”
  • IG Page and Linktr.ee 

2024 Archive (dates passed but these may be a source for future resources)

In Water & Light: Poetry Vigils for Palestine - Zoom on 5/18 and future dates tba

  • “A recurring vigil & community building space in solidarity with Palestine, where we use poetry to generate action, create relationships, and plug into organizing wherever you are. Featuring work by Palestinian poets and those in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.”
  • IG Page and Sign Up with details

Mental Health Tips for Student Encampers for Palestine Multiple Dates on Zoom through 5/17

Solidarity Circle with the Families of Palestine - A Mother's Day Disruption - In-Person (Brooklyn) on 5/12

  • “Music, speakers, and activities for children in our communal backyard - Prospect Park! We will be in the Long Meadow. Plant Palestinian seeds, sing Palestinian songs, stand in solidary with families of Palestine.”
  • Sign Up with details and IG Flyer

Poetry for Palestine - Online on 5/9

  • “This will be a warm, safe, loving environment where we can hold space for our Palestinian brothers and sisters. We will be raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians.”
  • Sign Up with details and IG Page

Introduction to The Resilience Toolkit for Muslimahs - Online starting 5/7 and 5/9

  • “For Muslim women, this free 3-part workshop supports you to navigate stress and trauma– especially in these challenging times. Do you feel like you are living in two-worlds, like you’re not doing enough? Are you experiencing rage, grief, heartbreak, survivors guilt, loneliness, hopelessness, exhaustion due to the genocides in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, the displacement in Pakistan/Afghanistan and other current events. Are you struggling with other people’s responses (or lack thereof) and the impact of Islamophobia? All while carrying past experiences, navigating everyday tasks, and taking care of your loved ones? It’s no wonder you’re overwhelmed. You are not alone. This space is for you.”
  • Sign Up with details and IG Flyer

National Student Virtual Healing Circle - Zoom on 5/6

Palestinian Art Psychotherapy- Monday Groups On Zoom

  • "We are providing a virtual community space facilitated by a group of Palestinian therapists to process feelings of collective grief, rage towards injustice, experiences of anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia in the diaspora."
  • “...free art psychotherapy for Palestinians (and Arabs) affected by the genocide. Email admin@abrarmh.ca to book.”
  • Art Therapy Flyer

Host a Healing Circle for Your Community - Via Palestine Mental Health Response

  • “300+ mental health professionals worldwide are ready to volunteer their time and expertise to offer support, healing, and hope through support groups, healing circles, and more, both in-person and online. Whether you are a mosque, Muslim students association (MSA), or any other community organization or group, get matched with a mental health professional to host a free event.”
  • Website with sign up and IG Flyer

Ceasefire! Practice for Liberation - Online class series - Thursdays in February

  • “These sangha ceasefire evenings will offer you support and belonging to continue your work for a meaningful and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Through mindfulness practice with the full range of our experience, internally and externally, as well as sharing from the heart and working with the body to contact grief, anger and love with compassion, we intend to strengthen our community’s response to Palestine.”
  • IG flyer and sign up

Meditate for Liberation Zoom on Thursdays through 2/22

  • “As we continue to bear witness to such horrors and injustices, how do we keep our hearts open and our minds steady? How do we maintain our energy, and our humanity? In these sessions we we: make space for whatever we may be feeling…; open to receive nourishment from deep healing resources…; reconnect with the boundless well of love and fierce compassion within; and support each other in the courageous liberating aspiration that we, and all beings, without exception, awaken and be free.”
  • IG flyer and view details and sign up on website 


QTPOC Meditation, Yoga, and Burnt Out Activist Club Virtual sessions on Weekly Wed, 2nd Sun, 3rd Sat, and Last Thurs

  • Rest for Resistance by QTPoC Mental Health empowers community through knowledge and compassion, with the ultimate goals of creating online & offline spaces for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC) to be unapologetically our whole selves”
  • Sign Up and Website with more info
  • IG Page for Updates and Flyers

FREE Palestine: Rebalance Energy to Sustain - Virtual groups on Wednesdays

  • “A journey through my favorite nervous system balancing tools, held in an intuitive nature-based framework.” Donations appreciated, not required
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

Teen Support Group Virtual Group Centering Muslim Teens on Tuesdays in Jan and Feb

  • "These groups will provide a healing space particularly for refugee retraumatization. Breakout groups for Arabic and Dari speakers are provided."
  • Sign Up 
  • Website and Flyer Website with Flyer

Somatic Practice Group for White Organizers for Palestine - Online Gathering on 2/27

  • “Connect with other white organizers to feel our heartbreak and feed our commitment to Palestinian liberation. Together we’ll build resilience and power for collective action.”
  • IG Page and Sign Up

Who Heals the Healer: Community Circle - Online Gathering on 2/25

  • “We invite healers into a candid conversation about the hurt felt in our heart when capitalism has normalized unnecessary suffering, genocide, and violence. What does rest look like right now for healers? How do we fight imperialism & create the world we want while taking care of ourselves?..This is a great opportunity for folx to reconnect with like-minded people and network as practitioners.”
  • IG Page and Sign Up with details and website for more info

Voices from Palestine: Building Feminist Solidarity - Online event on 2/15

  • “In this series of webinars, We Are Feminist Leaders is proud to collaborate with Palestinian feminist activists, academics, and thinkers. Together, we will forge transnational solidarity and envision a future of collective liberation and hope.”
  • LinkedIn Flyer and Sign Up

Creatives for Palestine and Congo Teach-In: Design Beyond Decoration - Online event on 2/15

  • “This teach-in is for creatives who want to deepen their relationship with social movements, and develop meaningful applications for their work. From supporting rapid response campaigns and creating cultural interventions to building better relationships with organizations and organizers, join Artist, Strategist, and Educator Bianca Nozaki-Nasser for this 90 min session on 2/15. Together we discuss and apply these frameworks to current organizing happening to support Palestine, Sudan, and Congo.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up

New Year, Same Demand: Free Palestine - In-Person gathering, Flushing Queens 2/11

  • “Join us on Lunar New Year weekend for a vigil and rally to honor Palestinian martyrs. Lunar New Year is a time to pay respects to our ancestors and reaffirm our commitments for the new year. As Korean people, our ancestors have led brave and militant struggles against Japanese colonialism, US occupation, and the division of our homeland. Let us honor our ancestors by uniting our diaspora to stand with the Palestinian people in their fight for liberation. Bring posters, flags, drums, and keffiyehs! This is a family-friendly event. We will have opening speeches in English, Korean, and Mandarin, and the rest of the programming will be in English.”
  • To endorse our action, please DM @nodutdol on IG with your logo or email us at nodutdol@nodutdol.org.
  • IG flyer 

Collective Rest Sessions + Rest in Crisis and Change - Zoom gatherings 2/5, 2/15, 2/19 and RCC on 2/8

  • Roots of Restlessness: “This month’s Collective Rest session features a somatic practice that will shed light on where gaps between your values and your actions are perpetuating burnout. You’ll also engage in a creative reflection exercise to get to the roots of restlessness in your body and life. There will be options for breakout groups for connection and group sharing.”
  • Rest in Crisis and Change: “This free 90-min virtual workshop exploring rest as a practice of liberation from personal and political unrest…This workshop will feature a somatic grounding, journaling prompts, reflective exercises, and practical tools to help you liberate your mind, body and spirit through rest.”
  • IG Flyer (Roots of Restlessness) and IG Flyer (Rest in Crisis and Change)

Multifaith Prayer Circle  - Online gathering 2/3

  • “Join us for a virtual multi-faith gathering as we grieve, pray, connect, and resource ourselves in our work for solidarity with Palestinian liberation. All are welcome (You do not need to know how to pray)”
  • IG flyer and Email to Register: bookingheartofearth@gmail.com

Embodied Jewish Anti-Zionist Praxis - Zoom groups on Tues - Register by 1/31

  • “As Jews, our trauma has been weaponized as a moral cover for genocide. And as people in the belly of the imperialist beast of the U.S., the government counts on our numbness as we implicitly consent to billions of dollars being sent to the Israeli apartheid state every year. We must keep feeling. We must keep resisting. We must keep transforming.”
  • IG flyer and Website with Details and Sign Up

Community Processing Space for Events in Gaza - Zoom gathering on 1/30

  • “If you are feeling despair, hopelessness, numbness, sadness, and/or anger, you are not alone. These feelings are often associated with trauma responses.To acknowledge the collective grief of mass violence, state-sanctioned violence, genocide, and oppression - Asian Mental Health Project and Asian Mental Health Collective will be hosting a breath work & processing space. ”
  • IG flyer and Website with Sign Up and Details

Grief and War Individual, Communal and Global Perspectives - Zoom gathering 1/30

  • “This workshop focuses on the profound experience of grieving together during wartime. It is a safe space where individuals who understand the pain of war can come together, share their stories, and find solace in each other's company. This workshop aims to explore the multifaceted nature of grief and provide insights into how we can cope with it as individuals, support one another within our communities, and foster global healing during times of conflict.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up

Palestine Solidarity Pods - Virtual gatherings on Mondays starting 1/29

  • “Join us for this offering for Palestinians across the diaspora and allies for a Free Palestine. In response to the emergent need for a community resourcing space as we continue to bear witness to the continued genocide of the Palestinian people, we will be holding a weekly pod meeting. Facilitated by Desiree Magsombol, Devika Shankar, and Gia Hasan, these virtual, hour-long sessions will provide relational building in community  support and practical body-based tools to sustain care, hope, and action.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up

Birders for Palestine Action Hour - Zoom gathering on 1/28

  • “Want to take action for Palestine, but don’t know where to start? Come to the first Birders for Palestine Action Hour on January 28th at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT on Zoom to call your reps, craft for the Birds for Gaza project and reflect in community with other birders working towards a Free Palestine. ”

IG flyer and Website with Sign Up and Details

In Water & Light: Poetry Vigils for Palestine - 1/13, 1/27

  • “A recurring vigil & community building space in solidarity with Palestine, where we use poetry to generate action, create relationships, and plug into organizing wherever you are. Featuring work by Palestinian poets and those in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up with details

Shared Grief for Palestine Online Support Group Zoom gathering 1/22 and 1/28

  • “As we bear witness to Palestine's pain and suffering, we are confronted with a profound grief. This new grief support group provides a space to come together to share the grief and offer solace and mutual support. We strive to process the shared trauma and sorrow with empathy and respect. Here you are not alone in your grief.”
  • IG page with flyers and Website with Sign Up and future events

Grounding & Dream & Rest Space: *Dreaming Liberated Futures* - Zoom support groups 1/17, 1/24, 1/31

  • “Gentle movement and guided grounding/meditation. This series is for folks who are and have been plugged into the (too) many active genocides & ragged imperialist agendas around the worldCovid, Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Tigray, the whole global south, Black & brown folks in the U.S. and on.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up

Support Group for Palestinians - Zoom Groups on 1/6 and 1/20

  • “This space is for Palestinians to find healing within their community. We will have honest discussions about the emotional fatigue Palestinians are currently facing during this ongoing crisis. ”
  • IG Flyer

Virtual Processing and Healing Circle - Zoom on 1/25

  • “Processing & healing circle to support Arab, Palestinian and Middle Eastern communities.”
  • IG Flyer
     

Understanding and Treating Collective Trauma in Palestine: Healing Historical Wounds - Virtual on 1/20

  • “Dr. Samah is a leading psychiatrist practicing in the public & the private sectors within Palestine in East Jerusalem, Gaza & the West Bank and is the Head of Palestinian Mental Health Services. This session, organised by Shifa Project, is highly recommended for ALL mental health professionals, community leaders and advocates in understanding the Palestinian struggle through the lens of how Palestinians are impacted living under illegal occupation.”
  • IG Flyer and Website with all events

Virtual Healing Circle - Zoom on 1/15

  • “We will be hosting a virtual healing circle at 7pm open to Asian/Pacific Islander/Arab women, femmes and gender expansive folks to process grief around anti Asian violence, the steep rise in Islamophobia and the genocide in Palestine.”
  • IG Flyer

Yoga for Ceasefire - In-Person in Downtown Brooklyn, 1/13

  • “Dance In The Round, non-nationalist garba-raas (circle / stick dance), for CEASEFIRE NOW”
  • IG Flyer

Healing with Yara - Online Palestinian Support Group on Saturdays 11/4-1/13

 Sisters’ Healing Circle - Holistic Approach to Navigating Difficult Emotions in Times of Crisis - Virtual gathering on 1/10

  • “Processing & healing circle to support Arab, Palestinian and Middle Eastern communities.”
  • IG Flyer

Collective Rest - Monthly Zoom sessions centering BIPOC  

  • “Collective Rest is committed to creating accessible spaces where tired and trauma-impacted human beings can rest and heal, together.”
  • Register to access Collective Rage replay and to be notified of future sessions
  • IG flyer for recent “Collective Rest for Grief” session, which is focused on healing space to process emotions and grief related to Palestine.

2023 Archive (dates passed but these may be a source of future resources)

AAPI Womxn Ancestral Healing Circle - Zoom gathering on 1/29 and 2/12

  • “This healing circle is open to any womxn (woman, femme, trans, non-binary, non-gender-conforming and other, desires to gather within this context) who wishes to create a deeper connection and healing of our ancestral lineage. Participant identifies as: East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, or Pacific Islander.”
  • Sliding Scale - $15-$35
  • IG flyer and Sign Up

Postcards for Palestine - Online gathering 2/12

  • “We will begin with a somatic practice to connect with the love in our hearts and the fire in our bellies guiding us to change. Then we’ll break out into small groups of 3-4 people each to make new friends while collectively speaking up in solidarity with Palestine.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up

Healing with Community - Trauma-Informed Chair Yoga - Hybrid gathering on 2/12

  • “We will be offering “Healing with Community” on this date, and we will dedicate the event to the memory of Christina Yuna Lee, all the lives lost to anti-Asian racism and Islamophobia and the martyrs of Palestine. Event is open to Asian/Pacific Islander/Muslim/Arab/North African women, femmes and gender expansive people.”
  • IG Flyer and Linktr.ee with Sign Up

Arab Support Group for Palestine - Zoom group on 11/1

  • “Now is the time for us to support one another as Arab identified communities across the settler colony of the U.S. Let us gather together, hold one another, and nourish our hope together.”
  • Sign Up 

Somatic Renewal for Collective Liberation and Embodied Solidarity - Zoom support groups 10/29 and 11/2

HEART Reproductive Trauma Healing Circle - Zoom support group 11/3 and possibly future sessions

JFREJ Communal Movement, Dance, and Healing Space - In-Person Gathering in Brooklyn 11/5

International Students of Islamic Psychology – Zoom Healing Circle 11/5

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy_yauPiAj-/ IG flyer

Grieve Together: Emotional Processing for Those Affected by the Palestinian Genocide - Zoom Gathering 11/6

Political Solidarity & Feminist Teach-in - Zoom Gathering 11/6

How to Have Hard Conversations for BIJOCSM Peoples: A Workshop - 11/6

  • “It’s especially challenging right now to talk to our communities about Palestinian liberation. During the workshop, we’ll practice having difficult conversations about Zionism, Palestine, Israeli apartheid, Gaza and other topics, using modeling, role play, and other tactics…Anyone who identifies as a Black Jew, Indigenous Jew, Non-Black Jew of Color, Sephardi or Mizrahi Jew is welcome at this workshop.”
  • https://www.mobilize.us/jewishvoiceforpeace/event/590719/ - Sign up

A virtual embodied practice space for anti-zionist Jews and our friends - Zoom gathering 11/8

  • "We as anti-zionist Jews and friends know this time requires us to feel and to act. We call on the revolutionary lineages of embodiment to ground us in our width and depth, as we meet the current political moment, prepare for action ,and root for the long haul."
  •  Sign Up and IG flyer 

Grief and Solidarity Healing Circle - Online Gathering 11/9

grieve. breathe. reprieve: a healing stream - Virtual Gathering 11/9

  • “This is a virtual space catered to organizers and community members impacted by and fighting against the Palestinian genocide (and other violent oppressive regimes). We will have music soundscapes, poetry, grief meditations, somatic practices, rage release, and a spiritual bath salon by CASS staff and guest artists.”
  • Sign up  and IG flyer 

Tapping for Liberation - Zoom 11/12

  • “Regulate in community and grieve Gaza. 90 min healing circle.Open to Palestinians, Arabs, and BIPOC allies.”
  • IG link - DM @jenjajeh for Zoom link to participate

Gentle Movement Meditation  - Virtual gathering 11/9

  • “A dream space for Palestine, Sudan, the Congo, Haiti, the global south, and oppressed peoples everywhere….We will start with gentle movement meditation guided by Rise from @riotous_roots . And move into releasing feelings, thoughts, visions, and dreams about what we want for the collective future of liberation, with what we have right here, right now, with @riotous_roots and @willbliss.artist.birthworker”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer 

JFRJ Israel/Palestine Check-in Space (Upper Manhattan Neighborhood Group) - Virtual Gathering 11/9

  • “This will be a place to connect with other members who live in the area, learn about JFREJ’s strategy when it comes to Israel/Palestine, share feelings and perspectives, talk about what we’re seeing locally, and discuss what’s coming up for the neighborhood group. Whether you’re a first-timer or a regular, you are welcome.”
  • Sign Up 

Community Healing Circle - Zoom 11/12

  • “Join us for Meditation and EFT tapping around Palestine in community…Open to Palestinians, Arabs, and BIPOC allies.”
  • IG link - DM @jenjajeh for Zoom link to participate

Virtual Healing Circle for Palestine Zoom Group on 11/12

  • "Discuss feelings and emotions about the atrocities taking place in Gaza and Palestine. This is a safe space open to all Palestinians and allies."
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer 


Anti-Zionist Caregiver Knowledge Share - For Eating Disorder and Mental Health Providers, virtual on 11/12

  • In today's ever-evolving social and political landscape, providing effective mental health and eating disorder (ED) care requires a nuanced understanding of complex issues such as anti-Zionism, antisemitism, and ancestral trauma….The event explores the untangling of ancestral trauma and grief, often left unnamed or overstated in the context of anti-Zionism. It emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, with numerous examples illustrating the critical need for this differentiation.”
  • IG Flyer and Website with Details and Sign Up Options (Free or Donation Based)

Reconceptualization of Mental Health in the Context of Palestine - Virtual lecture 11/12

  •   “In this session we will listen and learn from the Head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian Ministry of Health... The important and timely session will be free, will include some time for Questions and Answers, and will be conducted in English.”
  • Sign Up and  IG Flyer

Solidarity with Palestine - Embracing Hope and Support Virtual Support Group 11/13

  • “We understand the heavy weight of the past month’s challenges, but we have also witnessed the strength, resilience, and unity of our community.”
  • IG Flyer
  • To join, DM dr.natashacounselling or contact via admin@natashacounselling.com

Taking Care of our Community’s Mental Health Zoom Webinar 11/13

  • “This webinar is meant to be accessible to a wide audience, highlighting the current mental health concerns affecting our community. Dr. Sheehi will center community-specific mental health concerns in response to the ongoing genocide, targeted violence across Palestine, and political repression in the United States.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

Sustaining presence with Palestine Zoom gathering for BIPOC community members 11/13

  • “True North Insight BIPOC sangha. In our practice, we try to be present with everything that arises, as it arises. And yet genocide, anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia.. the list of dukkha that is being experienced feels unfathomable to hold. How do we allow our hearts to open to this dukkha? How can our hearts break open instead of getting stuck in numbness or hatred?..Our intention is to offer a cherished space supported by an Insight Buddhist tradition, held in communal safety and bravery to openly discuss our lived experiences navigating oppressive, racialized, biased, social structures while centering our expansive BIPOC expressions; centering ourselves.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

A Resilience-Building Workshop through Palestinian Poetry and Art Virtual Gathering 11/13

  • “Dina Shamlawi will be facilitating a workshop guiding us through Palestinian art and poetry— one where we use art to understand and appreciate Palestinian resilience…Discover meaningful practices to nurture hope within ourselves and our communities.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

Radical Mental Health First Aide - A Framework and Tool for Self Care and Community Care - Virtual workshop on 11/13

  • “Licensed therapist and observer-disruptor Oumou Sylla created Radical Mental Health First Aide (RMHFA) to radically reimagine how care is accessed and co-created. It is a framework and tool designed to support us in decentering the medical model from the way we access care, support, love or whatever words your community uses. RMHFA illuminates how colonial helping styles show up in so much of what is called “care,” the importance of curiosity, and how to promote community and connection in all of the work we do.”
  • Sliding Scale/Donation Based, $0-$20

Practices for Care & Endurance Zoom Gathering 11/13

  • “Join a circle of healers, writers, and activists to discuss sustaining our solidarity from individual body to mass movement. Featuring adrienne maree brown, Hala Alyan, Spenta Kandawalla, Noor, Layla Feghali, Sepideh Moafi, Adaku Utah.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer 

Prayer Vigil & Ritual for Palestine / Israel Virtual on 11/13

  • “In addition to tangible forms of activism and peace work, allowing space to feel the fullness of our experience is also critical. In this spirit, we invite you to join this free, public ritual to receive and extend support, and to gather in prayer and heart-centered ritual.”
  • Website with registration and details
  • IG Flyer

Rabbis for Ceasefire - Public Shacharit - Jewish Morning Prayer Service  Virtual and in-person in DC 11/13

  • “All are Welcome to the Sacred Call for Ceasefire Service! …Over 40 Rabbis, members of our congregations, and communities will gather for a communal call to action. Our prayers for a ceasefire will ring out into the streets and our elected officials' offices. Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service. On Monday we will take our service to the streets, holding the Jewish moral center, and studying the Torah of Ceasefire.”
  • Website with details and Livestream
  • IG page with flyer

How to lead with Revolutionary Love during these times - IG Live 11/13

  • “Let’s gather. Our hearts are breaking, and fatigue is setting in. I’ll talk about how to use the Revolutionary Love Compass to fortify us — to be brave with our grief, harness our rage, return to wonder, breathe, and fight for humanity above all.”
  • IG page with flyer and to tune in for live

Ohel (English) – Virtual 3-Week Support Groups Starting 10/30

  • Groups include “Parents of Lone Soldiers,” “Israelis Living in North America,” “Americans with Spouses in the IDF”
  • Sign up with group options  

Ohel (Spanish) – Virtual 3-Week Support Group – Starting Oct 31

Grounding for Action in Times of Despair 11/9, 11/15 gatherings on Zoom

  • "We ask for a participant commitment to maintaining an anti-racist, anti-Zionist space - we hold that the struggle for Palestinian liberation is in full alignment with anti-racist values."
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer with details

Getting to the Root: Sharing Stories and Humanizing Palestine Virtual event 11/14

  • “This event will build understanding about the impacts and roles of current events in Palestine in and on our American contexts by grounding the conversation in a humanizing and moral construct, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the basic realities of structural inequity on the ground, and the historical root causes of the conflict.”
  • Registration page with details
  • IG Flyer

Coping with Grief, Trauma, Triggers - Zoom Support Group Centering Muslim Women on 11/15

  • "Are you seeking effective coping strategies to navigate the complexities of grief, trauma, and triggers? Join us for a free workshop to gain invaluable insights and acquire practical tools to help you and your children cope, heal, and rebuild resilience at this exclusive workshop, presented by renowned experts in the field: Dr. Omar Reda, a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Harvard-trained Trauma Expert, and Huma Saeedi, a Registered Psychotherapist."
  • Sign Up and IG flyer 

Grounding for Action in Times of Despair - Zoom Gathering on 11/15

  • “Resourcing in the body towards action for Palestine. A multi-racial anti-racist, anti-Zionist space.” $25 donation, or pay what you can. No one turned away for lack of funds.
  • IG Flyer and Registration Link

SURJ NYC Israel/Palestine Community Conversation - Zoom gathering 11/16

  • “Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.” This virtual gathering will provide a community processing space for those impacted by violence in Israel/Palestine.
  • Sign Up 

Inclusion Roundtable with Nate Shalev Virtually on 11/16

  • “This will be a space to: Share the feelings and experiences you’ve been having talking about Israel and Gaza; Learn skills based on non violent communication, de-escalation, and conflict resolution strategies; Apply these skills to specific scenarios.”
  • Registration and Facilitator Website

Community Healing Space for Palestine - Google Meet Support Groups - 11/2, 11/11, 11/18

Sound Therapy for Ceasefire In-Person Gathering in the Bronx 11/17

Healing Day for Ceasefire In-Person in Brooklyn 11/19

  • “This FREE event is held to support and nurture activists and those affected by the current US imperial system.  People who have been working at the forefront of the movements are encouraged to join for a day of restoration.” Energy and Sound Healing, Grief Circle, and more.
  • Website with details and IG Flyer

Centering in Our Collective Body as Anti-Zionist Jews - Zoom session 11/19

Navigating Grief in Times of War: Individual, Communal, and Global Perspectives - Virtual gathering on 11/19

  • “In times of war, wellness can be a fleeting concept. We want to express our deepest understanding of the grief and pain many  are experiencing during these difficult times. It is not easy to bear witness to such unimaginable human suffering, and the feeling of helplessness can be overwhelming. But please know that you are not alone in your feelings..This workshop focuses on the profound experience of grieving together during wartime.”
  • Sign up, view flyer and read additional details

Grieving Genocide – “Queer Death Salon” Zoom gathering 11/21

  • “Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. There are currently multiple active and ongoing genocides happening around the world, and many of us have been awoken to that reality by the heart-wrenching first-hand accounts being shared. This session is for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who are impacted by all forms of grief for these mass deaths.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer 

Rooted Resilience: Exploring Palestinian Heritage, Nature and Healing Online 11/21

  • “Please join us to discover the beauty and richness of Palestinian culture and heritage through interactive sessions, discussions, and hands-on activities. This is an opportunity to learn, connect, and explore together. Co-led by Dina, one of our clinicians…and Milena, Certified Guide with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.”
  • Sign up and IG flyer/slides

Restorative Space for Community and Justice Workers, Healers & Therapists 11/22

  • “Online community space to connect & be gently held through a creative practice to support collective care in our fight against colonialism. We will be centring Black, brown and global majority people, disabled and working class people. Trusted white allies are welcome with awareness of their positionality.”
  • Website with sign up and IG Flyer

Therapist Support Group - Online Gathering 11/28

  • “If you’ve been looking for a therapist specific support group regarding coping with bearing witness to genocide, standing for a free Palestine, all while showing up for our clients…this is for you. Our work is incredibly hard and so important. Let’s break the isolation and lean on each other so we can keep showing up for collective liberation.”
  • Sign Up and IG Flyer

Community Support Group for LGBTQ Middle Eastern and North African People - In Person Support Group in Manhattan on 11/29

  • “Our support groups provide space where LGBTQ persons from the MENA region can process experiences in a safe space. Group discussion can foster support and develop ways of coping with struggles afflicting our community.”
  • Sign up and IG Flyer

Dear Gaza: Love Notes on Black and Palestinian Solidarity - In person gathering in Manhattan on 11/29

  • “Amid the escalating violence, we're coming together to grieve, fellowship, and write love letters to our Palestinian siblings here and abroad.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up

Grieving Jews Against Genocide – Waitlist 

  • “Join Good Grief Network for a 90-minute peer-support group for heartbroken Jews who seek support processing the pain and horror of war and genocide. We will explore our feelings within a small, brave container of fellow-Jews who seek collective support during this deeply troubling time.”
  •  Landing page and waitlist sign up

Healing Circles with Ruh Care - Online 11/29 and 12/3

  • 11/29 Supporting Children through Healing Circles (IG Live): “Palestine is on everyone’s mind right now, and that includes many of our children. It’s challenging to navigate our own deep emotions while also learning how to approach it with them…Sakeenah and Ruh would like to help provide you with the tools you need to host your own kid-friendly healing circles at home!”
  • 12/3 Muslim Men’s Group: “You're not alone. Join us for a special session: 'Resilient Hearts: A Support Circle for Muslim Men' with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist. Open to Muslim men 16 years old or above.”
  • 12/3 Legal Community Group: “This event will be facilitated by trained mental health professionals and is dedicated to providing a secure, respectful, and empathetic environment for legal professionals to express their experiences, challenges, and viewpoints in relation to troubling events in Palestine.”
  • Main IG page with flyers and additional resources

Mental Health Crisis in Gaza and the Diaspora: A Conversation with the USA Palestine Mental Health Network Youtube Conversation on 11/30

Healing Hearts - Supporting Mental Well-Being During Times of Crisis - Online Panel on 12/1

  • “Many community members have been disheartened with the current crisis in Palestine, especially with the alarming increase in hate incidents… ’Healing Hearts’ provides a safe space where three amazing professionals will share effective, culturally sensitive advice and tips on how to navigate these times.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up

Palestine Community Circle - Zoom 12/2

  • “Whether you’re seeking to be heard, seen, or you’re seeking to not process in isolation. Tap into the collective healing nad join this space to process emotions around the genocide. This space is open for Palestinian, Middle Eastern and/or Muslim Population.”
  • IG Flyer and Sign Up

Sufi Heart Meditation - Zoom on 12/9

Grieve in Community - Virtual healing circle 12/12

  • “The intention for this space is to acknowledge and feel our grief together (and not for education.) We will be grounding through meditation, writing with prompts, connecting with each other, having a time of silence, and encouraging each other to continue our collective efforts for a free Palestine. ”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up page with details

Arab/SWANA Collective Healing Space - Virtual gathering 12/12

  • “An Arab/SWANA space to collectively process the Genocide in Gaza and its impact on our mind, body, and soul. Together, we will express and grieve, share our truths, connect heart-to-heart with the community, and discuss generational traumas and systemic oppression, as well as the mental health implications of navigating day-to-day life.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up page with details

Meditate for Gaza Zoom 12/12 and Zoom gathering for the Solstice on 12/21

  • “Join in a practice to reconnect, re-ground and renew ourselves in love and care underneath it all.”
  • IG flyer and page for updates
  • Sign up for 12/21 and view details and future events on website 

The Collective Grieving Healing Circle Zoom gathering 12/18

  • “Self-care is community care! If you are a Brown girl who feels like you're living in an alternate universe right now, you're not the only one. As the situation worsens in G@za, it's hard to have hope in humanity. You might feel apathetic. You might have trouble focusing at work and at school. You might not have many people to turn to. You shouldn't feel guilty about self-care. Self-care does NOT have to contradict your sense of justice! Join me, The Bad Indian Therapist, and Padmini Singh Jagpal, LMHC of Lotus Oasis NY to process grief with community!”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up page with details

Decolonising Psychology: The Trauma of Apartheid - Virtual gathering 12/22

  • “We will be discussing the concept of Mental Health within Palestine & how Palestinians are impacted living under illegal occupation.”
  • IG flyer with details and Sign Up 

Therapists in Solidarity with Palestine - Support Group Zoom gathering 12/22

  • “Come co-struggle with us and other anti-oppression therapists in solidarity with Palestine. [In this group we will] support each other as we bear witness to genocide while simultaneously supporting our communities and clients. We don't always have to be the 'strong' one! Let's hold space for each other to process shared grief.”
  • IG flyer and Sign Up page with details

MASGD Rest and Restoration and Peer Support - Online Events and Peer to Check Ins - Saturdays, Sundays, and Flex Scheduling

  • “MASGD is offering a calendar of check in and wellness online events for community -- a lot of us are engaging in actions big & small against the genocide of Palestinians. A lot of us are processing and moving through daily grief and rage. A lot of us are in need of community, of each other, to find strength and solidarity…In these zoom events inshallah we can find the opportunity to care for ourselves and through doing it together, care for each other.”
  • Sign up for Weekend Zoom events here 
  • Peer Support is for those impacted by the ongoing genocides. Sign Up here
  • IG flyers and additional info

‘Our Healing Vision’ presents “Speaking Our Vision” - A support group for SWANA Women Diaspora, Virtually on Mondays (fee for group)

  • “This support group is an inclusive, warm, non-judgmental space to express, learn, connect, receive and provide emotional support with SWANA women diaspora who share similar experiences. The SWANA identifying therapist will facilitate supportive dialogues among the group and provide activities that will guide participants to empowerment, healing, and resilience building. Among the many topics that will be discussed--- we will also process the current catastrophic events occurring in Palestine.” $60 a session.
  • Open to SWANA women diaspora with recent, current, or upcoming individual therapy experience. Limited spots available. Starting in Fall/Winter 2023. If interested in joining, please send inquiries here: https://www.ourhealingvision.com/contact
  • IG page with group flyer

Holding Our Heartbreak Weekly Virtual Gathering on Tuesdays

  • “We get free together. Weekly gathering for Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians grieving in community together.”
  • Sign up and IG Flyer

Palestinian Futurism Bedtime Stories - IG Livestream on Thursdays

  • “Waking up and going to bed bearing witness to children being brutally killed has inevitably had an impact on our sleep. Starting this Thursday, @thehumanitarian.therapist will be offering a weekly livestream, where they will [from] a collection of short stories by different Palestinian authors who imagine liberated futures a century after the Nakba…Give yourself permission to tune in for an hour to imagine a free Palestine and restore hope to continue waking up with steadfastness.”
  • Instagram livestream the.humanitarian.therapist and IG Flyer

Support Group for Palestinians/MENA Identifying Adults – Zoom Support Group on Fridays

  • “We will hold space together for our families in Palestine and in the Middle East and North African Regions. We will come together as one to hold each other up and remind one another of the powers of community” This group is for NYC area adults ages 21 to 40 from MENA and/or SWANA communities.
  • Flyer with Details  
  • To sign up, email DanielleRawdaLMHC@gmail.com with the subject line, "MENA support group inquiry." Payment options are flexible including insurance, sliding scale, and free of charge.

 

*Multi-Resource List - Ongoing Updates by maps_to_yourselfWellness service providers offering free or low-cost 1-1 support and events