Right of Return Pilgrimage Registration
Sunday, June 8th, 2025
7AM - 7PM

On June 8th, 2025, join Interfaith4Ceasefire to walk in public witness for the Palestinian Right of Return to their homes and families. We also walk to affirm the human right to remain, return, and migrate. We will walk 22 miles—from Alameda to Berkeley—in reverse of last year’s pilgrimage route, journeying in prayer and solidarity with the right to return, symbolizing the distance from Rafah to Gaza City. This effort is part of the global movement of Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages that began last year and continues on. You can read more info about the movement via the pilgrimage website.

We gather in pilgrimage across spiritual and cultural communities because we uphold human life, dignity and mutual well-being as foundations of our spiritual beliefs. We recognize that the atrocities being carried out by U.S. tax dollars against the Palestinian people are intertwined with cruel and harmful U.S. policies of family separation, incarceration and criminalization that harms immigrants, unsheltered people, Indigenous, trans and BIPOC communities.

This daylong journey will include scheduled stops for collective prayer and action, with opportunities for participants to join for shorter legs. A route can be previewed on our pilgrimage webpage. Adjustments may still be made.

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Number of adult participants in your party? *
Number of children participants in your party?
Did you participate in the 2024 East Bay Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage? *
I plan to participate in the pilgrimage by walking the following legs: ( Please mark all that apply.  *We encourage mass participation on the starred legs.)  *
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For each leg of the route, we will be providing more information about terrain, distance, and anticipated stops with bathrooms and snacks. There will also be safety volunteers, including medics and drivers, along the entire route. Do you have any accessibility needs and/or requirements to support your participation?
In various pilgrimage traditions, generosity is specifically invited and cultivated as a practice. Offerings are made to express gratitude, seal vows, or support the spiritual sites along the way and at the destination. Rooted in these traditions and in line with the global ceasefire pilgrimage call, we invite your generosity. Please note: Your donation via the pilgrimage will go entirely towards supporting the humanitarian needs in Gaza as well as honoring our intersectional partners of this pilgrimage. We encourage you to give as you can ($10 - $1,000).  You can do so here.
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What faith or community group(s) are you a part of, if any?  *
Can we list your faith or community group as an official participant in this pilgrimage?
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If you are registering today as an organization, we invite you to sponsor the Right of Return Pilgrimage. Sponsorships enable us to underwrite the costs of the pilgrimage. This will cost about $10,000 for materials for banners and art, security/medic materials, snacks and water, and stipends. We encourage you to give at a level that is most generous to you ($100, $300, $500, $1000).
You can do so here.
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The Pilgrimage is a sacred journey in solidarity with Palestinians and other targeted communities. In that spirit, we ask for agreement on the following:

* By registering for the 2025 Pilgrimage, I understand there will be trained safety teams, de-escalators and police liaisons. I agree to follow all safety instructions given by event organizers and safety team volunteers while participating in the Pilgrimage and to walk in the spirit of non-violence.  In case of need, I will reach out to one of these team members.  We keep each other safe.

* I understand that this event is different from other marches and rallies. As an interfaith pilgrimage, we are choosing to map the right of return of Gazans and Palestinians to their homes and families, as we connect these issues to immigrant, indigenous, student, unhoused,  transgender, and BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area.

* We will walk prayerfully knowing that we all pray in different ways - so we strive to be respectful and be on the journey together.  We will find a way to support and care for one another.

* We walk to express love and solidarity, to embody remembrance and resistance, and to channel our grief and anger into action.

I understand and agree to the above. 
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Are there ways that you or your friends would like to volunteer? Mark all that apply. (Signing up is merely to express interest and we will follow up with you accordingly.)
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For those interested in volunteering with the safety team, which roles would you like? (Please do note that an orientation with training will be offered.)
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We request all participants attend an orientation on Thursday, May 29th, at 7:00 pm via Zoom.  Zoom link will be sent out after registration. We will use this time to ground ourselves spiritually, affirm shared purpose and call, and review safety protocols. We ask all participants to attend and/or commit to watching the recording prior to June 8th. *
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