Category: upcoming events

Norfolk branch of PSC is now officially been running for more than a year and it is time to hold our second Annual General Meeting. This will be taking place on June 28th from 2-4pm at the Friends Meeting House.

We have invited a guest speaker from the Palestine Trauma Centre to talk about the vital work they are doing, but the main part of the afternoon will be divided between looking back at the last year – with reports from the treasurer, chair and secretary – and planning the next – by holding elections for the new committee.

If you’ve ever wanted to get more involved in the work we do or if you have ideas and suggestions on how we could improve and move forward, please do come along! We would love to welcome new faces into the committee and there are as many ways to get involved as there are types of activists!

NOMINATIONS

The following committee roles will be up for election:

• Chair
• Treasurer
• Secretary (incl. Minutes Secretary & Communications Secretary)
• General Committee Member

Other ways for members (committee or otherwise) to get involved:

• Planning and organising of actions (in advance and on the day)
• Stewarding of marches (both in Norwich and at National Demos)
• Helping out with social media and running the Eventbrite for ticketed events
• Creating merchandise for fundraising (e.g. crocheted watermelons etc.)
• Contributing to the newsletter
• Get involved with our working groups, such as Don’t Buy Apartheid or Red Card for Israel

If you are interested in joining the committee, just let us know on the day what role (if any in particular) you are interested in and find one other person to nominate you (you can ask one of us to this). If you wish, you can prepare a short statement of why you would like to get involved or what you would like to bring to the branch, but this is entirely optional. It will be a very casual process and we want anyone to feel comfortable to get involved!

All nominees have to be current members of National PSC – if you are not yet, just visit the National website or click the button below to sign up for as little as £10 per year.

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Join us this Saturday for a BDS Stall and leafleting outside Starbucks in the city centre!

The newly-launched National Don’t Buy Apartheid campaign calls on all individuals, shops, restaurants, and businesses to take two key actions to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom:

1. Boycott Israeli produce like avocados, oranges, herbs and dates.
2. Boycott Coca-Cola and its brands Schweppes, Sprite, Fanta, Innocent, Appletiser, Smart Water and Costa Coffee.

You can find out more about the campaign here!

📅 12th of April
⏰ 11am-12.30pm
📌 Outside Starbucks, Haymarket, Norwich

Everyone is invited to come for a hot or cold beverage of choice afterwards at a location to be decided!

See you there!

On Saturday the 15th of March 2025 we are delighted to welcome a Palestinian artisan from the Woman in Hebron cooperative to Norwich to host a Tatreez embroidery workshop for us!

Do not miss this unique opportunity!

📆 Saturday 15 March 2025
⏰ 4-6pm
📍 Silver Road Community Centre, Norwich

Tickets are £20pp for materials but concessions are available through Eventbrite.

The workshop is preceded by a free Talk about the cooperative and the work it does for women in Palestine, which will take place from 2-3.45pm followed by a short break for refreshments before the workshop.

More about Women in Hebron

Women in Hebron is a Palestinian nonprofit fair trade cooperative under the Idna Cooperative Association for Embroidery and Handicrafts. Idna is a mid-sized Palestinian city of around 25,000 people, located to the southwest of Hebron in the West Bank.

Women in Hebron was established as part of the cooperative association’s efforts to provide women in Hebron district the resources to provide for themselves and their families through the production and sales of Palestinian handicraft items.

Since 2005, Women in Hebron has grown from a small table along the main thoroughfare of the market to a permanent fixture in the Old City. As a result of our handicraft sales through Women in Hebron, The Idna Cooperative Association has been able to open a small community center in the village of Idna, where members of the association can gather together to do their work, take part in educational programs, and socialize with their peers.

The one hundred and fifty women who produce the items that are sold come from across Hebron district from eight cities and villages. The proceeds from sales provide themselves and their families with additional income that could not otherwise be obtained through part-time employment.

Their work is based on the idea that developing Palestinian handicrafts is more than just an income-generating project. It is in of itself an act of community-strengthening, of honoring the role of women in our society, and a means to show sumud – steadfast in the face of occupation of Palestine.

We are once more running a coach down to London for the next National Demonstration in London on the 15th of February! Let’s show the Met, Trump, and the world that we will not be silenced!