PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, January 14, 2024

PDAMERICA • Started streaming 75 minutes ago It’s hard to imagine a more timely and important gathering than the Emergency Summit on Gaza, convening in Chicago this weekend. Speakers include Rev. Jesse Jackson; Dr. James Zogby; Peter Beinart; Congressman Johnathon Jackson; Congressman Chuy Garcia; former Ohio State Senator, Nina Turner; Illinois State Representative Abdelnasser Rashid; Dr. Cornel West; IfNotNow national spokesperson, Eva Borgwardt; Hani Al Madhoun of UNWRA, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch Omar Shakir, and that just scratches the surface. How appropriate that on MLK Jr. weekend, we have a Summit led by activists and public intellectuals directly from his lineage, which is why the goals of the Summit are more than gaining a greater understanding, it’s about developing strategy and plans of action to achieve our goals (e.g., a ceasefire, serious negotiations for a political settlement, etc.), along with a reaffirmation of moral clarity to guide and energize the American movement for peace, justice, and cooperation in Israel/Palestine.