JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 10 YEARS, AND SUPPORT US AS WE EMBARK ON THE NEXT 10!
Support us here: https://donorbox.org/alqaws
The Last Ten | Since forming ten years ago, alQaws has emerged as the leading grassroots Palestinian LGBTQ led movement supporting individuals, building up communities, and transforming society across divisions—colonial, cultural, social, economic, etc.
Our work began in Jerusalem with a handful of activists seeking space to gather and with a vision for a society that embraces gender and sexual diversity. It has grown to include centralized hubs of work and spaces in 4 cities (and expanding), and programs and projects that reach LGBTQ individuals, youth, and communities, as well teachers, families, mental health professionals, musicians, journalists, civil society organizations, and more.
alQaws Timeline/Major Milestones
Celebrating Ten | Today, alQaws is Palestinian society’s largest and most influential organization working on LGBTQ and broader sexual and gender diversity issues. Our strategies for social change emerge from local LGBTQ needs and experiences, and our programs are locally relevant. We work across four interlinked areas:
Counseling & Services: with our alKhat National Listening and Information hotline, TransFocus program and advocacy among mental health professionals.
Communities & Outreach: with youth groups, community spaces, outreach programs, and leadership and capacity building and queer parties.
Training & Advocacy: with trainings, advocacy with civil society organizations, high schools, professional networks, and families.
Culture & Media: with infographics, social media campaigns, youth-oriented comics and music.
alQaws Youth Oriented Comic Series
The Next Ten | As we move forward into the next decade, we are committed to increasing our outreach to LGBT/queer Palestinian communities in more remote areas (outside the hubs we have established and thrived in), and increasing our visibility across our society to grow an even larger and more impactful movement.
Poster from alQaws’ social media campaign/ July 2017
3 Ways to Show Your Support:
1. Pledge what you can today
2. Sustain Your Support
Celebrate 10 years with a pledge $10 or more per month. Your ongoing support is so important to us that choosing the monthly option at any level means that you receive all the benefits for all levels!
Support us here: https://donorbox.org/alqaws
3. Share this campaign with 10 friends
We value our connections to others above all else–friends, family, and social and professional networks drive the success of our work and keep us motivated in the face of hardship. Amplify what you can give and help us grow our network of support by sharing this campaign among your connections. Do you have 10 friends who can give $10? Do you have 10 friends who might together match your support of $500? Think of possibilities within your reach–let’s show the power of the crowd to support a queer Palestinian movement!
Follow alQaws’ fundraising events in NYC (Sep. 24th – Oct. 5th) via our Facebook Page or be directly in touch with alQaws team for further details and/or for fundraising ideas: [email protected]
Idea & Animation of Campaign Video: Matthew Khoury & Naif Shaqqur