This month instead of the normal google meet at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (BUF) - 1207 Ellsworth St. at Tuesday December 10th, 6:30-8:00 p.m. for the 2024 International Human Rights Day Speaker.

BUF’s Social and Environmental Justice Committee and Write for Rights has invited a man named Adam from Wadi Foquin located in the Bethlehem District of the West Bank, Palestine to speak with us in honor of International Human Rights Day. There will be opportunities to sign Write for Rights petitions. Information will be shared about the most effective organizations helping people in Gaza right now.  No charge, but a free will offering will be accepted during the talk to benefit one of these organizations.   All who come in the spirit of goodwill are welcome. Adam (no last name for his family’s safety) is a 26 year old from the Palestinian village of Wadi Foquin located in the Bethlehem District of the West Bank.  He is currently in the U.S. and speaking on behalf of the Friends of Wadi Foquin to educate audiences on the Palestinian reality now.  Growing up under the Israeli military occupation, Adam also shares his personal experiences of West Bank life prior to the events of October 7, 2023.  Friends of Wadi Foquin is an interfaith partnership created in 2009 between United Methodists in California and the Palestinian Muslim village of Wadi Foquin which support community development projects in the village, organizes annual trips to the West Bank, and provides advocacy for the village against illegal settlement expansion and land confiscation.   Adam holds a B.A. in Engineering from Polytechnic University in Hebron.