Protest & Mobilize Your Community
Part of the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit
Join the Mask Off Maersk Global Week of Action (June 7-14)
From June 7-14, a Maersk ship carrying F-35 wings will be making its way to the U.S. with a final destination to the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, TX. It is up to us to stop the lethal F-35 arms trade. Join an action in your city or organize an action targeting the F-35 supply chain of genocide.
Check out the week of action, and stay tuned for more info on the digital day of action on June 12.
Follow the Freedom Flotilla and Demand Safe Passage
Right now, the Freedom Flotilla’s boat the Madleen is sailing toward Gaza to break the siege and deliver critically needed aid. The ship is carrying humanitarian cargo like baby formula, medical supplies, flour, rice, diapers, and menstrual sanitary products, and Israel is already threatening to attack it.
This voyage is being documented in real time and observed by legal monitors, international organizations, and the public. Follow the ship on this live tracker and advocate for safe passage. The world is watching.
You can also follow the Freedom Flotilla’s updates on Telegram: @FFC_official_channel
Sign the Anti-Genocide Pledge
This pledge is a historic record. It declares where we stand while governments stay silent. Sign the #AntiGenocidePledge and make it clear: you stand with Palestine, not genocide.
Storm Chevron’s social media
Join thousands around the world in storming Chevron’s Instagram account (@chevron). Flood their comments with messages demanding they stop fueling genocide in Palestine and environmental destruction globally. Chevron runs fossil gas extraction and pipelines off the shore of Palestine, making it a major partner in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli energy apartheid, the illegal military blockade on Gaza, and the exploitation of Palestinian land and resources.
Find more ways to take action on our Boycott Chevron page.
Find a Protest Near You at uscpr.org/protest
Hit the streets and join a protest in your community. Make lots of noise, and bang pots and pans to sound the alarm on forced starvation. Text all your friends and invite them to come too. Find an action near you on our protests page, which we’re constantly updating in real time.
Organizing a protest? Host your own creative action, such as a walkout, sit-in, die-in, pray-in, disruption, noise demo, or other demonstration. Make a plan to amplify your protest and your demands far and wide, from local media coverage to social media posts. Read this Media for Actions Guide.
Fight media censorship
Here are ways you can take action on media bias and censorship. Demand widespread, accurate media coverage on Palestine.
- Call NBC News, Washington Post, and NY Times to demand widespread media coverage of the genocide and Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s abduction. Then call your local media stations and individual journalists.
- Text news outlets on Signal: NBC 646-858-9310, MSNBC 646-419-0218, NY Times 646-951-4771, and ABC (347) 544-2603.
- Ask media workers to take collective action and advocate to their bosses. If corporate media outlets won’t listen to us, at least their workers will. People are on the right side of history and justice. Tweet at @NYTimesGuild, @msnbcunion, and @wemakenpr.
Hold an action:
- Plan your own action outside a media office to protest the media blackout on Palestine and call out genocide complicity.
- Hold a vigil for the 220 Palestinian journalists and 1,053 healthcare workers who Israel has systematically murdered since Oct. 2023. Read their names, display their photos, and share their stories.
Print a Protest Sign
Print a sign to take along to your protest. You can download any of the protest signs and flyers in this folder, which are free to use. You’ll find USCPR protest signs, as well as signs by artists who’ve granted their permission for printing them for protests. Also see the protest art collection bit.ly/Pal-Art.
You can also show your support by talking about Palestine, flying the Palestinian flag, wearing a keffiyeh, and putting up a yard sign at your home.
Hold a Children’s Action
Palestinian children held a press conference outside of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Nov. 7, 2023. Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha has called for children’s actions around the world. Mobilize your community in solidarity with Palestinian kids year-round. Take action with this toolkit.
Use the Palestinian Children’s Action toolkit.
Hold a Vigil
Mourn, pray, and hold space for grief together to honor all of our martyrs killed by Israel. In their memories, you can read out their names, share their stories, or display their photos with candles and tea lights. Close with a strong call-to-action.
Strategies to Shut It Down
Photo by Eman Mohammed
Learn strategies you can use for direct actions and organizing to shut it down for Palestine, including resources geared toward specific communities and sectors.
If you’re interested in planning a direct action, you can explore creative ideas in this Beautiful Trouble toolbox. Learn how to make visuals, like banners and T-shirts, in this Creative Direct Action Visuals guide from Ruckus Society.
Find more resources in the Strategies to Shut It Down toolkit.
More Ways to Take Action
BACK: Go to the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit.