Black-Palestinian Solidarity night: panel & community dinner

This event brings together communities to celebrate and deepen the solidarity between Blackfullas and Palestinians.

Solidarity is not only drawn from a shared experience of colonial state violence, but shared resistance. From Invasion Day protests to the Unity Intifada, Blackfullas and Palestinians are connected by their sovereign embodiment of the lands and communities they fight to liberate.

In the tradition of anti-colonial resistance in Palestine and so-called Australia, we gather on unceded Yuggera/Jagera land to hear from prominent thinkers and activists, share food, song and stories.

The evening will begin with a Welcome to Country, followed by a panel featuring Prof Chelsea Watego, Dr Ramzy Baroud and Amy McQuire, moderated by Jamal Nabulsi.

We'll have halal dinner (vegetarian, vegan, gf available), followed by tea and coffee alongside beats from SOLCHLD and stalls from local community and activist groups.

**Register now: this is a free event, please register to help us cater for you**

Livestream *no need to register*

We will livestream this event on the Institute for Collaborative Race Research Facebook page. You can view this livestream without a Facebook login.

Community and activist group stalls

Stalls selling books, clothing and art from Justice for Palestine, Meanjin and Institute for Collaborative Race Research (ICRR). ICRR will have 'Land Back' solidarity shirts available in limited sizes - but you won't miss out - for more sizes and colours, buy online here.

Children at this event

We'll set up a kids space at the hall with some toys and colouring-in. See an organiser on the night if you'd like some dinner earlier for kids.

About Jagera Hall

Jagera Hall is accessible via ramp and has large double doors accessible to mobility devices. Chairs will be placed with a wide distance for movement. There is a separate accessible toilet large enough for wheelchairs and other mobility devices. You can access the hall by bus routes 130, 196, 202 or Southbank and South Brisbane train stations. There is parking onsite. If you have questions or ways we can make this event more accessible, please contact [email protected].

About Prof Chelsea Watego

Chelsea Watego (formerly Bond) is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 20 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and researcher. She is currently Professor of Indigenous Health at QUT’s School of Public Health and Social Work. Her scholarship has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities and her current ARC Discovery Grant seeks to build an Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of research; one that is committed to the survival of Indigenous peoples locally and globally, and foregrounds Indigenous intellectual sovereignty. She is a prolific writer and public intellectual, having written for IndigenousX, NITV, The Guardian, and The Conversation. She is a founding board member of Inala Wangarra, an Indigenous community development association within her community, a Director of the Institute for Collaborative Race Research, and was one half of the Wild Black Women radio/podcast show, but most importantly, she is also a proud mum to five beautiful children. Her debut book Another Day in the Colony, published by UQ Press, was released in November 2021 and met with critical acclaim.

About Dr Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times and former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online.

Baroud taught mass communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia Campus. Baroud also served as head of Aljazeera.net English’s Research and Studies department. He is the author of six books and a contributor to many others; his latest volume , co-edited with Ilan Pappe is Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out. His books are translated to many languages including French, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, Malayalam, among others.

Baroud has contributed to and was referenced in hundreds of books and academic journals. He is also a regular guest on many television and radio programs including RT, Al Jazeera, CNN International, BBC, ABC Australia, National Public Radio, Press TV, TRT, and many other stations.

About Amy McQuire

Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander writer with has 17 years’ experience working as a journalist across Indigenous and independent media. She was previously editor of National Indigenous Times and Tracker Magazine, a broadcaster at 98.9FM, a journalist at New Matilda, and Indigenous Affairs Correspondent at BuzzFeed News Australia. Her first children's book, Day Break, was published in 2022, and her first non-fiction book, Black Witness, will be published in 2023.

About Jamal Nabulsi (moderator)

Jamal Nabulsi is a diaspora Palestinian writer and researcher, living as a settler on Jagera and Turrbal land. He is a PhD Candidate at the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, researching emotion and resistance in Palestine. He is a Fellow of the Palestinian American Research Center and the Palestinian Museum.

With thanks

This event is made possible by the work of Justice for Palestine, Meanjin, Dr Randa Abdel Fattah, Dr Ramzy Baroud, Prof Chelsea Watego, Amy McQuire, Jamal Nabulsi, Aleea Mansour and many others! Much love and solidarity to all involved.

This event takes place on unceded Yuggera/Jagera land. ICRR seeks to centre their sovereignty and that of all Indigenous people in our work.

Host or Publisher Institute for Collaborative Race Research