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| Dear Colleagues, 1. Cafe Palestine 38 – Sat 24 Feb at 16:00 (UK) 2. ICAHD-UK webinar – Wed 21 Feb 18:00 (UK) 3. Open letter for Psychotherapists, psychologists and counsellors 4. UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour – Mon 19 Feb 13:00 (UK) 1. Cafe Palestine 38 – Honouring the work of our colleagues in Gaza, part two Saturday 24 February from 16:00-18:00 (UK) / 18:00-20:00 (Pal) Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/UKPMHN/live_videos/ This second event will feature more of the work of some of the mental health teams that work in Gaza and highlight their professionalism, dedication and creativity. Since most colleagues in Gaza are cut off from electronic communication and have to focus on their own and their families’ survival, we wish to represent and honour them through our voices from outside. Presenters include: – Dr Alice Rothchild, who will provide an overview – Peter Jakob, Martin Fellacher and Michaela Fried from Bridges for Hope and Peace – David Denborough from the Dulwich centre, Adelaide, Australia They will all describe their collaborations with colleagues in Gaza Alice Rothchild, author, filmmaker, and physician, is focused on human rights and social justice. She writes and lectures widely, authored several books on health and human rights in Israel/Palestine, including Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience and Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine, contributed to a number of anthologies, the most recent being Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation and What Jerusalem Means to Us: Jewish Reflections and Perspectives. Finding Melody Sullivan, is her young adult novel exploring grief and friendship in the setting of broader political questions raised by realities in Israel/Palestine, available in print and audio. Old Enough to Know, her middle grade novel, is about a nine-year-old Palestinian American boy and his grandmother from the Aida Refugee Camp. For more info: www.alicerothchildbooks.com. She directed a documentary film, Voices Across the Divide. She is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council, the mentor liaison for We Are Not Numbers, a program for young Gaza writers, and on the board of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation. She was last in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in August 2023. www.alicerothchild.com Further speaker bios will be sent out with the next mailing. The previous Cafe Palestine Zoom meeting was full with a maximum of 100 participants. In light of this, the Cafe Palestine on 24 February will be available both on Zoom and as a Facebook Live stream (addresses above). 2. ICAHD-UKwebinar: Attending to Mental Health Needs in the Midst of a Genocide Wednesday 21 February at 18:00-19.30 (UK) / 20:00-21.30 (Pal) Register for this Webinar here This webinar will focus on the importance of speaking about Palestinian mental health when Israel seeks to debilitate the whole of Palestinian society. Trauma is not new to Palestinians who have been experiencing it for the last 75 years. However, Israel’s war on Gaza that began in October 2023 has thrust the population into a living hell due to the ongoing assault as their homes and with the whole of their vital infrastructure annihilated, leaving no safe space for any Gazans. In addition, Palestinians everywhere are being affected as their people is on the receiving end of Israel’s barbaric genocide policies. This webinar will feature the work of mental health organisations working within Gaza, the West Bank and with Palestinians in the diaspora. Speakers include:- Samah Jabr (Chair of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health) – Lama Khouri (Global Palestine Mental Health Network) – David Harrold (Chair of Trustees of Gaza Trauma Centre) – Gwyn Daniel (UK Palestine Mental Health Network) – Martin Kemp (UK Palestine Mental Health Network) Discover how much more ICAHD-uk’s website has to offer here. 3. Psychotherapists, psychologists and counsellors address the human catastrophe in Gaza: please sign A Statement expressing “dismay at the ongoing slaughter and mayhem in Gaza”, and which calls for a ceasefire and a peace based on a recognition of Palestinian rights and international law, has been issued by a group of UK-based clinicians. The Statement also reflects on the curtailment of “freedom of thought and speech” within society and the profession, and calls for a restoration of “freedom to speak and act peacefully without fear of recrimination, harassment or censure”. 160 members of the British Psychoanalytic Council have signed. A version of the Statement has now been launched as a call to all psychotherapists, psychologists and counsellors to amplify this message. Please sign at the link below. The Statement can be read and signed here: http://tinyurl.com/w59jat49 The BPC letter and signatories can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/3ukkazby The UKPMHN adds: The struggle for free speech within civil society cannot be done by individuals on their own. Does your professional association or registration body have a group within it ensuring that Palestine can be freely debated as a matter of grave concern to us all? Could you help set one up? 4.UKPALMHN Action Half-Hour Monday 19 February at 13:00 (UK) These informal events provide an opportunity to talk, swap ideas and take actions together. Please contact ukpalmhn@gmail.com if you would like a link to the meeting. All of the actions for this event and previous events can be found on: https://ukpalmhn.com/gaza-crisis/ |
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