Reminder: informal ‘Dardesheh’ discussion this Saturday 4th September at 4pm(UK) / 6pm(Palestine): https://ukpalmhn.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bbabb624d68a80f2ac0f259dc&id=e4114c1532&e=9f95914f6d “Mental Health in Gaza Strip: An Area Populated by Refugees” This major three day event is the 8th international conference organised by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. It begins this Sunday 5th Sept. All national and international health workers are invited … Continue reading Key Gaza Conference * Pivotal paper “Fanon in Palestine” * Child Mental Health: 2 events

Saturday 4 September4pm - 5.30pmInformal 'Dardesheh' meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85072996900?pwd=N2d1TXZkNzdEckJIMXg1a1FZVi83dz09 We are sorry that the planned Cafe Palestine for 4 September has been postponed until a future date. Instead we will be holding another 'Dardesheh', our forum for open discussion for anyone in the network who would like to join. This will be a chance to catch up … Continue reading Dardesheh informal forum on Saturday 4 September from 4pm – 5.30pm

 On the left UKPMHN's Guy Shennan after completing the Bristol to London Big Ride for Palestine Café Palestine: the next meeting is on Saturday 4th September 1. An 11 year old child is murdered: the organisation reporting it is raided by the IDFa) In the West Bank an 11 year old boy, Mohammad Mo’ayyad Bahjat Abu Sara, has been shot … Continue reading Joint Statement protesting Israeli assault on leading children’s NGO and other links

Cafe Palestine 27Saturday 31st July3.45pm (UK time) / 5.45pm (Pal time)Rozeen Marjieh"The Challenges and Dilemmas facing mental health care activistsduring the last assault on Gaza(and the violent responses to protest in other parts of Palestine)" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84007728769?pwd=aGxPWnlRVnZ4Rnh4dDZ2OWlheGdHQT09 Rozeen Marjieh, educational psychologist and mental health care activist, member Palestine Global Mental Health Network.Drawing on her experiences in … Continue reading Cafe Palestine 27 on Saturday 31 July 2021

عيد مباركHappy Eid Café Palestine: please note that there will not be a meeting on 24th JulyNews of the next Café event will be sent out soon… 1. Dr. Shatha Odeh, Executive Director of the Health Works Committees Foundation (HWC) and the head of the steering committee of the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), has been detained. … Continue reading Free Dr Shatha Odeh! Sign the Pal Global Petition

1. ‘The Mind of the Occupier: Dissident Israeli Voices'Saturday 10th July 10am-1pm (Simultaneous Arabic translation available: email ukpalmhn@gmail.com to join) ترجمه فوريه بالعربيه: ابعت ايميل الي  ukpalmhn@gmail.com  للمشاركه https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/israel-and-palestinethe-mind-of-the-occupier-and-dissident-israeli-voices-tickets-152242069127 2. Families Under Occupation a) “The Effects of Home Demolitions on Children and Families”, presented by Teresa Bailey, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at a recent ICAHD webinar.b) A podcast with Gwyn DanielGwyn … Continue reading The Mind of the Occupier conference and other links

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and UKPMHN member Teresa Bailey's presentation to an ICAHD webinar: "The Effects of Home Demolitions on Children and Families" https://icahd.org/2021/06/25/the-effects-of-home-demolition-on-children-and-families-teresa-bailey-uk-palestine-mental-health-network/

Cafe Palestine 26Saturday 26th June3.45pm (UK time) / 5.45pm (Pal time)Chaired by Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Occupied East Jerusalem“Testimonies from Palestine:Between Debilitation and Liveability:Part 2 Voices from Jerusalem”https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82918039985?pwd=dFZXbVBISzltclV0cENybEM5NlFPQT09 Café Palestine this coming Saturday, 26th June will continue its exposure of the matrix of power that produces racialised exclusivity, and the harsh realities of settler colonial state violence. … Continue reading Café Palestine 26“Voices from Jerusalem” on 26th June

1. “The Mind of the Occupier: Dissident Israeli Voices” Saturday 10th July 10am-1pm (UK) 12pm- 2pm (Palestine) With Professors Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Avi Shlaim and Haim Bresheeth, who will share what their work has revealed about the nature of Israeli society and consciousness. The event will be chaired by UKPMHN's Martin Kemp. The conversation will be in English: the … Continue reading ‘The Mind of the Occupier’ and other events

Cafe Palestine 25 Saturday 12 June3.45pm (UK time) / 5.45pm (Pal time)Chaired by Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Occupied East Jerusalem“Testimonies from Palestine:Between Debilitation and Liveability:Part 1 Voices from Gaza”https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84668905421?pwd=aG80Q05VU2dtQXA1TWlPUVVoWWRJdz09 Café Palestine this coming Saturday, 12 June will lay bare the harsh realities of those witnessing settler colonial state violence through an alternative way of knowing, building on a critical … Continue reading Cafe Palestine 25 Voices from Gaza