100th Vigil for Gaza

Resistance • Resilience • Reimagination

October 24th-25th

200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Special vigil & rally: 10/24, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Vigil & Rally Program

Confirmed speakers & performers:

Chris Rabb, PA State Representative

Ahmet Tekelioglu, Executive Director of CAIR-Philadelphia

Samah Elhajibrahim, Palestinian Academician, University of Pennsylvania

Ahmad Almallah, Palestinian Poet, Writer, Teacher, University of Pennsylvania

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, IfNotNow Philly, Jewish Voice for Peace Philly, Rabbis for Ceasefire

Melisa Berkey-Girard, Community Peacemaker Teams Director, Mennonite Action

Mike Cameron, Philly Democratic Socialists of America

Amanda, Families for Ceasefire Philly

Mira, Egyptian American ney player (traditional flute)

SEE IN NEXT SECTION BELOW: 24-HOUR ENCAMPMENT INFO

24-Hour Peace Encampment for Gaza

11:15 AM on Friday, October 24th to 11:15 AM on Saturday, October 25th

Learn • Share • Sleep • Sing

Schedule of Activities

Friday, 10/24

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Rally (see program in section above)

1:00 PM Teach-In: “Fighting back against Christian Nationalism & Christian Zionism” with Rev. Johnny Rashid, Mennonite ActionPhilly

2:00 PM Pizza Lunch

3:00 PM Teach-In & Canvass: “No Appetite for Apartheid - Israel Boycott Campaign “ with Johanna Lee, Philly DSA

4:00 PM Teach – In: “Visioning Peace on a Legacy of Peacebuilding” – with Tina Shelton, WILPF– Greater Philadelphia, and CODEPINK Philadelphia

5:00 PM Art making: watermelon & poppies pins

6:00 PM Teach-In: “How Money In Politics Fuels Policy Violence and Death- from Pennsylvania to Gaza” with Michael Pollack and Andrea Pauluic, March on Harrisburg

7:00 PM Dinner – provided by Food Not Bombs(vegan)

8:00 PM Relaxation

9:00 PM Group singing with Carla Mariani

10:00 PM Teach-In: “Stories from the Student Encampments”

11:00 PM Reflection Circle

12:00 AM Quiet Time & Sleep (with peacekeepersposted)

Saturday, October25

7:00 AM Breakfast: Coffee & bagels

8:00 AM Meditation & gentle movement

9:00 AM Teach-In: “The Philly People’s Tribunal Revisited – what was it, and what’s next?” with Terry Rumsey, Fridays @ Fetterman’s, and King Downing, AFSC

10:00 AM Art, Ritual, & Chanting for All Ages, led by kids , with Families for Ceasefire Philly

11:00 AM Closing Circle

Ongoing: Outreach tables, postcard writing, leafleting

The only weekly protest in Philadelphia calling for an end to the war in Gaza

Join Our Vigil

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

United States Custom House

200 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia, PA

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Radical Nonviolence

Our weekly peace vigil is rooted in the principles of active nonviolence, and we expect vigil participants to refrain from violent actions, words, or messages on signs and banners.

Watch a video of featured speaker, Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn, from 5/30/25, speaking about the meaning of nonviolence.

Fridays @ Fetterman’s is more than just a vigil.

While our weekly anti-war protest at the U.S. Custom House is our steadfast commitment, we also organize policy advocacy efforts and special events. We work with allies to educate, activate, and resist.