Celebrating and honoring the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this November 29, 2025.

Celebrating and honoring the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this November 29, 2025. WHEREAS, The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People has been observed for more than four decades by the United Nations and by Palestinian communities around the world on the date of November 29th; and WHEREAS, The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is at once a cultural celebration, an act of visibility, and an occasion for reflection, education, and commitment to a just and peaceful future; and WHEREAS, The Palestinian people have faced threats of genocide and cultural erasure over the course of their history. The current conflict has claimed the lives of over sixty thousand people, including over twenty thousand children, and forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands more. An estimated 80% of all structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, devastating the people and institutions that sustain Palestinian culture; and WHEREAS, The United Nations first called for the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in 1977. Over nearly 50 years, annual exhibits and celebrations have served to affirm the human rights of Palestinian people, support Palestinian communities in preserving their culture, and broaden the movement for a sustainable and peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict; and WHEREAS, Philadelphia is a City shaped by successive waves of immigrants, rooted in liberty and…