we are aware of the release of "AAG’s Response to the Member Petition on Israel–Palestine" -- be sure to sign up for our newsletter for our response www.geog4pal.org/join/

New book review -- Rama Ali Kased and Tony Marks-Block read Wasim Said's "Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza" antipodeonline.org/category/boo...

Birzeit University affirms that education will remain an act of anti-colonial resistance, and that the University will continue to be a space for knowledge and freedom, despite all attempts at repression and aggression. www.birzeit.edu/en/news/stat...

reminder -- today is the last day to comment on AAG's "background report" on BDS!

reminder -- today is the last day to comment on AAG's "background report" on BDS!

Today at 3pm EST, join us at an AAG Listening Session regarding “an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions, and for financial disclosure and divestment of AAG funds in corporations or state institutions profiting from the oppression of Palestinian people.” www.aag.org/events/aag-m...

important context on Morningstar, whose "human rights" and other ESG screening tools are used on AAG investments jewishcurrents.org/how-a-giant-...

Join us for the People's Special Meeting to discuss what BDS and solidarity should look like in the AAG!

Reminder -- the AAG "webinar" concerning our BDS petition begins today at 12pm ET (about 2 hours from now). Log in to your AAG account and then click the link below to access the member portal and the Zoom link. www.aag.org/events/aag-m...

What is the history of member-driven change in the AAG? Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.

"Western institutions marshalled all...academic and digital repression against grassroots witnessing, unsuccessfully so far...the latest functions of a “geographic violence” that requires the myth of absolute distance between the West and the Other to obscure the proximity of colonial warfare."

Intervention — "On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada" by Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) antipodeonline.org/2025/09/24/o...

How have geographers, geography departments, and geographic thought been affected by Israel?

Geographers/AAG members: I just sent my emails to my regional councilor, the Exec Committee, & Nat Councilors demanding that the organization uphold democratic processes & allow a vote on BDS. We *urgently* need members to email councilors ahead of this Friday Sept 12. geog4pal.netlify.app/news/

reminder -- this event on BDS strategy in academic associations is tomorrow! be sure to register in advance

please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!

please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!

Newsletter #2 is being drafted now, and will include a save-the-date for an upcoming webinar with academics who have campaigned for BDS resolutions in other disciplinary organizations. sign up now to receive the details soon! geog4pal.org/join/

Please sign up if you have not already done so

in advance of the upcoming "special meeting," we've updated our website with three extensive "FAQ" pages concerning the academic boycott of Israel, the grounds for BDS in AAG, and addressing potential concerns. we've learned a lot on, for instance, the history of member-driven change in AAG.

in advance of the upcoming "special meeting," we've updated our website with three extensive "FAQ" pages concerning the academic boycott of Israel, the grounds for BDS in AAG, and addressing potential concerns. we've learned a lot on, for instance, the history of member-driven change in AAG.

we have a new listserv, and have just sent a very important campaign update to our members--sign up below with a non-institutional email address! geog4pal.org/join/

we are aware of recent communication from the AAG about a "special meeting." aspects of this process have been concerning, to say the least -- we'll have an update with context and action steps soon!

On the 20th anniversary of the BDS movement, we have much to share, but we’ll highlight only 20 of the most inspiring impacts the movement has achieved, or contributed to, in coalition with and active participation of our cherished global partners and allies. #BDS20 loom.ly/CySQBZg

Earlier this month, the Geographical Society of Ireland passed a resolution "Solidarity with Palestine ​& Commitment to PACBI Guidelines." You can read the resolution below: www.geographicalsocietyireland.ie/solidarity-w...

By a vote of 69-4, the members of the Black Geographies Specialty Group of the AAG stand in solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle, encouraging all geographers to amplify their commitments to justice. For the full statement, visit: tinyurl.com/bgsgsolidarity

Incredibly proud of this conversation with Hashem Abushama. We discuss Fanon, Stuart Hall, and Palestine as the barricade against rising fascism in the current conjuncture. Watch or listen to Conjuncture: YouTube: youtu.be/QEpCKNUzWHc Podcast: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tri... Happy May Day!

Happy May Day! I'm pleased to share @cheatherton.bsky.social's interview with Hashem Abu Shama (Oxford) for the new episode of Conjuncture. This season co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social: youtu.be/QEpCKNUzWHc. 1/2

We are excited to announce that over 10% of AAG members have signed onto the GJP petition! We're not done yet -- this week, we're making a final push to make sure we blow past that number. Especially if you've already signed, could you share the petition link with colleagues by April 11?

Voting begins today for BGSG's adoption and publication of a Statement of Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation. Please access the voting link in the email sent this morning or on the BGSG discussion board through your AAG membership portal. Voting closes 4/7 and the results will be posted on 4/8.

The last session in our "Dismantling the Palestine Exception" starts at 2:30pm! "On solidarities across geographies" examines "forms of solidarity, material and intellectual, across different geographies," such as those from Turtle Island and South Africa #aag2025 #geosky #geography

Dorman has activly chosen to use his platform as an educator and his software as tools for colonization, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Boycott NNGEO! Email Dorman's co-authors to cut ties with Dorman until he STOPS using GIS for Genocide!

Who is Michael Dorman? A Zionist programmer who is using his GIS software NNGEO to ideologically support ethnic cleansing and genocide. In an example dataset, he created a 'list of towns in Israel', where many of the 'towns' are illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, including one in Gaza!

Good morning! We have three sessions today in our "Dismantling the Palestine Exception" series, with the first starting at 10:10am - "On Teaching Palestine in an Age of Genocide" #aag2025 #geosky

two more sessions of our "Dismantling the Palestine Exception" series today! at 12:50pm, "On economic strategies for Palestine solidarity." And then at 2:30pm, "Escalate! The Campus Encampments - What Worked, What Didn’t?" #aag2025

Find us at the AAG today at our first two sessions on Dismantling the Palestine Exception. At 12:50, "On fighting academic/political repression in geography." Then at 2:30, an intro to our organizing work in "On divestment and the role of geographers: Meet Geographers for Justice in Palestine."

one last push here - see you all in a couple hours!

"Palestine Open Maps is a platform that allows users to explore, search and download historical maps and spatial data on Palestine...The platform includes historical maps with layers [from] detailed British maps from the 1870s up to the mid-1940s" www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46592

Ranjani Srinivasan, the Columbia grad student whose visa was revoked forcing a "self deportation", was scheduled to present their research at the AAG meeting next week. This is an outrageous attack on our colleague and on geographic thought. Share and sign the statement below.

if you signed up for the pre-conference and have *not* recieved a message from us, please check your spam filter -- especially if you sent a university-affiliated email address. send us an email if you still can't find it!

Statement of support for Helyeh Doutaghi - please sign and share openletter.earth/statement-of...

Registration for our pre-conference is closing *this Saturday, March 8!* If there is a friend or colleague you'd like to see there, make sure they have filled out the registration form before then!

New on our website - we are very excited to announce that we have organized a "field trip" during the AAG, called "A tour of Dearborn, the heart of Arab-American activism and political action." Link and more info below⤵️

In addition to the seven "Dismantling the Palestine Exception" sessions we've organized at the AAG, we have also collected a list of related plenaries, panels, and paper sessions on Palestinian geographies. These are now available at geog4pal.org/aag/related-...

Who are Geographers for Justice in Palestine?

Please read and then join us by signing to pledge support for BDS in geography