OUR VISION

We believe that real change comes from the people and the people alone. We seek to unite with Palestinians on the ground advocating against the occupation in heroic struggle. 

We seek a world unchained from empire and oppression where people are free to realize their potential as human beings. We are uninterested in temporary reforms and are committed to total liberation and return. 

We stand for collective life and against the rabid individualism that separates us. We believe that to foster true community is a revolutionary act and that we are duty-bound to love and protect one another.

Peace can only be realized through justice, and justice can only be achieved by bringing an end to imperialism and illegal colonial occupation. 

What first began as a collective of friends coming together to merge abolitionist principles with congressional advocacy has since blossomed into the organization and community we now call Maryland 2 Palestine. When we started organizing together in 2020, we were focused on calling on Representative Jamie Raskin to support legislation to end US funding for the detention and torture of Palestinian children. Our demand of Rep. Raskin was to sign Rep. Betty McCollum’s resolution HR 2407. The bill was more recently re-introduced as HR 2590 “Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families,” expanded in scope to include ending US funding for the annexation of Palestinian land and demolition of Palestinian homes. 

During the 2021 Unity Intifada Uprising when Palestinians from across historic Palestine, refugee camps and the diaspora came together to resist settler colonialism and bombings on Gaza, we took action locally by organizing teach-ins and direct actions to build power in our communities. We held an escalatory action at Rep. Raskin’s district office where more than 250 community members came out in support demanding Raskin sign onto HR 2590 and make a public statement supporting freedom for all incarcerated people #FreeThemAll. Now as MD2Palestine, we are broadening our scope to connect and dismantle systems of oppression from the US to Palestine. We're advocating locally across Maryland to uplift and center Palestinian voices while fighting for Palestinian liberation. 

We acknowledge that the land from which we organize is the traditional unceded territory of the Piscataway and Nacotchtank People. We recognize the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse indigenous people forever connected to this land.

Check out our latest work including community actions, teach-ins, campaigns, and more by clicking below.