07/03/2024
Reem’s will be closed at both our Ferry Building and Mission locations tomorrow, July 4th. It’s is historically a slow day for restaurants, so we’ve decided to close and give our teams the day off.
On this occasion, we reflect not only on this country’s foundation rooted in genocide, ethnic cleansing, slavery, exploitation and segregation, but also its continuing legacy of imperialism and destruction abroad and criminalization of BIPOC at home. We are nine months into a genocide that has killed scores of thousands of Palestinians and decimated Gaza’s cultural and civil infrastructure and ecology. A genocide we as US taxpayers are funding despite the majority of us demanding a ceasefire. Nine months — the time it takes to grow and birth human life — of depraved, expansive, and absolutely preventable death.
But we also take this occasion to reflect on the movements and communities that continue to grow and strengthen in their commitment to justice. The creative and generative ways people are refusing to accept the status quo. The people who keep us whole and grounded. Our ability to be held in all our feelings of anger, grief, pain, and joy. Thank you, community, for grounding us and giving us hope ❤️
In that spirit of hope and endurance, sharing this post from with 10 actionable ideas for radically imagining possible futures in a time of destructive imperial collapse. Enjoy, and see you all soon 😘
