‘Awareness is the first step toward change,’ is the adage that guides Atta’a, the Center for Rights Realization for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. Atta’a was founded in 2005, and recently came under our aegis. There is much work to be done, and we’re excited to build on the hard work and network that have been put into establishing the rights center.
Over the past few months Atta’a has been busy building its infrastructure. First there was the web site (in Arabic):
Attaa screen shot
The Facebook Page (also in Arabic) has grown to more than 1,400 likes in the past four months alone:
A few weeks ago we told you here about the brochure that they published. And more are on the way.
Cover of rights booklet
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for their continued support of this program.
