Register Now for Interfaith Pilgrimage 2026
(Si solo hablas español y estás interesado, ponte en contacto con la oficina en office@im4humanintegrity.org )
On May 9, 2026, join the Interfaith Pilgrimage for Palestine, a public witness calling for an end to military cargo shipments from Oakland to Israel. As the drumbeat of war and profiteering grows louder, we deepen our commitment to non-cooperation with harm and support the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo to proclaim: Divest from war. Invest in life.
This Mother’s Day, join us and be a voice for a different future, a future that sees children as our greatest inheritance. Children are sacred. As parents, aunties/uncles, grandparents, educators, healers and people of faith, let us put our values into actions that save lives and end the horror of the US and Israel’s war on children. For the sake of the future, let us create the world we want to see by demanding an end to the shipping of arms from Oakland.
Together, we will journey 12 miles through Oakland and Alameda, walking our prayers and embodying our shared conviction that every human life is sacred, and that peace with justice cannot be built through militarism. Participants are invited to join us for the entire 12 miles, or for one of the 5 legs (1-4 miles long).
This pilgrimage grows out of the global Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages of 2024 and local collaborations such as the Right of Return Pilgrimage in 2025. In this third year, we renew our collective call for an immediate arms embargo—locally and nationally.
Event Details:
Date & Time: Saturday, May 9, 8am – 7pm
Location: East Bay, CA (from downtown Oakland, through Alameda, to the Oakland Airport)
Distance: 12 miles (the route will be segmented into 5 shorter legs (1-4 miles each) that participants can choose from)
Register Now for Interfaith Pilgrimage 2026
Si solo hablas español y estás interesado, ponte en contacto con la oficina en office@im4humanintegrity.org
Purpose:
The Interfaith Pilgrimage for Palestine invites all participants to journey and pray for an end to the US complicity in war and grieve the impact of war on children in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran.
Objectives:
The Interfaith Pilgrimage for Palestine aligns with the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo, and advocates to
- Recenter the sacredness of all children.
- End the genocide, ethnic cleansing and torture of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Cease all military cargo shipments from Oakland Airport to Israel.
- Implement a permanent policy to prohibit the use of Oakland’s public infrastructure and finances for military transfers to any country committing war crimes.
- Support Block the Bombs legislation nationally.
Schedule:
Exact time and program coming soon! These are the general stops along the 12 mile route. Participants are invited to join for the entire 12 miles, or join at one of the stops below and walk along to the following stops:
8am Leg 1: Oakland City Hall ~ Theme: Impact on Children
Leg 2: Port of Oakland (Ferry Building) ~ Theme: Impact of weapons on the human body
Leg 3: Coast Guard Island ~ Theme: Militarization of our lives
Leg 4: Chevron/beach ~ Theme: Impact on earth and place
Leg 5: Fed Ex ~ Theme: Sound of war
4pm Closing: Oakland Airport ~ Theme: Culture of Resistance
Donations:
In various pilgrimage traditions, generosity is specifically invited and cultivated as a practice. Offerings are made to express gratitude, seal vows, seek repair, or pay penance for our complicity. Rooted in these traditions we invite your generosity.
Individuals
- Donate when you register. This gift will go towards humanitarian needs for children and families in Gaza and Iran, and the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo campaign. Suggested: $10 – $1000.
Organizations and community groups
- Sponsor the pilgrimage to help underwrite the cost of the event – a total of $10,000 for materials, banners and art, supplies for security and medics, snacks, water, and stipends to community leaders. Suggested: ($1000, $500, $300, $100).
Please give what is a meaningful gift for you and/or your organization.
How to donate
- Check mailed to: IM4HI, 310 8th Street, Suite #310, Oakland, CA 94607
- Individuals, write checks to IM4HI (memo: “I4P”)
- Organizations, write checks to IM4HI (memo: “I4P sponsor”)
- Online –
- Individuals, donate here: bit.ly/I4Pgive
- Organizations, donate here: https://bit.ly/I4Psponsor
- Please consider covering the 2% processing fee.
How to Prepare:
- April 19 – Art Build (details coming soon)
- April 29th – Required Zoom Orientation (details coming soon)
Community agreements
This Pilgrimage is a sacred journey in solidarity with Palestinians and other targeted communities. In that spirit, we ask for agreement on the following:
- We will come together to express love and solidarity, embody remembrance and resistance, and channel our grief and anger into action.
- We will participate prayerfully knowing that we all pray in different ways. We strive to be respectful and be on the journey together. We will find a way to support and care for one another.
- There will be trained safety teams, de-escalators and police liaisons. I agree to follow all safety instructions given by event organizers and safety team volunteers while participating in the Pilgrimage and to move in the spirit of nonviolence. In case of need, I will reach out to one of these team members. We keep each other safe.
- We will carry the art we co-create at the Art Build in order to be a unified voice to uplift the faith-rooted themes for the pilgrimage.
Participating Organizations:
Oakland Arms Embargo campaign
Friends of Wadi Fouquin
Kehilla Community Synagogue
Shomeret Shalom
Beyt Tikkun
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
Mennonite Action Bay Area
Cal-Nev Palestine Task Force
Church of the Sojourners
And more coming….
Register Now for Interfaith Pilgrimage 2026
Si solo hablas español y estás interesado, ponte en contacto con la oficina en office@im4humanintegrity.org
