A logo featuring a white tree with many leaves on a gold background, with the word 'SATYAM' integrated into the tree trunk. Below, the text reads 'center for unity, truth & peace activism'.

Satyam homeland

Satyam is a Palestinian women led center, in the West Bank, Palestine. It opened in March 2024 and created a refuge for activists to come together in solidarity. In a place where conflict and division too often shape daily life, Satyam offers a different reality: a safe and welcoming home where Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals come together to listen, learn, and act. We create spaces for non-violent activists from both sides to connect, heal, learn, recharge, vision, and embrace the responsibility of building a future that will benefit everyone living here.

A man and a woman planting a small plant in the ground outdoors near rocks and trees.

We exist to create a shared space for dialogue, creativity, and collaboration. From hosting events and workshops to launching campaigns for justice and supporting community initiatives, Satyam is a living example of how people can cross boundaries to build a future rooted in hope.

At Satyam, we believe:

  • Peace is possible when people meet with openness and respect.

  • Every voice matters in the struggle for dignity and justice.

  • A community can become stronger by sharing stories, resources, and action

Satyam is not just a place β€” it is a vision of what the future can be when people come together

SATYAM is a continuation of a peace center named EcoMe, held by our community from 2010-2018, located in the occupied West Bank near Jericho. A community of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists and social entrepreneurs who dared to meet life together rather than apart; to discover how to work towards dignity, safety and freedom for everyone in this land.

EcoMe hosted regular events like non-violent communication seminars, non-violent resistance actions, social- and system change trainings, yoga, meditation, language exchange, courses in permaculture, art, and many more.
The center was open daily for friends and visitors, welcoming anyone regardless of faith and/or political stance, who was seeking to walk in peace, meet in dialogue, and learn more about each other. Over the years, EcoMe became a living example and a source of hope; a resource for many initiatives and projects working towards a peaceful and just reality in the land. Described by the community, EcoMe served as an β€œisland of sanity” in an ocean of separation, injustice, and violence.

Here is a trailer of a movie that is yet to be finished and released about EcoMe and this is an intro video of the project back in 2015, where you can get a taste of the spirit of the place and the community!

After 8 years running, we decided to close EcoMe for a variety of reasons. Yet, its spirit has stayed alive in hundreds of people whose lives were transformed by it, and has continued to live through their projects and initiatives.