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Bay Area Fundraiser for Gaza
June 9 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$30 – $75
Please join for a Fundraiser on June 9th at 6pm to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza! All donations are tax deductible and will go directly to MECA (Middle East Children’s Alliance) to support their crucial work on the ground in Gaza.
FEATURING:
- Carlos Baron, MC, Chilean poet, actor and professor at SFSU
- From Meca (Middle East Children’s Alliance): director Zeiad Abbas and Deborah Agre
- Reporting from Gaza by Susan Abulhawa (video)
- Nora Narrows-Friedman reporter with Electronic Intifada
- Palestinian poets Deema Shehabi and Dina Omar
- Aliza Pere
- Duamuxa, Chilean duo
- Message from Holly Near
- Masarrah Shahin with the Children Chorus from the American Academy in Nablus (video)
- George Lammam, Palestinian violinist and Khaled Keileh
- Palestinian food by Reem and Zaynah
Get your tickets HERE. For those of you who cannot attend, you may donate on this link.
Event organized by The Artists/Activists Organizing Committee – Bay Area: Francine Kuipers, Gene St. Onge, Georges Lammam, Ken and Barbara Miles, Jeanette Cool, and Andrea Valverdes.