Short on time?
here are some ideas that don't take much of it
Online ideas for when you have very little time to give:
5 minutes per day -- while you are scrolling anyway, seek out a few posts with #freepalestine hashtags [or #freecongo, or #freesudan]. Like, comment, share, and save them.
10 minutes per day—Consider picking a family and regularly boosting their content. (If it’s too hard to choose who, DM me, and I’ll connect you to a campaign that needs help.)
Note: By “boosting,” I mean focusing the above energy on one family and utilizing the tools of whichever social media you use to repost the content they are already making. (I will show you how!)
Consider joining Creators For Gaza, a SWANA lead group that will link you to a family you can create art for and boost their campaign.
1 hour every 2-3 days—Consider creating your own content for a family while also boosting their content regularly. You can make art and videos, write their name in chalk and take a photo, put their link over photos of plants or cityscapes, or whatever you want to post anyway. (Except for food; due to the forced starvation by the Israeli Occupying Forces, it is incredibly insensitive to post photos of food.)
5 minutes per week -- email and/or call your government representatives. Every. Single. Week.
High-priority needs in Gaza in my circle right now:
My dear friend Hala’s father was martyred this week. Their tent is shredded and the winter has arrived. I want her campaign to reach $3,000 before the end of the year so she can afford a new tent and winter clothes for the children, this will also cover the fees that GoFundMe and the banks take for the transfer. $1=kr11 [Link to her campaign]
Rawaa is being helped by a fellow member of S.O.U.P. and her cousin Ibrahim was martyred this week. Rawaa and her family would like the opportunity to grieve and mourn their beloved cousin in a way that very few in Gaza have been able to do in the last 13 months: by gathering together and eating. Their goal is $1,000 to be able to have a single meal for the loved ones of Ibrahim. They need $600 more. [Link to Rawaa’s campaign]
Upcoming Raffles:
If you’d like to participate, but can’t on Instagram, let me know! I will help!
Upcoming events in PDX:
Rock for Relief — A benefit concert
Friday 11/15/24 at 7:00pm at Show Bar
$15 early, or $20 at the door
Featuring: Vonnie Kyle, The Acoustic Minds, Presidio [Duo Set].
Special guest speakers and performers and a silent auction.
Golden Harvest Market — Gaza Benefit: Fall Edition
Saturday 11/16/24 from 1:00-6:00pm at Alberta House 5131 NE 23rd Ave.
15+ local vendors, food & drink, raffles, live DJ set, henna tattoos, face painting, pumpkin decorating, art, jewelry, flower bouquets, and more!
Arabic Teach-In — An evening of cultural exchange
Sunday 11/17/24 from 2:00-5:00pm at Kabob 1864 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Taught by Mutaz Alshawa with food provided by Kabob, a Palestinian owned restaurant! The meal is $20 to include a buffet plate and a drink, payment must be made payable to Kabob during the event. RVSP by Friday, November 15th.
If you wish to join for the lesson only, please RSVP and indicate you will be joining for the lesson only from 3pm-5pm.
Anti-capitalist in the streets — Badass in the sheets
In this 2-hour virtual workshop Radical Money People will teach you the in’s and outs of using Excel and Google Sheets for personal finance.
Wednesday 11/20/24 from 6:00-8:00pm Zoom Link found here
Cost: Suggested donation of $20+ that will be donated to families in Gaza.
Venmo: @jesseswordfisk
Cashapp: $jesseswordfisk
Thursday 11/21/24 from 6:00-9:00pm at Threshold Brewing 403 SE 790th Ave.
Supplies provided, but feel free to bring your own! You may take what you make, or leave it behind to be sold for donations to families in Gaza.
This brewery has many N/A options, and one vegetarian food option, but allows in outside food. It is a family-friendly atmosphere.
There will be and opportunity to donate to families in Gaza, and learn more about how to get involved.
Masks encouraged!
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