Sunday, June 28, 2009

Brooklyn kids write messages of support for kids in Gaza











Existence is Resistance and Al-Awda set up a table in front of Nablus sweets on 5th avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn asking for donations for the Viva Palestina Convoy leaving on July 4th from JFK airport that is being led by British MP George Galloway. Cynthia McKinney, Councilman Charles Barron, Ron Kovic are also going on the convoy. We are delivering medical supplies to Gaza and to bring attention and to do our best to break the Israeli siege that is suffocating the people of Gaza. We asked kids from the neighborhood to draw pictures and write messages so we can take it with us and put up in Gaza for the kids over there to see. The kids were great, so smart, so innocent and so positive. Taiseer the owner of Nablus sweets was extremely helpful as usual. Please check out his store, the sweets are delicious. http://nablussweets.com/

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Gaza Convoy Send-off Rally July 3rd

Medical Aid Convoy to Gaza Sendoff Rally
When: 6 pm Friday, July 3, 2009
Where: House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (between Bond and Nevins Sts)
Featuring:George Galloway, MP, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, City Councilperson Charles Barron, Cynthia McKinney, Ron Kovic
The next day, July 4th, hundreds of people from across the United States will depart New York for Egypt, where they will load trucks with millions of dollars worth of medical supplies and drive it to the besieged people of Gaza. While our government arms the Israeli war machine with weapons of mass destruction to murder the people of Palestine, we will bring humanitarian aid and a challenge to U.S. support for war, blockade and occupation.
For more info please contact Al-Awda at info@al-awdany.org or (718) 228-8636