Kite Fundraiser for Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity
We are selling white diamond kite kits and postcards featuring ‘scores for flight’ to raise funds for Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity.
Contribution levels (you can always give more or donate directly!):
- 💌 $15—a postcard featuring ‘scores for flight’ by artists: Nat Pyper, Kimi Hanauer, Aram Ronaldo, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo & more.
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💌🪁$35—a white diamond kite kit, postcard, and a small zine on kites in Palestine
- 💌🪁🪁$50—a family pack! 2 kite kits, postcard, and small zine
Please select the following options for shipping:
- If you are ordering a postcard 💌, please select “Shipping for Postcard” [ you will not be charged for shipping! ]
- If you are ordering any of the kite kits [ the $35 tier 💌🪁 or $50 tier 💌🪁🪁 ], please select “Shipping for Kites” [ this will cost $10 ].
- If you are ordering any of the tiers but are able to pick up in NYC, then select “Pick up in NYC” [ you will not be charged for shipping! ]
We will be accepting orders until November 15, but you can always donate directly to Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity.
Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity is a group with loved ones in Gaza doing direct mutual aid to displaced and distressed families since November 2023. GMAS has provided clean water, food, tents, clothing, and direct cash to families in Gaza. They have supplied clay ovens, repaired a sewer system, installed a water well, supported a revived school, and funded medical workers and civil defense crews. GMAS is also supporting local pottery makers and distributing their wares.
In his poem “If I Must Die,” Refaat Alareer prompts readers to fly kites in the name of a liberated Palestine: “make it white with a long tail.” Alareer was martyred by the Israeli military on December 6, 2023.
If I Must Die
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above,
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love.
If I must die
let it bring hope,
let it be a tale.
—Refaat Alareer
(1979-2023)
This micro-fundraiser is built in collaboration with Floating Photo Studios and Harlem4Palestine.