Funding Appeal

Greetings.
I am writing an appeal for funds in order to attend an up coming meeting.

I have been invited to a meeting in the Bay Area hosted by the International Jewish Solidarity Network (IJSN) http://www.ijsn.net/.

In their invitation, IJSN writes, “In the last two years, IJSN has come along way in developing its politics, principles, strategy, vision, role and relationship. The goal has been to build the foundation for an international network of anti-Zionist Jews to support existing and seed new Jewish anti-Zionist organizing in solidarity with Palestinian resistance. As with any other anti-imperialist struggle or struggle for social justice, working locally or even nationally is not enough. The forces we face are international, and what we can do is limited unless we find ways to work together across boundaries and regions. We are building an international voice which challenges Zionism and its claim to speak on behalf of Jews worldwide.”

I am committed as a Jewish-USA raised person to support anti-occupation work concerning Israel’s occupation of Palestine. I have been a part of this community for almost ten years having spent much of that time also in Palestine since 2002. I have lived on the ground in Palestine and am committed to being a part of organizing against the Israeli occupation, here and abroad. In this way, for myself, it is important to attend this meeting.

I think it is also important that organizing in solidarity with Palestinian-based anti-occupation work reach out to the growing movement of like-minded organizers and activists across the country and internationally.
Often, we do amazing work that does not always translate to the national or international movement. And although I am a great proponent of local organizing as some of the most important, I also think our work would only be that much more amazing connected into national and international networks. In that way, we gain support and relationships to strengthen and move our work forward.

But as we all know, our government’s panache for failing attempts at international imperialism leads us to our failing economy causing travel to be thrice the cost it was a year ago. Because of this I am having difficulty affording attendance at this meeting and would like to humbly ask for assistance. If you are interested/able to contribute and support me to this meeting leave me a comment and we can talk specifics.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and look forward to our continued endeavors in support of freedom and justice in the world.
–Flo Razowsky