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Melissa Franklin will join a US delegation of artists in support of the Maia Project, which brings clean, safe drinking water. The Maia Mural Project will design and paint murals on water purification buildings in Gaza in July 2011.

   In support of Melissa's travels to Gaza, several KC groups are hosting a fundraising dinner event on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:30 pm. The event will take place at Holy Land Cafe, 12275 W 87th Street Pkwy, Lenexa, Kansas. (87th and Monrovia, which is about 2 blocks west of Quivira; see map below).

   The fundraising event will include brief updates from local residents, who traveled to Palestine recently, including Ann Hayles. The cost for the dinner event is $25, which includes exquisite Middle Eastern food -- a choice of entrees, a salad, side dishes, and Baklava desert. Proceeds from the fundraising event will go to pay for Melissa's travel expenses.

   Members of Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, one of the fundraising event hosts, are proud to support Melissa in her ongoing efforts to support justice and rights for Palestinians.

Tune in to "Alternative Radio" on KKFI 90.1 FM -- community radio in Kansas City -- this Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 9:00 am Central Time

Israel is gearing up for another major offensive into Gaza, yet the world community still remains bafflingly silent.

Richard Falk: Hopes of Gaza Cast in Lead

The U.S.

A full report of the June 2, 2010 rally against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla was published in the Palestine Monitor. In Kansas City, Missouri, humanity took the form of one college student. Sara Jawhari, a journalism major and member of last December’s land convoy to Gaza, contacted local organisations to see if a protest was being planned. When one responded that there was no Israeli consulate in KC and therefore no need to protest, she jumped onto Facebook.

On Monday June 21, at approximately 3 pm, several concerned citizens from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Columbia met via teleconference with Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill from her Washington office. The teleconference was organized by St. Louis resident Michael Berg. Present at the meeting were several Kansas City area residents, as well as a group of St. Louis residents led by Hedy Epstein, Holocaust survivor who has tried to get into Gaza four times now. Several activists from Columbia also joined the conference.

Breaking the Israeli Siege of Gaza May Lead to an Attack at Sea, Detention Camps and Deportation

by Ann Wright

Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by CommonDreams.org

Listen to the nationally-syndicated radio program “Law and Disorder” on KKFI-FM 90.1, your favorite KC community radio station, this Thursday, March 18 at 12 Noon CT for a timely program focusing on the case against Israel for the death of Rachel Corrie.

Event at JCCC on February 22 highlights devastation of Israeli attacks on Gaza from one year ago

“The trip was more of a struggle, thus more meaningful.”

A Johnson County Community College (JCCC) student and local Kansas Citians will share their eyewitness stories after a life-altering humanitar