Dance for Gaza
Dabke Workshop, Community Gathering and Fundraiser

Saturday September 13th
3-5pm | 120mins | $50
All proceeds go directly to families in Gaza
@ Studio Take Care, Brunswick
Beginner-friendly

Join us for a joyful dance workshop with @jafradabke followed by delicious matcha with @matchayutea with all proceeds going directly to two families in Gaza who desperately need the funds.

🤝 Experience the joy, connection and cultural pride of the Palestinian Dabke with this 1.5hr workshop.
🕺🏼 You’ll learn the fundamentals of Dabke in a welcoming, high-energy environment. No dance experience needed- Just your spirit and your feet!
🫖 After we dance, hang around for a delicious matcha and a chat. Erin from @matchayutea will be making matcha for us all 🍵🍵
✊ We will have action stations set up so that we can take simple actions for Palestine together.
💓 Big thanks to @studio.takecare who has donated their gorgeous Chapel for us to use.
✌️ The amazing @cloe4hope will be leading the fundraiser**, ensuring that all proceeds will go directly to families in need.

Fundraiser Info:

The two families in Gaza we are fundraising for are staying strong in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Ali is a pro wheelchair basketball player and disability advocate displaced in Gaza. His sister is blind, his two elderly parents are disabled and wheelchair users, and his sister in-law is pregnant. Ali's home has been completely turned to rubble and the family are sheltering in tents with no facilities to support their disabilities. Donations will help the family buy food, medicine, and disability care items such as adult diapers which are exorbitantly expensive. 

Salah is a visual artist and disability advocate displaced with his pregnant wife and young siblings in Gaza. He is the eldest in his family and this campaign is their only source of support. Salah’s mother gave birth to baby Ali at 42 years old during the genocide with zero perinatal care and his wife Shahd is 4 months pregnant and severly malnourished. Donations will help provide food, perinatal support and life saving essentials for the family.

The situation in Gaza is ever-changing and complex. We we will be able to share specific details about where the funds are going on the day. We have been working with these two families who desperately need support. We plan on giving the money directly to these families to help them to buy food and basic supplies. We have done this before successfully and the families are verified.

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