After a Thursday forum with Jehad Abusalim and Ret. Col. Ann Wright, and a noon Friday protest outside Boeing, on Saturday July 20 Voices for Creative Nonviolence will join with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s US Boats to Gaza campaign, supporting their North American Freedom Flotilla for Gaza project, with a mini-flotilla of kayaks, canoes and 10-seater tour boats on the Chicago River, bearing messages in support of freedom for the people of Gaza
The flotilla will begin at 11AM at the NE corner of the Lake Street Bridge and proceed along the Chicago River Walk to the Dearborn Street Bridge. Interested? Contact us now at 773-838-3815 or info@vcnv.org so we can coordinate.
This event is part of three days of action to build support for ending the blockade of Gaza and the 2020 Freedom Flotilla. Since 2010, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has sent many international flotillas sailing to Gaza to highlight the brutal violation of international law and of Gazans’ human rights that is the Israeli government’s lethal Gaza blockade. Voices members have joined past flotilla actions seeking to free Gazans from a crushing economic siege and from airstrikes, arrests, torture, and the myriad human rights violations inherent in apartheid. It is time to give Gazans desperately-needed access to food, fuel, medicine, employment, & basic human dignity. The next international sailing is in 2020, but this summer our message is for the people of the United States. Join us! #Chicago4Gaza #NoBombsfromBoeing #GazaUnlocked #EndtheBlockade
