If you’ve followed me on social media, then this won’t come as a surprise. I’ve dedicated my summer, it seems, to re-posting endless stories and links about the Palestine movement and have volunteered at various events in an attempt to feel solidarity. Beyond presenting thought- provoking semi-political prompts at my writing workshops, I decided to take the big leap and actually ACTIVATE – I’ve started a fundraising page for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF).
PCRF delivers urgent medical care and humanitarian aid to children in Gaza and across Palestine. Children who are being maimed, starved, and slaughtered in real time. Children who deserve safety, dignity, and a future.
I can’t separate writing from the world I live in. Words don’t stop drones. Poetry isn’t aid. But silence can be refused. Words can witness and testify. And they can move us toward action and solidarity.
That’s why I’ve dedicated my two books to this fundraiser:
- Ruptures — a collection of poems from my youth, written through trauma, heartbreak, addiction, and survival.
- Mommy and the Blues — a book I wrote for my son, trying to explain mental illness to him with honesty and love, and offering families a tool to speak what so often goes unsaid.
Every order fuels aid through PCRF and UNRWA. Each purchase becomes a gesture of resistance, a refusal to normalize genocide. Finally, I’ve found a way to make even less money and spit at the face of capitalism.
I’ll update the fundraising page with each order, so you can see exactly what difference is being made. No abstraction. Just direct, traceable solidarity.
Free Palestine. Speak truth to power.
Writing is resistance, but saving children will take all of us.
