MECA Director Barbara Lubin writes response to Hilman Sorey’s candidacy for KPFA board elections. Within a day, Sorey withdrew!
Here’s Barbara’s account:
I just learned that Mr. Hilman Sorey has taken his name off the list and he has decided not to run for the KPFA station board. Sometimes we feel hopeless and we think that we will always lose on the issue of Palestine. But every once in a while we trip them up and we win. This is one of those times.
MECA Director Barbara Lubin writes response to Hilman Sorey’s candidacy for KPFA board elections. Within a day, Sorey withdrew!
Here’s Barbara’s account:
I just learned that Mr. Hilman Sorey has taken his name off the list and he has decided not to run for the KPFA station board. Sometimes we feel hopeless and we think that we will always lose on the issue of Palestine. But every once in a while we trip them up and we win. This is one of those times.
Barbara’s open letter regarding Hilman’s candidacy:
I received a letter today asking me to vote for the new KPFA Board of Directors and I was shocked to see Mr.Hilmon Sorey’s picture and name on it. I don’t know if you remember when MECA brought the Children’s Art Exhibit to the U.S. from Gaza. We spent 6 months working with the staff of The Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland. They had agreed to let us hang the exhibit at the museum for 2 months during which time we would have many small events with children and teachers. We were all very excited but that changed after a visit from Hilmon Sorey who was chair of the Museum’s
Board. He came to MECA’S office 2 weeks before the exhibit was to open and informed us that the Museum had changed their mind and we would have to look elsewhere for a place to hang the pictures. The rest of this story is in the book we had published.
I have been thinking about all of this and all the pain that we here at MECA went through and I asked myself this question “with all the problems that KPFA has do we really need a person like Mr. Sorey on our Board?” He is not to be trusted and when push comes to shove he will do what the Zionist community tells him to do. We received hundreds of letters from all over the world condemning him for his lack of leadership but mostly for insulting the Palestinian children who drew these pictures.
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A Child’s View from Gaza from Middle East Children’s Alliance on Vimeo.
