Middle East Children’s Alliance: 2012 UTNE VISIONARY
A Conversation with Barbara Lubin, Co-founder and Director of Middle East Children's Alliance, a 2012 Utne Visionary
by Sam Ross-Brown
Beesan, English Literature Student
The following is excerpted from and interview by Danny Muller who traveled to Gaza with MECA Director Barbara Lubin in July 2012. Beesan receives a scholarship from one of MECA’s scholarship funds: My name is [...]
Kathy and John join Thirsting for Justice Summer Challenge
Join Kathy and John and hundreds others around the world in the Thirsting for Justice 2012 Summer Challenge!
Marina from Women in Black joins Thirsting for Justice Summer Challenge
Marina Guttierez from Women in Black shares her experience with the Thirsting for Justice 2012 Summer Challenge. Sign up now to take the challenge and live on 6.3 gallons of water for a day in solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
VIDEO: Samouni Street
"We hope through telling our story, people outside of Gaza will realize how we suffered."
A must-see animation using drawings by children in Gaza! Four children tell the story, in their own words, of what happened to them and their family during the Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2008-2009.
Media Advisory: MECA ships medical supplies worth half a million dollars to Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
MECA ships medical supplies worth half a million dollars to Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
August 16, 2012
Interview From Gaza: Walking WIth MECA
The following interview was given by Danny Muller from Gaza, who was traveling with Barbara Lubin in support of MECA's projects in Palestine. Excerpts of the interview were published in the Portland Phoenix, but the entire interview is below, which provides more context and history.
Can you give a brief synopsis of the two projects you’re working on, and the different ways in which they are important?
Rajaa, Medical Student
I am a student in College of Medicine, and I would like to thank the Middle East Children’s Alliance for supporting me and standing with me to achieve my childhood dreams. I dreamed of becoming [...]