Help Danielle Attend A Solidarity Trip in Israel

My name is Danielle and I am raising the funds so that I can afford the costs to attend an Israeli solidarity mission in March. It's important to me that I make this trip and bear witness to what happened on October 7.

Witness: Writers Encounter Post Oct 7th Israel is a five-day (four-night) solidarity mission from March 13-17 for writers of all genres (published and unpublished) to bear witness to the Hamas atrocities on October 7th, to learn about the aftermath on Israeli society, and to lend their support in words and deeds.

The costs for the Israeli portion itself is $2195--breakfast is included but not all meals are included. In addition to this, I'm raising money to afford the flights to and from Israel. Flights from Chicago to NYC and then NYC to TLV fluctuate daily. I'm also accounting for the GoFundMe transaction fees, too. I haven't decided if I'm going to Southwest it to LGA and then make my way to JFK. I'm still playing all that by ear.

The itinerary will include visits to southern community and with hostage families, volunteering, a number of meetings and panels with Israeli writers and those involved in the literary scene, a visit/tour to the brand new National Library and other relevant literary/artistic spaces, Shabbat in Jerusalem, and daily generative writing sessions (but not on Shabbat).

It's quite possible that a documentary short or other ideas for a film will come out of the trip.