Kimchi for Gaza: Fundraiser

Community! We (several Koreans living on Coast Salish lands), are doing a kimchi fundraiser to raise money for Crips for eSims and Operation Olive Branch’s Direct Aid Initiative, two organizations working to help Gazans stay online and receive direct aid.

Kimchi is available for pre-order at https://tinyurl.com/kimchiforgaza (in bio) and is $15 – $30+ sliding scale per quart, with pick-up in Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia between Nov. 26 and Dec. 7. Two options are available: traditional (which contains fish sauce and fermented shrimp) and vegan. Both options are gluten free. Those who donate at the $30 level will receive a randomly selected perk, which may include ceramics, prints, or stickers.

The kimchi sold for this fundraiser will be hand made by us as we gather for a gimjang, the Korean autumnal tradition of making kimchi together in community. Gimjangs represent collective care and nourishment, and it is how families have shared the burden of preserving that year’s harvest into kimchi, to sustain each other through the wintertime. It is one of the ways we have learned to love each other.

We gather and work together holding the Palestinian people in our hearts. We gather and work knowing that our community spans the globe, and that the small intimate acts of care we can offer here can reach across seas. As we jar this kimchi together, we hold the memory of all those who have been martyred, and continue to fight for a free Palestine and a world free of colonial violence.

Further details for the fundraiser can be found at https://tinyurl.com/kimchiforgaza. Fundraiser will likely close on November 24.