New Orleans Musicians for Palestine goes to HONK! in Boston

New Orleans Musicians for Palestine is a group of New Orleans-based musicians dedicated to solidarity with the Palestinian people. We run a community brass band that performs Palestinian and Arabic music for local protests and actions. We organize our fellow musicians to bring Palestinian solidarity and culture into performance spaces and venues throughout the city, helping musicians and their audiences plug in to the movement for a free Palestine. We build cultural resistance by organizing workshops on Palestinian music and culture, and sharing resources such as sheet music, literature, and other materials to raise political consciousness among our peers and our community.

HONK! is an activist street band festival in Boston happening from October 4th thru 6th. It's a perfect opportunity for New Orleans Musicians for Palestine to connect with other street bands from around the US and spread our model for musicians strengthening their local movement for Palestinian liberation. We will be the only band going with the explicit intention of centering Palestine after 1 year of genocide, but have already made connections with other bands there who are interested in doing the same.

Our main costs will be the plane tickets for our 13 members who can go. Other costs will include food, ground travel expenses, possibly mobile amplification for chanting and speaking. What leftover money we raise will be put towards supporting other local efforts.