Thank you so much to everyone who helped us pull off our Benefit Against Imperialism: From Ireland to Palestine! By our efforts combined, we raised an amazing total of $4384!
This money will be split evenly between Medical Aid for Palestine and the legal fund for local Palestine activists.
We have many thank yous that we want to extend:
Firstly, thank you to Spirit for hosting us! They are an incredible venue with fabulously kind and helpful staff. Definitely consider them for your own events and give them a follow to check out upcoming concerts and gatherings that they host.
spiritpgh.com
@spiritpgh on Instagram
Thank you to the many members and comrades of PGH DSA who helped to plan, coordinate, and volunteer to pull off this event! There are simply too many of you to name, but you know who you are.
Thank you to everyone who showed up and donated money! The event would have been useless if no one showed up, but we estimate that at least 300 people came through the door, whether they just stopped by or stayed the whole night.
Thank you to our incredible musical acts who graciously loaned us their talent and energy, who were very easy to work with, and who even went as far as to donate some of their band merch sales to the cause. They all have Bandcamp accounts, websites, or Instagram accounts, you should definitely follow them and give them a listen at home!
- The Jig-Offs: @the_jig_offs and thejig-offs.bandcamp.com
- Katie Dee & The Quaking Aspens: @the_quaking_aspens and ktdquakingaspens.bandcamp.com
- Vida Chai: @_vidachai and vida-chai.bandcamp.com
- May Day Marching Band: maydaymarchingband.blogspot.com
- Hard Luck Hounds: hardluckhounds.bandcamp.com
Thank you to our four tattoo artists whose creative spark and tireless work throughout the night resulted in some incredible art pieces that comrades will carry with them forever! Please check out their work and support them by getting a tattoo or buying their art!
- Sara Eve of PMA Tattoos: @saraevetattoo
- Donovan of PMA Tattoos: @thereal.dirtydon
- Alicia “Zero” of KSD Tattoos: @knifedreams
- Kyle Cass of KSD Tattoos: @what_is_lurp
- PMA Tattoos: @pmatattoopgh and pmatattoo.com
- KSD Tattoos: @ksd.412 and ksdtattoo.com
Thank you to the organizations who came to table throughout the night, sharing their resources and work with guests. Whenever we hold a gathering, we love to invite people to learn about the efforts going on across the region that they can be a part of.
- Community Care & Resistance in Pittsburgh (CCRIP): @ccrip1312
- The Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) Pittsburgh: @pittsburghcpusa
- The Green Party of Allegheny County: alleghenygreens.org and @alleghenygreens1
- Human Rights City Alliance (HRCA) of Pittsburgh: wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org and @pghrights
- March on Harrisburg: mohpa.org and @endpacorruption
- Our Streets Collective: ourstreetscollective.org and @our_streets_collective
- Pitt Apartheid Divest: linktr.ee/pittapartheiddivest and @pittapartheiddivest
- Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh: sites.google.com/view/sunrisepittsburgh and @sunrisemvmtpgh
Thank you to the artists who donated art pieces to be raffled and items to be sold for the benefit. People were so excited to see a variety of art pieces and buy raffle tickets!
- Stained glass by Graphite Glassworks: @graphiteglassworks
- Stained glass by Megan Shalonis: @megalons
- A tufted wall hanging by Treadn’t Rugs: @treadntrugs
- Many art prints, potted plants, and wall hangings from Pam and Lisa of the Green Party
- A cartoon illustration by comrade D.O.
- And many other prints, zines, and a spooky painting from comrades who swung by!