To raise awareness of the horror of slaughter and the injustice of what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank. To raise money for humanitarian aid for Gaza and local peace organizations, and to directly lobby Congress to end the war.
What RAW GAZA supports
An immediate and sustainable ceasefire and release of all hostages.
Suspend all unrestricted military aid for Israel.
Increased humanitarian aid through UNRWA, the United Nation agency that has been distributing such aid for years.
Freeze settlements on the West Bank
Support the international investigation of war crimes against Israel and Hamas.
Oppose all discrimination against Jews and Muslims but stop using false charges of antisemitism to quell criticism against Israel.
The Ride
This will be about a 650-mile ride on a gravel bike (though mostly on paved roads) through state capitals and major cities on the east coast from Concord, NH to Washington DC. It will be an unsupported ride led by Bob Sanders, a Jewish 69-year-old former reporter, a founder of Not In My Name, NH. Others are welcome to join.
Money
Half the money raised will go to humanitarian aid, via AFSC. The other half will be split between Not in My Name, NH and NH Peace Action. People can donate through GoFundMe page set up by a supporter or at the Peace Action donation page. If you donate through Peace Action, after putting in the amount and clicking on credit/debit card, put RAW GAZA in the note field. You can also donate by sending a check to NH Peace Action at 4 Park Street, Concord, and writing RAW GAZA in the memo line.
Money raised at events will go to the groups organizing the events as long as it’s spent for Mideast Peace and/or humanitarian aid.
Endorsements
Not In My Name NH (Coordinating Committee), Jewish Voice for Peace VT/NH, NH Veterans for Peace, the New Hampshire Peace Action Educational Fund, New Hampshire Conference, of the United Church of Christ, the Palestinian Education Network, Baltimore Bicycle Works, New Jersey Peace Action, CeaseFireNowNJ, Jewish Voice for Peace Northern NJ
How are some ways you can help.
(RAW GAZ would be grateful if you did any of them.)
Endorse
Endorsing organizations will be listed on press releases and other materials. RAW GAZA is not asking for any money from endorsing groups.
Host
To put up Bob, and perhaps others, up for a night
Ride
Ride or help recruit riders by sharing and putting up bike flyer. Riders can join for minutes, hours, a day or days but they will be responsible for their own equipment, provisions, expenses and safety.
Petition
RAW GAZA will deliver petitions to Congressional delegations of the states he passes through. See the NH petition HERE. Please post and share. If you are from another state, just change New Hampshire to the name of that state. If you want to add your name, please email Bob at bob.gns@gmail.com.
Events
Invite Bob to speak at an existing event or organize a potluck dinner or send off breakfast. Groups are welcome to use any event as a fundraiser and keep all the money raised, as long as it goes to humanitarian aid or the peace movement.
Media:
Send out press releases to local media contacts and follow up and/or provide local press contacts.
Lobbying
(If you are in DC) At the end of the ride, RAW riders attempt to their elected federal officials and/or their staff person. Help navigate capitol hill. Provide staff contacts for nonNH Senators and Reps to drop off petition.
Day 2 Sun 8/25 49 miles to Cambridge, MA. Speak at Community Encampment for Palestine at 2 pm. 4 miles to stay with friend in Arlington, MA
Day 3 Mon 8/26 4 miles to work out of Mass Peace Action Office in Cambridge and visit local media in Boston, MA 10 miles to stay with MAPA host in Roslindale MA.
Day 4 Tues 8/27 41 miles to Providence RI. Potluck dinner at Friends Meeting House Stay with former NH AFSC staffer and Jewish Voice for Peace activist in Seeconk, MA.
Day 5 Wed 8/28 48 miles to Canterbury CT Stay with Warmshowers host in a shed.
Day 7 Fri 8/30 41 miles to New Haven, Ct Stay with two Jewish Voice for Peace activists
Day 8 Sat 8/31 22 miles to Bridgeport CT then take Ferry to Port Jefferson, NY. Stay with activist from the North Country Peace Group
Day 9 Sun 9/1 65 miles to Brooklyn, NY. Stay with Nephew.
Day 10 Mon 9/2, Labor Day. Attend the National March on NYC for Gaza starting at noon at Union Square in Manhattan led by Within Our Lifetime. Brooklyn, NY . Stay with Nephew.
Day 11 Tues 9/3 5 miles to ferry from Manhattan to Paulus Hook Ferry terminal, Jersey City NJ to be greeted by NJ Peace Action at 9 am. 51 miles Stay with friends in Kendall Park, NJ (near Princeton, NJ)
Day 12 Wed 9/4 50 miles Philadelphia, PA, Stay in Mt Airy neighborhood with friends.
Day 13 Thu 9/5 10 miles to West Philly Philadelphia, PA Circulate petition with activists from Peace, Justice Sustainability NOW at UPENN and at the Baltimore stroll. Stay in South Philly a PJSN activist.
Day 14 Fri 9/6 40 or 50 to Wilmington or Newark, DE
Day 15 Sat 9/7 60 to 70 Baltimore, MD, Event withBaltimore Peace Action, stay with friend of NH Peace action member
Day 16 Sun 9/8 50 miles to Washington, DC, stay with relatives. Print up petition and NIMN letter.
Day 17 Mon 9/9 Washington, DC Meet with Shaheen’s office, deliver letter and petitions there, visit with others from the NH delegation and deliver petitions to lawmakers offices from other states. Stay at hotel near Union Station with daughter who is in International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Day 18 Tues 9/10 7 am train Boston, MA. Bus to Concord, NH
Ride Against War in GAZA, NH-DC Tour
Ride Against War in GAZA, NH-DC Tour
August 24 – September 10
Purpose of the ride
To raise awareness of the horror of slaughter and the injustice of what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank. To raise money for humanitarian aid for Gaza and local peace organizations, and to directly lobby Congress to end the war.
What RAW GAZA supports
An immediate and sustainable ceasefire and release of all hostages.
Suspend all unrestricted military aid for Israel.
Increased humanitarian aid through UNRWA, the United Nation agency that has been distributing such aid for years.
Freeze settlements on the West Bank
Support the international investigation of war crimes against Israel and Hamas.
Oppose all discrimination against Jews and Muslims but stop using false charges of antisemitism to quell criticism against Israel.
The Ride
This will be about a 650-mile ride on a gravel bike (though mostly on paved roads) through state capitals and major cities on the east coast from Concord, NH to Washington DC. It will be an unsupported ride led by Bob Sanders, a Jewish 69-year-old former reporter, a founder of Not In My Name, NH. Others are welcome to join.
Money
Half the money raised will go to humanitarian aid, via AFSC. The other half will be split between Not in My Name, NH and NH Peace Action. People can donate through GoFundMe page set up by a supporter or at the Peace Action donation page. If you donate through Peace Action, after putting in the amount and clicking on credit/debit card, put RAW GAZA in the note field. You can also donate by sending a check to NH Peace Action at 4 Park Street, Concord, and writing RAW GAZA in the memo line.
Money raised at events will go to the groups organizing the events as long as it’s spent for Mideast Peace and/or humanitarian aid.
Endorsements
Not In My Name NH (Coordinating Committee), Jewish Voice for Peace VT/NH, NH Veterans for Peace, the New Hampshire Peace Action Educational Fund, New Hampshire Conference, of the United Church of Christ, the Palestinian Education Network, Baltimore Bicycle Works, New Jersey Peace Action, CeaseFireNowNJ, Jewish Voice for Peace Northern NJ
How are some ways you can help.
(RAW GAZ would be grateful if you did any of them.)
Endorse
Endorsing organizations will be listed on press releases and other materials. RAW GAZA is not asking for any money from endorsing groups.
Host
To put up Bob, and perhaps others, up for a night
Ride
Ride or help recruit riders by sharing and putting up bike flyer. Riders can join for minutes, hours, a day or days but they will be responsible for their own equipment, provisions, expenses and safety.
Petition
RAW GAZA will deliver petitions to Congressional delegations of the states he passes through. See the NH petition HERE. Please post and share. If you are from another state, just change New Hampshire to the name of that state. If you want to add your name, please email Bob at bob.gns@gmail.com.
Events
Invite Bob to speak at an existing event or organize a potluck dinner or send off breakfast. Groups are welcome to use any event as a fundraiser and keep all the money raised, as long as it goes to humanitarian aid or the peace movement.
Media:
Send out press releases to local media contacts and follow up and/or provide local press contacts.
Lobbying
(If you are in DC) At the end of the ride, RAW riders attempt to their elected federal officials and/or their staff person. Help navigate capitol hill. Provide staff contacts for nonNH Senators and Reps to drop off petition.
Trip schedule (subject to change)
Day 1 Sat 8/24 Free Bagel Send-off, NH State House, sponsored by NH Peace Action 9 am 40 miles to Nashua, NH (Stay with Warmshowers host in Hollis NH)
Day 2 Sun 8/25 49 miles to Cambridge, MA. Speak at Community Encampment for Palestine at 2 pm. 4 miles to stay with friend in Arlington, MA
Day 3 Mon 8/26 4 miles to work out of Mass Peace Action Office in Cambridge and visit local media in Boston, MA 10 miles to stay with MAPA host in Roslindale MA.
Day 4 Tues 8/27 41 miles to Providence RI. Potluck dinner at Friends Meeting House Stay with former NH AFSC staffer and Jewish Voice for Peace activist in Seeconk, MA.
Day 5 Wed 8/28 48 miles to Canterbury CT Stay with Warmshowers host in a shed.
Day 6 Thur 8/29 45 miles to Hartford, Ct. Hosted by Conn Palestine Solidarity Coalition.
Day 7 Fri 8/30 41 miles to New Haven, Ct Stay with two Jewish Voice for Peace activists
Day 8 Sat 8/31 22 miles to Bridgeport CT then take Ferry to Port Jefferson, NY. Stay with activist from the North Country Peace Group
Day 9 Sun 9/1 65 miles to Brooklyn, NY. Stay with Nephew.
Day 10 Mon 9/2, Labor Day. Attend the National March on NYC for Gaza starting at noon at Union Square in Manhattan led by Within Our Lifetime. Brooklyn, NY . Stay with Nephew.
Day 11 Tues 9/3 5 miles to ferry from Manhattan to Paulus Hook Ferry terminal, Jersey City NJ to be greeted by NJ Peace Action at 9 am. 51 miles Stay with friends in Kendall Park, NJ (near Princeton, NJ)
Day 12 Wed 9/4 50 miles Philadelphia, PA, Stay in Mt Airy neighborhood with friends.
Day 13 Thu 9/5 10 miles to West Philly Philadelphia, PA Circulate petition with activists from Peace, Justice Sustainability NOW at UPENN and at the Baltimore stroll. Stay in South Philly a PJSN activist.
Day 14 Fri 9/6 40 or 50 to Wilmington or Newark, DE
Day 15 Sat 9/7 60 to 70 Baltimore, MD, Event with Baltimore Peace Action, stay with friend of NH Peace action member
Day 16 Sun 9/8 50 miles to Washington, DC, stay with relatives. Print up petition and NIMN letter.
Day 17 Mon 9/9 Washington, DC Meet with Shaheen’s office, deliver letter and petitions there, visit with others from the NH delegation and deliver petitions to lawmakers offices from other states. Stay at hotel near Union Station with daughter who is in International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Day 18 Tues 9/10 7 am train Boston, MA. Bus to Concord, NH
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