Marketing Kit: Build, Treat, Heal.
Thank you for helping share our fundraiser in support of frontline medical care in Gaza.
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Event page: https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser/
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Tickets: https://tickets.grayarea.org/events/2d085958-e11f-72ca-60bc-15da0b017692
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Your support helps sustain critical medical care on the ground in Gaza.
Event Summary
Build, Treat, Heal is a fundraiser grounded in collective responsibility to turn expertise into sustained support for healthcare in Palestine.
We are gathering the Bay Area community to inspire unique ways of pooling knowledge, resources, and capital to scale durable med-tech solutions for Gaza’s destroyed healthcare systems. Guests will listen to speeches from advocates for equal care and enjoy local Palestinian food and craftsmanship through served appetizers, a vendor market, and a curated art auction.
The evening will also feature Alana Hadid as our keynote speaker, joining us for a panel conversation alongside Tommy Marcus, Nora Barrows Friedman, Lara Kiswani, Bridget Rochios, Dr. Tarek Loubani, and other incredible voices. Together, they will explore what it means to show up in solidarity for the people of Palestine and mobilize communities toward meaningful, sustained action.
All funds donated will go toward Glia’s healthcare projects in Palestine. These include, but are not limited to, the operating costs of Glia’s wound care service at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, research, development, and manufacturing costs for producing medical devices in Gaza, and emergency medicine educational programming done in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
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Subject: Bay Area Fundraiser Supporting Medical Care in Gaza
Dear {insert name},
We’re sharing an upcoming Bay Area fundraiser supporting frontline medical care in Gaza.
Build, Treat, Heal brings together healthcare workers, organizers, and community members to support Palestinian-led healthcare systems through Glia.
The event will feature keynote speaker Alana Hadid, alongside Tommy Marcus, Nora Barrows Friedman, Lara Kiswani, Bridget Rochios, Dr. Tarek Loubani, and other incredible voices.
Guests can expect an afternoon of conversation, community, Palestinian food, and a curated art auction.
Where: Gray Area, San Francisco (map)
When: May 30 2026 - 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM (PT)
Tickets + Event Information: https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser/
If you’re in the Bay Area, we hope you can attend or share with your network.
With Gratitude,
{Your Name}
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BUILD. TREAT. HEAL.
Join us in San Francisco for a fundraiser supporting frontline medical care in Gaza.
This event brings together healthcare workers, organizers, and community members to mobilize real, sustained support.
The event will feature keynote speaker Alana Hadid, alongside Tommy Marcus, Nora Barrows Friedman, Lara Kiswani, Bridget Rochios, Dr. Tarek Loubani, and other incredible voices.
📍 Gray Area, San Francisco
🗓 May 30 2026 - 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM (PT)
Food, art, conversation—and a shared commitment to showing up in solidarity.
🎟 More information & Tickets: https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser
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Instagram Short Version (stories/quick share):
SF: May 30, 2026 @ 12:00 PM (PT)
Fundraiser at Gray Area Grand Theatre supporting medical care in Gaza with Glia
Talks, food, art + community
🎟 https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser/
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Hey, sharing a fundraiser happening May 30 in SF supporting medical care in Gaza through Glia.
Really strong lineup (Alana Hadid, alongside Tommy Marcus, Nora Barrows Friedman, Lara Kiswani, Bridget Rochios, Dr. Tarek Loubani, + others), plus food, art, and community.
If you’re around or know people in the Bay, worth checking out: https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser/
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SF: May 30, 2026 @ 12:00 PM (PT)
Fundraiser at Gray Area Grand Theatre supporting medical care in Gaza with Glia
Talks, food, art + community
🎟 https://grayarea.org/event/build-treat-heal-glia-fundraiser/
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Speaker Bios
Speakers
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Keynote: Alana HadidAlana Hadid is a Palestinian-American model, creative director, media voice, and activist. Her voice and advocacy are shaped by the lived experiences of her father, Mohamed, a Nakba survivor. A renowned public speaker, she frequently collaborates with grassroots movements and humanitarian organizations to amplify conversations around identity, displacement, and Palestinian liberation. Through both her creative and advocacy work, Alana bridges art and activism, using storytelling as a tool for visibility, resistance, and collective memory. |
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Dr. Tarek LoubaniDr. Tarek Loubani is a trauma physician, medical solidarity activist, open source advocate and founder of Glia. With over 15 years of experience providing emergency care in Gaza, his work is rooted in building sustainable, locally led healthcare solutions under conditions of crisis. He is a leading voice in the open-source medical movement, designing and distributing low-cost, life-saving tools that challenge traditional aid models and expand access to care. A compelling speaker and advocate, Dr. Loubani bridges medicine, solidarity and justice, advancing a vision of healthcare grounded in dignity and collective liberation. |
Panelists
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Bridget RochiosBridget Rochios is a midwife, activist, and public speaker, with nearly a decade of experience advocating for reproductive justice. In May 2024, Bridget volunteered at Emirati Maternity Hospital in Rafah where she collaborated with local healthcare providers to provide obstetric care to pregnant and birthing people and bore witness to the atrocities committed against and experienced by Palestinians. Upon her return to work at UCSF, she was faced with significant repression coded as a dress violation that ultimately led to her termination. Born and raised in the East Bay, she strives to improve health equity and social justice both in her community and internationally. |
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Lara KiswaniLara Kiswani is from Beit Iksa and Aqir, Palestine, and was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been active in anti-war, Palestinian liberation, and Third World solidarity movements for over two decades. Lara is the Executive Director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), which serves thousands of poor and working-class Arabs and Muslims. AROC has built and led local, national, and international campaigns and coalitions advancing Palestinian liberation while also strengthening broader struggles for racial, social, and economic justice. |
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Tommy MarcusTommy Marcus is a satirist, activist, and fundraiser. Tommy Marcus, widely known on social media platforms as “Quentin Quarantino,” is a current events commentator, activist, and humanitarian who rose to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic through sharp, satirical, political commentary that blended humour with urgent calls to civic engagement. Leveraging his rapidly growing social media following, Marcus evolved from viral commentator to hands on organizer, mobilizing millions to support progressive causes. In 2005, Marcus joined the Global Sumud Flotilla, a coalition of activists and civilian vessels sailing to deliver aid to Gaza. |
Moderator
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Nora Barrows FriedmanNora Barrows Friedman is an Author and Agitator Extraordinaire. She is currently an editor at The Electronic Intifada, regarded by scholars, journalists, and human rights advocates as a leading source for in-depth, consistent, and critical coverage of the Palestinian Genocide. As a host of its podcast, Nora asks sharp, informed questions without sensationalism, and gives space for nuanced, complex stories that often go ignored by mainstream media. Her work has helped bridge the gap between Western audiences and Palestinian experiences with clarity, compassion, and rigour. She is also the author of the book, “In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine,” published in 2014. |
