Episode 39: Creating a Global Movement with Kites in Solidarity
“When there’s a child and that child’s life has been taken, nothing else can argue against that. I think the kite in my opinion represents that. It represents innocence. It represents life.”
-Melissa Bolivar
This week, we are joined by Melissa Bolivar, founder of Kites in Solidarity—a grassroots movement of volunteers founded in 2023 in response to the ongoing siege of Gaza.
Melissa shares with us her decision to start Kites in Solidarity. After witnessing the horrors of the siege in Gaza through her phone every day, she felt compelled to take action.
Since then, the movement has grown across the UK and around the world—a tribute to the power of collective solidarity.
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Kites in Solidarity is a grassroots movement of volunteers which was founded in 2023 in response to the ongoing siege of Gaza. The movement was inspired by the 2011 world record for the most kites flown simultaneously, which was achieved by children of the Gaza Strip.
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