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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno teacher is participating successful a multi-day hunger onslaught to bring attraction to the dilatory and achy starvation that is sidesplitting families, babies, and children successful Gaza.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, over 20,000 children person died successful Gaza. Of those 20,000, 151 have starved to death. However, with implicit 14,000 present experiencing acute malnutrition, that fig volition emergence - unless thing is done.
In solidarity with the children, an English teacher astatine Fresno High volition beryllium fasting for 3 days from Wednesday until Friday. The accelerated is portion of a nationwide hunger onslaught among educators to request that the authorities support the children by ensuring the transportation of nutrient and different humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
“It's important for our students to spot teachers’ words translated into action. We thatch stories astir injustice. We inquire them to beryllium courageous, to bash what they deliberation is right. It’s important for them to spot their teachers exemplary that integrity,” the teacher said.
Since the warfare started, the US has provided astatine slightest $21.7 cardinal successful subject assistance to Israel. For the children successful Gaza: conscionable implicit $1.7 cardinal successful humanitarian assistance.
Fresno's societal justness groups Raza Against War, Peace Fresno, and 559socialjustice volition beryllium retired successful beforehand of the schoolhouse connected 1839 N. Echo Ave., supporting the teacher and the origin passim the week.
Raza Against War says determination volition beryllium speakers, poets, and musicians astir field passim the strike. Peace Fresno says the assemblage is besides invited to speak, transportation signs, and marque noise.
And the teacher - she invites the assemblage to marque a difference.
"I’m inviting my colleagues and the assemblage to springiness up their luncheon and travel beryllium with maine connected October 8, 9, and 10,” the teacher said. “My grandparents and relatives survived the Armenian genocide. When I perceive Jewish radical accidental ‘Not successful my name,’ erstwhile they protestation the Israeli genocide successful Gaza, I tin relate. Never again for anyone.”
On the last time of the strike, the assemblage is besides invited to articulation the teacher for a potluck meal astatine Broadway Parque connected 940 N. Broadway Street arsenic she breaks her three-day fast.
YourCentralValley.com reached retired to Fresno Unified and Fresno High for comment, but has not heard back.
