{"id":3671,"date":"2015-10-28T14:36:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T21:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2015-10-30T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T18:11:20","slug":"save-kpfa-candidate-said-palestinian-childrens-art-not-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unitedforcommunityradio.org\/?p=3671","title":{"rendered":"Save KPFA Candidate said Palestinian Children’s Art “Not Appropriate”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Since this information emerged, Hilmon Sorey was quietly dropped from the Save KPFA website and the official website says “candidacy withdrawn”<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2011, Oakland’s Museum of Children\u2019s Art abruptly cancelled a planned exhibition of art created by children in the Palestinian occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.\u00a0 At the time, Museum board chair (current Save KPFA candidate) Hilmon Sorey stated that the art was “not appropriate<\/a>” for the Museum.<\/p>\n

UCR says: “This kind of candidate is NOT APPROPRIATE for the KPFA Local Station Board.”<\/p>\n

The following open letter was sent by Barbara Lubin, executive director of the Middle East Children\u2019s Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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From: Barbara Lubin<\/b>
\nDate: Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:22 AM
\nSubject: Hilmon Sorey<\/p>\n

I received a letter today asking me to vote for the new KPFA Board of Directors and I was shocked to see Mr. Hilmon Sorey\u2019s picture and name on it.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if you remember when MECA brought the Children\u2019s Art Exhibit to the U.S. from Gaza.<\/p>\n

We spent 6 months working with the staff of The Museum of Children\u2019s Art in Oakland.<\/p>\n

They had agreed to let us hang the exhibit at the museum for 2 months during which time we would have many small events with children and teachers.<\/p>\n

We were all very excited but that changed after a visit from Hilmon Sorey who was chair of the Museum\u2019s Board.<\/p>\n

He came to MECA\u2019S office 2 weeks before the exhibit was to open and informed us that the Museum had changed their mind and we would have to look elsewhere for a place to hang the pictures.<\/p>\n

The rest of this story is in the book we had published and I will get to you.<\/p>\n

I have been thinking about all of this and all the pain that we here at MECA went through and I asked myself this question \u201cwith all the problems that KPFA has do we really need a person like Mr. Sorey on our Board?\u201d<\/p>\n

He is not to be trusted and when push comes to shove he will do what the Zionist community tells him to do.<\/p>\n

We received hundreds of letters from all over the world condemning him for his lack of leadership but mostly for insulting the Palestinian children who drew these pictures.<\/p>\n

Barbara Lubin
\nMiddle East Children\u2019s Alliance
\nWeb: www.mecaforpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Maia Project: Bringing clean water to children in Palestine
\nwww.mecaforpeace.org\/project\/maia-project<\/a><\/p>\n

Press coverage of the incident:<\/p>\n

San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n

Daily Kos<\/a><\/p>\n

Huffington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

VOTE!!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNITED FOR COMMUNITY RADIO CANDIDATES <\/strong><\/p>\n

KPFA LOCAL STATION BOARD ELECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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