Friends, it is once again time to use social media to get a message across to the world. A flotilla of boats carrying human rights activists is right now on its way to Gaza via international waters in order to break the Israeli siege and deliver aid to the people. Will they succeed in their mission? Will they make history? What can we do to support them?

Let’s trend #flotilla on twitter all day tomorrow, Sunday, May 30, by tweeting news, thoughts, and links about the Freedom Flotilla’s trajectory to Gaza. Once we trend it, millions of people will see the term and click on it to find out what it means and why it’s trending. We will also be providing moral support and sailing (twailing?) in solidarity with the brave activists risking their lives on board the flotilla. Here’s what you can do:

  1. Be online on Sunday, May 30 starting 12pm Cairo time (5am New York time) and throughout the day. We want to get #flotilla trending by the early afternoon and keep it trending through the night.
  2. Let us know you have joined us. Sign up here or tweet to @nmoawad or @justicentric.
  3. Recruit fellow tweeps to join us.
  4. Use Facebook to get the message across.
  5. Get more information here: http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/flotilla.aspx and here.
  6. Follow all the tweets on the #flotilla here.

Group trending is a lot of fun & will connect you to so many wonderful new tweeps. So get on board; we need every tweet. When tweeting, take note to:

  1. Hash #Flotilla only once (or else it doesn’t count).
  2. Don’t use the automatic retweet button (or else your tweet doesn’t count).
  3. Tweet often but not more than once or twice a minute (or else your account will get blocked).
  4. Tweet useful information about the #flotilla and #Gaza. Our mission is to raise awareness, not simple to trend.

It’s very short notice but we can do it!