On 01 Dec 2009, along with J’Ann Allen, the wife of a retired military officer and Sandra Mansour, a Palestinian refugee, she issued a public invitation to political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to go to Gaza with them. Wiesel was urged to “Break Your Silence and Come With Us”, during a speech at St.Louis University: 
Mnamo Desemba 1, 2009, pamoja na J’Ann Allen, mke wa ofisa wa jeshi mstaafu na Sandra Mansour, mkimbizi wa Kipalestina, alitangaza hadharani mwalikowa kwenda Gaza kwa mwanaharakati wa siasa, Mshindi wa Tuzo ya Nobeli na muhanga wa mauaji ya halaiki ya Wayahudi Elie Wiesel.