The Week of Action – Events in Solidarity

Posted in Projects on August 27, 2012 by .

See events registered during the “week of action” in response to the Corrie verdict – a show of solidarity with Rachel Corrie’s family and all Palestinian families who have had their homes demolished by the Israeli military.

Don’t forget to send your photos and action response to info@rachelcorriefoundation.org

Register your event

UNITED STATES

Houston, Texas
Monday, 27 August, 3:00 pm
Justice for Palestinians will hand deliver a letter to the Houston TIAA-CREF office calling upon the investment firm to honor the life of Rachel Corrie by fully divesting from Caterpillar.
Contact: diogenesquest@gmail.com

Honolulu, Hawaii
August 28
A group of Corrie family supporters will deliver a letter to the Honolulu TIAA-CREF office calling upon the investment firm to honor the life of Rachel Corrie by fully divesting from Caterpillar
Contact: murrycj@gmail.com

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 27
Jewish Voice for Peace – Philadelphia will distribute fliers for the We Divest campaign, explain the campaign and collect signatures for the We Divest petition.
Contact: philly@jewishvoiceforpeace.org 

Boca Raton, Florida
August 28 – September 2nd
Students for Justice in Palestine will be tabling to encourage students to write to TIAA-CREF to divest from Caterpillar and distributing buttons showing solidarity with Palestinians.
Contact: nfawzy@fau.edu

Seattle, Washington
August 30, Noon
Palestine Solidarity activists from Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle will deliver a letter to the Seattle TIAA-CREF office calling upon the investment firm to honor the life of Rachel Corrie by fully divesting from Caterpillar.
Contact: Austin@rachelcorriefoundation.org

Chicago, Illinois
August 30, Noon
Chicago Divests will be holding a vigil in front of the Illinois TIAA-CREF office to remember Rachel Corrie and will be publicly asking TIAA-CREF to divest from corporations profiting from the Israeli occupation. A letter and petition will be delivered to TIAA-CREF representatives.
Contact: chicagotccampaign@gmail.com

Eureka, California
August 28, Noon
NorCal Friends of Palestine will be holding a vigil at Peterson’s, the local Caterpillar Power Systems dealer
Contact: cadancemalone@yahoo.com

Los Angeles, California
August 27, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Jewish Voice for Peace – LA and OccupyLA will gather for peaceful protest to demand justice for Rachel Corrie in front of the Israeli consulate
Contact:  LosAngeles@JewishVoiceForPeace.org

Oak Creek, Wisconsin
August 27, Noon – 1:00 pm
Friends of Palestine – Wisconsin will demonstrate and perform street theater at the new Caterpillar Headquarters for Mining Operations.
Contact: jfguinn@earthlink.net

Hilton Head, South Carolina
August 25, 10:30 am
Hilton Head for Peace will conduct a 30 minute vigil in memory of Rachel Corrie
Contact: fintaylor@hargray.com

Bay Area, California
August 25, September 1
Bay Area Women in Black will conduct silent vigils in honor of Rachel Corrie. Information about BDS will be distributed to the public.
Contact: bayareawomeninblack@yahoo.com

St. Louis, Missouri
August 27
St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Campaign will deliver a letter to the local TIAA-CREF office calling for a complete divestment from Caterpillar in honor of Rachel Corrie.

Washington DC
August 28
Jewish Voice for Peace – DC Metro area with TIAA-CREF investors will hand deliver a letter to the Washington DC TIAA-CREF office calling for complete divestment from Caterpillar

August 31, 4pm
CODEPINK will be holding a demonstration outside the State Department

Phoenix, Arizona
August 30, 10am – 2pm
Students for Justice in Palestine-Arizona State University will deliver a letter to the Phoenix TIAA-CREF office calling upon the investment first to divest from Caterpillar.
Contact: shifa.alkhatib@gmail.com

PALESTINE/ISRAEL

Al Mufagarah village, South Hebron Hills, West Bank
August 28, 9:30 am
Popular Resistence Committee of South Hebron Hills will conduct a solidarity action calling for Justice in Rachel’s case and to support Palestinian communities of the area in their rights to live and resist. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the demolition and evacuation of 8 Palestinian villages in the region in order to confiscate the land for IDF training exercises.
Contact: operationdove@gmail.com

Nablus, Palestine
August 28
Tanweer will protest the demolition of Palestinian homes and for justice for Rachel Corrie.
Contact: wael_nab07@hotmail.com

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Rome, Italy
August 28
English Crawford’s English Club will host an open house in memory of Rachel Corrie.
Contact: crawfordeliz@hotmail.com

Jena, Germany
September 12
Iberoamerika will be doing an action in solidarity with the Corries.
Contact: dasten@gmail.com