On the seventh anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie – the Olympian woman crushed to death by an Israeli military Caterpillar bulldozer as she stood protecting a Palestinian families home in Gaza – we come together to remember Rachel and to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer under Israeli occupation.

Join us at The Urban Onion Ballroom on March 16th at 6:30pm.

We will begin the evening with a community potluck, please bring a dish to share and enjoy with others. Beverages, utensils and plates will be provided. The potluck will be followed by an overview of the journey seeking justice for Rachel’s killing over the past seven years and an update on the civil court case that Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel’s parents, have filed in Israel seeking accountability for Rachel’s killing. The Corrie’s will be in Israel during this time and we will get an update on the proceedings taking place. We will also hear from our friends at the Rachel Corrie Youth and Cultural Center in Rafah and learn about their activities and remembrance of Rachel on this day. The evening will close with music by Olympia native Afrok and accompanying band.

Please join us!

Download the flyer: Seeking Accountability, Seeking Justice: Rachel Corrie Seven Years Later Flyer (pdf, 1.1 MB)

Contact
Serena Becker, The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

Phone: 360.754.3998

Email: serena@rachelcorriefoundation.org

Co-Sponsored by:
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Islamic Circle of North America
Greater Seattle chapter of Veterans for Peace

Craig and Cindy Corrie

A talk by Cindy and Craig Corrie
Gaza and US Policy Flyer (pdf, 111.07 KB)

What is the current situation in Gaza and the U.S. responsibility in it? How can we, as U.S. citizens, take a constructive role in creating a foreign policy in line with universal human rights?

Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while protecting the home of a Palestinian family. Her parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, founded the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice to continue the work their daughter began. They have visited Gaza four times, twice in 2009, and work to support human rights in the Middle East. Their deep personal connections with Gaza provide the human context for looking at what the U.S. has done, and at what we should expect and demand of our policy-makers.

Sunday February 28th
Maui Community College
Ka Lama 103 – 4:00 pm
Free – Public Welcome

Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada, to speak at South Puget Sound Community College / Photo: 3arabawy

Ali Abunimah, author and co-founder of the online publication “Electronic Intifada,” will speak. Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist, a graduate of Princeton and the University of Chicago, and the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. South Puget Sound Community College, March 8 7pm. SPSCC Building 26, Room 105. It is free to the public and is sponsored by The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, BRICK, Islamic Circle of North America, and People for Peace, Justice and Healing .

For more information, please visit www.rachelcorriefoundation.org, www.spsccbrick.org, or call (360) 754-3998.

The Olympia Film Festival proudly presents the Northwest premiere of Simone Bitton’s (Wall) documentary Rachel, about Olympia native and Evergreen State College senior Rachel Corrie, who was killed in 2003 while attempting to prevent a Palestinian family’s home in the Gaza Strip from being bulldozed by the Israeli Defense Force. The film is a meticulous and rigorous investigation into the circumstances of Rachel’s death, which remains officially unresolved to this day, and features interviews with members of the International Solidarity Movement, the group with which Rachel was working at the time of her death, and current and former members of the Israeli Defense Force. In addition, the film illustrates the complexities of peace activism, through conversations both with those from whom Rachel drew inspiration and those who have made peace activism their life’s work. Howard Feinstein of ScreenDaily.com says, “Simone Bitton again proves that she is one of the finest contemporary documentarians with Rachel.”

In attendance at the screening will be many current and former Olympians who knew, loved, and worked with Rachel Corrie, including her parents. This screening will be a special event that you do not want to miss.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Trailer:

The Department of Anthropology, the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Center for the Humanities, and the University Theatre of Oregon State University will present Alan Rickman’s and Katherine Viner’s My Name is Rachel Corrie, October 21-24, 7:30 PM, and October 25 at 2:00 PM in the Lab Theatre of Withycombe Hall, 30th and Campus Way. There will be free pre-show lectures (listed below) in the Green Room of the theatre at 6:30 PM exploring the events that formed some of the background of the play (Sunday talk begins at 1PM). There will be post-show discussions following every performance. Tickets are available at the door. A two dollar donation is suggested.

The play relates the story of Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, who went to Gaza to work for Palestinian human rights and was tragically killed there on March 16, 2003. Rachel was a vital young woman driven by her need to make a positive difference in the world. Inspired by her story, and with permission from her family, Rickman and Viner edited Rachel’s diaries, journals, and e-mails to create this fascinating and moving portrait of this dynamic young woman. Newsweek said the play is “theater that not only stirs our hearts but sticks in our heads.” Time Out (London) said of the original production that it had “extraordinary power” and was funny, passionate, bristling with idealism, and luminously intelligent. The London Guardian reported that when theater is as “good as this,” it will “send us out enriched by other people’s passionate concerns.” USA Today noted that the play was “deeply, authentically human.” Rachel Corrie’s story has moved audiences around the world and there have been productions throughout the United States.