By Chris Allert on May 17, 2008 in News and Updates
The Berkeley opening of the book tour will be airing on CSPAN-2 this weekend at the following times:
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST)
Sunday, May 18, at 2:00 AM EST (Saturday 11PM PST)
By Chris Allert on Apr 24, 2008 in Break the Silence Mural project news, Events
Friday, April 25, 2008, 5-9pm
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 12-4pm
Alley next to 211 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA
Come and paint a tile that will be permanently displayed in the Olympia-Rafah Mural on the Olympia Labor Temple building. Add your voice for peace, in the form of a painted ceramic olive leaf, which will be one of many leaves of a giant painted olive tree. Visually express solidarity with our sister city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, and your desire for peace in the middle east — no experience necessary!
By Chris Allert on Mar 25, 2008 in Events
LET ME STAND ALONE:
The Journals of Rachel Corrie
Tour Schedule with Cindy and Craig Corrie
and featuring Special Guest Readers
The book tour will come to San Francisco, Seattle, Olympia, Portland Oregon, Washington DC, New York, Iowa City, and Minneapolis.
By Chris Allert on Mar 13, 2008 in Events
From the Middle East to Africa: Dynamics of Destruction and Rebuilding
Sunday, March 16, 2008, 3-6pm, Olympia Ballroom, 116 Legion Way, Olympia
A forum,”How Do We Live Together? From the Middle East to Africa: Dynamics of Destruction and Rebuilding,” will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, local resident and Evergreen student killed by an American-made Caterpillar bulldozer in Rafah, Palestine, as she stood to defend a home from demolition. The event on Sunday, March 16th, is from 3-6 p.m. at the Olympia Ballroom, 116 Legion Way SE, in Olympia and will feature three speakers with connections to Palestine and Central and East Africa. Adrien Niyongabo, of mixed Hutu and Tutsi parentage, was threatened with death by both tribes but now works on truth-telling, healing, and reconciliation. Jen Marlowe, author of Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival has recently returned from Gaza and is writing a book and play based on the experiences of her friends in Palestine and Israel. Dr. Steve Niva teaches International Politics and Middle East Studies at The Evergreen State College and has written on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for numerous publications, including Peace Review and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Niyongabo, Marlowe, and Niva will speak to the dynamics of destruction and rebuilding in the Middle East and Africa and to the continuing relevance of Rachel Corrie’s life and message.
The free event is sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice and the Olympia Friends Meeting (Quakers). Donations to support the work of the Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities program of the African Great Lakes Initiative and the work of the Rachel Corrie Foundation will be accepted. For information, call +1-360-754-3998.
By Chris Allert on Mar 11, 2008 in Events
Memorial events to commemorate the life and work of Rachel Corrie will take place in several cities:
Pineville, NC
The Islamic Center of Charlotte-South will hold a memorial for Rachel Corrie on Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m. Rachel’s work for peace and justice will be remembered by the reading of her last words and watching her last recorded interview and a documentary on the plight of the Palestinian people. As we remember her death, we will also remember another 5th anniversary (the invasion of Iraq) and all the victims of unjust war and violence. The event will take place at 559 N. Polk St. Pineville, NC. Contact: Jibril Hough at (704)258-0304. Read the rest
By Chris Allert on Mar 3, 2008 in Featured Items
Behind the Current Israeli Escalation in
Dr. Steve Niva; Member of the Faculty, Middle East Studies, The Evergreen
1. There seems to be a massive upsurge in violence in
It is important to recognize that the violence is mostly one-sided. On the one side,
Five families — the Corries and four Palestinian familes — are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. over violations of international and state law. The case can at first seem confusing to those who have not been following the issue. , The Center for Constitutional Rights offers an in-depth, nicely organized look at the case, similar cases and the issues around "Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar, Inc." — Factsheet: Home Demolitions and Caterpillar
Phyllis Bennis' newly updated “Understanding the Palestinian-Israel Conflict” is an invaluable source for those wishing to have a better understanding of the roots of the violence in the Middle East. — Link
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