Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation at Dancing Goats and Singing Chickens Farm for Palestine Day at the Farm, a free gathering rooted in community, land, and connection.
The day will include children’s activities, a farm tour, a facilitated plant exploration and conversation, and a chance to connect with the Corries, RCF staff, and community. Free lunch of maqloobeh and falafel will be provided by Food Not Bombs. Come ready to spend meaningful time with people who care deeply about this land and the people on it.
Program of the Day:
- 10:00 – 11:00am – Gathering, connecting, kids activities
- 11:00am – 12:00pm – Farm tour with Farmer Ayub
- 12:00 – 12:30pm – Lunch
- 12:30 – 1:30pm – Plant exploration and conversation with Michelle Ryder
- 1:30 – 2:00pm – Closing
At the heart of the day, Michelle Ryder will facilitate a conversation on what the plants around us reveal about who we are. She brings a grounding lens to land stewardship rooted in forensic botany, anti-colonial inquiry, and deep love for the living world. We gather on Nisqually homeland, a prairie ecosystem that Indigenous people cultivated through fire for generations, and where the plants around us carry hundreds of years of history.
Michelle will guide an interactive exploration of what the presence and absence of plants reveal about colonization, ecological disruption, and our responsibility to this place. She draws connections between the threatened native oaks of this region and the olive trees of Palestine, and invites us to investigate what grows right outside our door with fresh eyes and honest questions.
How does the colonization of land shape stewardship here, and how does it shape life for Palestinians? Come ready to look closely, ask honestly, and share.
This event is free. Please RSVP here.