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SUMMARY:Public Launch of "Olympia's Hidden Histories" and Peacemaker Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The public launch for Olympia’s Hidden Histories walking tours\, which will include speakers from the Squaxin Island Tribe\, Olympia Historical Society\, and Locke Family Association\, will be at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural (Capitol and State) on Friday\, October 7 (the first day of Fall Arts Walk) at 10:00-11:00 am. The audience will be invited to walk the web-based multimedia tours on smartphones; no app download is needed. The tours collection can be accessed by scanning the QR Code or going to https://arcg.is/1O5D0a. \nThe Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project and Art Forces are also launching a new exhibition space\, tentatively called “Peacemaker Gallery.” The inaugural show will intersect with the publication of Olympia’s Hidden Histories\, and will showcase collaborative and local art connecting to the themes of history and connection found in the Hidden Histories Walking tours and Olympia-Rafah Solidarity mural.  The gallery on the second floor of the historic Labor Temple Building at 119 Capitol Way N. will be open to the public 11am-9pm\, Friday\, October 7th\, and 12-5pm\, Saturday\, October 8th.  \nFor those who can’t make the  Friday morning launch of Olympia’s Hidden Histories\, walking tour information will be available at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural site throughout Arts Walk weekend. \n  \n“Olympia’s Hidden Histories” Launch – Program Schedule: \n-Opening drum and welcome to Steh-Chass land: Charlene Krise and Jeremiah George (Squaxin Island Museum) \n-Welcome to event: Zoltán Grossman\, Kristina Ackley\, Mike Ruth (Evergreen faculty) \n-Welcome to Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural: Susan Greene and Lindsey Dalthorp (Art Forces) and Cindy Corrie (Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice) \n-Steh-Chass tour: Chairman Kristopher Peters (Squaxin Island Tribe) \nEvergreen students (Steh-Chass Team): Nico Maynes or James Martinez \n-Tidelands tour: Edward Echtle (Olympia Historical Society) \nEvergreen students (Tidelands Team): Kaiah Costa \n-Chinatowns tour: Ron Locke (Locke Family Association); \nEvergreen students (Chinatowns Team): Tucker Morehouse \n-Dam tour: Ali Johnson (Salmon Defense) \nEvergreen students (Dam Team): Arlo Dolven \n-Closing: Gratitude to partners\, and invitation to navigate tours and visit the gallery \n-Group photo \nThe tours collection produced by Evergreen students is part of the “Walls Tell Stories\, Olympia” project\, created by Art Forces (based in Olympia and the San Francisco Bay Area) and supported by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (Olympia). “Walls Tell Stories” is partially funded by Humanities Washington\, the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH)\, Handleman Fund\, and by a Thurston County Heritage Grant (recommended by the Thurston County Historic Commission and awarded by the Thurston County Board of Commissioners). The launch event is partially funded by a Mellon Foundation grant (via the Evergreen Dean’s Office).
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/launch-of-hidden-histories-and-peacemaker-gallery
LOCATION:119 Capitol Way N\, Olympia\, WA 98501\, 119 Capitol Way North\, Olympia\, 98501\, United States
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SUMMARY:No Tech for Apartheid: Sept. 8 Seattle
DESCRIPTION:“For over a year\, Amazon and Google workers have been organizing to end their companies’ $1 billion contract with the Israeli military and apartheid government. Through their contract\, Amazon and Google help the Israeli government surveil Palestinians\, expand illegal settlements\, and inflict violence on Palestinians under siege and occupation. \nThe message is clear: tech workers do not want to build technology used to enable Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. And as The New York Times just revealed\, when these workers speak up for Palestine\, they face threats and retaliation. But they’re not stopping and we’re showing up in solidarity. \nOn September 8th\, Amazon and Google tech workers will lead direct actions in front of their offices in New York City\, the Bay Area\, and Seattle to escalate the pressure on their companies. \nJoin workers and community organizations in Seattle to say #NoTechForApartheid and show Amazon and Google that we won’t stay silent while they power violence against Palestinians. \nNot in Seattle? Click here to learn how to take action.”
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/no-tech-for-apartheid-sept-8-seattle
LOCATION:1000 Mercer Street\, Seattle\, WA 98109 US
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220316T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220316T183000
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SUMMARY:Holding Israel Accountable: Zoom Webinar on March 16\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:On March 16\, 2022\, it will be 19 years since Rachel Corrie’s killing. Amnesty International recently published a report calling “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity.” We would like to invite the community to attend a zoom webinar on “Holding Israel Accountable\,” featuring voices and perspectives from the Palestinian Diaspora\, solidarity groups\, and current actions being taken in the United States and internationally. Co-hosted by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. Wednesday\, March 16th\, 5 pm – 6:30 PST.  \nRegister in advance for this webinar here:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yt8LqFNMR_isEDu63dXavw \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nWatch on Youtube after the event! \nFeaturing: \nModerator \n\nPhyllis Bennis\, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies\, and a Fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam\n\nPanelists \n\nMuhammad Sankari\, Lead Organizer at the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) in Chicago\, where he began as an AmeriCorps volunteer in 2010; and volunteer leader of the Chicago chapter of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)\nLubna Alzaroo\, Lecturer at the University of Washington currently researching the connections between settler colonial infrastructure\, necropolitics\, and the environment in the U.S. and Palestinian context \nKatherine Gallagher\, Senior Staff Attorney\, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)\nJosh Ruebner\, Director of Government Relations\, Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) and adjunct lecturer in Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University\n\n  \nCosponsors:  \nAmericans United for Palestinian Human Rights http://www.auphr.org/  \nBright Stars of Bethlehem-Madison brightstarsbethlehem.com  \nBishop’s Committee for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land https://holylandjustice.org/bishops-committee/ \nCenter for Constitutional Rights https://ccrjustice.org/  \nTask Force for Palestinian Human Rights\, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon https://diocese-oregon.org/  \nFriends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) https://www.fosna.org/ \nThe Gaza Mental Health Foundation https://www.gazamentalhealth.org/ \nJewish Voice for Peace – Madison https://www.facebook.com/jvpmadison/  \nJewish Voice for Peace-Tacoma https://www.facebook.com/Tacoma.JVP/ \nJewish Voice for Peace – Seattle https://www.facebook.com/JVPSeattle/  \nPalestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP)  www.pcap-us.org \nStudents for Justice in Palestine at UW-Madison https://www.facebook.com/SJPatUW/    \nStudents United for Palestinian Equal Rights – University of Washington  (SUPER-UW) https://www.facebook.com/SuperUw/ \nTree of Life – West Coast \nUS Palestinian Community Network https://uspcn.org \nWhatcom Peace and Justice Center https://www.whatcompjc.org/ \n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/holding-israel-accountable-zoom-webinar-on-march-16-2022
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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SUMMARY:The Battle for Beita: Confronting Israeli Settler Colonialism in the West Bank & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, August 4th at 7:00 PM PST for “The Battle for Beita: Confronting Israeli Settler Colonialism in the West Bank & Beyond.” Registration is available at https://bit.ly/3iefZKi. \n\n\n\nIsrael’s theft of Palestinian lands for Jewish settlements has met fierce resistance in the Palestinian town of Beita in the northern West Bank. Palestinian land defenders have mobilized against a new Israeli settler outpost on Mount Sabih that aims to steal valuable agricultural land from Beita and nearby Palestinian villages. The battle for Beita is a microcosm of the broader Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler-colonialism throughout historic Palestine that illegally targets Palestinian land and property in order to replace them with Jewish settlement. The story of forcible dispossession for settlement is the same\, whether in Beita\, Bethlehem\, Sheikh Jarrah\, Jaffa or the Naqab/Negev desert. \n\n\n\nThis event will feature two speakers who will illuminate the struggle on the ground in Beita and provide a broader overview of Israel’s settler-colonial land theft throughout historic Palestine so that participants can deepen their knowledge of the situation in order to take action. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS: \n\n\n\nImad Ahmad is a Palestinian-American whose family hails from Beita and who has spent extensive time in Beita. He will explain Beita’s long history of anti-settlement resistance and outline the innovative popular resistance strategy they are employing to fight back against the Israeli settlement outpost and land theft. \n\n\n\nSteve Niva is a professor of Middle East politics at The Evergreen State College and former editor of Middle East Report magazine who studies Israeli settlement expansion and has lived and worked in the West Bank. He will explain the broader strategy of Israeli colonization in the West Bank\, why Beita’s lands are being targeted and how Israel’s new government is composed of far-right settlers who support the annexation of Palestinian land.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/the-battle-for-beita-confronting-israeli-settler-colonialism-in-the-west-bank-beyond
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SUMMARY:Palestine/Israel: The Bombing is Over\, the Occupation Continues
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 14th at 7:00 PM PST for “Palestine/Israel: The Bombing is Over\, The Occupation Continues.”\n\nThis event is co-organized by The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice and Economics for Everyone – Olympia. \nSPEAKERS: \n\n\n\nAlia Taqieddin (Palestinian Feminist Collective) – “Palestine as a Feminist Issue” \nSteve Niva (Faculty in Political Science\, The Evergreen State College) – “The Nature\, Extent\, and Ultimate Reasons Behind the U.S.-Israeli Relationship and How to Challenge It” \nModerated by Peter Bohmer (Faculty\, The Evergreen State College & Economics for Everyone) \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC\, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT: https://bit.ly/3vj6i0w \n\n\n\n\nTHE EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED AT http://www.facebook.com/rcfoundation
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/palestine-israel-the-bombing-is-over-the-occupation-continues
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201017T100000
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Film Series Feature: The Feeling of Being Watched (w/ Artist Q&A)
DESCRIPTION:Assia Bendaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet\, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI. When she’s investigating\, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined. \nShuruq 4.5 and Habibi Collective present a live screening of the feature film\, ​The Feeling of Being Watched.​ Following the screening\, join Habibi Collective founder Róisín Tapponi and director Assia Boundaoui for a Q&A session on surveillance in Arab American cinema. \nRóisín Tapponi is an Iraqi-Irish curator\, film programmer and writer based in London. In 2018 she founded Habibi Collective\, a digital archive and curatorial platform for MENA women’s filmmaking. She has directed four film festivals in the region\, most recently Iraq’s first independent film festival\, Independent Iraqi Film Festival (IIFF). She has​curated programmes on MENA filmmaking in galleries\, festivals and cinemas across the world and has lectured on Arab film at institutions such as Oxford University. She is currently developing the first independent streaming service for MENA cinema\, Shasha Movies Ltd. She is also founder and editor of ART WORK Magazine\, a critical art e-publication for cultural workers operating on the margins\, and has worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as The Guardian\, Frieze\, Vogue and i-D. Tapponi currently works at The Mosaic Rooms\, a gallery in Kensington dedicated to contemporary Arab art and is pursuing postgraduate research at UCL. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAssia Boundaoui​ is an Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. She has reported for BBC\, NPR\, Al Jazeera\, VICE\, and CNN and was the recipient of a first place Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her reporting in Yemen.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-film-series-feature-the-feeling-of-being-watched-w-artist-qa
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Monique Mansour
DESCRIPTION:Monique Mansour is a first-generation Iraqi-Chaldean American and was born and raised in Southern California. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from UC Riverside\, and a BA in Screenwriting and Sociology from Loyola Marymount University before serving as a Fulbright Scholar in Malta\, where she taught Creative Writing to middle grade students and lectured in Rhetorical Studies at the University of Malta. She’s a Professor of Rhetoric at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She’s working on a few TV projects\, and is in process of co-authoring a novel based in-part by her cultural upbringing as an Iraqi-Chaldean American.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-monique-mansour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T190000
DTSTAMP:20201002T052535Z
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SUMMARY:Canadabkeh Dabke Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join Vancouver\, B.C.- based Canadabkeh troupe in this specially-choreographed piece\, showcasing the beauty of Levantine folkloric dance! Video is pre-recorded and available for multiple viewing. \nCanadabkeh was founded by Haytham and Zaid Alhamaydeh\, two brothers from Nablus\, Palestine. After both noticing that dabke culture was not active in Vancouver\, they decided to look for passionate individuals who would share and pursue the vision of bringing joy to the community through zaffe chants and loud dabke footwork. \nCanadabkeh consists of a women’s dabke team and a men’s dabke team who work closely to establish a functional well-rounded dabke representation. Canadabkeh is known for their diverse and energetic performances.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/canadabkeh-dabke-performance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTSTAMP:20201002T052252Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Samira Abed
DESCRIPTION:Samira Abed​ is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley\, where she majored in English. She is of Palestinian origins\, lives in the East Bay\, and loves: dancing\, thinking\, sitting\, drawing\, and writing poetry. Email her at s​amirajabed@gmail.com
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-samira-abed
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201014
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Farida Rady
DESCRIPTION:Farida Rady​ is an Egypt-born\, UAE-raised\, and Toronto-based writer and multi-disciplinary artist\, focused primarily on film photography. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Environmental Studies in Urban Planning at York University. Farida​is always seeking new avenues of expression for herself and others\, and you can find her work at @faridafilms on Instagram.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-farida-rady
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T193000
DTSTAMP:20201002T051943Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle Arab Feminisms: Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:Seattle in the 1990s saw a critical shift in Arab feminist organizing work. Founding members of Seattle’s Arab Women’s Solidarity Association (AWSA) include Therese Saliba\, professor and dean at the Evergreen State College\, Nadine Naber\, renowned Arab American scholar/activist\, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha\, poet\, writer and co-founder of IMEU. Join these panelists in a reflective conversation on the history of AWSA and the future of Arab feminism in the arts\, media\, and political organizing.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/seattle-arab-feminisms-then-and-now
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201014
DTSTAMP:20201002T051555Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Dania Ayah Alkhouli
DESCRIPTION:Dania Ayah Alkhouli​ is a Syrian writer\, editor\, poet\, and community organizer from sunny SoCal. She is the author of three poetry collections\, the latest being ​Contortionist Tongue​from Moon Tide Press released early 2020. Her work centers on feminism\, sexuality\, culture\, identity\, religion\, death & grief\, domestic violence & sexual assault\, and her homeland\, Syria. In 2012\, Alkhouli and her mother cofounded the nonprofit traveling exhibition and series of events\, A Country Called Syria.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-dania-ayah-alkhouli
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201012T200000
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Film Series: Shorts Night feat. Madina IA\, Planet of the Arabs\, and Like Salt
DESCRIPTION:Join us for these three fabulous films: \n\n\n\n\nMadina IA – T​wo Arab immigrant sisters navigate the cold and violent land of a ghost town in the American Midwest. The absurdity of their surroundings mixed with their previous life begins to loom over their relationship\, threatening the only comfort they have: each other. \nLike Salt – While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation\, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala\, an Arab American female boxer in New York City\, and Kendrick\, an African American jazz musician\, improvise their way through a passive aggressive America. She’s Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he’s Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie. \nPlanet of the Arabs – ​Planet of the Arabs​ is an experimental short on Hollywood’s negative depiction of Arabs and Muslims through the decades. Inspired by Dr. Jack Shaheen’s book “Reel Bad Arabs”\, Planet was an official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and continues to screen at art exhibits and used in classrooms as an educational tool on stereotypes in the media. \n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-film-series-shorts-night-feat-madina-ia-planet-of-the-arabs-and-like-salt
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201013
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Nabra Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Nabra Nelson​ is a writer\, community organizer\, and theater creator from Nubia\, Egypt\, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel. As a playwright\, arts administrator\, director\, and teaching artist\, she works with theaters\, universities\, and community organizations to create positive change\, strengthen community\, and amplify under-heard voices through theater. She is the Director of Arts Engagement at Seattle Rep\, a founding company member of Dunya Productions and Heard Space Arts Collective\, and leads the Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage. For more of her work\, and more resources on Nubian\, check out h​ttp://nubianfoundation.org/
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-nabra-nelson
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T210000
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Film Series Feature: Brooklyn Inshallah
DESCRIPTION:Khader El-Yateem\, an Arab American Pastor from Palestine\, and Linda Sarsour\, organizer of the Women’s March on Washington\, come together in the wake of President Trump’s anti-Muslim policies. With Sarsour’s support\, El-Yateem runs for New York City council. Will he be the first Arab American to ever win a seat in the race? The documentary follows the drama of his candidacy.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-film-series-feature-brooklyn-inshallah
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201010
DTSTAMP:20201001T044827Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Hiba Dagher
DESCRIPTION:Hiba Dagher is a student at the University of Michigan & founder of Hikayat. She is the recipient of two Hopwood prizes & her work has been featured in Xylem literary magazine & the Cafe Shapiro anthology. You can find her @mtndaughter on twitter.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-hiba-dagher
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T190000
DTSTAMP:20201001T044659Z
CREATED:20201001T044659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T044659Z
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SUMMARY:Cooking with Salima's Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Moroccan and Puerto Rican food blogger Salima from Salima’s Kitchen is here to share a classic Moroccan Tomato Salad. This dish is traditionally served as a side salad\, but also tastes fabulous on top of omelettes\, with any kind of meat or on top of a toasted slice of bread.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/cooking-with-salimas-kitchen
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201009
DTSTAMP:20201001T044418Z
CREATED:20201001T044401Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Sa'ad Ojeili
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-saad-ojeili
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T190000
DTSTAMP:20201001T044204Z
CREATED:20201001T044204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T044204Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Live Writing Showcase Reading featuring Banah Ghadbanah\, Diaa Alsersawi\, Fargo Tbakhi\, Hasheemah Afaneh\, Farida Rady\, Philipe AbiYouness\, and Samira Abed
DESCRIPTION:This live reading showcases seven Arab-American authors featured in the Shuruq 4.5 writing series. This is the first of a two-part reading series. Hosted by Samia Saliba.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-live-writing-showcase-reading-featuring-banah-ghadbanah-diaa-alsersawi-fargo-tbakhi-hasheemah-afaneh-farida-rady-philipe-abiyouness-and-samira-abed
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTSTAMP:20201001T044016Z
CREATED:20201001T044016Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Ameerah Bader
DESCRIPTION:Ameerah Bader is a Palestinian-Tlingit poet and illustrator located in Boise\, Idaho. They have been writing poems for ten years and drawing for nine. In 2019 they graduated with BFAs in both illustration and printmaking. Humor\, identity\, and tiny moments are centered within Ameerah’s work. They appreciate the unseen. They enjoy merging both imagery and language to engage in storytelling. Their favorite color is all of them but just a little desaturated. They enjoy singing in the morning\, falling asleep with a book on their lap after lunch\, drinking wine in the evening\, riding their bicycle into the sunset\, and blinking at the stars. Ameerah has been published a handful of times\, nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice\, and is currently working on a small collection of small poems.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-ameerah-bader
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201007
DTSTAMP:20201001T043819Z
CREATED:20201001T043819Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Mona Gazala
DESCRIPTION:Mona Gazala is a Palestinian-American artist currently living and working in Columbus Ohio. Gazala recently received her Masters of Fine Art with a minor in City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University\, and over the past ten years has pursued a strong interest in community-engaged art\, social justice issues\, and post-colonial studies. She is currently writing a book called “Buck Creek Journals\,” which documents her rural Ohio excursions – and her fluctuating relationship with the land and rural landscapes – as a descendant of Palestinian refugees on stolen Native American soil. More about the artist’s work can be found at her website\, https://www.gazalaprojects.com.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-writing-showcase-mona-gazala
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T210000
DTSTAMP:20201001T043532Z
CREATED:20201001T043342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T043532Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Film Series Feature: American Arab
DESCRIPTION:Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi (Nice Bombs) shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in the United States\, American Arab sparks a frank conversation about identity and perception\, and argues for giving people “the space to be complicated.”
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/shuruq-4-5-film-series-feature-american-arab
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201006
DTSTAMP:20201001T043800Z
CREATED:20201001T043142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T043800Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Philip Metres
DESCRIPTION:Philip Metres has written ten books\, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon 2020)\, Sand Opera\, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Lannan Fellowship\, three Arab American Book Awards\, and two NEAs\, he is professor of English and director of the Peace\, Justice\, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/writing-showcase-philip-metres
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191004T220000
DTSTAMP:20190830T211418Z
CREATED:20190731T202712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T211418Z
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SUMMARY:Olympia Fall Arts Walk
DESCRIPTION:Olympia Fall Arts Walk \n\nMixed-media event focusing on the theme of “Defying Walls that Divide.” Come see us Friday at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural from 5-10 PM.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/olympia-fall-arts-walk-2
LOCATION:Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural\, State Ave NE & Capitol Way N\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190914T190000
DTSTAMP:20190912T010800Z
CREATED:20190821T220526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T010800Z
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SUMMARY:Benefit Concert: Neil & Tamara Caulkins
DESCRIPTION:  \nReserve your tickets now! \nA benefit concert for the Rachel Corrie Foundation. We are excited to announce the partnership with Neil and Tamara Caulkins in our goal of raising $2\,000. We are asking for a suggested donation of $25 per entry\, but we don’t want money to prevent anyone from attending – donate whatever you can. The more the merrier as we enjoy Neil & Tamara’s performance! No matter what you give\, your experience and entry will be the same! All monies will benefit the Palestinian Cultural Palace\, one of many Gaza Projects RCF supports. \nEvent Details \nJoin the Rachel Corrie Foundation at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church for a Benefit Concert with Neil & Tamara Caulkins September 14th at 7:00 PM. The Concert will be followed by a Reception for our guests to mingle\, enjoy light desserts and learn more about what RCF is doing and how they can support. \nTickets are encouraged to be reserved in advance so we can estimate attendance. We’re asking for a suggested donation of $25 per ticket\, but is not required.Simply choose the ticket price that feels most comfortable to you! Please contact RCF with any questions or concerns about accessibility at (360) 754-3998. \nAll monies raised will benefit the Palestinian Cultural Palace\, one of many Gaza Projects RCF supports. \nMusic Program \nPolaca Moderato\, 1818                                                                                                        Benigne Henry  \nAllegro Moderato #18 \nGrand March \nAndantino \nRondo Allegro Vivace \n  \n*Intermission* \n  \nCaprice\, 1827                                                                                                                         A. H. Varlet  \nDuo\, 1824                                                                                                                             Ch. Cl. Lebas de Cormant  \nSunrise in the Woods\, Gentil y rítmico\, 2018                                                             Virginia Yep  \nCommissioned by and dedicated to the Caulkins Guitar Duo \n  \nNeil and Tamara Caulkins \n \nNeil and Tamara Caulkins have been playing guitar together since they met during a guitar ensemble rehearsal many years ago. They went on to earn masters degrees in music at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro. They then studied for a year at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid\, Spain\, with maestro Jose Luis Rodrigo. They received scholarships to study at the international Spanish music festival in Santiago de Compostela and the Manuel de Falla International music festival in Granada. Upon their return to the United States\, the duo recorded a critically acclaimed CD and pursued a rigorous concert schedule\, including performances in New York\, Calgary\, and throughout the southeast and pacific northwest. \nThe duo has commissioned several new works for two guitars including Three Cherokee Legends by Sarah Pierce\, Kootenai East\, Op. 56 by Michael E. Young\, Pentamerisms by Michael Daugherty\, and Water Leaves by Bruce Reiprich. \nA forgotten manuscript of duets by Isidro de Laporta (fl. 1790-1820) on the shelves of the Royal Conservatory library in Madrid introduced Neil and Tamara to a wealth of early nineteenth century music for two guitars. They are currently bringing this repertoire to life through research in archival sources and a study of historically informed performance practices on early nineteenth century instruments. \nAbout \n \nBenefiting the Palestinian Cultural Palace \nConcert ticket sales and donations will support the Palestinian Cultural Palace project in Gaza\, directed by Mohammed Baroud\, supervised by the Women’s Program Center-Rafah\, and supported by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice.  \n\n \n\n\nThis Gaza project provides a cultural\, developmental\, and social gathering place for youth that aims to sustain and celebrate Palestinian culture and to support the hopes and dreams of Gaza participants.  A team of male and female professional performers provide training in theater\, music\, dance\, and creative writing.  Youth develop performance skills\, stage professionalism\, and creative and constructive avenues for expression of feelings and energy\, and are encouraged to develop strategies for pursuing the peace that will provide for a safe life.  The project aims to support youth in developing their personalities\, expressing their needs clearly before officials and decision makers\, and to positively activate their role within the family and the larger society of their Palestinian homeland. \n\n\n\n\nAfter the project facility and supplies were destroyed by an Israeli military bombing in August 2018\, trainers have worked very hard to restore the spirit of the team and the work.  Phase one of the 2019 project this spring targeted 120 youth ages six to twenty-two and culminated in a festival that included “new dance\,” combining hip hop\, break dancing\, and other international dance forms with Palestinian folklore “to convey a global message that the Palestinian people have the right to practice their art and culture like all other countries of the world.”\n\n\nThe project indirectly targeted 5000 people\, including performance attendees\, those reached through networking with local institutions\, associations\, and schools\, and coordination with local and international media.  Festival attendance exceeded 2\,000 people and included more than 350 youth participant family members.  The project awaits funding for phases two and three which will take trainers into Gaza schools and communities to work with youth to create a “Colors of Peace” art exhibition and to engage thousands of Gaza youth in creating “Birds of Peace” messages and drawings.\n\nTo support this project\, join us for the musical benefit September 14th.  If you can’t make it\, you can still help by donating here.  Donations can also be made by check to the Rachel Corrie Foundation.  Put “Gaza Projects” or “Palestinian Cultural Palace” in the subject line and mail to the Rachel Corrie Foundation\, 203 East 4th Ave\, Suite 402\, Olympia\, WA 98501.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/benefit-concert-neil-tamara-caulkins
LOCATION:Gloria Dei Lutheran Church\, 1515 Harrison Ave NW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98502\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190812
DTSTAMP:20190731T202417Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle Arab Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Rachel Corrie Foundation will be tabling at the Seattle Arab Festival August 10th & 11th from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM: \nThe Seattle Arab Festival (SAF)\, located in Washington State\, is a new non-profit organization established in 2018.  SAF succeeds the Arab Center of Washington\, which was the founder and official sponsor of the Arab Festival\, a biennial event held at Seattle Center since 1999. \nSeattle Arab Festival will be held on August 10th & 11th in 2019. \n\nIt is Free and open to public.\nThe schedule will be updated as events and activities are confirmed.  Please check back often for new information about individual activities.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Festival will feature exciting activities at each location:  \n\nArmory Stage: Children’s Corner\, Vendor Booths\, Bakery Booth\, Country Booths\, Music\, Dancing\, Fashion Show.\nArmory Hallways: Information Booth & Book Vendors.\nFisher Pavilion Indoor Stage: The Souk (Traditional Arabic Market with Vendor Booths). Music\, Dabkeh \, Stand Up Comedy\, Bakery Booth\, Exhibits\, Photo Corner\, Coffee\, Dessert\, Pastry\, Ice Cream and Drink Booths\, Spices Booth.\nFisher Pavilion Outdoor Canopy Stage: Story telling “Tales of Arab Americans of the Pacific Northwest”\, Poetry\, Solo Music\, Book Reading\, Food Demos\, Drumming (Tablah).\nFisher Pavilion Outdoor: Food Grill\, Coffee Booth.\nFisher Pavilion Platform : Hookah Lounge\,
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/seattle-arab-festival-2
LOCATION:Seattle Center Armory Hall & Fisher Pavilion\, 305 Harrison Street\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T210000
DTSTAMP:20190319T194559Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Home Film Series - Wajib
DESCRIPTION:Finding Home \nMideast Focus Ministry \nFirst Friday Film Series VI \nSaint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral \nThe loss of home is often complicated by long years as refugees. What does it mean to lose one’s home? What is involved in finding home? Families must often separate to thrive at all. Some face the danger of never belonging anywhere\, once they are safe. Such elements of refugee-hood complicate other real issues of unemployment and isolation under other people’s sky. \nIn this year’s series\, we join families engaged in complicates struggles. We discover what creates community and what is essential for finding home! \nWAJIB \nPalestinian architect\, Shadi\, living in Rome\, returns home to Nazareth to help his father deliver his sister’s wedding invitations. As they struggle to bridge the gap between their different lives\, the two men discover the importance of “home”. This film quietly explores the complex relationship of a practical Palestinian survivor\, who has to forfeit his idealist son\, to provide a home\, even under occupation.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/finding-home-film-series-wajib
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, 1245 10th Ave E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T193000
DTSTAMP:20190521T002854Z
CREATED:20190521T002854Z
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SUMMARY:The Occupation of Palestine
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion on the occupation of Palestine Dispossession\, Deprivation\, and de-development. \nPanelist Cindy Corrie\, Huda Gidden and Prof. John McKay moderated by Paster John Shuck.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/the-occupation-of-palestine
LOCATION:WA\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190516
DTSTAMP:20190512T014035Z
CREATED:20190426T011913Z
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SUMMARY:Nakba Day Observance
DESCRIPTION:RCF NAKBA DAY OBSERVANCES \nMAY 15\, 2019 \nJoin the Rachel Corrie Foundation (RCF) in Olympia\, May 15\, 2019\, to observe the 71st anniversary of al-Nakba (in Arabic\, “the catastrophe).   This widespread ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestinians led to the establishment of the State of Israel on May 15\, 1948\, displacing more than 750\,000 Palestinians\, and destroying more than 400 Palestinian villages. \nAs Palestinian friends and colleagues in Gaza continue incredible grassroots organizing with the Great March of Return\, it is important for international audiences to connect and learn more.  Join us in Olympia\, May 15th\, for two events that explore the Nakba and how it continues and is challenged. \n  \nOlympia Observances \nPalestine: Stolen Homeland – Nakba Display \nWashington State Capitol Lawns near Tivoli Fountain \n(Northeast of the Legislative Building\, alongside Capitol Way on the west campus) \nWednesday\, May 15th \n11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nCome when you can and explore this display of tent-style placards with names of Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948 inscribed.  Talk with local Palestinian-Americans whose families experienced the Nakba and its aftermath\, and with RCF volunteers sharing how the Nakba continues and jeopardizes a just peace in the Middle East. \nThe installation\, created by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign\, has traveled to multiple Western Washington locations and will be displayed this month at Westlake Mall in Seattle and at the University of Washington\, as well.  \nDefying the Walls that Divide Us –  Miriam Taqiedden and Gerri Haynes \nFirst Christian Church – Koinonia Hall \n701 Franklin St. SE\, Olympia\, WA \nWednesday\, May 15th \n7:00-9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) \nJoin RCF for presentations and discussion about how the Nakba continues\, and hear from those who are Defying the Walls that Divide Us.  Miriam Taqieddin will compare and contrast events along Palestine’s borders with those along the US-Mexico border and will address the humanitarian and economic downsides of erecting a heavily militarized border wall.  Gerri Haynes\, of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)\, will speak about health and medical conditions in Gaza\, the work of WPSR\, and the exchanges of knowledge and friendship that have occurred between medical delegates from the U.S. and medical personnel in Gaza.  Dr. Therese Saliba will facilitate discussion. The event is free to the public. Donations to support WPSR delegations to Gaza and RCF Gaza projects are welcome. \n  \nSpeaker Biographies: \nMiriam Taqieddin is a sophomore at The Evergreen State College\, focusing on law and public policy.  She is an emerging community activist who advocates for Palestinian liberation and immigrant rights in the U.S.  Upon graduating from Evergreen\, Miriam plans to attend law school and to study immigration law. \nGerri Haynes has a decades-long history in nursing and as a palliative care consultant\, grief and bereavement educator\, and bereavement support group facilitator.  Her experience includes critical care nursing and management\, and policy and curriculum development for care of children with life-limiting conditions. Her work in this area has been conducted at the Washington State Department of Health\, at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center\, and as project manager for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to improve care for such children.  Her work has impacted families\, community providers\, hospital staff\, first responders\, and medical\, social work\, and nursing students. Gerri Haynes has traveled to parts of Palestine\, Israel\, Jordan\, Syria\, Iraq\, and Lebanon one to three times each year since 1993. Since 2009\, she has organized and led fourteen Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) medical service delegations to Gaza.  \nFor information\, contact info@rachelcorriefoundation.org or call (360) 754-3998.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/nakba-day-observance
LOCATION:First Christian Church\, 701 Franklin St. SE\, Olympia\, Washington \, 98501
ORGANIZER;CN="Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice":MAILTO:info@rachelcorriefoundation.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T210000
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SUMMARY:Finding Home Film Series - Naila and the Uprising
DESCRIPTION:Finding Home \nMideast Focus Ministry \nFirst Friday Film Series VI \nSaint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral \nThe loss of home is often complicated by long years as refugees. What does it mean to lose one’s home? What is involved in finding home? Families must often separate to thrive at all. Some face the danger of never belonging anywhere\, once they are safe. Such elements of refugee-hood complicate other real issues of unemployment and isolation under other people’s sky. \nIn this year’s series\, we join families engaged in complicates struggles. We discover what creates community and what is essential for finding home! \nNAILA AND THE UPRISING \nThis film inventively chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh – a woman who must choose between love\, family and freedom. She chooses all three. In the late 1980s\, she joins a clandestine movement of Palestinian women who play a pivotal role in the First Intifada\, forcing the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination through a vibrant\, nonviolent\, mobilization of the people.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/finding-home-film-series-naila-and-the-uprising
LOCATION:Saint Mark’s Cathedral\, 1245 10th Ave E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
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