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SUMMARY:"The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine" with Ben Ehrenreich
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented By: The Palestine Festival of Literature; Jewish Voice for Peace – Seattle; and the Rachel Corrie Foundation \nAward-winning journalist and novelist Ben Ehrenreich presents a powerful\, damning\, grounded\, and beautifully written book about life in Palestine as it is being lived now\, The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine (Penguin Press). This is immersion journalism at its best\, drawn from years spent throughout the West Bank. \n“It is all too easy to become overwhelmed by the glaring injustice and the difficulties a traveler encounters in the territories occupied by Israel but Ben Ehrenreich resists the temptation. He remains enraged but lucid\, eloquent and insightful. Of the voluminous amount of writing about the occupation this is one to treasure. He retains an intimacy with his subject without losing his critical distance. So much has been written about the occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel but rarely with such vividness\, eloquence and success in illuminating complex historical and political realities. This is a superbly intelligent\, informative and critical book about one of the fundamental issues of our time.” —Raja Shehadeh. \n“In The Way to The Spring\, Ben Ehrenreich accomplishes an extraordinary feat of journalism.  His portraits of Palestinian resistance are luminous; his writing subtle\, meticulously documented and deeply human; showing the nuanced empathy that slashes through the best funded government propaganda. This is a necessary book.” —Molly Crabapple.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/the-way-to-the-spring-life-and-death-in-palestine-with-ben-ehrenreich
LOCATION:The Elliot Bay Book Company\, 1521 Tenth Avenue\, Seattle\, 98122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160617T190000
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SUMMARY:"Everything You Always Wanted to Know about BDS" with Dalit Baum
DESCRIPTION:Friday June 17 from 7 to 9 PM \nAt TaborSpace (in the Dining Room) at the Mt Tabor Presbyterian Church \n5441 SE Belmont\, Portland\, OR \n  \nDalit Baum\, PhD.\, is the Director of Economic Activism for the American Friends Service Committee. An Israeli researcher\, scholar\, feminist\, and social justice activist\, Dalit is the co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation and of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. \nLearn more about corporate power and war profiteering\, and about organizing in Israel and the U.S. to expose these corporations and help them step away from the Israeli occupation. \nCome to ask all questions\, or to be reintroduced to the issues. Enjoy refreshments\, old and new friends. This event is dree and all are invited \n  \nCo-sponsors: Jewish Voice for Peace-PDX; American Friends Service Committee; Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights; Occupation-Free Portland; Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights; Friends of Sabeel North America; Oregon-Idaho United Methodist Conference Holy Land Task Force; Oregon/Idaho Methodist Federation for Social Action; United Church of Christ-Central Pacific Conference Palestine Israel Network; Lutherans for Justice in the Holy Land-Central Lutheran Church; International Socialist Organization; Code Pink (Portland); Corvallis Albany Palestine Solidarity; Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice; KBOO Community Radio
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-bds-with-dalit-baum
LOCATION:TaborSpace at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church\, 5441 SE Belmont\, Portland\, OR\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160616T190000
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SUMMARY:Film: "Hit and Stay"
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the late Daniel Berrigan and nonviolent Peace Activism. Watch the informative and inspiring documentary film “Hit and Stay.” \nOn April 30\, Dan Berrigan died shortly before reaching the age of 95. He and his late brother Phil were members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and courageous leaders of bold nonviolent peace activities from the 1960s onward\, especially opposing the Vietnam war and nuclear weapons and drawing upon their radical Catholic faith. \nTo help people learn more about the Berrigan brothers and this kind of nonviolent peace activism\, the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation will show the film “Hit and Stay” about this movement. We invite you to gather on Thursday evening June 16 at Traditions Café’ at 5th & Water\, downtown Olympia. \nEnjoy social time and finger-food starting at 6:30 pm. At 7:00 some Olympia folks who knew Dan will share some first-hand stories and insights about working with him. Then we’ll watch the 97-minute documentary film “Hit and Stay\,” which provides information and inspiration about recent decades of nonviolent peace activism. We’ll wrap up with a brief discussion. \nPrime sponsor: Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation\n(360) 491-9093 www.olympiafor.org \nCo-sponsor: Olympia Movement for Justice & Peace (OMJP)
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/film-hit-and-stay
LOCATION:Traditions Cafe\, 300 5th Ave. SW\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160528T190000
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SUMMARY:Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation
DESCRIPTION:featuring author Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta \nSaturday\, May 28\, 7:00 p.m.\nOlympia Friends Meeting House (3201 Boston Harbor Rd NE\, Olympia)\nAuthor Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta\, a Quaker Jew who lived in Jerusalem for seven years and has written widely on Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activism\, will share reflections from her interview-based study that presents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence\, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli.  In Kaufman-Lacusta’s collection\, these subjects reflect on their personal involvement in nonviolent resistance and speak about the nonviolent strategies and tactics employed by Palestinian and Israeli organizations\, both separately and in joint initiatives.  In their own words\, these activists share examples of effective nonviolent campaigns\, discuss obstacles encountered\, and the changes required for their organizations\, and the nonviolent movement as a whole\, to more successfully pursue the goal of a just peace.  Attention is devoted to the special challenges of joint struggle and to hopes and visions for a shared future in the region. \nCopies of Refusing to be Enemies will be available for purchase and signing. For more information\, please call (360) 754-3998 or e-mail to info@rachelcorriefoundation.org. \nCo-sponsored by: Olympia Friends Meeting; Canadian Friends Service Committee; Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) – Vancover; IJV – Canada; Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/refusing-to-be-enemies-palestinian-and-israeli-nonviolent-resistance-to-the-israeli-occupation
LOCATION:Olympia Friends Meeting House\, 3201 Boston Harbor Rd NE\, Olympia\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160527T190000
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SUMMARY:The Exiled Palestinians: Stateless Palestinians from the Camps in Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 27th\, 7:00 PM\nBloedel Hall at St. Mark’s Cathedral\n(1245 10th Ave E.\, Seattle)\nOn May 14\, 1948\, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine\, his heavily armed troops seized the ancient Palestinian Arab town of al-Zeeb and drove out most of the inhabitants. Eighteen-year-old Mariam Fathallah was one of them. She and her young husband and their families were forced to flee to Lebanon\, along with most of the town. By the end of the year\, the 4\,000 year old community had been leveled to the ground. More than half the Arab Palestinians in Palestine were killed or expelled and more than half of the cities\, towns and villages of Palestine were made to disappear\, a crime that Palestinians call al-Nakba (the Catastrophe). \nMariam\, now 86 years old\, wants to meet you and tell her story in person. So does Amena Ashkar\,the granddaughter and great granddaughter of other Nakba survivors\, who has known no other home than refugee camps. \nCOME AND HEAR THEIR STORIES. COME AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/the-exiled-palestinians-stateless-palestinians-from-the-camps-in-lebanon-2
LOCATION:Bloedel Hall at St. Mark’s Cathedral\, 1245 10th Ave. E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160526T193000
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SUMMARY:The Exiled Palestinians: Stateless Palestinians from the Camps in Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:On May 14\, 1948\, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine\, his heavily armed troops seized the ancient Palestinian Arab town of al-Zeeb and drove out most of the inhabitants. Eighteen-year-old Mariam Fathallah was one of them. She and her young husband and their families were forced to flee to Lebanon\, along with most of the town. By the end of the year\, the 4\,000 year old community had been leveled to the ground. More than half the Arab Palestinians in Palestine were killed or expelled and more than half of the cities\, towns and villages of Palestine were made to disappear\, a crime that Palestinians call al-Nakba (the Catastrophe). \nMariam\, now 86 years old\, wants to meet you and tell her story in person. So does Amena Ashkar\,the granddaughter and great granddaughter of other Nakba survivors\, who has known no other home than refugee camps. \nCOME AND HEAR THEIR STORIES. COME AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. \nSponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Tacoma and The Rachel Corrie Foundation.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/the-exiled-palestinians-stateless-palestinians-from-the-camps-in-lebanon
LOCATION:Fircrest United Methodist Church\, 6308 South 19th\, Tacoma\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160515T160000
DTSTAMP:20160513T202433Z
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SUMMARY:Bake Sale Benefiting the Olympia Arab Festival
DESCRIPTION:Eastside Olympia Food Co-op\nWe are moving into full preparation mode for this year’s 3rd Olympia Arab Festival – Shuruq III at the The Olympia Center\, October 8th! Help support us by buying some delicious homemade treat made by our Festival Coordinator Farihan Bushnaq. \n\nThanks to the Olympia Co-op for donating ingredients and the opportunity to sell our Arab baked goods!
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/bake-sale-benefiting-the-olympia-arab-festival-2
LOCATION:Olympia Co-op (Eastside)\, 3111 Pacific Ave SE\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160514T160000
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SUMMARY:Bake Sale Benefiting the Olympia Arab Festival
DESCRIPTION:Westside Olympia Food Co-op\nWe are moving into full preparation mode for this year’s 3rd Olympia Arab Festival – Shuruq III at the The Olympia Center\, October 8th! Help support us by buying some delicious homemade treat made by our Festival Coordinator Farihan Bushnaq. \n\nThanks to the Olympia Co-op for donating ingredients and the opportunity to sell our Arab baked goods!
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/bake-sale-benefiting-the-olympia-arab-festival
LOCATION:Olympia Co-op (Westside)\, 921 Rogers St NW\, Olympia\, WA 98502\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T224400
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DTSTAMP:20160525T181810Z
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SUMMARY:March 16 -- Remember Rachel - Remember Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 16th \n\nRemember Rachel – Remember Gaza \n  \n\n\n  \n\n6:00 – 8:30 PM\nFirst Christian Church\, Koinonia Hall\n701 Franklin St SE\, in downtown Olympia\nCommunity Potluck\n\nSpecial Guest: Alice Coy \nJoin the Rachel Corrie Foundation Wednesday\, March 16th\, to remember and reflect upon Rachel Corrie’s stand in Gaza thirteen years ago\, and upon all those who continue to live and struggle there.  This annual event will feature guest Alice Coy\, International Solidarity Movement activist\, visiting from the UK\, who was with Rachel in Gaza in 2003.  Join us as we celebrate Rachel’s community here in Olympia and those in Gaza whom she grew to love.  Help us explore how we can make a difference for our global community and our friends in the Middle East.  Please bring a potluck dish to share. \nFor further information contact info@rachelcorriefoundation.org or (360) 754-3998
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/march-16-remember-rachel-remember-gaza
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T213700
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SUMMARY:"Healing Palestine's Children" featuring Dr. Mads Gilbert\, March 11 at Seattle Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:7:30PM\, Friday\, March 11th\nTown Hall Seattle – Great Hall\n1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)\, Seattle\nDoors open at 6 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring Israel’s 51-day attack on Gaza in 2014\, Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert rushed to the scene to assist. Working day and night\, he documented his work at al-Shifa Hospital\, wanting the rest of the world to see.  In this fundraising event for KinderUSA at Town Hall Seattle\, Gilbert will share what he witnessed and offer a call to action to help the thousands of children in Gaza still affected physically and psychologically by this devastating war.  His presentation\, unseen in mainstream media\, is a tribute to the courage\, endurance\, and strong spirit of Palestinian health workers\, volunteers\, and the severely tested population of Gaza.  The fundraising event for KinderUSA will support the organization’s psychosocial and food security programs for Gaza’s children\, who have endured three wars in six years.\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: ($10 – $50)\n\n $10 economy seating; $25 general seating\, plus post-event book signing; and $50 premium seating\, plus pre-event reception. \n\nTICKETS AVAILABLE online at https://www.kinderusa.org/events/ \n  \n\n\n\n“Healing Palestine’s Children” featuring Dr. Mads Gilbert\, March 11 at Seattle Town Hall
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/healing-palestines-children-featuring-dr-mads-gilbert-march-11-at-seattle-town-hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T200200
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T200200
DTSTAMP:20160525T181814Z
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SUMMARY:May 3 -- Peace Works 2016: The Inaugural Rachel Corrie Memorial Lecture featuring Ilan Pappé
DESCRIPTION:The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice Presents Peace Works 2016\n The Inaugural\nRachel Corrie Memorial Lecture\n\n \nFeaturing world-renowned historian & activist \nIlan Pappé\n“Why is Palestine Still the Issue?”\n\nMay 3\, 2016 — 6:30 PM\nThe Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at\nThe Evergreen State College\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, but you must RSVP to reserve a seat. Click here to reserve your spot today!\n\nCo-Sponsored By:\nReInterpreting Liberation: Third World Movements and Migrations*; U.S. Foreign Policy & The Roots of Terrorism*; Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights; Creative Solutions: Activism\, Advocacy and Self-Determination in Indian Country*; A New Middle East?: Diagrams\, Diagnosis\, and Power*; Americans Committed to Justice and Truth; Jewish Voice for Peace – Portland; Rebuilding Alliance; Diversity\, Multiculturalism and Public Education*; Political Economy and Social Movements: Race\, Class\, and Gender*; Tree of Life Educational Fund; Northfielders for Justice in Palestine; Al-Shabaka\, The Palestinian Policy Network; Jewish Voice for Peace – Tacoma; G.I. Voice\n* – Evergreen State College Program\n\n  \nWe need your help!  We welcome cosponsors who want to be a part of spearheading this inaugural Rachel Corrie Memorial Lecture and to ensure that it is a success for years to come.  Your support will provide for the staffing and organization\, the promotion\, and the realization of this first and future event.  You will help make possible the much needed conversations that this new project will provide.  Can you help us?  We would love to include you\, your organization\, or your business as a cosponsor for 2016 Peace Works and for its launch of the Rachel Corrie Memorial Lecture! \nDonation levels begin at $50. \nSimply fill out the Peace Works 2016 – Cosponsorship Support Form OR go to our online Co-sponsorship page and let us know how you can contribute\, so we can proceed confidently\, knowing you are with us! \nQuestions?  Feel free to contact us by email or call (360) 754-3998.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/may-3-peace-works-2016-the-inaugural-rachel-corrie-memorial-lecture-featuring-ilan-pappe
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160107T191200
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160107T191200
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SUMMARY:Oct. 2-3: "Murals of Solidarity" at Olympia Fall Arts Walk
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural during the 2015 Fall Arts Walk for an interactive exhibition of community mural projects.\n \n\nFALL ARTS WALK \nOctober 2nd & 3rd \nFriday: 5-10pm Saturday: noon-8pm \nState Ave & Capitol Way\, Olympia WA \n\nMurals of Solidarity: \nFrom the Local to the Global showcases the mural projects of Art Forces. These projects make visible histories and relationships that have been obliterated and forgotten; making connections between national and global issues of social justice\, borders\, precarity\, migrations and colonization. Art Forces’ murals are projects that create perceptual “ruptures” to imagine new possibilities. They work “Off the Wall” as sites of cultural organizing to bring people together across movements in Palestine\, Oakland and Olympia. \nMore info at: artforces.org
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/oct-2-3-murals-of-solidarity-at-olympia-fall-arts-walk
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T214200
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SUMMARY:Sept. 24: "The Look of Silence" 6:30pm at Olympia Film Society
DESCRIPTION:Produced by master filmmakers\, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris\, The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing. In this powerfully moving film\, survivors of the 1965 Indonesian genocide face the men responsible for incomprehensible atrocities. The focus is on Adi\, a traveling optometrist\, whose family was devastated by the past. While giving eye exams and fitting glasses\, Adi uses the opportunity to confront the aging perpetrators\, challenging them to accept responsibility for the horrific events that have not only affected his family\, but crippled the spirit of an entire nation. \n \nDir: Joshua Oppenheimer / 2015 / Global / Indonesian\, with English subtitles / 103 min / DCP \nPost-film discussion with Evergreen State College professors Eric Stein and Larry Mosqueda on Sept. 24 at 6:30pm.\nSAT 9/19 6:30 \nSUN 9/20 2:30 & 7:30 \nTUE 9/22 6:30 \nWED 9/23 9:00 \nTHU 9/24 6:30 \nTickets for this film screening can be purchased at the box office 1/2 hour before showtime. \nOlympia Film Society \n206 5th Ave SE \nOlympia\, WA 98501 \n  \nSponsored by: \n \n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/sept-24-the-look-of-silence-630pm-at-olympia-film-society
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150813T004600
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SUMMARY:Sept. 12: Author Susan Abulhawa at Orca Books
DESCRIPTION:Susan Abulhawa\nSaturday\, September 12\, 2015\n1pm\nOrca Books Olympia\, WA\n&\n7pm\nElliott Bay Book Company Seattle\, WA\n  \nAbout  The Blue Between Sky and Water:  \nIt is 1947\, and Beit Daras\, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves\, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother\, prone to wandering and strange outbursts\, while her brother Mamdouh tends to the village bees. Their younger sister\, Mariam\, with her striking mismatched eyes\, spends her days talking to imaginary friends and writing. When Israeli forces gather outside the town’s borders\, nobody suspects the terror that is about to descend. Soon the village is burning and\, amidst smoke and ash\, the family must take the long road to Gaza\, in a walk that will test them to their limits. Sixty years later\, Mamdouh’s granddaughter Nur is living in America. She falls in love with a married man\, a doctor who works in Palestine\, and follows him to Gaza. There she meets Alwan\, the mother of Khaled – a boy trapped in his own body\, unable to wake up from a deep blue dream. It is through her that Nur will at last discover the ties of kinship that transcend distance – and even death.The Blue Between Sky and Water is a story of powerful\, flawed women; of relocation\, separation and heartache; of renewal\, family\, endurance\, and love. Susan Abulhawa brings a raw humanity and delicate authority to the story of Palestine in this devastatingly beautiful tale. \n \nSusan Abulhawa is a human rights activist\, a biologist\, and political commentator. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine\, a children’s organization dedicated to upholding The Right to Play for Palestinian children. Her debut novel\, Mornings in Jenin\, was an international bestseller\, translated into 26 languages. She lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter and their beloved dogs.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/sept-12-author-susan-abulhawa-at-orca-books
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150811T203600
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SUMMARY:Sept. 12: Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair at Esther Short Park will showcase the hard work and creative spirit of individuals\, social justice groups\, peace organizations\, faith communities\, performers\, artists\, businesses\, and environmental activists who are making the world a better place. Join the fun and visit the Rachel Corrie Foundation booth! \n\nESTHER SHORT PARK\n8th and Columbia St.\nVancouver\, Washington\nSaturday\, Sept. 12\, 2015\n9am to 4pm
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/sept-12-vancouver-peace-and-justice-fair
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SUMMARY:August 25: REFLECTING ON GAZA\, 7pm Olympia\, WA
DESCRIPTION: Tuesday\, August 25\n7-9pm\nTraditions Fair Trade – 300 5th Ave SW\, Olympia\, WA 98501\nCommunity discussion: how can we work together to prevent another assault like last year’s from happening again?\nSpecial Guests: \n\nMaxine Fookson is a pediatric nurse practitioner and member of Jewish Voice for Peace – Portland.  For nine days in November 2014 she was part of the Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility Health Delegation to Gaza following the devastating Israeli military attack there in summer 2014.\n\n\nEitan Isaacson grew up in a modern orthodox Jewish community in Rehovot\, Israel. He served as a tank commander in the Israeli military in 2001 to 2004 during the second intifada. Today\, Eitan is an activist in the Seattle chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.Dr. \n\n\nSteve Niva teaches International Politics and Middle East Studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia\, Washington. His primary areas of research and writing include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East\, Islamist movements\, and contemporary war and violence. He has written for and served on the editorial board of Middle East Report magazine (www.merip.org).\n\nMohammed Usrof was born and raised in Khan Yunis\, a city in the Gaza Strip\, in Palestine. After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Counseling and Guidance from Al-Aqsa University in Gaza in 2012\, he moved to the Pacific Northwest for study at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland and at The Evergreen State College.  Mohammed has been a coordinator of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and a volunteer for the Rachel Corrie Foundation.\n\nIMAGE CREDIT:\nYours Very Truly\nBy Maybe Jairan Sadeghi\nSource: Palestine Poster Project Archives\nhttp://palestineposterproject.org/poster/yours-very-truly
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/august-25-reflecting-on-gaza-7pm-olympia-wa
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SUMMARY:Rachel Corrie Ramadan Football Tournament 2015
DESCRIPTION:Friends\,\nToday is about Gaza. Today is about remembering those we lost last summer\, and honoring their lives. Today is about resistance. Today is about doing our part. \nAs our supporters know\, Rachel Corrie’s friends in Rafah\, Gaza\, have created and produced the Rachel Corrie Ramadan Football Tournament in her memory for the past seven years. The month-long amateur sporting event celebrates Ramadan by providing a festive atmosphere and a safe community space\, and it’s back again! \nIn 2014\, the tournament was delayed by the Israeli assault on Gaza\, but eventually over 300 players took to the field to demonstrate to the world that the spirit of Palestinian youth was not broken. Mahmoud Al Neirab\, a famous player who lost his mother and three sisters in an air strike bombing to their home insisted on participating despite his family’s tragedy\, and the audience encouraged him and appreciated his steadfastness and resilience. \nAfter Tamer Al Aydi\, a member of the tournament logistics team and a popular figure in the local football community\, was killed during the Israeli assault\, the al Ramla team took Tamer’s name for their own. Winning the tournament cup\, the team presented it to Tamer’s soul. Over three thousand spectators came out for the finale\, despite the tremendous hardship the Gaza community was facing. \nTournament organizers sent messages to us at the Rachel Corrie Foundation thanking each person who supported the project. Gaza Coordinator Adnan Abu Sa’ud wrote\, “With this tournament\, we have created a real way to strengthen personal connections in our community\, and with our friends around the world.” Although delayed as a result of the assault on Gaza\, the tournament fostered power and pride in a community under siege. \nDuring this special season of Ramadan and as the world remembers the events of a year ago\, the 2015 Rachel Corrie Ramadan Football Tournament is under way now! Commemorating Palestinian history and the 2014 assault on Gaza\, 32 teams\, featuring hundreds of players\, have chosen team names ranging from historic villages in Palestine to individuals killed during last year’s tragedy. \nThe Rachel Corrie Ramadan Sports Tournament is an inclusive space for persons regardless of physical ability.  From December 1-3 (in time for the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3)\, part two will feature 150 disabled athletes participating in football\, table tennis\, sitting volleyball\, and basketball.  This inspiring event organized by Al Basma Club for the Disabled will provide a sport forum for the deaf\, amputees\, paraplegics and polio victims. \nOur Gaza friends remind us that it is important to support programs that build community and well-being there.  The Rachel Corrie Ramadan Football Tournament allows children and young teens affected by the ongoing occupation and its associated trauma to find positive role models – adults taking charge of their immediate situation\, working together\, creating healthy outlets to dispel stress\, and reaching out in a positive way to build community relationships. \nPlease remember and support our friends in Gaza who are resisting occupation and strengthening community through athleticism and sportsmanship.  Follow tournament developments at the website Gazalife.org and lend your financial support for all 2015 Rachel Corrie Ramadan Tournament events by donating now! \n\nMany thanks and Ramadan Kareem from all of us at the Rachel Corrie Foundation!
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/rachel-corrie-ramadan-football-tournament-2015
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SUMMARY:June - July: Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism exhibit tours WA state
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nCheck out the exhibit as it tours Washington state:\n  \nJune 3 – 12\nWashington State University \nPhase 1 Classroom Building \n668 N Riverpoint Blvd \nSpokane\, WA 99202 \n9 am-7 pm daily \nJune 13 – July 1\nUniversity of Washington \nOdegaard Undergraduate Library \n4060 George Washington Lane NE \nSeattle\, WA 98195 \nJuly 2 – 16\nUrban Grace \n902 Market Street \nTacoma\, WA 98402 \n\nTuesday and Thursday: Noon to 6:00 pm \nFriday through Sunday: 1:00 to 5:00 pm \n(closed July 4) \nOpening Reception: \nThursday\, July 2\, 4-6 pm \n             Featuring Beverly Naidus\, art faculty at UWT\, making a short presentation: Irresistible Resistance — Compelling Images of Art for Social Change \n  \n  \nThe exhibit features more than twenty boycotts including the Montgomery bus boycott\, United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycott\, divestment from Apartheid in South Africa\, the Palestinian call for Boycott\, Divestment\, and Sanctions\, and many others. \nActivists and solidarity groups have often responded to injustices by implementing boycott and divestment campaigns targeting companies and governments that support and sustain these injustices—these posters have been a primary tool for educating around issues and inspiring people to action. These powerful posters serve as a platform for understanding the effectiveness of boycotts as a nonviolent tactic to end injustice and oppression. \n\nThanks to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Center for the study of Political Graphics (CSPG) for making these posters available! \nSponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation \n\n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/june-july-boycott-the-art-of-economic-activism-exhibit-tours-wa-state
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SUMMARY:June 12: Ask Your Representative to Sign Congressional Letter Challenging Israel's Mistreatment of Palestinian Children
DESCRIPTION:The deadline for signing the letter is June 12th.\n  \nOn Tuesday\, June 2\, the American Friends Service Committee hosted a Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill to examine Israel’s child detention practices. The briefing was attended by more than one hundred people\, including 36 Congressional offices. \nIn response to concerns about Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children\, Representative McCollum has initiated a letter to Secretary Kerry calling on the State Department to make the protection of children a priority in the United States-Israel relationship. \nEvery year\, hundreds of Palestinian children – some as young as 12 years old – are detained and arrested in an Israeli military detention system where ill treatment and abuse is widespread. \nMany are taken from their families in night raids\, held without charges or due process\, and subjected to abuse and poor conditions while in custody.\n\n\n\n\nPlease call and write your representative today and urge them to sign this important letter before the June 12th deadline.  \n\nCLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION! \n\nAlso\, please make a quick call to Representative McCollum’s office to thank them for leading this important initiative.\n(1-202-225-6631)\n\n\n\nThe Rachel Corrie Foundation is eager to support this effort\, because of our connections through the years with those who as children were imprisoned themselves or impacted by seeing young relatives imprisoned\, and raised into a reality that deprives them of a fundamental sense of freedom. \n\n\nThe “No Way to Treat a Child” campaign\, organized by the Chicago Faith Coalition\, is aimed at bringing attention to Israel’s routine mistreatment of Palestinian children.\n\n\n\nThank you to the American Friends Service Committee\, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation\, and many others for organizing and supporting this important effort.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n#NOWAYTOTREATACHILD
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/june-12-ask-your-representative-to-sign-congressional-letter-challenging-israels-mistreatment-of-palestinian-children
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SUMMARY:May 21 Hatim Kanaaneh author of "Chief Complaint" in Olympia\, WA
DESCRIPTION:Hatim Kanaaneh from Arrabeh in the Galilee will be in Olympia May 21 to speak about his latest book Chief Complaint\, fictionalized short stories about life in his village. \nThursday\, May 21st 2015\n7pm\nOrca Books\n509 4th Ave E\, Olympia\, WA 98501\n  \n\nIn Chief Complaint\, Dr. Kanaaneh explores the changing\, precarious\, and ever-shrinking world of Palestinians living in Israel. As his village’s first Western ­trained physician\, Kanaaneh has had intimate access to his neighbor’s lives\, which he chronicles here in a fictionalized collection of vignettes. These compelling short stories reveal the struggles\, triumphs\, memories\, and hopes of the indigenous Palestinian community living in a state that does not acknowledge their past or encourage their future. \n\n\nDr Hatim Kanaaneh completed his medical and public health degrees at Harvard in 1970. He then returned to Galilee where\, in 1973\, he became the Public Health Doctor of the sub­district of Acre. He is the founder of the NGO\, the Galilee Society (The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services).
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/may-21-hatim-kanaaneh-author-of-chief-complaint-in-olympia-wa
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SUMMARY:Monday\, May 11 @ 4pm: Corries Speak at CWU's First Amendment Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Craig and Cindy Corrie in Ellensburg\, Washington as they help kick off Central Washington University’s (CWU’s) third annual First Amendment Festival which runs May 11 – May 14 2015. To honor the First Amendment\, the week features a series of events in celebration of the freedoms of speech\, religion\, the press and peaceful assembly and demonstration. Events are  free and open to the public. \nThe festival opens Monday\, May 11 at 4 PM with “An American Activist in Palestine: Remembering Rachel Corrie” featuring keynote speakers Craig and Cindy Corrie\, parents of the 23-year-old political activist who was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while protecting the home of a Palestinian family in the Gaza Strip. Following the speech\, there will be clips from a documentary about Rachel and three CWU theater students will perform excerpts from the play\, “My Name is Rachel Corrie.” A panel discussion with Rachel’s parents and various CWU professors will conclude the evening. The event is located in the Student Union and Recreation Center (SURC) Ballroom. \nFor more information about the First Amendment Festival see links below:  \nCWU’s festival announcement \nNews Article in “The Daily Record” (Ellensburg\, WA) \n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/monday-may-11-4pm-corries-speak-at-cwus-first-amendment-festival
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SUMMARY:April 30\, 7pm Amos Gvirtz "Don't Say We Did Not Know" book tour
DESCRIPTION:The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Presents:\nAmos Gvirtz\n \n“Writing this book has brought me some new ideas. Some surprised me and some frighten me.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 30th 2015\n7:00 – 8:30pm\nFirst Christian Church\nKoinonia Hall\n701 Franklin St. SE\nOlympia\, WA 98501\n\nAmos Gvirtz has developed an international audience with his “Don’t Say We Did Not Know” weekly emails about unpublicized incidents\, events\, and government actions affecting the Palestinian and Bedouin communities in Israel and Palestine. A life-long pacifist and Israeli peace activist\, he is a longtime member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) and part of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality. His newly-published book\, “Don’t Say We Did Not Know” is based on the moral questions Israelis must face today and the reasons people don’t want to know about the crimes being committed. He will describe the difficulties human rights and peace organizations face along with the history of their successes\, examining both the nonviolent approach and the risks Occupation presents for the future existence of Israel. \n\nThe event is free and open to the public.\nAll donations will support the legal costs\nof the Bedouin Negev village Al-Araqib\,\ndemolished 80 times by Israeli police\n\n\n \nFor further information: \ninfo@rachelcorriefoundation.org \n(360) 754-3998 \n\n\n 
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-30-7pm-amos-gvirtz-dont-say-we-did-not-know-book-tour
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SUMMARY:April 25-27 My Name is Rachel Corrie in California theaters
DESCRIPTION:My Name is Rachel Corrie\nIn California theaters April 25-27\nPerformed by Ashley Malloy\n\nPost-play discussion with\nCraig and Cindy Corrie\n\n\nGrass Valley\, CA \nSaturday\, April 25\, 7:00-9:00 p.m.\nSierra Center for Spiritual Living\n119 Florence Ave.\nSponsored by Palestine-Israel Working Group\nPeace and Justice Center of Nevada County\nTickets $10 or by donation\nFor information: 530-274-1018 or office@sierracenter.org\nhttp://www.ncpeace.org/event/my-name-is-rachel-corrie/?instance_id=17266\n\n\n\n\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\nSunday\, April 26\, 6:00-8:30 p.m.\nLaPeñaCulturalCenter 3105 Shattuck AvenueSponsored by Rebuilding Alliance\nTickets $10 in advance; $15 at the door\nFor information: 650-325-4663 or contact@rebuildingalliance.org\nFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1656503744583202/\nLa Pena Tickets Page: http://lapena.org/event/my-name-is-rachel-corrie/\nEventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-name-is-rachel-corrie-tickets-16323421794\n\n\n\n\n\nSacramento\, CA\n\n\n\nMonday\, April 27\, 7:00 p.m.\nCalifornia Stage Theatre\n2509 R Street\nPresented by Resurrection Theatre and California Stage\nin partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace and the Palestine American League\nFor information: https://www.facebook.com/events/349288885263024/\nTickets: $15-20 http://rachelcorriesacramento.bpt.me/
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-25-27-my-name-is-rachel-corrie-in-california-theaters
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SUMMARY:April 24-25 Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project Social Justice Bloc Party
DESCRIPTION:Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project \nSocial Justice Bloc Party \nCelebrate social justice with visual art\, music\, theatre\, poetry\, food and community organizations building strong movements for collective liberation. \nFeaturing visual art from Malachi Muncy\, the Just Seeds Artist Collective\, Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca with performances by the Old Growth Poetry Collective\, Lennée Reid\, Artesian Rumble Arkestra\, Citizen’s Band\, a Theatre of the Oppressed performance\, an acrobatic performance\, an open mic and Combat Papermaking demonstrations led by an artist and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. \n\nStop by to learn about and connect with many of the area’s social justice organizations\, including the Rachel Corrie Foundation\, POWER\, Coffee Strong\, Stonewall Youth\, the Black Student Union\, Gateways for Incarcerated Youth\, Center for Community Based Learning & Action\, Fellowship of Reconciliation\, Students for Justice in Palestine\, Books to Prisoners and more! \nRoots and Leaves of Solidarity\, the Theatre of the Oppressed performance is seeking community organizers\, cultural workers and activists to participate in a workshop April 17; 7-9pm\, 18 & 19;10-5pm.Using the interactive tools of Theatre of the Oppressed\, this workshop will focus on political organizing with intersectionality as a strategy. We will explore what it takes to build strong anti-racist\, multi-class movements. Click here to RSVP or email sastockholm@gmail.com. \nWant to give a little extra? Volunteer with the mural during Arts Walk and beyond. Contact Sarah at sastockholm@gmail for more ways you can get involved in this local project. \n  \n\nFriday  April the 24th \n  \n5-7 Social Justice Tabling \n  \n5:30- 6:30 Combat Paper Making \ndemo with Malachi Muncy \n  \n6:40 Artesian Rumble Arkestra \n  \n7:00 Roots & Leaves of Solidarity: Interactive Theatre of the Oppressed Performance \n  \nPeople’s History Performance: \nFreedom Isn’t Free \n  \n8:30 Old Growth Poetry Collective Reading \n  \n9-10 Lennee Reid Poetry \n& People’s Mic \n  \nSaturday April the 25th \n  \n1-2  Combat Paper Making \ndemo with Malachi Muncy \n  \n4:30-6 Procession of the Species
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-24-25-olympia-rafah-solidarity-mural-project-social-justice-bloc-party
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SUMMARY:April 17-19\, 24 Roots & Leaves of Solidarity: A Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project invites mural participants to engage in a dialogue utilizing Theatre of the Oppressed. We will re-imagine society using games & exercises to explore collective resistance and resilience. As founder Augosto Boal said\, “The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.” \nUsing the interactive tools of Theatre of the Oppressed\, this workshop will focus on political organizing with intersectionality as a strategy. We will explore what it takes to build strong anti-racist\, multi-class movements. \nWhat does it mean to be an organizer & activist? \nHow do political issues intersect? \nWhat does solidarity mean in practice? \nJoin fellow community organizers\, cultural workers & activists in exploring the work of making another world possible. \nIf you can’t attend the workshop\, come to the interactive performance on April 24th during Arts Walk at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural. Please share this information with your leadership & members. RSVP early\, workshop space is limited. No theatre experience is needed.\n  \n\nFollow this link to RSVP by April 12th or Contact Sarah at sastockholm@gmail.com \n$0-$15 Sliding Scale Donation \nSponsored by the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-17-19-24-roots-leaves-of-solidarity-a-theatre-of-the-oppressed-workshop
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SUMMARY:April 8: Steven Salaita 11AM-1PM @ TESC
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Peoples and Academic Freedom in the New Era of Civility \n\nWednesday\, April 8th\, 2015\n11am – 1pm\nLecture Hall I\nThe Evergreen State College\nOlympia\, Washington\nFree and Open to the Public\n\nSalaita is a former Associate Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In August 2014 the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign withdrew a formal offer of employment to Steven Salaita in response to his Twitter posts critical of Israel’s attack on Gaza that summer. This unprecedented move on the part of the university has drawn international attention to efforts to silence faculty and students on North American campuses for speaking in support of Palestinian human rights. The Chronicle of Higher Education named Salaita to its 2014 Influence List. \nSteven Salaita is an independent scholar and author of six books including Israel’s Dead Soul (2011); Modern Arab American Fiction: A Reader’s Guide (2011); The Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan (2006); and Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where It Comes from and What It Means for Politic (2006)\, winner of an Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-8-steven-salaita-11am-1pm-tesc
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SUMMARY:April 2-5/April 9-12: My Name Is Rachel Corrie returns to NYC
DESCRIPTION:“Extraordinary power…funny\, passionate\, bristling with idealism and luminously intelligent.”\nTime Out (London)\n  \n\nSpecial Ticket Offer for the Rachel Corrie Foundation\nApril 2-5 and April 9-12\, 2015\nLynn Redgrave Theater\, NYC\n\n  \nMy Name is Rachel Corrie \nThe compelling and controversial play My Name Is Rachel Corrie \nreturns for an Off-Broadway run in New York City for the first \ntime in nine years for 10 performances at Culture Project’s Lynn \nRedgrave Theater. The play is taken from the writings of Rachel \nCorrie and edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner. \nPerformances will be April 2-5 and April 9-12\, 2015. Friday April \n10\, Rachel Corrie’s birthday\, will be a special benefit for the \nRachel Corrie Foundation. Refreshments will be served and Craig \nand Cindy Corrie\, Rachel’s parents\, will speak after the \nperformance. \nAs a special offer to the Rachel Corrie Foundation all $65 general \nadmission tickets will be reduced to $35 if purchased by March 1\, \n2015. \nJust enter the code RCF35 by March 1 when purchasing \ntickets for any performance except for April 10 when all tickets \nwill be $100. \nFor all ticket information call Ovation Tix at \n1.866.811.4111 \nor visit Culture Project’s website at \ncultureproject.org\n  \n \nStarring Charlotte Hemmings.\nHemmings is the daughter of iconic English actor David Hemmings (Blow Up\, Gangs of New York\, Gladiator) and she will be making her New York stage debut. Presented by Sawtooth Productions LLC.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-2-5april-9-12-my-name-is-rachel-corrie-returns-to-nyc
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SUMMARY:April 2: Remi Kanazi - Poetic Injustice\, 4-6pm @ TESC
DESCRIPTION:Join Students for Justice in Palestine at The Evergreen State College for an afternoon of spoken word with Remi Kanazi.\n \nLecture Hall I\n4 – 6pm\nThursday April 2\, 2015 \nThe Evergreen State College \nfollowed by discussion\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemi is a poet\, writer\, and activist based in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine and the author of the collection of poetry\, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world\, including Al Jazeera English\, GRITtv with Laura Flanders\, and BBC Radio.\nHis poetry has taken him across North America\, the UK\, and the Middle East\, and he appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/april-2-remi-kanazi-poetic-injustice-4-6pm-tesc
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SUMMARY:March 16: Remembering Rachel Corrie – Peace\, Justice\, & Dance at Olympia Ballroom with special guest Ronnie Barkan
DESCRIPTION:Thank you to our friends across the globe who joined us Monday\, March 16\, 2015\, to commemorate Rachel Corrie and her strong stand for justice twelve years ago in Rafah\, Gaza. \nWe were joined in Olympia by warm community\, and local poets and activists Lennée Reid and Rachel Greene.  Their words moved us to the emotional core of issues of social injustice prevalent today\, and echoed Rachel Corrie’s visions of equality. \n \nRonnie Barkan\, a longtime Jewish Israeli activist and cofounder of Boycott From Within\,  spoke of being inspired by the Corrie family\, and asked that we simply continue doing the work that we’re doing.  For peace anywhere will not happen in isolation to itself\, but needs our united commitment. \nThe Corrie family’s statement from Washington DC on March 16th\, where they were meeting with Department of State and Congressional officials\, echoed similar sentiments: “As we look back at Selma fifty years ago and Ferguson today\, we realize that our own civil rights struggle is not won in a single march or court case.  It is ongoing.  As our family continues our journey for justice\, we thank those across the U.S.\, the world\, and in Palestine and Israel who travel with us.  Together\, we will find justice for Rachel – both the justice she deserves and the justice for which she stood.” \nWith this\, all at the Rachel Corrie Foundation urge you to take action this month in solidarity with Rachel Corrie’s vision of justice\, peace\, and equality. \n\n\n\n\n\nTo read the full Corrie family statement click here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuffPost Live – Rachel Corrie’s Parents on Their Daughter’s Legacy\nView here the interview by Marc Lamont Hill with Craig and Cindy Corrie that aired Monday\, March 16th\, from the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington DC.\n“No Justice for Rachel Corrie–or Palestine” \nRead here the article by Katherine Gallagher\, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nSpecial thanks to the wonderful Yodelady and caller Anne Marie Schaefer for helping us dance our March 16th night away! \n \n\n\n“This has to stop.  I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop.  I don’t think it’s an extremist thing to do anymore.  I still really want to dance around to Pat Benatar and have boyfriends and make comics for my coworkers.  But I also want this to stop.”  Rachel Corrie \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Information:\n(360)754-3998  info@rachelcorriefoundation.org
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SUMMARY:March 9: Chris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion” at SPSCC
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nChris Hedges “Wages of Rebellion”\n  \n7pm Monday March 9th \nSPSCC \nSouth Puget Sound Community College \nMinnaert Center for the Arts \n\n\n\nSponsored by BRICK \n(Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge) \n\n\n$13\nFree with SPSCC student ID\nTickets are available online at OlyTix.org\,\n\n(360)753-8586\, or at the Washington Center or Minnaert Center box offices. \nFocusing on the stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history\, Hedges investigates what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Utilizing the work of Reinhold Niebuhr\, Hedges describes the motivation that guides the actions of rebels as “sublime madness” – the state of passion that causes the rebel to engage in an unavailing fight against overwhelmingly powerful and oppressive forces. For Hedges\, resistance is carried out not for its success\, but as a moral imperative that affirms life. Those who rise up against the odds will be those endowed with this “sublime madness.” \n  \n\nChris Hedges is a columnist for Truthdig. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\, he spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America\, the Middle East\, Africa\, and the Balkans\, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books\, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction\, Days of Revolt. He lives in Princeton\, New Jersey.
URL:https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/march-9-chris-hedges-wages-of-rebellion-at-spscc
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