RACHEL CORRIE MEMORIAL DAY - INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Bethlehem
ISM
14 Mar 04
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation has called for a national day of
action. Please see: http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=320
for information on how US citizens can lobby Congress to pass the Rachel Corrie
Resolution and to endorse the petition in support of the Rachel Corrie
Resolution.
Below is a partial list of memorial events organized around the world. If
you’d like to send us information about an event in memory of Rachel Corrie
and all innocent victims of the Israeli occupation being organized in your area,
please email us at: info@palsolidarity.org
USA
Ames, Iowa
The Rachel Corrie Memorial Street Theater Walk
March 16, 2004
Meet: On the sidewalk in front of Collegiate Presbyterian Church
159 N. Sheldon - Just west of the ISU campus 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Contact: Betsy Mayfield, (515) 232-8862; email: betmayf@aol.com
Boston, Massachusetts
Vigil and Reading
Tuesday, March 16th 7PM
Meet: Harvard Square (in front of the Au Bon Pain)
Program:
Candlelight vigil, speakers, a brief open-mic, then a walk to the Charles
River nearby to lay flowers (as over one hundred did last year)
PLUS: how to help seek justice for Rachel Corrie
Los Angeles, California
Vigil in memory of the murder of Rachel Corrie
When: Tuesday, March 16th, 4-6 PM
Where: Israeli Consulate, 6380 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
Contact: lasolidarity@yahoo.com
New York, New York
Film screening and discussion: “Non-violent Activism Under Attack in
Palestine: Stopping Home Demolitions and the Apartheid Wall”
Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm
Featuring: "The Killing Zone", a British TV documentary on Rafah and
Rachel Corrie, and speakers Radhika Sainath (ISM) and Linda Camarasana (DAP)
Contact: Direct Action Palestine dap_nyc@hotmail.com
Olympia, Washington
March 16
Rachel Corrie memorial sponsored by the
Rafah-Olympia Sister City Project
Contact Rochelle: (360) 753-7093
Seattle, Washington
Tuesday March 16th
Memorial procession and ceremony
6:00pm
Gather at 5:30 pm in front of the Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park
Contact: Palestine Solidarity Committee/International Solidarity Movement to End
the Israeli Occupation- Seattle; palestinejustice@aol.com
; 206-633-1086
Washington DC
Tuesday, March 16
Congressional press briefing by ISM co-founder Huwaida Arraf
12:00 Noon on Capitol Hill
Contact: US Campaign to End the Occupation- Josh: jruebner@hotmail.com
or Palestine Center: 202-338-1958
Rally at CATERPILLAR offices 4:00pm
March to Farragut Park and Vigil at 5:45pm
Contact: Hadia ada2d@hotmail.com
CANADA
Toronto
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
***Day of Action Against Home Demolition - Toronto***
In Commemoration of Rachel Corrie
1pm Rally and Speak Out!
York University, Outside Vari Hall
1:30pm Action Against CATERPILLAR
We will be departing Vari Hall and taking public
transit together to the Toronto CATERPILLAR
Headquarters at 3700 Steeles West
5pm Protest and Vigil
Israeli Consulate
180 Bloor Street West (Bloor & Avenue Road)
7pm Film Screening: Jenin Jenin
Presented by Boiling Frog in Association with Al-Awda
Celts Pub, 2872 - Dundas St. W (dnstrs)
For more information email: toronto@ismcanada.org
ITALY
March 15 – 22 in Leche
Week of Peace dedicated to Rachel Corrie
March 16 in Milan: film, ISM presentation at 7pm
Contact Guilia at Civil Service International: giuliasci@yahoo.it
March 25 in Ovadia
Rachel Corrie Center for Peace and Nonviolence presents:
“Palestine, A land without a people for a people without a land?”
Performance by an Israeli / Palestinian theater group
Contact: Stefania at: fusero@tin.it
March 27 in Genoa
Dinner in honor of Rachel Corrie