--- Friday, March 19, 2004 ---
Commemorate Rachel Corrie: Stop Caterpillar, End the Occupation
A Vigil to Commemorate Rachel Corrie Stop Caterpillar - End the Occupation!
Date & Time: Friday, March 19, 2004, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: 15th Ave. & High St., Columbus, Ohio
Join us on Friday, March 19, 2004 at 15th Ave. & High St., Columbus, Ohio to commemorate Rachel Corrie, stop Caterpillar, and end the occupation!
March 16, 2004 is the one year anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie. Rachel was a 23 year-old U.S. peace activist who was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to prevent nonviolently the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003. (For more information on Rachel, please see <http://www.rachelcorrie.org>.)
The March 19th vigil in Columbus, OH to commemorate Rachel Corrie is organized in solidarity with more than 30 vigils and educational events to mark the one-year anniversary of her death in 30 cities in 19 states plus the District of Columbia. (Details for all of the events can be found at <http://endtheoccupation.org/calendar.php>.)
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation will deliver to each Member of the House of Representatives a petition signed by more than 210 organizations in at least 33 states plus the District of Columbia. The petition asks Congress to pass the Rachel Corrie Resolution (H.Con.Res.111) calling for an independent U.S. investigation into her death. Endorsing organizations include United for Peace and Justice, the country's largest coalition of peace and justice organizations, and the United States Green Party. The list of endorsing organization can be found at http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=320.
The City of Santa Cruz, California (population 55,633) proclaimed March 16 to be "Rachel Corrie Day." According to Mayor Scott Kennedy, "Rachel Corrie was a nonviolent activist protesting the destruction of civilians' homes by a military power with machinery built in the United States pursuing a policy subsidized by the United States. It is a very sad commentary on the state of political affairs in the United States, that our national government has done virtually nothing to find out what happened and to insist that those responsible for her death be held accountable." Our vigil in Columbus, OH is one of many efforts to change the state of political affairs that Mayor Kennedy deplores.
Contact: Wendy Ake, ake.2 at osu.edu
Sponsors: Committee for Justice in Palestine, Women in Black (Columbus, OH), Columbus Campaign for Arms Control, Student International Forum -- Yoshie
* Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> * Calendars of Events in Columbus: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>