US Campaign National Day of Action for Rachel Corrie

March 16

Dear Friends,

 

Pasted below is an action alert for March 16th, the anniversary of Rachel's death, issued by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.  This is a "diverse coalition working for freedom from occupation and equal rights for all by challenging U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."  Craig and I have great respect for this group and for their efforts to address this issue in the United States Congress.  We appreciate their efforts on behalf of HCR111 calling for an independent U.S. investigation into Rachel's killing.  We have copied here their web page calling for a national day of action on March 16th.  Note especially the call for groups to endorse a petition that End the Occupation will deliver to every member of the House of Representatives on March 16th calling for action on HCR111.  This is very important to our family.  We welcome support from local, state, and national groups.  Please urge your organizations to sign on.  Endorsements must be received by March 14, 2004, to be included.  The list of groups that have already endorsed is included below.  Please feel free to circulate this message to all that may be of help.

We are grateful for your continuing support.  Thank you.

 

Cindy and Craig Corrie
  
----- Original Message -----
From: "us_campaign@endtheoccupation.org" <info@endtheoccupation.org>
To: <cindy@the-corries.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: US CAMPAIGN | OCCUPATION END NOTES NO. 25, March 5, 2004

MARCH 16TH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR RACHEL CORRIE
March 16, 2004 is the one year anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, 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.  The US Campaign is calling for March 16, 2004 as a national day of action to commemorate Rachel, the ideals for which she stood, and the policies that she protested.  We encourage you to hold vigils and other events in Rachel's memory, to contact your members of Congress and encourage them to sign H.Con.Res. 111, the Rachel Corrie Resolution. Ask your group to join more than 50 groups and sign the petition in support of the Rachel Corrie Resolution. The US Campaign will deliver the petition to every single Congressman and woman on March 16.  For more information on these activities, and to endorse the petition go to http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=320.
 
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March 16 National Day of Action for Rachel Corrie
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.

The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is calling for a national day of action on March 16 to commemorate Rachel, the ideals for which she stood, and the policies that she protested.  For more information on Rachel, please see: http://www.rachelcorrie.org.

What You Can Do on March 16:

1) Organize a vigil to remember Rachel Corrie and let us know about it.  You can post your event to our website at: http://endtheoccupation.org/calendar_input.php.  When entering information, select "Rachel Corrie National Day of Action"  from the drop-down menu titled "select event type".

2) Fax, call, and/or email your Member of Congress and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to H.Con.Res. 111, the Rachel Corrie Resolution.  This resolution calls upon the "United States government to undertake a full, fair, and expeditious investigation into the death of Rachel Corrie."  The full action alert can be found at: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=83 

3) Get organizations to endorse a petition that the US Campaign will deliver to each Member of the House of Representatives on March 16 urging the House to take action on the Rachel Corrie Resolution.  Organizational endorsements must be received by Sunday, March 14 to be included in the petition delivered to the House of Representatives.  

Petition in Support of the Rachel Corrie Resolution (H.Con.Res. 111)

To endorse the petition, visit: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/modinput.php?modin=50. 

One year has passed since Rachel Corrie, a 23 year-old American peace activist, was killed by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bulldozer while trying to prevent nonviolently the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip.

On the anniversary of her death, we ask you to cosponsor House Concurrent Resolution 111, the Rachel Corrie Resolution, and do everything within your power to facilitate the passage of this resolution.

H.Con.Res. 111 calls upon the "United States government to undertake a full, fair, and expeditious investigation into the death of Rachel Corrie."  This investigation is necessary because of contradictions between the results of an IDF investigation and eyewitness accounts of her death.

Rachel Corrie was an American citizen killed by a foreign army and a U.S. investigation is necessary to determine the circumstances of her death and ensure that this type of incident does not happen again.

It is important to pay our respects to those American citizens who died to protect the values that make our country great. Rachel Corrie died protecting the home of a family from being demolished by the army of a foreign military occupation. In so doing, Rachel was defending such American values as freedom, dignity, and the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


Signed by,

  1. Action Center for Justice, Charlotte, North Carolina
  2. Al-Awda DC-Washington, DC Area Chapter of the Palestine Right to Return Coalition 
  3. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Houston Chapter
  4. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC Area Chapter
  5. American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights
  6. American Friends Service Committee, Southeast Region
  7. American Movement for Advancing Arab-American Matters
  8. Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East
  9. Americans for Justice in Palestine-Israel
  10. Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
  11. Astarte Project, New York, New York 
  12. Atlanta Palestine Solidarity
  13. Be a Rally of One!, Scranton, Pennsylvania
  14. Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
  15. Brattleboro Area Peace & Justice Group, Brattleboro, Vermont
  16. Bubbes & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East
  17. Campus Democrats, Whittier Law School
  18. Chalice-Bridging Ministries, Seattle, Washington
  19. Citizens for Fair Legislation
  20. Citizens for Peace in the Middle East, Valdosta, Georgia
  21. Council for the National Interest
  22. DuPage End the Occupation Coalition, DuPage County, Illinois
  23. Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Nashville, Tennessee
  24. Fellowship of Reconciliation
  25. Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition, Atlanta, Georgia
  26. Green Party of Erie County, Pennsylvania
  27. Houston Peace Forum
  28. International Trauma Treatment Program
  29. Jewish Voice for Peace
  30. Jewish Voices Against the Occupation, Seattle
  31. Jews for a Just Peace, North Carolina
  32. Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel
  33. June 1st Peace & Justice Coalition, Evansville, Indiana
  34. Middle East Network of United Methodists
  35. Neighbors for Peace & Justice, Los Angeles, California
  36. Northwest Middle East Peace Forum
  37. Not in My Name
  38. Palestine Aid Society of America
  39. Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
  40. Palestine Media Watch
  41. Palestine Solidarity Committee, Seattle, Washington
  42. Palestinian American Congress
  43. Partners for Peace
  44. Pax Christi, Hilton Head, South Carolina
  45. Reno Anti-War Coalition, Reno, Nevada
  46. Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee
  47. St. Louis Women in Black
  48. Students for Justice in Palestine, American University
  49. Students for Justice in Palestine, George Washington University
  50. Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Maryland
  51. Students Working for an Educated, Accountable & Peaceful Society 
  52. SUSTAIN-DC (Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now)
  53. Tikkun Community, Los Gatos, California Chapter
  54. Union of Palestinian American Women
  55. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East
  56. University of Puget Sound Campus Green Party
  57. Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk
  58. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
  59. Veterans for Peace, Rachel Corrie Brigade
  60. Western New York Peace Center
  61. Women in Black, Lawrence, Kansas
  62. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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