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 | E M O R |   Just After March 16, 2003 - Shaheed Memorial for Rachel Corrie, Library, The Evergreen State College (TESC), Olympia, Washington (USA). "A tangible reminder of Rachel Corrie [1979-2003] is the room-sized memorial in a corner meeting area in the Library Building on the TESC campus. This tribute is a shrine for the community to show its love and respect & has evolved as visitors add to it — photos, writings, artworks, candles, origami peace doves.
There are donated photographs of Rachel from baby to punk rocker, dance diva to teacher. Someone has made color copies of Rachel’s Palestinian shaheed ('martyr') posters.
There is the news article when Rachel, as a 5th grade schoolgirl, worked on a campaign for children’s rights and gave a presentation before the Washington State legislature."
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 After March 16, 2003? - Portrait of Rachel Corrie, La Lucha Continua / The Struggle Continues," 3260-23rd Street (between Mission & Capp Streets), San Francisco, California (USA). When was Rachel Corrie added to this mural?
A talking wall [originally painted by Susan Greene in 1985]
which you can hear by going to the mural location where there is a key of extension numbers.
Dial 415.200.4587 followed by the
extension number of the person you wish to hear and enjoy
- or your can download a printable mural key here.
/// The portraits: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Aristide, Judi Bari, Soha Bechara, Maurice Bishop, Madame Binh,
Marilyn Buck, Sitting Bull, Cesar Chavez, Rachel Corrie, Bernadette Devlin, Franz Fanon, Ghandi,
Emma Goldman, Che Guevara, Handala, Joe Hill, Dolores Huerta, Frida Kahlo, Leila Khaled,
Martin Luther King Jr., Lolita Lebron, Audre Lorde, Patrice Lumumba, Rosa Luxemburg,
Farabundo Martí, José Martí, Rigoberta Menchu, Leonard Peltier, Archbishop Oscar Romero,
Edward Said, Augusto César Sandino, Assata Shakur, Harriet Tubman, Pancho Villa,
Malcolm X, Sofia Yamaika, Emiliano Zapata. /// "On Thursday, February 26th [year?], the mural was attacked by
someone/s wielding a hammer, leaving large, gaping holes in the portraits of
three social justice activists – obliterating their faces entirely. In July 2003, the mural, 15 by 35
feet, was similarly destroyed.
The worst hit in both attacks was the portrait of Rachel Corrie [1979-2003], the young
woman who was run over and killed by an Israeli bulldozer in
Occupied Palestine [on March 16, 2003]. Corrie’s face now has a hole approximately 36 inches by
12 inches. The portraits of Mumia Abu Jamal & Bernadette Devlin were also
destroyed. Then, on February 28th, racist & misogynist words were written
on what is left of Rachel Corrie's portrait and on Nelson Mandela's
likeness; along with a Hitler-like moustache on Mandela. The mural is being restored by Susan Greene, the original artist. The current
restoration is funded in part by the City of San Francisco’s Neighborhood
Beautification Fund. Greene is an artist and psychologist who has lived in the Bay Area for
the past 20 years. Originally from New York, Greene has painted murals in
San Francisco, the East Bay, Central America & the Middle East. She
directs the learning Center at the San Francisco Art Institute, teaches
mural painting at the University of San Francisco & conducts a bookmaking
class at the San Francisco County Jail."
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 | U R A L |  Date? - Rachel Corrie Mural, where? (Palestine?). By Susan Greene?
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 | A R D E N | April 5, 2003 - Sculpture Garden, Anata (Occupied West Bank). "The day was hot on the eastern edge of Jerusalem. Half way up a steep hillside on the fringe of the village of Anata a group of 30 Israelis & Palestinians labored to build a sculpture garden in memory of Rachel Corrie. The sculptor was in attendance, supervising the installation of three small concrete houses within a cradle of debris from the nearby demolished home of the Shawamreh family... In attendance were members of the board of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and representatives of the International Solidarity Movement, Ta’ayush, Gush Shalom, the American Friends Service Committee, the Christian Peacemakers Team, and others. The sculpture was created by Tel Aviv artist Danny Reisner, and the harp music performed by Sunita Staneslow."
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| O U S E | August 8-21, 2003 - Arabela House, Anata (Occupied West Bank). Anata is the same as (Beit Arabiya)? "Salim Shawamreh is a Palestinian. His family was made refugees when the state of Israel was founded [in 1948], so they had to leave their home in the Negev Desert & move to the Old City in Jerusalem. Then in 1967, during the Six Day War, they were made refugees again, so went to live in the Shufat Refugee Camp [sic]. Salim trained as an engineer & saved money to build a home for his family. Despite many attempts to get a building permit, one was never granted, which is usually the case for Palestinians. Salim proceeded to build a home, but it was demolished by Israeli authorities. To date, this has happened four times, and each time the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) rebuilds their house. A fifth demolition order is on their house." Text of sign in front of the house: "Arabela House. In momorial [sic] of the death of Noha Sweedan [Nuha Swaidan] and Rechel Kori [Rachel Corrie]." Last image shows Jeff Halper, co-founder & coordinator of ICAHD, leading a tour of Jerusalem. "ICAHD estimates that at least 24,813 houses have been demolished in the West Bank, East Jerusalem & Gaza since 1967."
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 | U R A L | August 21, 2003 - Monument to Rachel Corrie, Arabela House, Anata (Occupied West Bank). Text of inscription: "Mike Alewitz. Labor Art & Mural Project organized by Christine Gauvreau. Donated by U.S. workers against the occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of Palestine -- August 21, 2003." Painted by "labor muralist" Mike Alewitz, associate professor of art at Central Connecticut State University. Rachel Corrie [1979-2003] was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was crushed to death on March 16, 2003, by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer while trying to prevent the destuction of a Palestinian home near the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza. "Alewitz was the founder & chairman of the Kent Student Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam (SMC) the largest anti-war group at Kent State University prior to the May 4, 1970, massacre.
He has remained a prominent anti-war and social justice activist.
Alewitz has created murals on themes of peace & solidarity in Nicaragua, Chernobyl, Mexico City, Northern Ireland, Baghdad & the Occupied Territories."
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| T R E E T | Date? - Rachel Corrie Street, Ramallah (Occupied West Bank). "The Ramallah municipality in the Palestine region dedicated a street to Rachel Corrie."
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| O U S E | Before September 2003 - International Solidarity Movement house, Rafat (Gaza Strip). "Dedicated to Rachel Corrie, a 23 year-old U.S. peace activist from Olympia Washington who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in March 2003. She had attempted to block the path of the bulldozer as it approached a Palestinian home marked for destruction. The memorial reads: "RACHEL: OUR SISTER. OUR DAUGHTER. IF I AM TO LIVE LET ME LIVE LIKE YOU & IF I MUST DIE LET ME DIE LIKE YOU WITH COURAGE IN ONE HAND AND LOVE IN THE OTHER AND A HEART FULL OF JOY AND RESISTANCE." /// Left image shows "Cindy Corrie, right, & husband Craig, the parents of American ISM activist Rachel Corrie, carry[ing] two olive trees they later planted in the Rafah Refugee Camp in southern Gaza Strip Friday, Sept. 19, 2003."
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 | U R A L | May 8, 2010 - Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural, 119-1/2 Capitol Way North, Olympia, Washington (USA). By mural artist Susan Greene. The Olympia-Rafah Soldarity Mural Project (ORSMP) "furthers Rachel Corrie's dream of building a sister city relationship between Rafah, Gaza Strip (Palestine), where she was killed in 2003, and Olympia, Washington, USA, where she grew up and attended The Evergreen State College." See video.
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| H I P | May 12, 2010 - MV Rachel Corrie. "On 30 March 2010, a 1800-tonne vessel was bought at auction in Dundalk (Ireland) for €70,000 by the Free Gaza Movement. It was outfitted for use in a voyage to Gaza, named in honour of Rachel Corrie, & launched 12 May 2010. It sailed to join a flotilla intended to directly confront Israel’s blockade of Gaza & take in basic supplies. The flotilla was intercepted (see Gaza flotilla raid) however the MV Rachel Corrie had not reached the other ships and continued towards Gaza by itself. Israeli navy officers addressed the ship as 'Linda' - the vessel's name before it was renamed for Rachel Corrie. The ship was intercepted by the Israeli navy on Saturday, June 5, 2010, 23 miles off the coast & diverted to the port of Ashdod. There the cargo was to be inspected & sent over land to Gaza." |