End the Occupation

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. Al-Awda, San Diego, California
4. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Houston Chapter
5. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Los Angeles & Orange County Chapter
6. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC Area Chapter
7. American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights
8. American Friends Service Committee
9. American Friends Service Committee, Iowa Office
10. American Friends Service Committee, Southeast Region
11. American Movement for Advancing Arab-American Matters
12. American Muslim Society of the Tristate Area
13. American Muslim Voice
14. American Muslims for Jerusalem
15. American Task Force on Palestine
16. Americans Committed to Justice and Truth
17. Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East
18. Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
19. Arab American Community Center, Orlando, Florida
20. Arab/Jewish Peace Alliance, Albuquerque, New Mexico
21. Arab Student Association, Iowa State University
22. Arab Women's Solidarity Association
23. Association for One Democratic State for Palestine/Israel, Colorado Section
24. Astarte Project, New York, New York
25. Atlanta Palestine Solidarity
26. Axiom Media Foundation, Ames, Iowa
27. Be a Rally of One!, Scranton, Pennsylvania
28. Black Voices for Peace
29. Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
30. Boston to Palestine
31. Brattleboro Area Peace & Justice Group, Brattleboro, Vermont
32. Bubbes & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East
33. Campus Democrats, Whittier Law School
34. Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa
35. Center for Economic & Social Rights, Brooklyn, New York
36. Center for Immigrant Families, New York, New York
37. Center on Law and Human Rights, Colorado Springs, Colorado
38. Chalice-Bridging Ministries, Seattle, Washington
39. Citizens for Fair Legislation
40. Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, Kansas City, Missouri
41. Citizens for Peace in the Middle East, Valdosta, Georgia
42. City of Santa Cruz, California
43. Coalition for Free Thought in Media, St. Petersburg, Florida
44. Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens & Jerusalem
45. Coalition for Peace with Justice, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
46. Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign
47. Columbus Campaign for Arms Control, Columbus, Ohio
48. Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine, Oak Park, Illinois
49. Committee for Justice in Palestine, Columbus, Ohio
50. Committee for Palestinian Human Rights, Ohio University
51. Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ohio
52. Council on American-Islamic Relations, Southern California
53. Council for the National Interest
54. Des Moines Catholic Worker Movement, Des Moines, Iowa
55. Diocese of Massachusetts, Middle East Peace Group
56. Druid Hills United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia
57. Dubuque Peace & Justice, Dubuque, Iowa
58. DuPage End the Occupation Coalition, DuPage County, Illinois
59. Duval Greens Party, Jacksonville, Florida
60. Earthbound Productions-Procession of the Species, Olympia, Washington
61. Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, Bishop's Committee for Justice & Peace for Israel/Palestine, Seattle, Washington
62. Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Grace Church, Amherst, Massachusetts
63. Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Nashville, Tennessee
64. Evanston Mennonite Peace & Social Concerns Committee, Evanston, Illinois
65. Every Church a Peace Church
66. Fairbanks Coalition for Peace & Justice, Fairbanks, Alaska
67. Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
68. Fellowship of Reconciliation
69. Florida Palestine Solidarity Network
70. Friends of Sabeel-North America
71. Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition, Atlanta, Georgia
72. Global Campaign to Rebuild Palestinian Homes
73. Global Exchange
74. Good Word Da'wah Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
75. Grand View College Center for the Exploration & Practice of Nonviolence, Des Moines, Iowa
76. Green Party of Connecticut
77. Green Party of Erie County, Pennsylvania
78. Harris County Green Party, Houston, Texas
79. Helena Peace Seekers, Helena, Montana
80. Hilton Head for Peace, Hilton Head, South Carolina
81. Honea Path Peacemongers, Honea Path, South Carolina
82. Houston Coalition for Justice Not War
83. Houston Peace Forum
84. Institute for Policy Studies, New Internationalism Project
85. Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace, Washington, DC
86. Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice-Middle East Task Force, Ann Arbor, Michigan
87. International Solidarity Movement
88. International Solidarity Movement, New Mexico
89. International Solidarity Movement Support Group in Northern California
90. International Trauma Treatment Program
91. Iowa City Area National Organization of Women
92. Iowa Green Party
93. Iowans for a Free Palestine, Des Moines Chapter
94. Iowans for Peace
95. Jewish Voice for Peace
96. Jewish Voices Against the Occupation, Seattle
97. Jewish Witnesses for Peace & Friends, Ann Arbor, Michigan
98. Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine
99. Jews Against the Occupation, New York, New York
100. Jews for a Just Peace, North Carolina
101. Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel
102. Johnson County Green Party, Iowa
103. June 1st Peace & Justice Coalition, Evansville, Indiana
104. Just Peace Contacts
105. Just Us Productions, Olympia, Washington
106. Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War, Kalamazoo, Michigan
107. Knights of the Socially Conscious, Perry, Michigan
108. Koinonia Partners, Americus, Georgia
109. Lafayette Area Peace Coalition, Lafayette, Indiana 
110. Lafayette Committee for Israeli Palestinian Peace & Justice, Lafayette, Indiana
111. Lifeline Network for Peace, Alexandria, Virginia
112. Louisville Committee for Israeli/Palestinian States
113. Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Madison, Wisconsin
114. Marylanders for a Free Palestine & a Secure Israel
115. Merrimack Valley People for Peace
116. Methodist Federation for Social Action, Iowa Chapter
117. Metro Atlanta Feminists in Action
118. Michigan Peace Team
119. Middle East Children's Alliance
120. Middle East Crisis Committee
121. Middle East Network of United Methodists
122. Middle East Peace Forum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
123. Middle East Peace Now of Minnesota
124. Middle East Peace Project, Sacramento, California
125. Middle East Research & Information Project
126. Mideast: Just Peace, Traverse City Area, Michigan
127. Monterey County Citizens for Middle East Peace, California
128. Monterey Peace & Justice Center, Monterey, California
129. Montgomery County Peace Action, Maryland
130. Muslim Women's Political Action Committee
131. Muslimas for Peace
132. Neighbors for Peace & Justice, Los Angeles, California
133. Northwest Middle East Peace Forum
134. Not in My Name
135. Oberlin College Students for a Free Palestine
136. Olympia Friends Meeting, Olympia, Washington
137. Olympia Jews Against the Occupation, Olympia, Washington
138. Olympia Movement for Justice & Peace
139. Olympia Rafah Sister City Project, Olympia, Washington
140. Olympia Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee
141. Palestine Action, Union Square
142. Palestine Affairs Council
143. Palestine Aid Society of America
144. Palestine Center
145. Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
146. Palestine Media Watch
147. Palestine Solidarity Committee, Los Angeles, California
148. Palestine Solidarity Committee, Seattle, Washington
149. Palestinian American Congress
150. Palestinian Rights Committee, Albany, New York
151. Partners for Peace
152. Pax Christi, Hilton Head, South Carolina
153. Peace Action Wisconsin
154. Peace & Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas
155. Peace & Democracy Task Force, First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Diego, California
156. Peace and Justice Foundation
157. Peace Resource Center of San Diego
158. People for Justice in Palestine, Iowa City, Iowa
159. Peoria Area Peace Network, Peoria, Illinois
160. Philadelphia Jewish Peace Network
161. Philadelphia Working Group to Stop the Wall
162. Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee
163. Reno Anti-War Coalition, Reno, Nevada
164. Resident Peaceniks, Tacoma, Washington
165. Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz, California
166. Rochester Committee for Middle East Peace, Rochester, New York
167. Rock Hill Action to Organize Resistance, Winthrop University
168. Salam Sudan Foundation
169. San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
170. September 11 Action, Piedmont, California
171. Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
172. Social Justice Committee, St. Michael's Catholic Church, Olympia, Washington
173. Southern Peace Research & Education Center, Institute for Southern Studies 
174. St. Louis Women in Black
175. Stop the Arms Race Political Action Committee, Des Moines, Iowa
176. Students for Justice in Palestine, American University
177. Students for Justice in Palestine, George Washington University
178. Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Maryland
179. Students Working for an Educated, Accountable & Peaceful Society 
180. Sullivan County Peace, New York
181. Sullivan Peace and Justice, New York
182. SUSTAIN-DC (Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now)
183. SUSTAIN-Philadelphia (Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now)
184. Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association, Olympia, Washingon
185. Tikkun
186. Tikkun Community, Los Gatos, California Chapter
187. Time for Peace, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
188. Trans-Arab Research Institute
189. Union of Palestinian American Women
190. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East
191. United for Justice with Peace, Massachusetts
192. United for Peace and Justice
193. United for Peace and Justice, Irving, Texas
194. United States Green Party
195. University of Michigan-Dearborn, Arab Student Union
196. University of Puget Sound Campus Green Party
197. Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk
198. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
199. Vashon Islanders for Peace, Vashon, Washington
200. Veterans for Peace, Middle Tennessee, Chapter 89
201. Veterans for Peace, Rachel Corrie Brigade
202. Veterans for Peace, Savannah Area Chapter, Georgia (in formation)
203. Veterans for Peace, Southeast Florida, Chapter 032
204. Wespac Foundation
205. West Marin Alliance for Peace & Justice, California
206. Western New York Peace Center
207. White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
208. Wisdom Fund
209. Women in Black, Kalamazoo, Michigan
210. Women in Black, Lawrence, Kansas
211. Women in Black, Union Square, New York, New York
212. Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
213. Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Monterey, California