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Remember Rachel Corrie-One Year After the Tragedy Tuesday, March 16th 2004 7 PM
Berkeley, CA
Guest speakers to include:
*Dennis Bernstein ~ From PFA's "Flashpoints" radio program.
*Bishara Costandi ~ a Labor and Community Organizer and Coordinator of Arabs Building Community
*Jon Jackson ~ A Local ISM activist who spent six weeks in Occupied Rafah last spring
*And Special Guest Brian Avery, A peace activist with the International Solidarity Movement who was shot in the face by a burst of heavy machine gun fire from an Israeli armored personnel carrier in Jenin on April 5, 2003. He has already undergone several reconstructive surgeries and is still awaiting more.
There will also be a chance for audience members to share thoughts, poetry, writings, words about Rachel Corrie and all of the lives lost due to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
*Donations will be accepted at the door and will go to help pay for Brian Avery's astronomical medical expenses.
Location:
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar St. at Bonita
Berkeley, CA
