Rachel Corrie Foundation Peace Works Conference 2006
“This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop. I don’t think it’s an extremist thing to do anymore. I still want to dance around to Pat Benetar and have boyfriends and make comics for my coworkers. But I also want this to stop.”
Rachel Corrie from Rafah, February 27, 2003
Peace Works Conference
Cultivating a Just and Enduring Peace for the People of Palestine and Israel
April 22-23, 2006
South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Washington
Rachel Corrie was killed while nonviolently protecting the home of two Palestinian families in Gaza from demolition. In her honor and memory, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice will realize one of its dreams in April when it inaugurates Peace Works, an annual lecture/conference to provide a continuing forum for exploring the meaning and practice of justice and peace as they affect the social, economic, political, environmental, and spiritual aspects of people’s lives.
With a two-day conference, and special pre-conference activities and events, Peace Works 2006 will focus on the struggle in Palestine and Israel. Events in the Middle East are unfolding at a dizzying pace with confusion about what they mean and what can and should be done about them.
We can think of no more important time for a significant discussion on the situation in Israel and Palestine, the U.S. role there, and how we can best support efforts for a just peace in the region.
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