US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Update on Rachel Corrie National Day of Action

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 for 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".
   So far, the US Campaign is aware of vigils in Albany, NY, Atlanta, GA, Kansas City, MO, and Olympia, WA. Details for these vigils can be found at: http://endtheoccupation.org/calendar.php
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://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.

The petition has been signed by more than 30 organizations to date (listed below).

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

To endorse the petition, visit:
http://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. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Houston Chapter
2. American Friends Service Committee, Southeast Region
3. American Movement for Advancing Arab-American Matters
4. Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East
5. Atlanta Palestine Solidarity
6. Be a Rally of One!, Scranton, Pennsylvania
7. Bubbes & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East
8. Chalice-Bridging Ministries, Seattle, Washington
9. Citizens for Fair Legislation
10. Council for the National Interest
11. Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Nashville, Tennessee
12. Green Party of Erie County, Pennsylvania
13. Houston Peace Forum
14. Jewish Voice for Peace
15. Jewish Voices Against the Occupation, Seattle
16. Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel
17. Middle East Network of United Methodists
18. Northwest Middle East Peace Forum
19. Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
20. Palestine Media Watch
21. Pax Christi, Hilton Head, South Carolina
22. Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee
23. St. Louis Women in Black
24. Students for Justice in Palestine, American University
25. Students for Justice in Palestine, George Washington University
26. Students Working for an Educated, Accountable & Peaceful Society
27. SUSTAIN-DC (Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now)
28. Tikkun Community, Los Gatos, California Chapter
29. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East
30. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
31. Veterans for Peace, Rachel Corrie Brigade
32. Western New York Peace Center
33. Women in Black, Gulfcoast, Florida
34. Women in Black, Lawrence, Kansas