March 22nd Event Update, Riverside Church
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MARCH 22nd, NEW YORK CITY
Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive (at 120th Street)
8:00 pm
$20 Suggested donation
Tickets can be purchased on line at www.rachelswords.org
or with cash/check at the door
(No one turned away for lack of funds · Doors open at 7:30)
Co-hosts: Amy Goodman and James Zogby
Participating:
Anthony Arnove, Huwaida Arraf, Brian Avery, Nirit Ben-Ari,
Leila Buck, Kia Corthron, Suheir Hammad, Leonard Hubbard from
"The Roots" with A. Marcy Francis, Brian Jones, Liz Magnes,
Malachy McCourt, Betty Shamieh, Jonathan Tasini, Zafer Tawil,
Tom Wallace, Ora Wise, and Maysoon Zayid.
Rachel's parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, will also be speaking.
Appearing via video/statements will be
Maya Angelou, Kathleen Chalfant, Eve Ensler, Mariam Said,
Patti Smith and Howard Zinn.
"My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a powerful one-woman show
based entirely on the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie.
Rachel was a human rights activist and gifted writer.
She was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer
as she tried to protect the home of a Palestinian pharmacist
from demolition in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 16th, 2003.
Rachel was 23.
The play was scheduled to open at the New York Theatre Workshop
on March 22nd. It has been postponed indefinitely, sparking
an escalating controversy. Rachel's words will still be heard on that
day.
Rachel wrote about issues that concern us all. Come hear an array
of academics, activists, performers and playwrights read
selected writings of Rachel Corrie, honor her through poems and songs,
and discuss the context in which her words were written and
the pervasive climate of fear in which they have been suppressed.
For updated information or to buy advance tickets, visit
www.RachelsWords.org
Participant Biographies
MAYA ANGELOU
Acclaimed poet, historian, author, and civil rights activist.
ANTHONY ARNOVE
Editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United
States.
NIRIT BEN-ARI
Israeli citizen, and former soldier in the Israeli military radio
station.
She worked for the United Nations Department of Public Information,
Africa section.
LEILA BUCK
Founding member of Mixed Company, a bi-cultural theater collective.
KATHLEEN CHALFANT
Tony nominated actress.
KIA KORTHRON
Award-winning playwright.
EVE ENSLER
Performer, activist and award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues.
HEDY EPSTEIN
an 81 year old nazi holocaust survivor and lifelong human rights an
peace activist.
She has been to Palestine three time since December 2003.
A. MARCY FRANCIS
Vocalist, Minister of Healing and artist in residence at University of
Pennsylvania.
AMY GOODMAN
Host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! program.
SUHEIR HAMMAD
Poet who has appeared in award winning anthologies and in zines
stapled together by queer youth collectives.
LEONARD "HUB" HUBBARD
Band member of grammy award winning The Roots.
BRIAN JONES
Since 1999 has toured as Marx in Howard Zinn's one-man play Marx in
Soho.
LIZ MAGNES
Celebrated Israeli American jazz pianist.
MALACHY McCOURT
Actor, author and writer. He has performed on Broadway and
off-Broadway.
MARIAM SAID
Widow of the late Dr. Edward Said.
NAJLA SAID
A founding member and the current artistic director of Nibras,
an Arab-American theatre collective.
BETTY SHAMIEH
Palestinian-American writer and actor.
Her play Roar was the first play about Palestinians to appear
off-Broadway,
and was selected as a New York Times Critic's Pick for four consecutive
weeks.
PATTI SMITH
American musician, singer, and poet.
JONATHAN TASINI
New York Democratic candidate for the United States Senate.
ZAFER TAWIL
New York based oud player born in Jerusalem.
TOM WALLACE
Media coordinator for the International Solidarity Movement at a
crucial time following the killing of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall.
ORA WISE
An American Jew born in Jerusalem and daughter of a rabbi.
She is co-founder of the Palestine/Israel Education Project in NYC
and a U.S-Palestine Youth Leadership Institute.
MAYSOON ZAYID
Actress and professional stand-up comedian.
HOWARD ZINN
Historian, playwright, and social activist.
DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY
Founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI).
Tom Wallace, Ann Petter, Jen Marlowe, Sally Eberhardt
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