author : Ashley Harrison
August 2008
by Ashley Harrison
On the north side of the Labor Temple building at State and Capitol, we will affirm the sister-city connection between Olympia, Washington and Rafah, Palestine. The mural will examine Olympia’s “hidden histories” and explore links between our local past and global struggles for social economic justice. Labor history, the dispossession of Na-tive Americans from their land, and current immigration and deportation struggles link us to events which have shaped the history of Rafah. Through art, we seek to under-stand our own past and present participation in colonialism and . . .
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February 2008
Susan Greene (right) and Lisa Nessan (left) in Olympia (Photo by Ashley Harrison)
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February 2008
by Ashley Harrison and Matt Lester
Over four million Iraqis have become refugees since the Iraq War began: 2.2 million Iraqis are displaced within Iraq and over 2 million are externally displaced, primarily in Jordan and Syria. Meanwhile, Congress has promised to allow 7,000 Iraqi refugees into the United States, in a bill designed to grant entry to Iraqis who have assisted our armed forces. That promise has yet to be fulfilled. Only 1,608 Iraqis were admitted by the United States during its fiscal year 2007.
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