by Chris Allert

Jen Marlowe is the author of Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival (Nation Books), which is included in the Best American Non-Required Reading Collection 2007. (http://www.darfurdiaries.org ) She is directing and editing Rebuilding Hope, a film about South Sudan, ( http://www.rebuildinghopesudan.org ) and writing a book and a play about Palestine and Israel. Her previous film was Darfur Diaries: Message from Home. She serves on the board of directors of The Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre ( http://www.friendsofthejeninfreedomtheatre.org ) and is a founding member of the . . .

by Chris Allert

[The Olympia-Rafah Mural Project is an official recognition, by the people of Olympia, Washington, of the sister city relationship that exists with the city of Rafah, Palestine. Through the act of creating a collaborative public mural, we will express our desire for Palestinian self-determination, which is rooted in honoring the common struggles for global justice faced by marginalized people everywhere. By upholding rights for all, we seek to break down barriers to understanding, increase visibility for Palestinian people, encourage imagination, embrace the hope and courage of . . .

by Chris Allert

You may recall that back in 2002 the bus shelter at Harrison & Division was removed, and then replaced a short time later. On Sunday, September 24, I noticed that the shelter had been removed again. I remembered reading about the issue in Works In Progress at the time, so I looked it up on the WIP web-site ( http://www.olywip.org ). I learned that what happened in 2002 is that the owner of the pharmacy adjacent to it complained about the litter, and so Intercity Transit removed the shelter. In response to the Works In Progress article, enough people complained to both . . .