November 2005

by Cindy and Craig Corrie

October 10, 2005 - When our daughter Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza strip on March 16, 2003, an immediate impulse was to get her words out to the world. She had been working in Rafah with a nonviolent resistance organization, the International Solidarity Movement, trying to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes and wells. Her emails home had had a powerful impact on our family, making us think about the situation in the Middle East in ways we had never done before. Without a direct connection to Israel and Palestine, we had not . . .

July 2003

by Cindy Corrie

What a joyful day! I know Rachel is dancing somewhere in the heavens as she peers down upon all of us and celebrates with all of you who are graduating today. She will cheer loudly and lovingly when her colleagues cross this stage to collect their diplomas, and she will offer an especially triumphant salute to her dear, dear friend and ours Colin Reese. I know, too, that Rachel is out there somewhere impishly smiling at usher poppy and her mama coming to pick up her diploma for her because she is busy elsewhere.