The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Presents
Voices of a People's History
Saturday, May 5th, 7 PM, the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice presents Voices of a People's History of the United States at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, in downtown Olympia. Dramatic readings celebrating the enduring spirit of dissent will feature true life narratives from American historical figures including Tecumseh, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Susan B. Anthony, and Winona La Duke. Author Anthony Arnove, who co-edited the book Voices of a People’s History with Howard Zinn, will narrate the event. Readers include actor Brian Jones, actress and Associate Director of American Friends Service Committee’s Northwest Region Nina Laboy, President of the Iraq Veterans Against the War in Seattle Chanan Suarex-Diaz, local readers and performers Erica Lord, Nomy Lamm, Vaude deVille, Rachel Reclam, Holly Gwinn-Graham, Cindy Corrie, and, also, a surprise guest.
Popular Mexican music for Cinco de Mayo will be provided by Hugo Flores, Miguel Perez-Gibson, and Daniel Perez Gibson at 6:40 PM.
The event is part of the Foundation’s Peace Works Program and will benefit its Middle East scholarship program.
The program will be wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted. Doors open at 6:15 PM. General Admission tickets are $10 at the Washington Center Box Office (360-753-8586), at Rainy Day Records (360-357-4755), and Orca Books (360-352-0123) in Olympia. They can be purchased online at http://www.washingtoncenter.org/
The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, continues the work Rachel Corrie began and hoped to accomplish. Peace Works is an annual memorial conference/event, now in its second year. Through it, the Foundation aims to provide a forum for exploring the meaning and practice of justice and peace as they affect the social, economic, political, environmental, and spiritual aspects of people’s lives. info@rachelcorriefoundation.org
Contact: Alice Zillah, Operations Manager
Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
360-754-3998
info@rachelcorriefoundation.org
