“Rachel Corrie: A Woman of Conscience” November 3, 2006

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF OLD LYME
2 Ferry Road l Old Lyme, CT 06371
860-434-8686 l fccol.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Elaine Fitzpatrick 203-453-4532 elafitz555@hotmail.com
Judy Simmons 860-739-5042 jwsimmons@ct.metrocast.net

“Rachel Corrie: A Woman of Conscience”
Staged Reading to be Performed November 3 and 5 in Old Lyme

Actors and musicians will interpret writings of young American woman who met death in Israeli-Palestinian hostilities

Old Lyme, CT — October 2, 2006 — The writings of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year old American human rights worker killed while serving in Palestine in 2003, will be interpreted by actors and musicians in Old Lyme on Friday, November 3 at 7:30 PM, and again on Sunday, November 5 at 3:00 PM. The performances – open to the public — will take place at the First Congregational Church [FCCOL] of Old Lyme.

Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer as she protested the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family in Gaza. Her journal entries and correspondence depict the passion and conviction of a young woman caught up in the human drama of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They illuminate her passage from typical American adolescence to ardent activism, and reflect the concerns of her parents and friends as her priorities took shape. She vividly describes the harsh realities of life in occupied Gaza, documenting exquisitely tender moments as well as the most frightful ones.
The Corrie program is one element in a series entitled “Women of Conscience,” sponsored by the FCCOL, featuring and amplifying the voices of American, Israeli and Palestinian, Jewish, Muslim and Christian women whose work inspires hope for a more peaceful world.