Soon the home we are building in Gaza will be ready, first in the Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza. It is a new home for the family the late American, Rachel Corrie, sought to protect when she stood before the Israeli Army bulldozer that threatened them. 2200 homes were demolished in that Rafah, Gaza neighborhood, now but an empty field, a no man’s zone of buried rubble where a densely populated and thriving Palestinian neighborhood once stood.
It is hard to build one home when so many are homeless: these are clouds I face. And yet what I know, what I hold on to, are the visions of others that have proved viable. Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Prize shows the value of planting one tree to restore a forest. Planting one leads to planting more, tens of thousands planting, taking initiative, restoring a forest, finding their voices and courage in the process. Peacemaking can be like that … building homes and schools to overcome trauma, restore a neighborhood, and push forward policies to keep them safe.
Thus, dreams made real—a home is nearly finished. Come help us celebrate by joining a House Warming Teleconference with the Gaza family Rachel Corrie sought to protect. You can call into the teleconference from your home, or gather your friends and join us via speakerphone. Please register soon.
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