Rachel Corrie 5th Grade Speech: I'm here because I care

Rachel Corrie, a true hero was murdered by the State of Israel.

Rachel Corrie was killed by the state of Israel, and by its brutal regime that practises not only 'mass punishment' but also 'ethnic cleansing'.

The same regime that has displaced over 4 million Palestinians, and killed many thousands. The same regime that has denied the right to self-determination to the Palestinian people.

A regime that systematically destroys the lives of innocents every single DAY.

Rachel Corrie's 5th Grade Speech "I'm here because I care"- Piece taken from Occupation 101, an excellent documentary which is now available on DVD from Occupation101.com --

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I'm here for other children

I'm here because I care

I'm here because children everywhere are suffering

And because 40.000 people die each day from hunger

I’m here because those people are mostly children

We have got to understand that the poor are all around us and we’re ignoring them

We have got to understand that these days are preventable

We have got to understand that people in third world countries

Think and care and smile and cry just like us

We have got to understand that they are us and we are them

My dream is to stop hunger by the year 2000

My dream is to give the poor a chance

My dream is to save the 40.000 people who die each day

My dream can and will come true

If we all look into the future and see the light that shines there

Rachel Corrie died at the age of 23.