Mike McCurdy

Mike McCurdy

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The following individuals served on peace teams in the West Bank and Gaza of Israel/Palestine; in Chiapas, Mexico; and at the US/Mexico border and are available to speak to your group, church or organization.

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Mike McCurdy

Mike (age 30) has been part of the Earth First! environmental movement, with experience in organizing, doing demonstrations and civil disobedience. He also has worked on Native American rights, anti-nuclear efforts, closing the School of the Americas, and other issues. He has been on 3 previous peace teams to Israel/Palestine, spending almost 6 months in the region. He worked closely with the International Solidarity Movement and provided nonviolence training to many of the internationals coming to the region for Freedom Summer 2002 and 2003. In 2003 while living in Rafah, a small town in the Gaza Strip, Mike produced the documentary film "ISM Rafah: Solidarity Under Occupation" which tells the story of the work of the International Solidarity Movement in Rafah and documents the death of Rachel Corrie and Thom Hurndall
two ISM volunteers that were killed by Israeli forces.

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