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Case,
neighboring institutions host events to mark second anniversary
of 9/11 For immediate release: August 28, 2003 For more information, contact Paula J. Baughn at 216-368-4440 or paula.baughn@case.edu CLEVELAND—Case Western Reserve University and its neighboring institutions are conducting several activities—including commemoration and memorial services on September 11 at Lakeview Cemetery and at the Western Reserve Historical Society—to mark the second anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy at the World Trade Center. The University's Amasa Stone Chapel will be open throughout the day on September 11 for silent reflection, and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue, will conduct a service of prayer and remembrance at noon September 11. Also from noon to 1 p.m. September 11, the Cleveland Botanical Gardens will provide music in its Elizabeth and Nona Evans Restorative Garden. Other events related to 9/11 at Case and neighboring institutions include: Case Western Reserve University Women's Voices Series Azar Nafisi is Visiting Professor and director of the SAIS Dialogue Project at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. A professor of aesthetics, culture and literature, she has taught at Oxford University and The University of Tehran, the Free Islamic University and Allameh Tabatabii. She has earned national respect and international recognition for advocating on behalf of Iran's intellectuals, youth and especially young women. She was expelled from the University of Tehran for refusing to wear the mandatory Islamic veil in 1981 and did not resume teaching until 1987. Nafisi has lectured and written extensively in English and Persian on the political implications of literature and culture as well as the human rights Iranian women and girls and the important role they play in the process of change for pluralism and an open society in Iran. Her best known book, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," chronicles her experiences while meeting in Tehran with seven former students to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Professor Accad was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. She received her primary and secondary education in Beirut, which included studies at the Beirut College for Women (now the Lebanese American University). She Women's Voices Series Professor Accad was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. She received her primary and secondary education in Beirut, which included studies at the Beirut College for Women (now the Lebanese American University). She received her B.A. from Anderson College in English Literature; an M.A. in French from Ball State University; and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University. Accad has been a professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana since 1974 and teaches courses in French, Comparative Literature, African Studies, Women Studies and Middle-East Studies. Her other activities include writing and composing folk songs—both music and lyrics—and performing at various concerts in the United States and abroad. Accad is the author of several books, including "Sexuality & War: Literary Masks of the Middle East" and "The Wounded Breast: Intimate Journeys Through Cancer," which chronicles her struggle with the disease. She also recently wrote a chapter for the book "September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives." For details, go to http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/bakernord. Honor our American Heroes On the second anniversary of 9/11, the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland along with The Bereavement Center of Hospice of the Western Reserve and Lake View Cemetery and other cities, businesses and organizations will gather to remember and to reflect—remember the innocent victims of tragedy, accidents, terrorism and natural causes, remember those who dedicated and gave their lives in an effort to help and remember those who were friends and loved ones. The program will start at 11:15 a.m. with safety forces from Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland and suburbs processing to the James A. Garfield Monument. The Commemoration Service is set for 11:30 a.m. at the James A. Garfield Monument with the mayors of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland participating along with the Cleveland Police Chaplain Imam Clyde Rahman, Cleveland and Cleveland Heights Police Chaplain Rabbi Sruly Wolf, and East Cleveland Police Chaplain Father Dennis Kleinweber. City of New York Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Mike McGrath also will speak. Visitors are asked to enter the cemetery via the Mayfield Gate to watch the procession of bagpipers and the safety forces. Following the Commemoration Service there will be a gathering for all citizens to share in fellowship, food and the unity of the greater Cleveland communities at the free CommUnity luncheon. For more information, visit http://www.lakeviewcemetery.org. Western Reserve Historical Society Recovery: The World Trade Center Recovery Operation at Fresh Kills is a new traveling exhibition from the New York State Museum that documents the historic recovery effort to locate human remains and personal objects from the collapse of the World Trade Center. The exhibition has started a national tour at the Western Reserve Historical Society and is on display through October 26, 2003. Following the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a massive effort was undertaken at what was to be called Ground Zero. Recovery consists of 60 photographs and more than 30 objects recovered from the World Trade Center. Included in the exhibition are a recovered American flag, several World Trade Center souvenirs, building keys, an aluminum section of the building façade, piece of marble floor, a fragment of one of the planes, destroyed guns and elevator floor signs. Among the rescue-related objects are a NYPD radio holster and NYFD boot, a firefighter's Scott pack (oxygen tank) and a fragment of a destroyed fire truck. The exhibition offers the viewer a rare glimpse of hidden history and gives visitors a chance to reflect on the tragedy of September 11. There are no personal objects in the exhibition. The Western Reserve Historical Society also will offer several special programs in September, remembering the 9/11 tragedy two years later. These programs are held in conjunction with the exhibition. Cleveland
Responds: The Spirit of Volunteerism at Ground Zero Morning Memorial For Which it
Stands: The American Flag in American Life For additional information please visit: http://www.wrhs.org. –Case–
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