News and Events
Coming Soon:
Rally for Iraq Events Calendar and Rally for Iraq Fundraising Events.
January 1, 2009:
Launch of the Cradle of Civilization t-shirt line. The Cradle of Civilization T is the newest addition to RFI's gear/contribute page.
May 10, 2008:
The San Francisco Bay Area Arab community held a concert and educational event that featured an Iraqi awareness program. Patrons contributed over $1200 through RFI gear sales and donations.
April 17 -19, 2008:
RFI partnered with the Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies to hold the first Iraqi Film Festival in the U.S. Filmgoers contributed over $700 throughout the course of the weekend.
http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/contemporaryiraqifilm
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523232
April 10th, 2008:
RFI launched to the public. After months of groundwork, the RFI team started spreading the word about this new initiative to promote development in Iraq through education.
Others Rallying for the Cause:
Rally for Iraq, Inc. was featured in an article published by the Harvard University Crimson on March 19th, 2008. The article featured the stories of Iraqi-American students.
http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article.aspx?ref=522623
Muslim Peacemaker Teams in association with Iraqi-American Reconciliation Project promoted Rally for Iraq, Inc, as well as several other initiatives, highlighting organizations working for peace and human rights in Iraq.
http://www.mpt-iraq.org/Links_US.html
The Leadership Council for Human Rights:
http://leadership-council.blogspot.com/2008/04/american-college-students-selling-t.html
University of the Middle East Project:
http://umep.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/baghdad-university-shirts-support-iraqi-education/
The Day I Tried to Live:
http://metallicsonatas.blogspot.com/2008/05/worthwhile-cause-cool-t-shirt_1875.html