<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I’m very sorry to share that news that Zahara Heckscher passed away this weekend after her years-long fight with breast cancer. Zahara was a committed trade justice champion, who was arrested several times in the campaign she helped lead <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/6/breast_cancer_patient_arrested_for_protesting" class="">against the “Death Penalty Clause” in the TPP</a>. She also recently made a video about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GlobalTradeWatch/videos/2042193309144088" class="">access to medicines in NAFTA</a>. Funeral services are being held this morning in Maryland. Information on that, and where to make donations in her name, is below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The attached photos are from the TPP round in Atlanta in the fall of 2015.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=188283641" class="">http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=188283641</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Zahara Joan Heckscher</b> </div><div align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">(Age 53)</b> </div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Lost her last battle with <a href="http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/breast-cancer/?personid=188283641&affiliateID=600" id="InlineMicrositeLink_Breast_Cancer" class="MicrositeKeyword" title="Visit Breast Cancer Memorial Site to see similar profiles" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(128, 0, 128); outline-style: none;">breast cancer</a> on Saturday, February 24, 2018.</div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""></div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Zahara is survived by her loving husband, Eric Thiel, and her devoted son, Max Heckscher. Her dear sister, Rachel Heckscher (Eric Olson) and loyal brother, David Spence (Kate Spence) gave her every support. Her many circles of friends, as well as her family, have been transformed by Zahara's charisma, intellect, passion, and perseverance. Her legacies are many.</div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Known for her activism in many social justice circles, Zahara most recently protested the high prices of pharmaceuticals that are a necessity for cancer patients. She advocated for exercise as a cancer preventative; she was a member of the GoPinkDC dragonboat team. Her service learning work took her to Zambia and Nicaragua. </div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Zahara was a long-time teacher and writer. She taught for The Writers Center in Bethesda and at the University of Maryland. Her published or soon-to-be published works include How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas and a novel, Spice Lady, as well as books of poetry. As a creative entrepreneur, she published multiple versions of the Poetry Game, in Yiddish, Arabic, Spanish, and English, to promote cross-cultural understanding and the love of language.</div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </div><div align="left" data-ga="ga6141218561262692" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Funeral service will be held on Monday, February 26 at 10 a.m. at HINES-RINALDI FUNERAL HOME, 11800 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD. Interment at Garden of Remembrance, Clarksburg, MD. </div><div align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </div><div align="left" data-ga="ga34569351084783984" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Zahara Heckscher's name to Washington Peace Center or GoPinkDC or The Poetry Game c/o Split This Rock. Arrangements by Hines-Rinaldi FH, LLC under Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington Contract.</div><div align="left" data-ga="ga34569351084783984" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="801" width="1067" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="B738A7DE-C604-4F02-B81A-ECCFB57253BE" src="cid:66F8D874-8907-432F-9360-3910F6FF7E7C@hsd1.pa.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="801" width="1067" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="D5C9109A-3176-439F-95B6-B55ECB73F743" src="cid:3B9A8D94-3A50-422E-996D-C333A068C24C@hsd1.pa.comcast.net." class=""></div></div></body></html>