| 1/13/03 Mon.
& weekly |
12 - 1 pm |
Interfaith Vigil
for Peace and Against War
|
The Interfaith
Peace Campaign of Maryland Congressional Districts 4 and 8 (IPC) sponsors
a weekly interfaith vigil for peace and against war in Iraq. The vigil is
held on the sidewalk in front of the Naval Medical Center. Our witness is
peaceful and dignified, and is in compliance with County regulations. The
IPC is a group of individuals from various faith communities. Its mission
statement is as follows: “We are people of conscience residing in the same
congressional district, working for a more humane, more democratic, less
violent U.S. foreign policy.” |
Naval Medical
Center, Southwood Road and Rockville Pike. Bethesda, Maryland (Medical Center
Metro, Red Line)
Contact: Steven S. Lapham at 301-947-1920 (eve) or Richard Marks at 301-589-4927
or RichardPMarks. |
| 1/13-20/03 |
See |
A
WEEK OF RESISTANCE FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE |
United For Peace,
a national campaign bringing together more than 100 organizations committed
to stopping a new war against Iraq, understands that public protest is a
central part of the work we must all be doing. United For Peace provides
a structure for a wide range of groups to work together on both nationally
coordinated local activities and major national mobilizations. We also support
the many efforts that are underway around the country, organized by different
coalitions and networks.
|
United For Peace
urges local groups and coalitions, as well as national organizations, to
organize and promote a full week of activity in January. We encourage you
to post your activities on our web site at www.unitedforpeace.org.
|
| 1/13/03
Mon. |
7-9 pm |
THE GROWING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IN THE U.S.
|
Do we really
need more tax cuts for the wealthy? What happens to a democratic society
when too much wealth and power is concentrated in too few hands? What can
we do NOW to make a difference? Speakers: Bill Gates, Sr. (Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation), Jim Wallis (Editor, Sojourners Magazine and Call
to Renewal), Meizhu Lui (United for a Fair Economy) and Chuck Collins (Responsible
Wealth). We will also be celebrating the publication of a new book: Wealth
and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, by
William H. Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins. Foreword by Paul Volcker, former
Chairman of the Federal Reserve. |
Washington
Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW
Contact: 202-628-2100 or www.ufenet.org.
|
| 10 am - 6
pm |
The Women’s Vigil for Peace
|
This running
fast and vigil will continue until International Women’s Day. They are looking
for volunteers to join them in daily shifts, to be a constant presence at
the park. They also need housing for women coming from other cities to join
the vigil. Women in Black will be holding vigil until December 16 |
Lafayette Park,
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (across from the White House)
Contact: Kristi Laughlin at 202-393-5016 or 415/255-7291 or kristi@igc.org
or womenunited.
|
| 1/14/03
Tue. |
8 am - 4 pm |
WILSON H.S. STUDENT SIT-IN TO PROTEST THE WAR IN
IRAQ
|
Students will
assemble and will conduct a sit-in at the flagpole in front Woodrow Wilson
Senior High School in an act of civil disobedience, risking arrest by not
attending school. Wilson students are the facilitators of this public protest;
however other high school students and members of the community are invited.The
main objective of the protest is to show how the War on Iraq will not only
affect the people of Iraq, but will also directly affect American students.
All high school and middle school students welcome.These are our goals:
To deny the military access to names and addresses of all students as stipulated
by the “No Child Left Behind Act”. That no funds be diverted from education
and used for military action against Iraq. That the UN imposed sanctions
on Iraq to be lifted. That the current bombings being enacted by the American
government on Iraq to cease. That no war with Iraq take place now or in
the near future |
Wilson Sr.
High School, 3950 Chesapeake St., N.W. Washington D.C., flagpole.
Contact: Dante Furioso 202-882-1511 or nowar_wilson. |
| 5:30 - 6:30
pm |
Silent Vigil for Peace and Justice
|
Peacemakers
are invited to come and join in a silent vigil worship to ask our leaders
to “seek justice and pursue it” (Palm 34:14) in regard to Iraq. Candles
are optional. No civil disobedience, no anti-U.S. or banners, posters, or
literature, please. |
U.S. Capitol,
West Lawn |
| 7 pm |
Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax
Accumulated Fortunes
|
Join Bill Gates
Sr. and Chuck Collins for a public book signing. This event is urgent given
President Bush’s plan for more tax cuts for the very wealthy, the growing
state and local budget deficits, corporate scandals that continue to unfold.
the excessive pay gap between CEOs and workers, and the growing gulf between
rich and poor. |
Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
www.faireconomy.org. Sponsored by United for A Fair Economy / Responsible
Wealth and Americans for a Fair Estate Tax. Contact: 202-364-1919. |
| 7 pm 9 pm |
Alternatives to Violence
|
The William Penn
House is offering refreshments, speakers on alternatives to violence, and
discussion following the vigil. Sponsored by the Peace Committee, Langley
Hill Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. |
The William
Penn House, 515 East Capitol Street
For more information, call 202-543- 5560 |
| 7 - 9 pm |
DC Anti-war Network
Meeting
|
At: The American Friends Service Committee Office
2211 14th Street, NW
Join the On-line Discussion by sending an email to:
dawn-discuss-dc@yahoogroups.com
Join the DAWN Announcement Listserve by emailling
dawn-dc@yahoogroups.com
|
DAWN: DC Anti-War
Network
PO Box 21827, Washington, D.C. 20009-1827
202-302-5548
Outreach Committee Pat Elder
Tabling Committee Michael Rhodes,
Website Chris Otten, 202-234-7075
|
| 1/15/03
Wed. |
All day |
National Fast for Peace not War
|
Initiated by
the Shalom Center, National Council of Churches, Business Leaders for Social
Responsibility and Congressman John Conyers. People encouraged to donate
the money they would have spent on food for that day either to organizations
that give medical aid to Iraq (thereby violating U.S policy in an act of
CD) or to donate that money to organizations here in the U.S. that feed
the hungry. |
| 7 am - 9 pm |
Weekly Interfaith Peace Vigil
|
Weekly Interfaith
Peace Vigil in Silver Spring. The Interfaith Peace Campaign of Maryland
Congressional District 4 (IPC-CD4) is sponsoring a weekly interfaith peace
vigil for anyone interested in demonstrating their opposition to war against
Iraq. We will meet on the sidewalk near the entrance to the Silver Spring
Metro station. Participants may wish to use public transportation if possible,
since parking in the area is difficult. Signs will be available reading
“Start Seeing Iraqi Children” and “No War in Iraq.” Our witness will be
peaceful and in compliance with Montgomery County and Metro regulations.
|
Silver Spring,
MD, Silver Spring Metro, Red line
For more information about the IPC or the Weekly Peace Vigils in MD congressional
districts 4 and 8, contact Steven S. Lapham at 301-947-1920 (eve) or Richard
Marks at 301-589-4927 or RichardPMarks. |
| 8 am |
VIGIL TO SUPPORT FAMILIES TORN APART BY DETENTION
|
Citizens and
Immigrants for Equal Justice (CIEJ) is calling on people that believe in
equal justice for immigrants and believe that the destruction of families
through detention and deportation is an insult to the constitution to join
us and our families before the steps of the Supreme Court. On January 15,
the Supreme Court will hear the case of Demore vs. Kim. The outcome
of this case will determine the constitutionality of “mandatory detention”,
a policy created in 1996, according to which noncitizens facing removal
may be incarcerated indefinitely and without a bond hearing for virtually
any type of offense. This vigil is a message to our Justices to remember
the families that have been affected and will be affected by mandatory detention.
It is also a message to the Supreme Court to respect the wisdom of other
Federal Court rulings declaring mandatory detention unconstitutional. |
Front Steps,
US Supreme Court (2nd St. & Maryland Ave.)
Contact: Laurie Kozuba: (972) 329-7080 or ciejinfo or Aarti Shahani: (212) 898-4121 or ashahani.
|
| 9:15 am |
Gulf War Veterans and Military Families Speak Out at
Press Conference
WWW.VeteransForCommonSense.org.
To mark the 12th anniversary of the start of
the 1991 Gulf War, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) and Military Families
Speak Out (MFSO) will hold a joint press conference to highlight critical
questions the Bush administration has failed to address regarding Iraq.
Panelists include Desert Storm combat veterans who know war and its consequences
firsthand and family members of service members who have recently deployed
to the Persian Gulf. Military families and Gulf War veterans will ask President
George W. Bush to reassure them and an increasingly alarmed public that
his administration is not hell bent on conflict. With no “smoking gun” or
“clear and present danger,” war with Iraq is neither necessary nor inevitable.
Americans feel the President has failed to justify a U.S. invasion and occupation
of Iraq. We encourage him to win without war by adhering to the UN process.
Yet U.S. preparations for a second major war in Iraq continue. This press
conference will mark the first time that families with deployed service
members and Gulf War veterans have joined together to raise legitimate questions
about our administration’s headlong rush to war. Panelists will include:
Moderator: Erik Gustafson, Board of Directors, VCS. Gustafson served in
the 1991 Gulf War as a Specialist with the Army’s 864th Engineer
Combat Battalion (Heavy). He currently directs the Education for Peace in
Iraq Center (EPIC). Charles Sheehan-Miles, Board of Directors, VCS. A decorated
Gulf War veteran, Sheehan-Miles served as a tank crewman with the Army’s
24th Infantry Division. Former President of the National Gulf
War Resource Center, he has worked for years to secure healthcare and disability
benefits for ill Gulf War veterans. Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson,
Co-founders, MFSO. Richardson directs the Labor Extension Program at the
University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Lessin works for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO.
Their son Joe, an Arab language specialist in the Marines, has deployed
to the Persian Gulf. Jeffrey McKenzie, Co-Founder, MFSO. His son, Army Captain
Jeremy McKenzie, is currently being deployed to Kuwait. His daughter-in-law
Nicole is in the National Guard. Steve Robinson, Executive Director, National
Gulf War Resource Center. Prior to retiring as a Sergeant First Class from
the Army, Robinson worked with the Pentagon’s Office of the Special Assistant
for Gulf War Illnesses. During the Gulf War, he served with the 1st
/10th Special Forces in northern Iraq.
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th
Floor, West Room
Contacts: VCS, 504 Eleventh St. SE, Washington, DC 20003, 703-668-0353 MFSO,
P.O. Box 549, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 - 617-522-9323 Contact: Jen Nader
202-543-6176 or jnader@igc.org.
|
| 11:30 am -
2 pm |
Welcome Back, Trent Lott
|
Black Voices
for Peace (BVFP) will host a protest at the Senate office buildings against
the policies of “Trentlottism” in the Congress and other branches of the
government, policies which promote racism, war, the assault on civil liberties,
and cutbacks in human needs funding. This event will have participation
from Iraq Pledge of resistance. |
Location TBA
|
| 6:30 pm |
WPFW Training, Pacifica Radio
|
Training sessions
for young people who want to develop radio broadcast and technical skills.
|
2390 Champlain
Street, NW
Contact: Sam Husseini, sam@accuray.org. |
| 6:45 - 8:45
pm |
An Amazing Grace,
film and discussion
|
Documentary footage
of Dr. Martin Luther King’s career and grwoth toward political maturity,
with a focus on racism and violence of America. Discussion by Medea Benjamin,
of Women Against the War and Damu Smith, of Black Voices for Peace, both
long time peace activists. FREE |
IPS, 733 15th
St., NW, Ste. 1020
Contact: Netfa Freeman, 202-234-9362, ext. 229 or netfa@hotsalsa.org. |
| 7 pm |
Invisible Punishment: The Collateral
Consequences of Mass Imprisonment
|
Marc Mauer (editor),
Jeremy Travis (Urban Institute) and Angela Davis (American University Law
School) discuss their book. |
Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Contact: Cleve Corner, Events Coordinator (202) 363-7663. |
| 1/16/03
Thur. |
6:30 pm |
Black Voices for Peace, organizing
meeting
|
Organize and
prepare for the upcoming MLK Workshop and Rally on Peace With Justice, see
(January 20). |
1400 16th
St., NW, Ste. 225
Contact: BVSP 202-232-5690. |
| 6:45 - 8:45
pm |
Two Towns of Jasper,
A Lens on Race & Poverty Film Series
|
In 1998 in Japser,
TX, James Byrd, Jr., a black man was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged
to his death by three white men; a modern day lynching. Two film crews,
one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath and the subsequent
trials. Free. |
IPS, 733 15th
St., NW, Ste. 1020
Contact: Netfa Freeman, 202-234-9362, ext. 229 or netfa@hotsalsa.org.
|
| 7:30 pm |
Town Meeting:
to learn more about
why and how we may
"Stop the War on Iraq"
|
We hope to build local interest in the national anti-war
rally the following Saturday.
Featured are two expert speakers: Ramzi Kysia, an American-Lebanese activist
with EPIC will give a report from his first-hand recent experience in
Iraq and the Middle East; and Dr. Gwen Dubois, a board member of Physicians
for Social Responsibility, will speak on social and moral criticisms of
a preemptive attack. The meeting will include time for audience questions
and comments.
Please help spread the word about this event among friends,
neighbors, members of your church, civic, or political group, whoever
you think may take interest. We appreciate your help!
|
AT: Greenbelt Community Center, 15, Crescent Road, 2nd
floor, Prince George Co., Maryland
For information on the speakers' major affiliations, see
www.epic-usa.org (Kysia) and www.psr.org
(Dubois)
Contact: Lucy Duff
|
| 1/17/03
Fri. |
..... |
Women Rising for Peace and Justice
|
All Day Women’s
Anti-War Day of Action. Part of a National Week of Resistance for Justice
and Peace in the spirit of Martin Luther King. War, poverty, and racism,
the three evils named by Martin Luther King, are intimately linked to the
oppression of women. Join the Women’s Peace Vigil at the White House. Why
a women¹s action? Because women have a unique stake and a valuable
perspective on issues of war and peace. Poverty is a women¹s issue: The
vast majority of people worldwide living in poverty are women and children.
The war against Iraq will divert desperately needed funds from social programs,
health care and education. Racism is a women¹s issue: Women of color and
women of discriminated groups bear the double burden of race and sex oppression.
War is a women¹s issue: Women die under the bombs, see their homes, families,
and ability to provide for the next generation destroyed. War exalts
the values of toughness, hardness and aggression that a patriarchal culture
assigns to men, and denigrates compassion, nurturing, tenderness,
and love. We will express our solidarity with the women of Iraq, Palestine/Israel,
Colombia, and other war-torn areas of the world and call for a shift of
national priorities away from war and militarism and toward a national agenda
that affirms life.The vigil is a constant presence directly in front of
the White House and a constant reminder to the decision-makers in Washington,
DC, that millions of people in the U.S. and around the world oppose a pre-emptive
attack on Iraq |
Lafayette
Park, across from White House
For more information, call (202) 393-5016. |
| 10 am |
. East Coast Student Anti-War Conference
|
Students at
George Washington University are hosting this conference for brain-storming
about building a student movement against war, and specifically the upcoming
war against Iraq. |
Marvin Center,
George Washington University
Contact: Tim Kaldas, at tkaldas@gwu.ed
or 202-242-3869 |
| 12 noon |
Put the Union Back in Union Station
|
Contact: HERE
27 202-393-7939 or eabate@sysnet.net. |
Union Station,
Massachusetts Ave., NW, Garage Entrance |
| 6:30 pm
|
Tu B’Shvat service and Seder
|
The Shalom Center,
Am Kolel, Shomrei Adamah and Jews for Justice are sponsoring this Jewish
event, as tens or hundreds of thousands of Americans converge on Washington
DC to oppose the Bush Administration’s desire for war against Iraq and to
honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King’s efforts for peace. That Shabbat,
Friday night and Saturday, is also Tu B’Shvat, the midwinter Jewish holy
day of celebrating the rebirth of trees and the rebirth of God’s abundance
and God’s own self in the world. It is celebrated by a sacred Seder meal
and in our generation, by action on behalf of peace and healing of the earth.
Welcoming Shabbat in song. Four Worlds of Tu Bishvat: Environmental Justice;
Social, economic and racial justice; Conscious community; Global wholeness
and Holiness. Pot luck vegetarian, fruitarian dinner. |
Eldbrooke
Methodist Church, Wisconsin Ave. & River Road, NW (Tenleytown Metro,
Red line)
Contact: Lee Moore, Shalom Center, 215/844-8494 or Charles Lenchner, Am
Kolel, 301-309-2310, or www.shalomctr.org.
For more information, call 301-309-2310 or am.kolel. |
| 7:00 -
9:00 pm |
Voices in the Wilderness
|
David Hilfiker,
social justice author and founder of Joseph’s House, a home for formerly
homeless people who are terminally ill, has recently returned from a three
week sojourn in Iraq with the group Voices in the Wilderness. He will share
his experience and insights with us. This is one talk in a ongoing forum
series, “The Things that make for Peace,” offered free of charge by the
Servant Leadership School. |
Festival
Center, 1640 Columbia Rd, NW
For more information visit www.slschool.org.
|
| 7-10 pm |
Women’s Speak-Out for
Peace and Justice
|
All Day Women’s
Anti-War Day of Action. Part of a National Week of Resistance for Justice
and Peace in the spirit of Martin Luther King.War, poverty, and racism,
the three evils named by Martin Luther King, are intimately linked to the
oppression of women... Why a women¹s action? Because women have a
unique stake and a valuable perspective on issues of war and peace.Poverty
is a women¹s issue: The vast majority of people worldwide living in poverty
arewomen and children. The war against Iraq will divert desperately needed
funds from social programs, health care and education. Racism is a women¹s
issue: Women of color and women of discriminated groups bear the double
burden of race and sex oppression. War is a women’s issue: |
Luther Place Church, 1226 Vermont
Ave., NW
For more information, call (202) 393-5016. |
| 1/17 &
18/03 |
..... |
The Faces of Iraq
6:30 –9:00 p.m. (Fri.)
12:00 - 7:00 pm (Sat.)
|
This exhibition
eloquently conveys to the American public the often muted stories of the
Iraqi people. This powerful artistic bridge between the people of the United
States and Iraq helps Americans break through the mask of Saddam Hussein,
to see the individuals who will be affected in the event of another war
on Iraq. ‘Faces of Iraq’ is not intended to be political. Instead, the photo
exhibition will provide ordinary Americans with a rarely seen human portrait
of Iraq. Speakers & Café Reception: Sunday, Jan. 19, 5:00 pm Invited
Speakers: Erik Gustafson of EPIC, Ramzi Kysia, Photographer, Andy Shallal
Mesopotamian Cultural Society. |
Warehouse Theater,
1021 7th Street NW (Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro, Yellow line)
For more information, please visit: www.epic-usa.org/faces
or call EPIC at 202-543-6176, ask for Gabriela Bulisova or nowarfoto@yahoo.com.
|
1/18/03 Saturday Feeder Marches and Activities -
See Addendum
|
| 1/18/03
Sat. |
11 am
|
No War on Iraq, National Rally and March
[See Feeder Marches Below]
|
A national march on Washington on the 12th
anniversary of the Gulf War to demand no war on Iraq and money for jobs
and education instead of the $200 billion war costs. This rally will include
representatives from the diverse movements and organizations that oppose
the war. Following the rally, we will hold a mass march to the Washington
Navy Yard, a massive military installation located in a working class
neighborhood in Southeast Washington DC that parks warships on the Anacostia
River. Speaker Include: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit; Ramsey Clark,
former U.S. attorney general; Mike Farrell, actor.
|
Contact: 202-544-3389
Answer.org
|
| ... |
Immigrant Solidarity Feeder March
|
In the spirit
of Martin Luther King, Jr., the “Bush is Taking the Shirts Off Our Backs
to Pay for this War” Coalition, and the Progressive Muslim Network - DC,
will be joining Positive Force’s feeder march from Columbus Circle to ANSWER’s
rally against the war on Iraq in a show of resistance to the US government’s
recent clampdown on immigrants. We want to show resistance to the legacy
of racism in the US, which began with the “discovery” of America by Columbus
and is continuing today with racist policies against immigrants. We will
be highlighting the INS’s arrest and detention of hundreds of immigrants
from the Middle East and Asia in California and around the country under
a “Special Registration” program for men from 20 Countries. We will show
our solidarity with immigrants, as well as our opposition to the racist
registration laws by wearing armbands like the ones Jews and others persecuted
by the Nazis were forced to wear during a similar “Special Registration”
process in Germany during WWII. The bands will have the Islamic symbol of
the star and crescent or a blue triangle with the word “Immigrant” (which
immigrants were required to wear under Nazi Germany). We do recognize that,
although Muslims have been the main target of this racist attack by the
government, the registrations have effected Christian, Jewish and secular
immigrants from the Middle East and Asia. We ask that others make these
armbands and wear them to alert people in this country to the dangerous
path our government is taking in their preparation for another racist war. |
From: Columbus
Circle (Union Station, Red line)
For more info call 866-860-9311 or e-mail visisbleresistance.
|
| 12:00 Noon |
Labor Contingent Joins Peace Rally
|
.... |
4th
St. and Jefferson Dr., SW (Northeast corner on the Mall) |
| 4:00 pm
|
High Tea & Straight Talk
|
Dr. David Hilfiker,
author of Urban Injustice, will share his view on the innter city,
from his perspective as a doctor for a free health clinic. Parking available.
Splonsored by DC League of Women Voters. |
Ingleside
Apartments, Concert Hall, 3050 Military Road, NW
Contact: Joan Wilson 202-237-6264. |
| 4:30 - 7:00
p.m. |
The Power of Now: Learning to make
the most of the present moment
|
An Open Space
Forum. For many, life consists of a constant striving towards future goals
and dwelling on past events. This makes us feel powerless, especially when
we realize that we cannot change the past, and the future has not yet arrived.
To enjoy the fullness of life, we can cultivate techniques that help
us make the most of the present. The problem is that it is extremely difficult
to remain in the present without the mind flitting from one subject to another
almost uncontrollably. The upcoming Open Space Forum will explore concrete
tecnhiques for being in the moment, no matter what kind of moment it is.
The Open Space Forum meets informally on a monthly basis, bringing together
a group of people from diverse backgrounds to discuss issues in an open
and inclusive way. |
All Souls
Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard St NW
It is facilitated by Ivor Heyman. Cost: $10. RSVP: Ivor Heyman (iheyman).
Or see mediate-facilitate.com/
|
| 6:00 pm
|
Youth & Student Planning Meeting
|
Meeting to discuss
Jan. 19th actions and future actions against war and racism.
Be a part of Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R. Help build a student movement
that fights racism, police brutality, attackson education, and all manifestations
of oppression and exploitation. We are fighting for a different society,
one that values human needs over profit. |
Church of
the Brethren, 4th St. and North Carolina Ave., SE
See: internationalanswer.org.
|
| 7:30 pm
|
Candlelight Vigil for War Victims
|
United for Peace
is planning a candlelight vigil at Lincoln Memorial (silent or listing names
of people killed in war). |
Lincoln Memorial,
Nation’s Mall
Contact: Roxanne Lawson, AFSC-DC 202-299-1050. |
| 1/19/03 |
10 am |
Health Care for All
|
Learn more about
the new Health Care for All plan from the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative.
A presentation by Glenn Schneider, the Initiative’s deputy director. |
Fireside
Room, River Road Unitarian Universalist Church, River Road & Whittier
Blvd., Bethesda, MD
For information: Virginia Richardson, 301-530-4498, or Jacqueline Gallagher,
202-333-7957. |
| 11 am |
Youth and Student Rally & March
|
Gather to protest
the attacks against the Arab and Muslim communities including the recent
mass arrests in California. Many of these violations are taking place within
our own schools as more and more universities are complying with FBI and
INS efforts to gather information, interrogate, detain and deport thousands
of people. March to the Presidential Palace (White House) for a Youth and
Student Weapons Inspection. If George Bush believes that the UN weapons
inspectors have the right to look into every building in Iraq, then we should
have a right to check out his “Presidential Palace.” |
Department
of Justice, Pennsylvania Ave. (between 9th and 10th
NW)
Sponsored by International Answer. Contact: ANSWER. |
| 11:30
am |
MLK RALLY AND NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
|
The Iraq Pledge
of Resistance and United for Peace & Justice are sponsoring “War is
Not the Answer”, a rally and CD action with special guest speaker, Liz McAlister,
Peace activist & co-founder of Jonah House (wife of Phil Berrigan).
The Iraq Pledge is a nationwide drive to enlist people who are willing to
commit nonviolent civil disobedience to demonstrate their opposition to
the Iraq War. www.peacepledge.org/resist. |
Farragut Park
[between “I” and “K” Sts. &17th and Constitution Ave., NW.
contact Gordon Clark 301-589-235 |
|
Jewish Congingent to CD Action
|
The Shalom
Center is gathering a Jewish contingent to support a broader nonviolent
civil disobedience action against the march to war. It will be carried out
near the White House, in the style and approach of Dr. King
and his coworker Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director
of The Shalom Center, enumerates seven reasons to oppose the war: 1) Assuring
Iraqi disarmament can be done by peaceful means, such as the inspections
now under way, and by additional steps to strengthen the fabric of international
law and planetary community. (2) War will kill unknowable numbers of Iraqis,
Americans, possibly Israelis. Israel is especially in danger, as US intelligence
reports have said that if pushed to the brink of destruction, Saddam Hussein
may attack Israel, and that otherwise, he is very unlikely to try to use
mass-destruction weapons. (3) War costs will prevent dealing with urgent
health, educational, & environmental needs of Americans. (4) War will
increase the power of Big Oil to control the US, scorch the earth, befoul
the oceans, funnel money to terrorists. (5) War will erode US civil liberties
and weaken the fabric of planetary community even more than has already
occurred. (6) War does nothing to reduce & probably increases anti-US
and anti-Israel terrorist dangers. (7) War, except in extremely urgent self-defense
where there is no alternative, directly contradicts the basic Jewish values
of God’s Image, shalom, justice, & healing the earth. |
Farragut Park
[between “I” and “K” Sts. &17th and Constitution Ave., NW.
Contact: Lee Moore, Shalom Center, 215/844-8494 or Charles Lenchner. |
| 1/20/03
Mon. |
10:30 am
- 1:30 pm |
“Living the Legacy of Action Against
Militarism, Racism, and Economic Injustice”
|
Second annual
action workshop sponsored by Black Voices for Peace. Black Voices for Peace
with support from United for Peace calls for local protest actions, educational
events and other mobilization activities around the country focusing on
Dr. King’s legacy of opposing militarism, racism and poverty and linking
these three pillars of evil in the struggle for peace and justice. Training
and strategy sessions will focus on the following issues: 1) Ending the
sanctions and war against Iraq. 2) Ending U.S. military and financial support
for the Israeli occupation of Palestine/working for negotiated two state
solution. 3) Defending the constitution and civil liberties: beating back
the assault on our rights. 4) Promoting a national people’s agenda for affordable
housing, accessible and affordable health care, education, jobs at livable
wages and job training, income security and food safety net, environmental
protection and other human needs, linking opposition to militarism as part
of this effort. |
Plymouth Congregational
Church, N. Capitol St. & Ridge Rd., NW
Contact: BVFP 202-232-5690. |
| 1 pm |
PROTEST THE DETENTION/INTERNMENT OF
MIDDLE EASTERN IMMIGRANTS BY INS
|
The INS’s “special
registration” program for immigrants from 20 Middle Eastern countries is
turning into a massive internment campaign of Middle Easterners. Thousands
took to the streets in LA on Wednesday to protest this blatant attack on
civil liberties and human rights. We in DC need to do the same. Send the
message that these detentions must stop and to prevent the deportation of
the hundreds of innocent people that they’ve rounded up thus far. Bring
signs, banner, pots, pans, drums, etc. to make sure we’re heard. |
... |
| 2 - 4 pm |
STUDENTS NOT SOLDIERS: A Workshop
on Military Recruitment of Youth
|
A workshop on
issues facing youth as the wars abroad continue. Military recruitment, JROTC,
the No Child Left Behind Act requiring schools to give contact information
on students to recruiters, current bills for a return to the draft or national
service, and the history of militarization and struggles against it in DC.
Ideas for building a new campaign of youth outreach and alternatives. As
Bush rushes to war with Iraq the government is stepping up measures to recruit
young people into the military. JROTC programs are expanding nation-wide
at great cost to our schools. How can I protect my or my child’s privacy?
Who pays for the JROTC program in my school? Can I get out of the Delayed
Entry Program? Are the ASVAB tests mandatory? How does recruitment
disproportionately affect People of Color? Speakers include Roger Newell,
Oscar Castro, Brian Cross, and John Judge. |
AFSC, 2211
14th St. NW (U St./Cardozo Metro, Green line)
Co-sponsored by Black Voices for Peace, Washington Peace Center, CHOICES
and AFSC-DC. Contacts: John Judge, WPC 202-234-2000 or Trent Moyer, AFSC-DC
202-299-1050 or Email |
| 2:30 - 4 pm |
Pray and Act for Peace and Justice
|
A prayer service,
procession to the White House and prayer vigil, focusing on the connection
between war and poverty on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. “We are challenged
to rid our nation and the world of poverty...we must find an alternative
to war and bloodshed...It is no longer a choice, my friends, between violence
and non-violence, it is either non-violence or non-existence...and the alternative
to strengthening the United Nations and thereby disarming the whole world
may well be a civilization plunged into the abyss of annihilation...” Dr.
King, National Cathedral, March 31, 1968. Sponsroed by Sojourners, National
Council of Churches and Episcopal Diocese of Washington. |
Washington
National Cathedral, Massachusetts & Connecticut Aves., NW
Contact: 202-537-6555. |
| 3 - 6 pm |
BLACK
VOICES
FOR PEACE
NATIONAL RALLY AND WORKSHOP FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE:
Honoring Dr. King's Legacy Of Action Against Racism, Militarism
and Economic Injustice, and Speaking Truth to Power!!!
|
The Day's Schedule
[See morning workshops]
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING, 3 UNTIL 6PM: THE NATIONAL RALLY featuring speeches,
music, poetry, spoken word, positive hip hop, drum call and dance, in honor
of the Drum Major for Justice and Peace, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hear: Dr. James Forman, noted civil rights activist and
former leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC);
Dr. Ron Daniels, noted activist and columnist, director of the Center
for Constitutional Rights and founder, Institute of the Black World and
Haiti Support Project; Ralph Nader, noted consumer advocate and former
Green Party presidential candidate; Damu Smith, longtime peace, environmental
and human rights activist, founder of Black Voices for Peace and executive
director, National Black Environmental Justice Network; Dr. Ruby Sales,
former SNCC activist and director, Spirit House; Bill Fletcher, executive
director, TransAfrica and TransAfrica Forum; Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds,
noted columnist and host of XM Radio "The Power" "Reynold's
Rap"; Rev. Graylin Hagler, pastor, Plymouth Congregational Church;
Leslie Cagan, organizer, United for Peace; Larry Holmes, organizer, International
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to End War and Racism); Verna Avery Brown, Deputy
Director, Pacifica Radio; Minister Khadir Muhammed, Nation of Islam; Phyliss
Bennis, noted author , popular talk show guest and fellow, Institute for
Policy Studies; Tony Regusters, Interim General Manager, WPFW, Pacifica
Network; Peta Lindsay, student organizer, International A.N.S.W.E.R, Razea
Aiken, aka Miss Olivia, high school student entrepreneur; Katea Stitt,
co-chair, Black Voices for Peace, and programmer, WPFW Radio; Jonathan
Hutto, Amnesty International; Opio Sokoni, Esq., Implementation coordinator
for DC's "Treatment Instead of Jails"; KhaRabia Rayford, of
KhaYUMbia, artist and community activist with WPFW FM and United For Peace,
J. Winter Nightwolf of The Nightwolf Show, WPFW, Native American activist;
Mahdi Bray, MAS 4 Freedom Foundation, representative, Palestine National
Congress; Ron Pinchback, Program Director, WPFW, Pacifica Network; Damario
Solomon-Simmons, Student Activist; Dorothy Lewis, co-chair, NCOBRA; AIDs
Activists, youth power segment presenters, and other guests.
|
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (North Capitol at Riggs
Rd./Missouri Ave.), Washington, D.C.
See more information at Black
Voices for Peace
|
| 1/21/03 Tue. |
12:30 - 1:30
pm |
IRAQ: Voices From the Streets
Film
|
Prompted by
fears of an impending war, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) and
Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) visited Iraq in September 2002 to speak with
Iraqi officials and ease tensions between the two governments. As Abourezk
and Rahall meet with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, and others,
IPS fellow Saul Landau and filmmaker Sonia Angulo record these encounters
and take their own journey to the streets to hear from those who have been
and will be affected most by war: the Iraqi people. Listening to the thoughts
and feelings of the Iraqi people on this new U.S. threat serves as
a reminder of why war is not justified and why peaceful negotiations are
needed. The screening is followed by a brief discussion on the situation
in Iraq given by Dr. Samer Shehata of Georgetown University and the Center
for Contemporary Arab Studies, where he is Acting Director of the Master
of Arts in Arab Studies Program. He teaches courses on comparative and Middle
East politics, political economy, culture and politics in the Arab world,
Egyptian politics and society. Dr has recently returned from a trip to Bagdad
with Bob Edgar and the National Council of Churches. |
IPS,
733 15th St, NW, Suite 1020, Wash. DC
For more information, call 202-234-9382 x254.
|
| 1/22/03 Wed. |
8 pm |
Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for Peace
in the Middle East
|
Interfaith Prayer
Vigil for Peace in the Middle East. Speaker: Ms. Gerri Bird, President
Partners for Peace. Informal Reception to Follow. Meeting house is on the
Lower School Campus of Sidwell Friends School at Edgemoor Lane and Beverly
Road, Bethesda, MD. |
Bethesda Friends
Meeting, Bethesda , Maryland For more information contact: John Salzberg
202-639-8001 |
| 1/23/03 Thur. |
7:30 - 8:30
pm |
War on Iraq - Discussion!
|
Join Congressman
Chris Van Hollen and the Interfaith Peace Coalition (IPC) for a discussion
on war in Iraq and other topics related to the struggle for peace. |
Cedar Lane Unitarian
Church, Bethesda, MD
Contact Ed Qubain |
| 1/25-26/03 |
9 am on |
BAM! Building A Movement:
A Popular Education Skills Retreat
in Washington, DC
|
Institute for
the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide in collaboration with St. Stephen
and the Incarnation Episcopal Church present:
Event: BAM! Building A Movement:
A Popular Education Skills Retreat in Washington, DC
Facilitators: Project South national staff - Jerome Scott, Director, Walda
Katz-Fishman & Thomas Encarnacion - DC board & staff |
At: Project South Washington Office at St. Stephen and
the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton Street, NW, Wash. DC
Sponsor: Project South DC
tel: 202.332.5333
fax: 301.320.4534 Email
|
| 1/28-29/03 |
... |
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| 1/29/03 Wed. |
7 pm |
MANDELA, MOBUTU, AND ME by Lynne Duke |
Lynn Duke was
the Washington Post's Johannesburg bureau chief from 1995 to 1999, and covered
not only the larger stories-the devastating Congolese war, post-apartheid
South Africa, the continuing AIDS epidemic-but also their impact on the
village and township level. MANDELA, MOBUTU, AND ME: A Newswoman's African
Journey (Doubleday, $24) depicts the oft-ignored and much-maligned continent
through the stories of peacemakers and dictators, refugees and rebels, laborers
and activists. |
Politics and
Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008
Tel 202.364.1919 |
| 2/21/2003 |
7 pm |
Manning Marable
THE
GREAT WELLS OF DEMOCRACY:
Reconstructing Race and Politics in the 21st Century
|
In the wake
of the debate about racism opened up by the fall of Trent Lott, it is particularly
exciting to welcome historian and activist Manning Marable. In THE GREAT
WELLS OF DEMOCRACY: Reconstructing Race and Politics in the 21st Century
(Basic Civitas, $27.95), Marable examines the structural racism that has
defined the United States, and which has persisted from the age of slavery
through Jim Crow, to its current expression in economic disenfranchisement,
criminalization, and poverty for the majority of African Americans. He lays
out a new way to think about the past and future of race as a way of reinventing
the democratic project. •Virginia Harabin |
Politics and
Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Tel 202.364.1919 |
| 2/21/03 Fri. |
7 pm |
Hidden from the Headlines: Aristide,
the People's Movement, & the US War on Democracy in Haiti
|
Hear voices from
the Haitian Popular Movement: Alina Sixto, grassroots Haitian activist and
leader in the Lavalas movement, on the accomplishments of the Lavalas Government
Pierre Labossiere, from Bay Area Haiti Action Committee, on why the Bush
administration is targeting Haiti Walter Turner, professor of African and
African American Studies, on a historical view of Haiti |
University of
Creation Spirituality -- 2141 Broadway in Oakland
$5-15 sliding scale. For more info contact Haiti Action Committee - 510-483-7481 |
| 2/22/03
Sat. |
... |
National Conference of the Campus
Anti-War Network (CAN)
|
CAN is organizing a national conference in Chicago of
campus-based, student anti-war committees. We believe that the best way
to build an independent student voice within the anti-war movement as
a whole is for the hundreds of schools with anti-war groups to get together,
face to face, and democratically decide how we can all work together to
stop this war. All student anti-war activists are encouraged to attend
the conference, but each school will be limited to two voting delegates
to take part in decision making at the conference so that schools are
not geographically under or over represented. All national anti-war groups
are invited to send non-voting observers in order to build unity and coordination,
but decisions will be up to student delegates. The CAN conference will
be held at Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus in the Roger’s
Park neighborhood of Chicago. Two delegates will be recognized from every
college or high school campus anti-war or peace group. Only one antiwar
or peace group per campus please. As soon as your school decides to attend
the conference, please forward the names of the delegates and all other
attendees from your school
|
Loyola University,
Chicago, IL
For questions regarding the conference, phone contact can be made at 773-227-7873
csawn@hotmail.com |
| 6 pm |
Prayer service for Middle East Peace
|
Every month on
the 22nd at different churches |
Georgetown Lutheran
Church, 1556 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Call 202-337-9070. |
| 7:30 pm |
ROOTING OUT EVIL
Expanding the search for weapons of mass destruction
|
Chaired
by Medea Benjamin - Global Exchange / Code Pink: Women for Peace:
Featuring: the Citizen Weapons Inspection Team:
Samaa Elibyari - Canadian Islamic Congress, Alan Simpson - Member of Parliament
- UK - Labour Against the War, Libby Davies - Member of Parliament - Canada,
Pernille Rosenkrantz - Member of Parliament - Denmark, Francesco Martone
- Senator - Italy, Graziella Mascia - Member of Parliament - Italy, Ed Hammond
- The Sunshine Project - Austin Texas, Deborah Bourque - National President
- The Canadian Union of Postal Workers,
Mel Watkins - Professor, University of Toronto,
Steven Staples - Defence Analyst - The Polaris Institute, David Langille
- The Centre for Social Justice (Toronto, Canada), Christy Ferguson - Rooting
Out Evil - Canada, Peter Shorett - The Council for Responsible Genetics
- Boston |
First
Congregation Church
945 G St NW
For more information call (202) 546-6727
Sponsored by:
Rooting Out Evil,
International ANSWER, Global Exchange,
Code Pink: Women for Peace, WILPF - Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom
|
| 2/22-23/03 |
... |
Rooting Out Evil
|
We are sending
an international team of volunteer international weapons inspectors to Washington,
D.C. during the weekend of February 22-23 to inspect the Edgewood Chemical
and Biological Laboratory.
The team currently includes Alan Simpson, a Member of the British House
of Commons (and head of Labour Against the War); Libby Davies, MP for Vancouver
East; Professor Mel Watkins of Science for Peace; Steve Staples of the Polaris
Institute; David Langille of the Centre for Social Justice; Deborah Bourque,
National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Ed Hammond of
the Sunshine Project; and Peter Shorret from the Council for Responsible
Genetics. We are expecting to be joined by leaders ...(See
more) |
Contact: David Langille, Director of Public Affairs,
416-927-0777 x225
Email
Rooting Out Evil
|
| 2/23/03
Sun. |
1 pm |
America At the Crossroads: War is
Not the Answer
|
Louis Farrakhan
speaks on the issue of the hour. |
DC Armory, 2001
East Capitol St., SE
Contact: 202-399-1010 |
| 7 pm |
Judgment Day
|
U.S. premier of a documentary comparing the current Palestinian-Israeli
conflict with the previous struggle for liberation and democracy in South
Africa. This video makes a universal statement about war and the effects
of war on young people on both sides of conflicts. For more information
about the "Advocacy Days" Feb. 23-26 and the U.S. premier of
"Judgment Day" www.loga.org/advocacy2003.htm
|
National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW
Contact: Anna Rhee at 301-384-3615 |
| 2/23-26/03 |
... |
MIDDLE EAST ADVOCACY DAYS
|
Peaceful Ends
Through Peaceful Means. This conference is part of the "Africa and
the Middle East Advocacy Days." Keynote: Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of
Christmas Lutheran Church and director of the International Centre in Bethlehem
Discussants: Ambassador Hussein Hassouna, League of Arab States; Ziad J.
Asali, MD, President of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Presenters: Ambassador Phil Wilcox, President of the Foundation for Middle
East Peace; Clyde R. Mark, Congressional Research Service, The Library of
Congress; Craig Albright, Legislative Director, Representative Joe Knollenberg.
Workshops: Interfaith Relations and Programming: The Issues, Opportunities
and Challenges Update on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace ProcessIsraeli Settlements:
The Facts and the Politics Human Rights Issues for Israel and Palestinians
Jerusalem: Religious and Political Dimensions Evangelical Christians and
the Christian Right Update on Iraq Peacemaking: Opportunities for Congregations
and Communities. Sponsors: Churches for Middle East Peace, Church World
Service. REGISTRATION: $80.00 - includes registration materials, 2 lunches
and a Congressional reception. |
National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW
For info. www.loga.org |
| 2/26/03 Thur. |
... |
Virtual March on Washington
|
Please join
me in registering for a Virtual March on Washington on February 26th. We
are asking Congress to stop the Bush administration's rush to war, and to
Let the Inspections Work.
Time is running out.
With your help, on February 26th, every Senate office
will receive a call EVERY MINUTE from a constituent, as they receive a
simultaneous crush of faxes and Email. In New York and Los Angeles, "anti-war
rooms" will highlight the progress of the day for national
media. Local media will visit the "anti-war room" online, to
monitor this constituent march throughout the day.
With your help, every Senate office switchboard will
be lit up all
day with our anti-war messages. This will be a powerful reminder of the
bread and depth of opposition to a war in Iraq.
|
www.moveon.org |
| 2/27/03 Fri. |
... |
"Blacks in the Labor Movement"
|
Project South Washington Book Forum with Bill Fletcher
on "Blacks in the Labor Movement" scheduled for Feb. 18th has
been rescheduled - with a new tentative date of Thursday, Feb. 27th.
We will confirm the date & the location in an Email later this
week.
|
For more information
call 202.332.5333 |
|
3/3-9/03
|
...
|
"CELEBRATING WOMEN AS GLOBAL
PEACEMAKERS"
|
March 3 9, 2003
Activities to include concerts, teach-ins, exhibits and actions. See
more details....
CodePink
Calendar
|
Many Sponsors...
For a full schedule & details:
Codepink4peace UnitedForPeace
The Women's Peace Vigil 202-393-5016 or e-mail |
|
3/4/03 Tue.
|
9 am
|
JOIN WAR TAX RESISTERS AND CODE PINK
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
|
We were snowed
out on President's Day but we are trying again. We will be joining Code
Pink during (perhaps) it's last week of vigiling at the White House with
big signs saying "I WON'T PAY FOR BUSH'S IRAQ WAR" "NO MONEY
FOR WAR" etc.
Please e-mail or call us if you know a specific time you can come by.
Below is a list of Code Pink (and other) events for the week, so if you
can't make it Tuesday, drop by anytime before the 8th. CodePink
Calendar |
info@dcwtr.org
Carol 202-635-3739
Greg 202-882-9649
www.dcwtr.org www.nwtrcc.org
Women's Peace Vigil
202-393-5016
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
|
|
3/4/03 Tue.
|
1 pm
|
Maryland Health Care For All
MD Legislature (House) will hear testimony
on bills supporting health care for all initiatives.
|
Thanks to everyone
who agreed to testify at our hearing (the one that was postponed). Your
response was fantastic. Let's keep that enthusiasm as we prepare for our
new hearings. We need your help as we put together panels of testifiers
who can tell our story. Whether you are an uninsured-underinsured person
(or know of someone who is uninsured-underinsured), a community leader,
a health care worker, a business owner, or an advocate for patients, we
need your help and expertise. Are you willing to testify or find us people
who can? |
Please call
the office at 410-235-9000 or Drop us an Email and let us know if you can
help:
.INFORMATION |
|
3/5/03 Wed.
|
...
|
National Student Strike!
|
Students
at hundreds of high schools and colleges nationwide are planning a walkout
on Wednesday to protest the Bush administration's plans for war in Iraq.
STRIKE because they're sending young people to die in the desert while they
sit in the comfort of their offices & mansions STRIKE because we refuse
to go along with their transfusion of blood for oil STRIKE because they're
about to launch 400 missiles a day at a defenseless people ("There
will not be a safe place in Baghdad...rather like Hiroshima" - H. Ullman,
U.S. military planner) MORE... |
Check
the story in the NYTimes. |
|
...
|
Nationwide Strike Called
|
A Nationwide
strike is being organized by United for Peace and Justice. Our men and women
in uniform are putting their lives on the line. If the war starts, some
will make the ultimate sacrifice. So we can certainly afford to sacrifice
our normal lives for one day if there's a chance we can stop this thing
and bring them all home alive. |
See: UnitedForPeace
|
|
...
|
Code Pink Women Uniting for Peace
& Justice
|
Exhibition &
Panel & refreshments
Discussion 6:00 - 8:00 pm, with music & CodePink
Calendar |
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Public Library, 901 G Street, NW
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
|
| 11am on... |
Rally and March
|
At 11 am, the rally will gather at the Northern
end of Malcolm X (Meridian) Prark, near Euclid and 16th Street. The rally
will include Alice Walker, Dr. Helen
Caldicott, Cheri Honkala of KWRU
and representatives of Iraq Women, Labor and others.
At 1 pm, the March will proceed down 16th Street
to and encircle the White House.
|
Black Voices for Peace & CodePink
CodePink
Calendar
|
|
6:30 pm
|
Fundraiser for WPFW
|
Alliance friends,
Greg Pallast, the outstanding investigative reporter who spoke at the Alliance
convention in Gettysburg, will be speaking in Washington, DC. Greg is a
real friend of the Alliance. And we sure need WPFW these days more than
ever! |
First Congregational
Church
945 G Street (near MLK Library) Tickets are $35 call WPFW or at the door.
|
|
3/6/03 Thur.
|
...
|
"CELEBRATING WOMEN
AS GLOBAL PEACEMAKERS"
9:00
a.m. - Orientation
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Visit Congressional offices
3:30 5:00 p.m. - Tea on Capitol Hill. |
|
A day of lobbying
Congress and the Administration CodePink
Calendar Lobby Day on Capitol Hill in conjunction with the National
Organization for Women, Women's Action for New Direction, and Women's International
League of Peace and Freedom. Join with others to lobby your congresspeople
to take a stand against the war. We will deliver pink slips to those who
are failing in their job. Pink badges of courage will be presented to those
who have been brave and continued to support peace. |
Many Sponsors...Call..
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
The Women's Peace Vigil 202-393-5016 or e-mail |
|
3/7/03 Fri.
|
9 am - 5 pm
|
"From Service to Justice: Realizing
a Vision for a Just, Inclusive, and Caring DC"
|
In this era
of budget shortfalls and an increasingly frayed social safety net, simply
doing direct service is not enough. Join service providers, community leaders,
advocates, labor, artists and others in exploring ways to work for structural
change as well as preserve essential services. Our ultimate goal is to transform
DC into a more just city, one that puts human needs first. The cost is $10
for individuals, $5 for Fair Budget Coalition members; $30 for organizations,
$15 for coalition members.No one will be turned away due to their inability
to pay. |
Sponsored by: The Fair Budget Coalition of DC.
All Souls Church, 1500 Harvard St, NW
Julia Gordon at 202-906-8025
|
|
"CELEBRATING WOMEN AS GLOBAL
PEACEMAKERS"
|
9:00 5:00
p.m.: Teach-In "For a Just Peace & Real Security, Listen to Women
for a Change!" at Shiloh Baptist Church, 9th & P Streets, NW
8:00 p.m.: Concert at Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street, NW Washington,
DC
CodePink Calendar
|
Many Sponsors...
For a full schedule & details:
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
The Women's Peace Vigil 202-393-5016 or e-mail |
| 7 pm |
AN ACT OF STATE:
The Execution of Martin Luther King"
|
WILLIAM PEPPER
presents his "In AN ACT OF STATE: The Execution of Martin Luther King."
Human rights lawyer and journalist William Pepper has compiled the details
of his probe into MLK's death. |
Politics
& Prose
5015 Conn. Ave., NW, Wash., DC
202-364-1919 or 800-722-0790 e-mail:
|
| 8 pm |
No War in Iraq: An Evening of Music,
Comedy, & Poetry
|
Music featuring
Michelle Shocked, Elayne Boosler, Ulali, and others. Sponsors: National
Organization for Women, CODEPINK for Peace, Women's International League
for Peace & Freedom, United for Peace & Justice, Unreasonable Women,
Global Exchange, Peace Action. |
Lisner Auditorium, GW Univ. 730 21st Street, NW
Women's Peace Vigil at 202-393-5016
|
|
3/8/03 Sat.
|
11 am...
|
STAND UP FOR PEACE & JUSTICE ON
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN¹S DAY!
|
COME TO WASHINGTON
D.C. FOR THE WOMEN-LED ANTI-WAR MARCH
On International Women¹s Day, thousands of women and men from all walks
of life will converge on Washington, DC for an amazing women-led rally and
march to encircle the White House for peace. Join with Alice Walker, Vandana
Shiva, comedian Janeane Garofalo, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Granny D, Barbara
Ehrenreich, Amy Goodman, Rania Masri, Michelle Shocked, feminist theologian
Hyun Kyung, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams, Cheri Honkala, Maxine Hong
Kingston, Inga Muscio, Terry Tempest Williams, Medea Benjamin, Starhawk,
and many others to say no to war and yes to policies that reflect the values
of peace, compassion, generosity, and the recognition of the interconnectedness
of the whole human family. CodePink
Calendar |
For details
on the march and rally, see UnitedForPeace.org
11:00 a.m. Rally at Malcolm X Park, 16th St. btwn. W and Euclid
1:00 p.m. March
8:00 p.m.: Community Festivities at Josephine Butler Parks Center,
2437 15th St., NW Email |
|
"Wealth and Democracy: A Political
History of the American Rich", book discussion
|
The book is
by Kevin Phillips. "Kevin Phillips' new book takes a much broader approach
by detailing the historical account of the relationships between politics
and wealth in the U.S. He relates how the disparity between rich and poor
correlates with our propensity for speculative excess and technology manias
and the corruption of government throughout this nation's history. He points
out that real, after-tax income for average workers peaked in the late 1960s,
while the amount of wealth concentrated in the upper one percent has steadily
increased. This trend reflects similar boom-time eras as the Gilded Age
(1870-90) and the 1920s. As this gap widens, Phillips warns that we may
be in a late-stage economic period similar to that of three previous leading
economic powers: Britain, the Netherlands, and the earlier Spanish Hapsburg
empire. The figures on the financial worth of famous American aristocrats
through the years are impressive." |
Washington
Peace Center
1801 Columbia Road NW, Suite 104
202-234-2000 Everyone is invited to attend. contact |
| 12 noon |
Peace Walk
|
There will be
a "peace walk" starting from the National Cathedral at noon and
going to the Islamic Center, and then continuing on to the White House.
This has been initiated by the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship. |
Washington
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Contact: Mary Conley 202-494-7867. |
| 5 - 7 pm |
matters of the he(A)rt
|
An Opening Reception
and Artist Talk. Fridha Kahlo, Clarissa Sligh, Emma Amos, Carrie Mae Weems,
Adrian Piper, Howardina Pindell, Faith Ringold, Nikki Lee - Women of Color
Artists have created autoportraits as a means of discussing a range of issues
as stifling as sexism, as intimate as sexuality, as complex as racism and
as fantastical as growing up a girl. Through the work of five women artists,
matters of the he(A)rt, explores the space between vulnerability and cathartic
release, as five artists turn themselves into subjects of art. Artists Colette
Cullors, Jacqueline Mari, Keisha Scarville, Shannon Washington and Suné
Woods use their experience as raw material to create art that is both highly
personal and political. matters of the he(A)rt , curated by Takema Robinson,
will be on view at Sisterspace and Books Gallery from March 1st to March
30. The bookstore and gallery is open from Wednesday to Saturday from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. |
Sisterspace
and Books Gallery, 1515 U Street, NW
Sisterspace and Books Gallery, 202-332-3433 |
| 5 pm |
Meeting of Marylanders Organizing
against war in Iraq.
|
"Hey everyone.
[Maryland Statewide Statement]
Let's say meeting this Saturday, at 5:00 Pm at the Marvin
Center (meet on the 2nd floor). The Marvin Center is part of the GWU campus
and is located at 21st and H streets in downtown DC. This is an easy walk
from the Code Pink rally which will end at the White House (which is a
block from H street and along 16th). So it's a few blocks away. Ryan."
(Proposal from Baltimore
Anti-War Coalition)
|
Marvin Center,
2nd fl., GWU campus 21st & H streets in downtown DC.
Ryan 410-733-6867 |
|
3/9/03 Sun.
|
8 am |
"STOP BEATING THE DRUMS OF WAR"
|
Protest and
nonviolent direct action at the network news stations, whose weekly talk
shows provide an unabashed and virtually unopposed platform for war propaganda
to Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney. We will march from there
to the appropriate news station. |
FARRAGUT SQUARE,
17th & K Sts, NW
DC Anti-War Network. |
|
10 am
|
"CELEBRATING WOMEN AS GLOBAL
PEACEMAKERS"
|
10:00 a.m. -
2:00 p.m.: Spiritual Celebration with Alice Walker, Hyun Kyung, Starhawk,
Terry Tempest Williams and others; followed by discussion - Where do we
go from here? / George Washington University Marvin Center Ballroom,
800 21st Street, NW
CodePink Calendar
|
Many Sponsors...
For a full schedule & details:
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
The Women's Peace Vigil 202-393-5016 or e-mail |
| 10 am - 1
pm |
Where do we go from here?
|
Spiritual Celebration/Discussion
with Alice Walker, Hyun Kyung, Starhawk, Terry Tempest Williams and others.
Sponsors: National Organization for Women, CODEPINK for Peace, Women's International
League for Peace & Freedom, United for Peace & Justice, Unreasonable
Women, Global Exchange, Peace Action. $5 suggested donation. Childcare Available-Pre-Registration
Requested. Wheelchair Accessible |
GWU, Marvin
Center, 800 21st St., NW, Ballroom
Women's Peace Vigil
202-393-5016
Codepink4peace
UnitedForPeace
|
| 2 PM |
"SPEAK FOR THE VICTIMS OF WAR"
|
Join us in a
national funeral march and memorial service for the victims of the war against
Iraq, who have overwhelming been women and children. We encourage you to
bring pictures of Iraqi civilians, banners, homemade cardboard coffins and
anything else appropriate for a memorial service and funeral march, where
we will take this message of human suffering to our government's leaders.
|
NATIONAL MALL,
between 6th & 7th Sts. NW
DC Anti-War Network. |
