Dear friends and neighbors, This past week, a NY Times
article claimed that the peace movement is dead. Not so. We may have turned away from
strident, anti-Semitic mass demonstrations, but there are other
options.
The nation-wide Declaration of Peace
campaign has been urging all Senators and Congressmen in the country
to create and support a solid plan to de-fund the
Iraq war, bring the
troops home, promise not to redeploy them, and follow the Iraqi lead
in restoring peace in their own land. You can sign the pledge
---see below. Later, we
will tell you how to participate in a call-in urging our
representatives to sign the congressional version.
To dramatize our concerns,
International Peace Day, September 21, will be the kickoff for a
week of political actions in forty different cities and towns in the
United
States. The calendar of events for
the SF-Bay Area follows here scroll down to the second
page.
Note that Sept 21 is the big
day. The
long-established Thursday-noon vigil at the federal building (Golden
Gate and Larkin) will be part of a complex of events featuring the
Code Pink peace quilt, a press conference, and a rally for peace in
SF neighborhoods. See
the schedule below.
And in the evening, the candlelight vigil
near City Hall will be one of hundreds across the nation. This is one place where
the peace movement can be visible this fall.
Be among the committed. Be counted. Be there.
Cheers
.Elizabeth
It's
Time for The
People
to
Declare
Peace
!
Ending the war in Iraq is the number one
issue for the American people and the world
and its got to be the
number one issue in the elections in
November.
We invite and urge you to join us to build a
popular movement strong enough to bring this war and occupation to
an end. Two thirds of
the American people say they want it to end. 90% of Iraqis say they want
all foreign troops to leave.
72% of our troops in Iraq say they want to
come home. The
administration refuses to do it. The Congress has failed us.
It
is up to us THE PEOPLE to DECLARE PEACE.
Here's how we can work together to end the
war in Iraq:
The Declaration of Peace is a pledge by
individuals and organizations to take nonviolent steps for the
immediate withdrawal of US troops and to engage in peaceful protest
if a comprehensive plan to end the war is not established and begun
by September 21, 2006, International Peace Day just days before
Congress adjourns for the fall
elections.
2. Build the Declaration of Peace
movement before September 21,
2006
·
Lobby the Bush administration and Congress to
end the war.
·
Participate in marches, vigils, and
coordinated phone-ins and email
campaigns
·
Prepare for September 21, 2006 by
participating in public Declaration signings, organizing
Declaration-inspired events, and attending nonviolence trainings
that will be conducted across the United
States.
3. Take action to Declare Peace between September 21-28, 2006
through waves of daily nationwide creative nonviolent actions, which
may include civil disobedience for those moved by conscience to take
such action.
4. Keep building pressure through coordinated
actions for the ensuing six months until March 19, 2007, ending four
years of war and occupation in Iraq.
EVERYBODY youth groups, community
groups, labor unions, faith-based groups, immigration rights
groups, human rights groups, food coops, environmentalists EVERYBODY needs to join this
movement.
In
the San
Francisco Bay Area, here are plans for the
week of action:
Declaration of Peace June 29 Press Conf
at SF Fedl.
Bldg. | Saturday, September
9:
·
CodePINK, Vets and more groups march to Power
to the Peaceful Festival in SF, Ashbury between Oak and Fell,
10am
Thursday,
September 14:
·
Jesse
Manibusan in Concert for the Declaration of Peace,
6:45-9pm, St. John the Baptist, 264 East Lewelling Blvd., San
Lorenzo, $10 donation, call (510) 351-5050
Tuesday,
September 19:
·
East
Bay
Coalition to Support Self-Rule for Iraqis Vigil & Speak-Out,
1301 Clay
St., Oak.
Federal Bldg., 12th St. BART,
12-2pm
Thursday,
September 21:
·
Noon-2pm Peace Vigil at SF Federal Building
(450 Golden Gate at
Polk)
·
Reception for Peace Quilt at Supv.
Chris Daly's office, SF City Hall, 4:30-6:30 pm
·
Candlelight Vigil, in front of SF City Hall,
Polk
Street, 6-8:30
pm
Friday,
September 22:
·
Declaration of Peace Activist Event, 7pm,
1924 Cedar, Berkeley, contact (510)
495-5132
·
Congressional Call-In Day: Tell your
Representative & Senators to support, endorse and sign onto the
Declaration of Peace (800) 839-5276
Saturday,
September 23:
·
Celebration of Peace with Country Joe
McDonald, Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave., Oak. 10-11:30
am, $10-100 sliding scale (no one turned away) codepinkbayarea@riseup.net
·
Non-violence Training, Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin, SF
(at Geary), 1-5pm, sschwartz@afsc.org, (415) 565-0201
X24
Sunday,
September 24:
·
Special prayer services,
TBA
Monday,
September 25:
·
AFSC sponsored action with trespass (CD) at
Military Recruiting Ctr., Stonestown Shopping Ctr., 561 Buckingham
Way, SF, 4-6pm, contact sschwartz@afsc.org
Tuesday, Sept 26:
·
National Congressional Call-in Day: Tell your
Representative and Senators to support, endorse and sign onto the
Declaration of Peace 800-839-5276
Wednesday,
Sept 27
·
No Thanks, Bechtel at war profiteer Bechtel
HQ, 50 Beale St., SF, 4-6pm, (Embarcadero BART stop), contact
Butterfly@Lacy.com
Thursday,
Sept 28
·
Non-violent direct action to make our elected
officials accountable to the antiwar majority in the U.S.,
TBA
Friday,
Sept 29
·
Critical Mass bike ride for peace, 5-7pm,
meet at foot of Market
St. at Embarcadero,
SF
Join the movement
to
DECLARE
PEACE!
For
more information, call (415)
452-1526
Email:
eboardman@sbcglobal.net
Join
the weekly planning meeting each Tuesday until 9/19, 7-9 pm, 65-9th
St., SF
(1
blk from Civic Ctr. BART)
Declare
Peace
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