Stand for Peace March 19

[Kevin Spidel]

this is an email from AFSC
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Saturday, March 19 is the second anniversary of the war against Iraq. With more than 1,500 U.S. dead and an estimated 100,000 Iraqi lives lost, it is time to end the bloodshed and bring the troops home.

As part of our growing Wage Peace Campaign, we are asking people across the country to organize local events to show that the majority of Americans support peace.

Will you join us in standing for peace in your community on March 19?


Click here ( http://www.afsc.org/standforpeace ) for information on organizing or attending a Stand for Peace event in your community.


Events will range from petition drives to candlelight vigils to creating local memorials to honor the war's dead -- whatever best suits your community. The day's events will be anchored by AFSC's Eyes Wide Open exhibit's national tour stop in Los Angeles.


AFSC's second anniversary commemorations are part of larger national calls for action on the second anniversary by our partners in the United for Peace and Justice and Win Without War coalitions. On our Stand for Peace site, you can see what others are organizing in your area and around the country.


Working together, we can make sure that the major story of the war's second anniversary is a peace story. Your participation will help ensure that March 19 is remembered as the day the U.S.'s pro-peace majority turned out to call for an end to the bloodshed.


AFSC will be making a second delivery of its Iraq Peace Petition to the President and Congress shortly after the second anniversary. Local events can give thousands more people the opportunity to sign the petition and join the call to bring the troops home. Please download copies of the petition and take them to your local event to collect signatures and help us to keep the momentum building.


Click here ( http://www.afsc.org/standforpeace ) to find or organize an event in your community.


Let's make March 19 the turning point for peace.

Peace,

Peter Lems
AFSC's Iraq program staff

[demnan]

1. Yes there will be a massive protest Mar 19

and I will be in D.C. for that one. A.N.S.W.E.R. is sponsoring it as well.

http://www.internationalanswer.org/

[wtmusic]

2. In Los Angeles too

http://answerla.org/

[Tesha]

3. Thanks for reminding us!

(Although I'm sure someone will be along momentarily to explain to us
why protests are oh so tacky and improper and all, especially what with
radical groups like ANSWER and UfPJ doing much of the work.)

Tesha

[goodhue]

4. Minneapolis, 1pm, Loring Park

March 19 - US Troops Out Now!: Loring Park, Minneapolis 1 PM Current

On the weekend of March 19/20 anti-war protests will be held around the world to mark the second anniversary of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq.

The local rally will gather at 1:00 PM at Loring Park.

Loring Park - Minneapolis

1:00 - meet up, gather along Lyndale/Hennepin Aves. Be part of a massive anti-war presence.

1:30 - march

A closing rally will be held at a nearby indoor location.

Help to show that Minnesota stands strong in its opposition to the current disasterous illegal war in Iraq!

Initiated by Iraq Peace Action Coalition

http://twincities.indymedia.org/feature/display_printable/19909/index.php

[Maine-ah]

5. kick

[orleans]

6. kick

need to find one in illinois--carbondale is a bit too far; can't make it there

[Just Me]

7. This piece of history, the rise of humanity,...will never be lost,...

,...never be suppressed by the neoCONs no matter how hard they try.

March 19th will be yet another day which will go down in history in spite of the power-weilding, war profiteers.