Reading of the Names - March 19th,10:00am - Georgetown U - Red Square

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Washington, District of Columbia
RSVP • March on the Pentagon
Saturday, March 17th 2007 noon
On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. The message of the 1967 march was "From Protest to Resistance," and marked a turning point in the development of a countrywide mass movement.


RSVP • Silent Vigil for Peace
Saturday, March 17th 2007 12 pm
This silent vigil for peace has been held weekly since October, 2002, on the West Lawn of the U.S.
Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. We stand for an hour in silence, under our blue banner, which
says, "Seek Peace and Pursue It. Ps. 34:14" The vigil was started by Quakers, but welcomes everyone.
Please note that this is a vigil, not a demonstration, and that all are welcome to bring only
themselves and their hopes for peace.


RSVP • Iraq and Beyond Lecture by Phyllis Bennis
Monday, March 19th 2007 1:00
Iraq and Beyond Lecture and Book Signing, Challenging Empire,
Exploring the current role of the US in Iraq, What went wrong, and what next?


RSVP • Reading of the Names
Monday, March 19th 2007 10:00am
Reading names of those killed in Iraq, both Iraqi and American.
Location:
Georgetown University Red Square Washington DC

Contact:
Marwa Alkhairo
[e-mail]


RSVP • Vigil
Monday, March 19th 2007 6:15pm
VIGIL, Remembering the lives of all those who have been killed
as a result of the 2003 Iraq War and current occupation.


RSVP • 2007 War Speaker Series @ American University
Monday, March 19th 2007
7 events over a two week period: 2 films, 2 panels, 2 lectures and 1 slideshow.
American University's College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Council is organizing
the War Speaker Series, a 7 event series organized to bring thought and discussion about
how war impacts life in a variety of ways.


RSVP • Showing of "My Country, My Country"
Monday, March 19th 2007 7:30pm
My Country, My Country, recently nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary, will be showing.
Director Laura Poitras will be in attendance, and will answer questions after the film.
The movie showing is part of Iraq Remembrance Week events at Georgetown University.


RSVP • Film: About Baghdad
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 7:30
In July 2003 Sinan Antoon, an exiled Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to see what has
become of his city after wars, sanctions, decades of oppression and violence, and now occupation.
Antoon takes us on a journey exploring what Iraqis think and feel about the post-war situation
and the complex relationship between the US and Iraq. About Baghdad is a journey into the hearts
and minds of the hundreds of Iraqis the filmmakers encountered in Baghdad.


RSVP • Panel Discussion: Iraq, the Human Cost of War
Wednesday, March 21st 2007 10am
Wendy Young, Coordinator for External and Governmental Relations, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees; Roberta Cohen, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution;
Senior Adviser/Co-founder to the Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement; Adam Shapiro, Human Rights Activist; Confirmed Representative - State Department
- Bureau of Population,Refugees and Migration;
Moderator, Susan Martin, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM).


RSVP • Film: Zaman, Man from the Reeds
Thursday, March 22nd 2007 7:30pm
Edited into a beautifully photographed, moving film, even after five reels
were confiscated by Saddam Hussein's government, this Iraqi/French collaboration
is set just before the outbreak of war in 2003.


RSVP • Your Country. Your Voice.
Friday, March 23rd 2007 7pm Fri
Three days after the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, the Friends Committee on National Legislation
will demonstrate five ways you can change Congress. In one weekend, FCNL will model effective
citizen lobbying techniques, brief participants on bipartisan bills currently debated in Congress,
and help students organize real lobby visits on Iraq to move these policies towards the promotion
of peace and justice.


RSVP • A Night of Iraqi Cultural Performances
Friday, March 23rd 2007 7:30
Join us in this magical night of Iraqi art- with special performances
of Iraqi theatre, maqam, folkloric music, and poetry.


RSVP • Campaign For a Violence-Free, Stress-Free America
Wednesday, March 28th 2007 7:30 pm
The Art of Living Foundation will celebrate its 25th anniversary gala on March 28th
at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts to highlight the critical role human
values play in the eradication of violence and stress permeating our society.
The event is a platform for prominent leaders and decision makers in the fields of politics, humanitarian works, business and civil society to draw attention to what leaders and ordinary
citizens can do to achieve a Violence-Free, Stress-Free America.


RSVP • DC Voting Rights March
Monday, April 16th 2007 2:30 pm
The DC Voting Rights Act is before Congress. Join us and send a message that it's
time to end taxation without representation in the nation's capitol. Demand the Vote!


RSVP • Beats in the Streets, to Impeach Bush for War Crimes
11 a.m.
Multi-Day Event
every day from March 16, through the 19th.
We are having a drum circle in front of the capitol, at the encampment to stop the war site
starting on March 16th, calling for the impeachment of Bush based on War Crimes.
We will play all night long. Saturday, we will participate in the March on the Pentagon,
Saturday night, drum circle all night long in front of the pentagon.

Sunday, starting again at the encampment site, Leading into monday, another all day drum circle.
Come join us while you wait to lobby your congressperson! All instruments welcome.


RSVP • Sounds of Hope
7:00 PM
Weekly Event
Every Friday 7-10:30 PM
Every FRIDAY Sounds of Hope presents Good Food, Good Music, for a Good Cause!
4th Fridays we have a FREE OPEN MIC of both music and poetry.
We welcome all ages and experiences. Jan 26 we dedicate the theme to PEACE.


RSVP • Walter Reed Weekly Vigil
6:00pm
Weekly Event
Every Fri 7-9pm
The start of the third year in front of Walter Reed. We hold vigil to ask
that the Troops come home NOW, that they get the care they should, and that
money be allocated for the wounded, not war.


RSVP • Union Organizing - AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Fridays
Monthly Event
Workshop occurs several times per month, Nationally.
Please get in touch with Contact--or visit website for details
Three-day free workshop (housing and meals included) teaching basics
of grassroots labor organizing.
Affiliate Unions of AFL-CIO will be present to place people in paid positions.


OPEN MIC "Peace Pieces"
7 PM
Monthly Event
Every 4th Friday of the month
On FRIDAY SEPT 23 the theme of our monthly OPEN MIC is "Peace Pieces". FREE!
Sign up at 7 PM stay til we're done! Enjoy homemade dinner and desserts (under $5).

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?state=DC&bydate=2007-03-17