From: "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [atw-news] Thursday, December 7th - Peace Event at Pasadena Community College Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:35:23 -0800
Peace Event at Pasadena Community College Thursday, December 7th, 2006 8:00 AM - 11:50 AM Signs & Presence for Peace on Colorado Blvd. 12 PM - 1:00 PM Student Rally on Pasadena City College Campus Meet at Sculpture Garden 12:45 PM Press Conference @ Armed Forces Recruitment Station 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM Support Members Engaging in Direct Action & Candlelight Vigil @ Recruitment Center Thursday, as part of a long-term campaign to bring an end to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and to begin the healing process both abroad and at home, we the people are making a declaration of peace. For over three and one half years, we have marched and we have rallied; we have campaigned for political change and we have lobbied our representatives. Yet still this war rages on. We the people, along with a clear majority of Americans, have told our elected officials that it is time for our sons and daughters to come home. Yet still, they do not listen. As citizens of a democratic state, we must try all options. We have raised our voices and we have used our votes. Still, the proposed solutions to this war from people of power include sending more troops, instead of setting timetables and bringing the young men and women home. We therefore place our bodies on the line, in the path of escalating the war and so will preventing more young people joining the military. We do so to save the lives of young people, both here and in Iraq. We risk as much as we can to bear witness to the unnecessary loss of life caused by war and because our children risk far more when they enlist in the military. Because we want our children to be students and not soldiers. Because we seek to save the lives of young people, we seek to close this recruiting center - even if for just one day. We do this in the tradition of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Caesar Chavez, without the use of violence and with love in our hearts. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote, "we present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of our local and national community." We therefore are using our bodies today as a barrier to continued war, and we do so for the entire international community to bear witness. On Wednesday, Dec 6th, the Baker Commission will come out with recommendations for the US in Iraq. By our statements and actions we are making our opinion known that we oppose any move in Iraq that does not start with a detailed commitment to remove US armed forces from Iraq, starting immediately. Over 2900 US armed forces members have died in Iraq and more than 600,000 Iraqis have died. Pasadena Community College students, professors and staff will join with local peace groups including Foothills Peace Coalition, Alhambra Peace Vigil, South Pasadena Peace Vigil, Pasadena Peace Vigil, Peace Witness and organizations including Catholic Worker LA, Code Pink LA, American Friends Service Committee, and Somos Seres Humanos in an all day presence for peace in Pasadena. Be Prepared We will have two black draped coffins as well as signs against the war in Iraq. Please bring more signs. Clothing: Wear comfortable clothing. You need an I.D. if you are considering risking arrest and make sure to bring anything very important with you - medication if you take it. Bring sunscreen and bottled water. Press Comments Everyone should be familiar with the scenario. Include good dramatic sentences which can be used for "sound bites", including the following points: Remember we are doing this with and for the students, because their rights and futures need to be protected. Educate and remind people that this action and all actions of the weekend are part of our democracy, its history, and when our leaders don't listen, we need to do things like this; We are not against the young men and women in uniform, we support them and care for them and want them to come home safely; We respect and care for the Iraqi people and it is painful to see the violence brought upon them, the destruction of their infrastructure, and the stirring of civil strife; 70% of troops feel this war is a mistake; and We were lied to by the Administration of the justification of going to war. WE ARE FOR: Having the total of 2 trillion dollars to be spent on this war go to American victims of disasters such as Katrina, to healthcare and education, and to fight poverty and homelessness; Negotiation and diplomacy for solving conflicts rather than weapons of violence and destruction; Peaceful co-existent, on-going communication between the US and Iraq to understand and to respect one another; Seeking common ground between the Iraqi and American people - not division; Speaking the truth of this war - the costs. Contacts: Steven Gibson: 562-900-2834 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Georgie Noguera: 213-489-1900 http://www.peacewitnessla.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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