SCN: Fw: anti-war pro-justice rally noon 4/20 @ Westlake

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From: Jean Buskin <bb369 at scn.org>
To: <mailto:scn at scn.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:34 AM
Subject: anti-war pro-justice rally noon 4/20 @ Westlake


> our chance to participate in an anti-war pro-justice event 
> that is going to be BIG, PEACEFUL, AND LOUD
> 
> ***********************************************************
> P L E A S E   F O R W A R D   B R O A D L Y 
>   AND phone your friends without e-mail!!!!
> ***********************************************************
> 
> SATURDAY APRIL 20, 11:55 a.m. gathering,noon - 1 p.m. rally 
> at Westlake Park, 4th & Pine, downtown Seattle
> "Prevent Global Destruction, Defend Human Rights:  WAKE UP 
> WASHINGTON!"
> 
> In solidarity with the demonstrations in Washington, DC;  A 
> gathering at five minutes to noon and a rally noon to 1 p.m. 
> to OPPOSE WIDER WARS, SUPPORT CIVIL LIBERTY, AND SUPPORT 
> MONEY FOR HUMAN NEEDS.  
> 
> info Fred Miller, Peace and Justice Alliance, 206-527-8050 
> or Dick Blakney, INOC, 206-522-4934 or rbblakn at aol.com, 
> WEBSITE  http://www.wakeupwashington.org
> 
> WHY:  The "Wake Up Washington" rally was called by diverse 
> church, peace, justice, human rights, and social service 
> groups to oppose wider wars, support civil liberty, and 
> support money for human needs.  In solidarity with the large 
> "A20" rallies in Washington, DC, the noon Seattle rally is 
> an effort to raise public awareness to changes in US policy 
> which present a growing threat to peace and liberty at home 
> and abroad.  Participants will express opposition to 
> expanding the "anti-terrorist" war to Iraq or any other 
> country;  to U.S. foreign policies which contribute to the 
> oppression of people in Palestine, Philippines, and many 
> other countries.  We gather to support civil liberties and 
> to condemn such abuses as the indefinite detention of 
> immigrants; harassment and closure of local businesses 
> without probable cause or due process, and the ongoing 
> racial profiling which far pre-dates 9/11.  We oppose the 
> current administration's request for $45 billion additional 
> defense funds, and the President's unilateral breaking of 
> long-standing disarmament treaties.  Rather we support tax 
> spending on education, health care, housing, job training, 
> and other means of long-term investment in a just society.
> 
> CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
> Cameo appearance by DAVID BARSAMIAN, founder and director of  
> the nationally distributed Alternative Radio
> REV. HARRIETT WALDEN, community activist and spiritual 
> leader, co-founder of Mothers for Police Accountability
> LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA, Palestinian American, volunteer with 
> American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
> SHULAMIT DECKTOR, Jewish American, works as a consultant to 
> Native American tribes, raised in South Africa, lived in 
> Israel, active in Fellowship of Reconciliation
> REV. ROBERT JEFFREY, SR., Senior Pastor, New Hope Baptist 
> Church, director of the Black Dollar Days Task Force
> GERRI HAYNES, R.N., pediatric hospice specialist, President, 
> Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, has 
> traveled to Mid-East and Iraq
> MARTIN FLECK, Convener of Northwest Disarmament Coalition & 
> Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility's Executive 
> Director
> ED MAST, playwright, MC
> 
> MUSIC-WITH-A-MESSAGE will be presented by:
> Seattle LABOR CHORUS, in solidarity with all workers
> Seattle RAGING GRANNIES, irreverent satire by a group of 
> elders
> 
> SPONSORS include 911 Peace Coalition;  Act Now to Stop War 
> and End Racism;  American Friends Service Committee;  
> American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee;  Arab American 
> Community Coalition;  Center for Contemplation & 
> Nonviolence;  Church Council of Greater Seattle;  Citizens 
> Concerned for the People of Iraq;  Education for Peace in 
> Iraq Center;  Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle Chapter;  
> Filipino Workers Action Center;  Gray Panthers;  Ground Zero 
> Center for Nonviolent Action;  Interfaith Network of Concern 
> for the People of Iraq;  International Socialist 
> Organization;  Jam for Justice;  Jubilee Northwest;  Mental 
> Health Association of Washington;  Mothers for Police 
> Accountability;  Northwest Disarmament Coalition;  Palestine 
> Information Project;  Palestine Solidarity Committee;  Peace 
> & Justice Alliance;  Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee;  
> Seattle International Human Rights Coalition;  Social 
> Justice Law Center;  Trinity United Methodist Church;  
> United Nations Association/Seattle;  University of 
> Washington Muslim Students Association;  University Temple 
> United Methodist Church;  Washington Association of 
> Churches;  Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility ;  
> Washington State Communist Party;  Western Division of the 
> Sisters of St. Joseph's of Peace;  Whitman Campus Greens;  
> Whitman Insurgency
> 
> for more "A20" (and many other) events, see 
> http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar
> 
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