Events
Events listed are not necessarily endorsed or organized by UFPJ. This calendar is maintained as a resource for the entire peace and justice movement. For further information about any event listed, please click on the event listing and contact the person and/or email address listed as the contact for the specific event.
When looking at events in a particular category, please note that states appear in alphabetical order according to their postal code, not their name. E.g. North Carolina is listed before New Jersey, because "NC" comes before "NJ.
Phoenix, ArizonaRSVP • Emergency Response to Troop Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 pm
This is a Phoenix based group of actions. Bannering in a central location where thousands pass in cars and near a mall - bannering, candlelight and a tug of war - healthcare versus warfare.
RSVP • Afghanistan No Escalation
4:30
Multi-Day Event
Emergency Community Response
The Day After President Obama Announces a Troop Escalation in Afghanistan!!!
(except if the announcement is on a Saturday, for which we will respond the following Monday)
Time: Beginning at 4:30 p.m. the day after the announcement (or on Monday, if it is announced on Saturday.)
If a Friday annoucement beginning at 10:00 a.m Saturday. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE TUESDAY SO BE PREPARED TO JOIN US THIS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2.
Where: The intersection of 24th Street and Camelback Road Phoenix
What: A Tug of Warfare (at a cost of one million dollars per year to keep one soldier or 30 billion for 30,000 more solders in Afghanistan for a year) versus Healthcare in the intersection. Bannering. amelback.
Candlelight Vigil starting around 5:30 p.m.
Bring: candles, signs opposing the Afghanistan escalation and where you believe our money could be better used, drums and other musical instruments. If you have one, wear your "War is Costly, Peacs is Priceless" t-shirt.
Why: It is anticipated that on Tuesday night President Obama will be announcing a significant escalation of more troops sent to Afghanistan. Is that what you want? Is that in the national interest? Is that what our country needs? If he announces a withdrawal we will have a community celebration. We have to help make the change we want in the world. Below is an alternative "no more trooops to Afghanistan" announcement, drafted by Tom Englehartdt, that we would like President Obama to make.
For more information contact endthewarcoalition@cox.net call (480).894.2024, or go to www.azpeace.tk
Tucson, ArizonaPeace Rally
Thursday, December 3rd 2009 5PM
Join our rally to oppose the escalation of the Afghanistan war. Bring our troops home now!
Bring flags, candles, signs and your voices.
Berkeley, CaliforniaRSVP • NO SURGE Against Afghanistan Righteous Indignation Protest
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 3:30pm
Should President Obama go forward with his surge, WE SURGE into the streets to say NO ESCALATION and BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!
3:30 Gather at the MRS; 4:00 March to downtown Berkeley BART; and 5:00 bart to Powell and Market to meet up w/SF folks
Hollywood, CaliforniaMarch to Stop the Wars
Saturday, March 20th 2010 12:00
People from all over Southern California and surrounding states are organizing to converge on Los Angeles on Saturday, March 20, 12 noon, Hollywood and Vine. That day, there will also be a national march on Washington, D.C., and a regional action in San Francisco. We will march together to say “No Colonial-type Wars and Occupations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine!" We will march together to say "Reparations for the people of Haiti!” Instead of war and occupation, we will demand funds so that every person can have a job, free and universal health care, decent schools, and affordable housing.
March 20 is the seventh anniversary of the criminal war of aggression launched by Bush and Cheney against Iraq. One million or more Iraqis have died. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have lost their lives or been maimed, and continue to suffer a whole host of enduring problems from this terrible war. Now, the Obama administration has continued the war and escalated the war on Afghanistan.
This is the time for united action. The slogans on banners may differ, but all those who carry them should be marching shoulder to shoulder.
Los Angeles, CaliforniaRSVP • Emergency Protest: No Afghanistan War Escalation!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00pm
An emergency protest against the escalating U.S./NATO war in Afghanistan will be held this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 5 pm at the Westwood Federal Building in Los Angeles.
The day before, Pres. Obama is expected announce that tens of thousands additional U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan in the coming months.
Join us to demand: No Escalation--Bring ALL the Troops Home Now! No to War and Occupation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Everywhere! Money for People's Needs, Not War!
Mountain View, CaliforniaRSVP • Mountain View protests escalation
Friday, December 4th 2009 6:00 pm
Streetcorner protest with signs and candles
San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Says NO TROOP SURGE!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 PM
We will gather in front of Congressional Representative Susan Davis' office to demand that she oppose any funding for the wars and occupations! Bring your signs, banners, candles and flashlights!
We will gather in front of Congressional Representative Susan Davis' office to demand that she oppose any funding for the wars and occupations! Bring your signs, banners, candles and flashlights!
San Francisco, CaliforniaRSVP • AFSC & Veterans for Peace Candlelight Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00
If President Obama calls for more troops to Afghanistan please join us for a
Candlelight Vigil Outside Speaker Pelosi’s Office Building
90 7th Street, San Francisco (New Federal Office Building)
Around the flagpole
Contact: smcneil@afsc.org, 415-565-0201 x 12
Not one more death, not one more dollar!
Co-Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69
RSVP • Sunrise CodePINK (RE)Commitment Ceremony
Friday, January 1st 2010 6:30 am
Let’s begin our new year, our new decade, with an inspirational CodePINK: Women for Peace Sunrise (RE)Commitment Ceremony New Year’s Day. We will build a bonfire on the beach, sing, talk, chant, and revive our wills, fine tune our commitments, stoke our determination.
Upland, California Afghanistan No Escalation 2009
Saturday, December 5th 2009 4:30pm
Gathering of local individuals against war near Upland,CA. Greet and Meet and Viewing of Rethink Afghanistan Documentary by Robert Greenwald.
Ventura, CaliforniaVentura County Anti-War Rally
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 PM
Emergency Protest: Take to the Streets.
Rush Hour Rally at Gov't Center. Meet early if you can: 4 PM at Poinsettia Plaza for protest at Armed Forces Career Center; 4:30 PM march to Gov't Center for Rally; return at 6 PM. Placards available or bring your own.
RSVP • Peaceful Resolutions for Afghanistan: War is not the answer
2 PM
Weekly Event
Every Saturday
March and Rally to end the war in Afghanistan and pursue the progressive social, economic and environmental agenda here at home.
Boulder, ColoradoVigil: No Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4 p.m.
Vigil at the corner of Canyon and Broadway, Boulder. Bring signs. Signs will also be provided.
Denver, ColoradoResponse to the Afghanistan Surge Announcement
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 p.m.
Announcing a vigil to be held the day AFTER President Obama announces the troop escalation in Afghanistan
In order to show out disdain for the troop escalation in Afghanistan, we will gather from 4:30 - 6 pm on the sidewalk, in front of the Captiol building.
Come join us with signs showing YOU still care and do NOT support the troop escalation.
denver, ColoradoAFSC vigil
Thursday, December 3rd 2009 4:30
come to the state capital on the sidewalk. WAR IS NOT THE ANWSER
afsc is sponcer. Come peacefully express your disappointment
New Haven, ConnecticutRSVP • National Protest Against Troop Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30pm
On Wednesday, 12/2/09, from 4:30pm to 5:30pm at the corner of Elm and Temple Streets, New Haven,CT, on the New Haven Green, a candlelight vigil will be held in conjunction with a national protest of the anticipated Afghan troop escalation of 30,000 soldiers. Bring candles and signs! Let’s support our troops by bringing them home!
Washington DC, District of ColumbiaRSVP • Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally
Saturday, December 12th 2009 11
Mass Protest against Escalation and warning to Obama of reprisals if escalation is announced. Speakers Chris Hedges, David Swanson, Mike Gravel, Betty Hall, Granny D, Cynthia McKinney, others
Wilmington, DelawareAfghanistan: No Escalation Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 pm
This is a candlelight vigil in opposition to troop surge and escalation of the war in Afghanistan in Wilmington, DE Participants are invited to bring signs and their own candle.
Boca Raton, FloridaRSVP • War is Not the Answer
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 p.m.
Vigil in Opposition to Escalation in Afghanistan
Fort Lauderdale, FloridaRSVP • Out of Afghanistan!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 7PM
Streetside protest on the sidewalk at the corner of NE 3rd Avenue and Broward Boulevard. Bring signs, candles, anything that will help with visibility
Miami Gardens, FloridaRSVP • No to Escalation! Peace Now!
Friday, December 4th 2009 4 p.m.
First Friday of every month until the wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq are over.
Honk-and-wave in rush hour traffic.
Out of Iraq!
Out of Afghanistan!
Cut the military budget!
Peace Now!
Athens, GeorgiaStop the Escalation! Troops out of Afghanistan Now!
Saturday, December 12th 2009 2:00
Join us Saturday, December 12th at 2:00pm to protest against President Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. We elected Obama to end this war, so everybody come out and demand that we bring the troops home now, not in 2011!!!
We will have some signs and posters available, but it wouldn't hurt to bring your own either. Make colorful slogans!
Atlanta, GeorgiaRSVP • "No Escalation! There Is No Military Solution! Bring the Troops Home NOW!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 pm
In Atlanta, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition is initiating a "No Escalation! There Is No Military Solution! Bring the Troops Home NOW! protest from 4:30-6:30pm on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Please assemble at Freedom Park, the intersection of Moreland Ave and Freedom Parkway. Bring banners, signs, drums, etc.
Similar protests are encouraged at other busy intersections. For more information, go to www.georgiapeace. org or call 404.522.4500.
Bloomington, IllinoisRenegades for Peace Vigil and Rally
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 9:30pm
Join Illinois Wesleyan's Renegades for Peace for a candlelight vigil and rally to make our voices heard that we do not want more troops in Afghanistan.
Carbondale, IllinoisRSVP • Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:00 pm
Peace Vigil
Chicago, IllinoisProtest Against the Escalation of War in Afghanistan!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 PM
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is over 8 years old and a certified disaster for Afghani civilians and Western troops alike. Despite an anti-war majority in the United States, the Obama administration is now getting set to send tens of thousands more troops and urging already reluctant allies to do the same.
Besides causing more death and destruction, this surge will only reinforce Afghanis’ legitimate hatred of the decades of foreign domination that their country has endured. Billions that might have gone for healthcare, jobs, education and housing both in the U.S. and Afghanistan will once again be sucked into the military budget vortex, with Obama escalating the record military spending of the previous administration.
Like another foreign occupation about a half century ago in Vietnam, a corrupt local government awash in the drugs trade will do the bidding not of its own people, but of a foreign government thousands of miles away.
We call on all Chicago area people to join in an Emergency Response Protest on the day after President Obama announces the troop surge into Afghanistan with the demands:
Bring all the troops home now!
Funding for human needs, not war!
5 PM – Wednesday, December 2nd
Corner of Dearborn and Adams Streets, Chicago
An additional, follow up protest will also be held at 12 noon, Federal Plaza on Saturday, December 5th
Oak Park, IllinoisRSVP • Season of Peace Vigil
7PM
Weekly Event
Every Friday 7PM to 8PM
Peace Vigil -- front steps of First United Church of Oak Park -- we will pray, sing, light candles and discuss Peace
Indianapolis, IndianaRSVP • EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 PM
CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE U.S. SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is over 8 years old and has caused nearly 1000 U.S. soldier deaths and tens of thousands of Afghan civilian lives. Despite an anti-war majority in the United States, the Obama administration is said to be announcing a troop surge of tens of thousands more soldiers.
We call on all Hoosiers who disagree with the surge to join in an Emergency Response Protest on the day after President Obama announces the troop surge into Afghanistan with the demands:
Bring all the troops home now!
Funding for human needs, not war!
MAKE NOISE, NOT WAR!
Bring family, friends, signs and noisemakers as we get rowdy in the streets to voice our opposition.
Wichita, KansasRSVP • Speak Out Against the Escalation of War
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:45 pm
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN
We all hoped that President Obama would resist the pressures from his generals not to send more troops to Afghanistan. Recently, Matthew Hoh, a former Marine and later a senior US official in Afghanistan, resigned in protest of the Afghan war. US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, urged President Obama not to send more troops to Afghanistan, saying there is no military solution to the conflict.
However, all accounts are that on Tuesday, December 1st, President Obama will announce his decision to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan. We have some signs, but feel free to bring your own; No More War - Bring The Troops Home. Jobs not War, Books not Bombs, Health Care Not War!
Boston, MassachusettsRSVP • Stop the Afghanistan Escalation
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5pm
President Obama is considering sending more American troops to fight in Afghanistan.
But this war isn’t making Americans safer. It is not bringing development, democracy, security, or women’s rights to Afghanistan. It is killing Afghan civilians and U.S./NATO troops. It is stealing badly needed funds from housing, jobs, health care, and climate protection.
If Pres. Obama announces an escalation, the demonstration will take place at 5pm on Wednesday, December 2.
Assemble at Boston Common from 5-7 pm for a moving picket line. Meet at the Brewer Fountain, near Park Street Station. Bring banners, signs, costumes, musical instruments, pots and pans. There will be speakers from Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out, and an Afghan-American woman. Musician Simon Rios, just back from his appearance at the School of the Americas Protest at Ft. Benning, GA, will perform anti-war songs.
Cape Cod, MassachusettsAfghanistan No Escalation 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 PM
Candlelight Peace Vigil in front of every town hall on Cape Cod. Bring a friend, neighbor, candles, and signs.
Greenfield, MassachusettsWar Protest and Peace Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 noon
Trparock Center for Peace and Justice has formed an alliance for peace with local citizens. The alliance forpeace will gather at Traprock at 11:45 AM December 2 and march to the Greenfield Town Common to hold a war protest and peace vigi from noon-1pm.
Salem, MassachusettsVigil - No Funding Wars & Occupations
Saturday, March 20th 2010 10:00 A.M.
Come join us in our Vigil for Peace -
U.S. In Iraq 8 Years
U.S. In Afghanistan - 9th year
No funding for Wars and Occupations
"Yes" to funding people's needs: Housing, Health, Food Education, Jobs, Clean Elections, Peace
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Riley Plaza (Front of Post Office) Salem, MA.
Farmington, MaineFarmington Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 pm
Women in Black and Veterans for Peace will stand vigil at the Farmington Post Office -- Main Street, Farmington Maine, in opposition to this escalation.
Detroit, MichiganRSVP • Demo at Detroit Federal Building
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:00 pm
The Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network (DAPJN) calls for a public demonstration to oppose President Obama’s new war strategy in Afghanistan/Pakistan at the Detroit Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226. Bring signs opposing the war/escalation. We are asking that the signs be simple, respectful and focus on the Afghan/Pakistan war, for maximum effect.
Kalamazoo, MichiganRSVP • Anti-war vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:00
In addition to our regular Sunday noon vigil and Tuesday afternoon 4-5 p.m. vigil, we'll hold a special one on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, 4-5 p.m., in front of the Federal Building, downtown Kalamazoo.
Lansing, MichiganPeace Vigil - Protest Any Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 12:00 pm
Peace Vigil opposing any escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Protest Vigil from noon - 12:30pm Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 - on the sidewalk in front of Michigan's Capitol Building.
Traverse City, MichiganRSVP • March for Peace and Non-Violence
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:30 p.m.
We will plan to hold a similar walk
on or near Jan. 2, 2010.
We will meet at Horizon Book Store in
Traverse City and walk in support of the
Worldwide March for Peace and NonViolence and also in protest of
President Obama's decision to send
more troops to Afghanistan
Minneapolis, MinnesotaUnpermitted March Against the Surge
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:30
BE READY TO TAKE THE STREETS TO STOP BUSINESS AS USUAL IN RESPONSE TO THE UPCOMING SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
LEAVING FROM THE SW CORNER OF LORING PARK AT 5:30 PM ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND AND MARCHING THROUGH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
TO GET THE CALL: text “ follow DASWO” to 40404 OR email daswo.tc@gmail.com
EMERGENCY UNPERMITTED MARCH AGAINST THE SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:30PM
DATE PROJECTED FOR AFGHANISTAN SURGE ANNOUNCEMENT–EMERGENCY MARCH PLANNED FOR DEC.2
Major media sources are reporting that Obama will address the nation on the evening of Tuesday, December 1st to announce a military surge in Afghanistan of between 30-40,000 troops. If this date holds, we will be marching THE FOLLOWING DAY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, leaving at 5:30PM from the SW Corner of Loring Park in Minneapolis. Be ready to stop business as usual against this acceleration of war.
get the call on the day: text “follow DASWO” to 40404 or email us at daswo.tc@gmail.com
called by Direct Action to Stop War & Occupation (DASWO)
Kansas City, MissouriPeace On Earth Candle Light Vigil to End the Afghan War
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 6:30pm
The event will include a candlelight processions through the Country Club Plaza, music, speakers and signs. The vigil will take place the day after President Obama announces his new strategies for Afghanistan.
Peace On Earth Candle Light Vigil to End the Afghan War
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 6:30pm
The event will include a candlelight processions through the Country Club Plaza, music, speakers, reading of names of those killed in the war and signs
Bozeman, MontanaRSVP • "We Can't Eat War" and Peace Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 PM
Wednesday, December 2nd
Courthouse, Main Street, Bozeman, Montana
5 PM "We Can't Eat War" Bring your pots and pans to bang (& signs)
5:30 Songs, then silent Peace Vigil
NO MORE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
New Brunswick, New JerseyRSVP • Protest War and Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 pm
President Obama will announce the escalation of Afghanistan occupation the previous evening. 30,000 plus troops will deploy from the stretched to the breaking point military to chase an enemy who grows stronger by our very presence. We need to withdraw the troops that already are there. We are trying to pressure the local Congressman Frank Pallone who has not taken a stand for peace.
Bring signs and candles if you wish.
Albany (Colonie), New Yorkprotest Afghan escalation
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5pm
Join us in in Albany at the intersection of Wolf Road and Central Avenue on Wednesday, December 2, for a 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. picket line in front of the Colonie Shopping Center. We have signs calling for an end to the Afghan war, or bring your own. The protest is being organized by Tom Paine Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Women Against War, Upper Hudson Peace Action, and Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. Please share this plan immediately with your organization' s members. We invite other regional groups to join us as co-sponsors, so please spread the word.
Bronxville, New York"War Is Not The Answer"
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 7:00 PM
Strategies on how to engage Congress and end the war in Afghanistan. Talk given by Matt Southworth, an Iraqi War Veteran just out of college and now working with the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Hear his experiences and how they relate to his work on the “War Is Not the Answer” Campaign. Hear about what the FCNL sees happening on Capitol Hill as it relates to the war in Afghanistan; and how together we can bring this war to an end.
Hastings-on-Hudson, New YorkRSVP • Demo against escalation
noon
Multi-Day Event
A vigil/demo against escalation in Afghanistan.
New York, New YorkRSVP • No Escalation in Afghanistan! Bring all Troops Home!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 6:00 PM
Join NYC-United for Peace & Justice, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Peace Action NYS, CodePink NYC for a silent vigil at the Times Square Recruiting Station. We will have coffins and some signs and encourage you to bring your own signs. The starkness of hundreds of silent people in the chaos of Times Square will be cause for pause, conveying the solemnity of war! Our signs will read Healthcare, not warfare. Negotiation, Not Escalation.
Fund our Communities, Not War!
Spread the word!
Saratoga Springs, New Yorkprotest Afghan escalation
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30pm
Join us at Broadway & Church St in Saratoga Springs, near Congressman Murphy's office, to say END, not Escalate the Afghan War
Cincinnati, OhioHealthcare Not Warfare Candlelight Vigil
Friday, December 4th 2009 4:45pm
Healthcare, not Warfare Candlelight Vigil at University Hospital Friday
Friday evening (December 4) Join us at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Highland Ave in front of University Hospital in a “Healthcare, not Warfare Candlelight Vigil.” We will create a unified voice in favor of healing the wounds of war, not creating more; and to stop spending on destruction so we can support healthcare. The vigil will take place from 4:45-6pm. Sponsored by IJPC. Contact by email or call 513-579-8547 for more info!
Kent, OhioRSVP • No Escalation! End the Wars!
Sunday, December 6th 2009 6:00pm
Escalation is not an exit strategy! Protest at 6pm Sunday Dec 6 at the
corner of Main & Franklin,downtown kent. Bring noise makers, candles,
signs, drums, voices, friends.....
We have been gathering on the corner every sunday for 8 years and will continue to do so.. if you can't make it this week, join us in the future.
Astoria, OregonPeace Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 pm
Vigil to protest troop escalation in Afghanistan
Eugene, OregonRSVP • Eugene, Oregon Afghanistan Peace Rally
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 noon
Eugene Afghanistan Peace Rally
Day after President Obama's Announcement
Dec 02, 2009
12:00 pm
ORGANIZATION: Community Alliance Of Lane County (CALC)
In response to President Obama's upcoming policy announcement on Afghanistan, CALC sponsors a rally calling for peace in Afghanistan. Students & representatives from labor & the business community will talk about how Lane County tax dollars can be better spent creating jobs at home than in waging war in Afghanistan. Rally will be followed by a peace vigil at 4pm at the Old Federal Bldg, 7th & Pearl St.
Address: Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, 8th Ave. & Oak St in Eugene
Contact: CALC calcpeace@efn.org 541-485-1755
Portland, OregonRSVP • No Escalation in Afghanistan!
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00pm
President Obama is expected to announce that the US will be sending more troops to Afghanistan on Tuesday night, December 1st. In response, PPRC (Portland Peaceful Response Coalition) is calling for a mobilization.
We must not be silent at this time. An escalation will only mean more death -- US and Afghan – and billions of dollars wasted that should pay for badly needed services here. We must demand an end to the occupation of Afghanistan by the United States. Come stand with the Portland Peace Community, lend your voice for peace.
Allentown, PennsylvaniaRSVP • "Increase the Peace, Not the Troops" Rally and Demonstration
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30pm
President Obama is expected to officially announce an increase in troops to Afghanistan, and therefore an escalation of the U.S.-led war, on Tuesday evening. The Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern (LEPOCO) is organizing a demonstration to take place the next day, Wednesday, December 2nd, between 4:30pm and 6pm, outside the Federal Building (corner of 5th and Hamilton Streets) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. We hope you will join us to say “Increase the Peace, Not the Troops!” …Note: In the unlikely event that President Obama will make a last minute U-turn and announce a troop reduction or complete withdrawal from Afghanistan we’ll gather to celebrate. Contact LEPOCO at 610-691-8730 for more details.
Bryn Mawr, PennsylvaniaRSVP • Protest Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5 p.m.
Anyone who wishes to join us, may at the corner of Bryn Mawr and Lancaster Avenues in Bryn Mawr, PA. Posters specific to the event are preferable, expressing outrage that health care, education, environmental, etc. dollars are going to Afghanistan at the rate of $1 million per soldier per year.
Providence, Rhode IslandUS Troops Out Now
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 pm
Gather at Burnside Park facing Kennedy Plaza to protest the escalation of the war in Afghanistan.
No Escalation in Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00
protest the announcement of more troups and call for all troops and mercenaries to come home.
Memphis, TennesseeVigil to protest escalation of troops
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30
Candlelight vigil
Nashville, TennesseeRSVP • Rally Against the Surge
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 pm
We will have a small rally on Wednesday December 2, at the corner of 21st Avenue and Blakemore (in Hillsboro Village), Nashville TN 37212, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. A few of us will stand on the sidewalk, holding up signs and/or candles, to be visible to passing rush-hour traffic. Please join us if you can. Map: [http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-2bNVShpeJXNw]
If you're coming, usually a good place to park for free is in the lot behind the Pancake Pantry (1796 21st Ave S -- that's the southeast corner of the intersection of 21st and Blakemore). If that lot is full, you can find some free parking a little further away, on nearby streets, e.g., on Acklen Avenue.
RSVP • Afghanistan No Escalation 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 PM
We will stand with signs on the corner of 21st Ave. and Blakemore.
Afghanistan No Escalation 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 PM
People will stand with signs on the corner of Blakemore and 21st near Vanderbilt University.
Logan, UtahCandle-light Peace Vigil
Friday, December 4th 2009 5 pm
All are invited to attend a special candle-light Peace Vigil to protest the escalation of the war in Afghanistan this Friday, December 4th from 5pm - 6pm on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 N, Logan. This non-violent public event has been on-going every Friday since September 2005 and is sponsored by Cache Valley Peace Works, Logan Friends Meeting (Quakers), Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists, and Mormons for Equality and Social Justice, Cache Valley Chapter. E-mail info@loganpeace.org if you have questions
Salt Lake City, UtahAfghanistan: No Escalation Vigil
Thursday, December 3rd 2009 5:30pm
Sidewalk Vigil on southeast corner of 100 South State Street in Salt Lake City!
Demand to bring our troops home - not to put more troops in!
Bring signs!
Spokane, WashingtonRSVP • No More Troops to Afghanistan
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 5:00 pm
Sending more troops to Afghanistan would spend money we need in our own communities for healthcare, education, and food programs that are more critical than ever. Sending more troops will result in more deaths of soldiers and civilians, and it will fuel Taliban recruiting. And, this course of action hurts Afghan women and children—when a woman’s family loses a breadwinner as a casualty of war but she can’t work, they’re pushed further into poverty. President Obama should move US troops out of Afghanistan without first building them up. We need to use other, non-military tools in our toolbox to stabilize Afghanistan and reduce poverty and desperation: economic development, support for Afghan women's organizations, humanitarian aid, and engagement with all regional players in serious diplomacy. Senator Cantwell is co-sponsoring the Afghan Women Empowerment Act, which is a good example of the kind of action the US should take.
Tacoma, WashingtonProtest Afghanistan Policy
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 4:30 PM
Bring your own sign or borrow one of ours
Madison, WisconsinResponse to President Obama’s action
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – Gather at Lisa Link Peace Park. (We need volunteers who are dressed in black with black hoods or caps who are willing to be part of March of the Dead. We need volunteers to carry coffins.)
We will have a somber March of the Dead to the Capitol Square where we will remember and mourn the dead by reading their stories. We will deliver our demands to Senator Kohl’s office and Congresswoman Baldwin’s office, calling on our legislators to refuse to fund the escalation.
Laramie, WyomingRSVP • Demonstration/Peace Vigil
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 6:30 PM
Demonstration then quiet vigil in opposition to escalation of Afghan war.
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