January 25th, 2007
Here is a schedule of events in Washington, DC for this weekend. Please check the Code Pink website for updates and more details:
Join CODEPINK and many others in a national march organized by United for Peace and Justice on Washington, D.C., on Saturday, January 27, to call on Congress to take immediate action to bring the troops home.
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 Click here to sign up to attend the mobilization!
CODEPINK will do a large Walk in Their Shoes installation at the mobilization. So when you come, bring all the shoes you can carry! |
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Schedule (keep checking back for updates and locations!):
For meetings and actions the week of 1/23, click here. |
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- 6-9pm: Local volunteer meeting. Live in the DC area? In town early? Come make props and learn how to be a team leader for the weekend. Location: The People’s Media Center at Al-Fishawy Cafe. 4132 Georgia Ave NW (between Upshur & Taylor), 3 blocks north of Petworth Metro stop on the Green Line; near #70/71/64 bus lines. RSVP and questions to Sonia at sonia@codepinkalert.org or 202-423-3654. Snacks provided; dinner available for purchase.
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- 12:00 noon: Walk in Their Shoes installation and Press Conference. Join CODEPINK and Iraqi Voices for Peace to create a massive and powerful Walk in Their Shoes installation. Bring shoes to contribute throughout the weekend!
- 9:30 am - Help create the installation! Meet at 3rd St and Madison NW to volunteer. RSVP and questions to Liz at lizkimmerly@gmail.com or 310-460-9082.
- 6-9 pm: Gather our Energy. Join us for a CODEPINK meet and greet, prop-making and radical singing/drumming workshops to prepare for tomorrow. Location: The People’s Media Center at Al-Fishawy Cafe. 4132 Georgia Ave NW (between Upshur & Taylor), 3 blocks north of Petworth Metro stop on the Green Line; near #70/71/64 bus lines. RSVP and questions to Sonia at sonia@codepinkalert.org or 202-423-3654. Snacks provided; dinner available for purchase.
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- 10:00 am: Women Say Pull Out! Converge with other amazing women to march in a loud, colorful and rowdy group to the United for Peace and Justice rally on the Mall together. Join Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Eve Ensler, Q’orianka Kilcher, Rhea Perlman, Mimi Kennedy, Sean Penn, Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey and Maxine Waters,
CODEPINK Co-Founders and leaders of our co-sponsors for a fun and powerful gathering!
- 11:00 am: United for Peace and Justice Rally and speakers. March kicks off at 1:00 pm. Gather on the Mall between 3rd and 7th streets.
- 9:00 pm: Finish off the day with a festive CODEPINK dance party/fundraiser in the evening. Party with Sean Penn and listen to the wonderful Holly Near! $50 at the door - no one turned away for lack of funds - free for volunteers. Busboys and Poets, 14th St. and V NW.
- 11:00 pm: Stay for a screening of the classic anti-war movie Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - $3 admission. Busboys and Poets, 14th St. and V NW.
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Location for the days workshops: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD. Convenient to the Bethesda Metro Station on the red line metro (please check www.wmata.com for public transportation options).
- 9:00 am - 12 noon: Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence and CODEPINK at The Occupation Project: How to Organize Direct Action to Defund the War. Co-facilitated by Jeff Leys, Rae Abileah, and Jodie Evans.
Workshop Description:
No one likes feeling occupied. It’s time to bring the occupation to our Reps’ offices and up the ante of our peaceful resistance. Voices for Creative Nonviolence and CODEPINK are organizing the Occupation Project, a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at ending the U.S. war in and occupation of Iraq. The campaign will begin the first week of February 2007 with occupations at the offices of Representatives and Senators who refuse to pledge to vote against additional war funding In this workshop, you’ll learn how to organize this campaign in your city from start to finish - from building your team, to targeting your Congressperson, to planning an effective occupation. This will be a dynamic and interactive workshop and you’ll leave feeling inspired to commit to this action in the following month.
- 10:30-11:55: Peace is a Feminist Issue - workshop with CODEPINK and the National Organization for Women.
- At the same time there will be other organizing meetings and strategy sessions on Palestine, defunding the war, G.I. resistance, student and youth organizing, Iran and more. Full schedule here.
- 12:30 - 2:30: Legislative update, advocacy training, update on Iraq by UFPJ. More details here.
- 2:30 - 4:30: State and congressional district meetings - get together with activists (and CODEPINKers!) from across your state to plan your lobby day meetings and to lay the groundwork for working together when you get back home.
- 8:00pm: Party/fundraiser for United for Peace and Justice. Busboys and Poets, 14th St and V NW.
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- Mon, Jan 29: Educate Congress Day. Lobby your Congressperson with United for Peace and Justice and CODEPINK joined by Rhea Perlman. Plus join us for a CODEPINK action reminding the Presidential candidates of the power of the Peace Voter bloc! To participate in the action, contact Sam at samantha@codepinkalert.org.
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- 12 noon: We Will Not Be Silent (nor will we leave). Stay one more day for one last CODEPINK action in DC to demonstrate to the Congress that we won’t stop til THE TROOPS COME HOME.
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 Why Come to DC on Jan 27? On Election Day the voters delivered a dramatic, unmistakable mandate for peace. Now it’s time for action. On January 27, 2007, we will converge from all around the country in Washington, D.C. to send a strong, clear message to Congress and the Bush Administration: The people of this country want the war and occupation in Iraq to end and we want the troops brought home now! |
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