Wednesday March 5, 2003
ICUJP
Worship in Resistance
National Iraq War Moratorium Day
Ashes to Ashes
Join ICUJP as We Worship and Walk to LA Federal Bldg. to Witness
for Peace and Resist War
Meet at Plaza de Dolores
7:00 am
across the street from Union Station downtown Los Angeles
(directions)
March to Downtown L.A. Federal Bldg.
300 N. Los Angeles Street
7:20 am
Nonviolent witness and reflection against War on
Iraq at Federal Bldg.
8:00 am
A large, diverse, interfaith group will gather
at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, March
5.
Since it is Ash Wednesday in the Christian
tradition, our ceremony will be around the symbolism of ashes -
from ashes to ashes - from birth to death. Spokespersons from many
sacred traditions will briefly share how they see the proposed Iraq
War obliterating sacred life and sacred nature: Buddhist, Jew, Hindu,
Sufi, Muslim, Christian and Native American. Ashes will be spread
on individuals who desire to show their repentance for any complicity
in acts of our government in the deaths of war. People who will
participate in acts of civil disobedience will mark the federal
properties with ashes in symbolism of the federal government's complicity
in the killing of innocent people in the tragedy of war.
Lenten Fast
"It is the duty of believers, regardless of
the religion to which they belong, to proclaim that we will never
be able to be happy if we are against one another; the future of
humanity will never be able to be assured by terrorism and the logic
of war -- all Catholics are invited to dedicate with special intensity
March 5, Ash Wednesday, to prayer and fasting for the cause of peace,
especially in the Middle East."
Pope John Paul II from Zenit
Vatican City on 2/23/03
Pax Christi - LA
is taking steps to begin acts of RESISTANCE to the War. Fr. Chris
Ponnet will begin a liquid only fast March 5, 2003 through Easter.
Others are invited to offer their own commitment:
a) Total Liquid fast — public
call to prayer and "conversion" non-violent pledge/pledge
o fresistance
b) Rotating fast — a meal or day per week
c) Call Fr. Chris at 323 223 9047 and coordinate
your own acts of resistance, such as tax resistance, Conscientious
Objection, vigils, letter writing, CD etc.
more information: 626-683-9004
Thursday March 6, 2003
ICUJP
Pasadena Town Hall:
This War IS a Local Issue
War Erodes The Social Fabric of Our Community
- It's Time to Tend to Our Knitting!
In preparation for the Pasadena City Council
agenda of March 10 when a resolution to Stop the War Against Iraq
will be heard, join in a community discussion of the costs of war
at home... Endless war will not make us safe.
John Muir High School
1905 Lincoln Ave
Pasadena
(directions)
7:00 - 9:00 pm
PLEASE ATTEND:
When the resolution will be presented to
Pasadena City Council for vote —
Monday, March 10, 6:00 pm
Pasadena City Hall room 247
At the recent City Council meeting on Monday, Feb.
10, representatives from a number of Pasadena Church and ICUJP (Interfaith
Communities United for Justice and Peace) persuaded the Council
members to consider a resolution opposing war on Iraq. More than
100 cities across the United States have adopted similar resolutions.
more information, contact Sheila McMahon:
626-683-9004
Saturday March 8, 2003
Women Say No War:
Invest in Caring Not Killing
Join women in over 80 countries
from Venezuela to Nigeria on March
8, International Women's Day.
Global Women's Strike
March & Rally
Assemble Westwood Federal Bldg.
11:00 am
11000 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles
As we prepare to Strike on International
Women's Day 2003 with women from many countries, we face the threat
that the US government will unleash its weapons of mass destruction.
It has never been so urgent for women to
take the lead to Stop the World and Change It.
Strike to stop war in Iraq! End 'America's
New War' and all wars - women and children are the majority of those
killed in war and 80% of the refugees
Strike for a world which values all women's
work and every life
Strike to end Globalization - end no pay,
low pay and overwork worldwide
Strike for payment for all caring work -
invest in life and welfare, not military budgets and prisons
For more information or if you will need childcare,
call 323-292-7405
http://womenstrike8m.server101.com
Sunday March 9, 2003
East LA March and Rally
We need our tax money to go to education
and healthcare
Stop the killings! Stop the War!
Latinos Against the War in Iraq
March & Rally
Assemble: Atlantic Park
(Atlantic & 5th)
10:00 am
March to Salazar Park
(Whittier & Indiana)
For more information
http://www.centrocso.org
call Centro CSO at (323) 221-4000
Sunday March 9, 2003
Nonviolence Training and
Iraq Pledge of Resistance Scenario Rehearsal
for March 11 Street Theatre and Civil Disobedience
St. Camillus Pastoral Care Center
1911 Zonal Ave.
Los Angeles
(In Boyle Heights, North of the 10 Freeway,
State St./Soto exit, next to the USC Medical Center)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (training)
5:00 pm (rehearsal)
The purpose of this gathering will be to prepare
for a nonviolent direct action. We will review the upcoming opportunities
for action, form affinity groups, review media and legal issues,
and offer nonviolence training. For those whose conscience compels
them to resist this war, it is essential that you come to this meeting.
The Iraq Pledge of Resistance is a campaign to build a network of
nationally-coordinated, nonviolent civil disobedience to oppose
plans for war on Iraq.
For more information: shakim@afsc.org
www.peacepledge.org/resist/default.htm
call 626.791-1978 x131
Monday March 10, 2003
Pasadena
City Council Vote on
Resolution Opposing War
Join the Pasdena Peace Community in attendance
to suppot this resolution. See to it that Pasadena joins the over
100 cities who have taken a stand for Peace. Endless war will not
make us safe. THIS WAR IS A LOCAL ISSUE, eroding our social services
by wasting our taxes on military adventurism, increasing the danger
of terrorism at home, fostering racist attitudes and hate crimes...
Pasadena City Hall
100 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena
6:00 pm
Tuesday March 11, 2003
Iraq Pledge of Resistance
Focus on the Costs of War Economically,
and on the Lives of the Iraqi and American People
Street Theatre and Civil Disobedience
at Defense Industry Location, El Segundo
Greenline El Segundo/Nash
Park and Ride Station
Corner of El Segundo and Nash
From there we will walk to the location of our action
Gather 9:00 am
Solidarity Demonstration beginning
9:30 am
Civil Disobedience Action
10:00 am
For more information: shakim@afsc.org
www.peacepledge.org/resist/default.htm
call 626.791-1978 x131
Saturday March 15, 2003
March for PEACE
Join the Los Angeles Peace Coalition
(ICUJP, Not In Our Name, Coalition For World Peace and A.N.S.W.E.R.)
STOP THE SLAUGHTER.
Nationally coordinated demonstrations
in Washington D.C., San Francisco
& LOS ANGELES
March & Rally
Assemble Olympic and Broadway
12 noon
March to Downtown L.A. Federal Bldg.
300 N. Los Angeles Street
Interfaith Community Peace Marchers will gather
at a location TBA between 11:00 am and Noon. We will then join the
march as a group. Stay tuned to this page for further information.
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