The Declaration of Peace - "Congressional Challenge Day"

Days of Decision:
"We The People Declare Peace!"

A Week of Nationwide Coordinated Actions
September 14 - 21, 2007

At Every Congressional Office Across the Country:

Nonviolent Actions to
End the Funding for the War on Iraq and
Establish A Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq

Days of Decision:
The U.S. War on Iraq Will Be At A Crossroads in September

- In September, General Petraeus will deliver his report on the war.

- In September, Congress will face a decision on funding another year of war. Republicans and Democrats will consider the future of U.S. operations in Iraq.

- We, the people, must set the agenda for a change in U.S. policy in Iraq.

- Therefore, The Declaration of Peace is calling upon people across the United States to take nonviolent action in September to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Join us!

There will be a legal and logistical briefing on September 19 at 6:30 PM in a venue close to Capitol Hill. Once the site is confirmed, this information will be shared.

The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) and the Declaration of Peace will gather in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill on September 20, 2007 to demand an end to the war and occupation of Iraq.

The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) is establishing a working group to take on the responsibility of organizing and fully promoting the Sept 20th event: Rivers of Blood - A Day of Non-Violent Resistance on Capitol Hill.

Join us as we remember all the victims of the immoral and illegal Iraq War. Let us Speak Truth to Power and remind the decision makers of the folly and human cost of continuing to fund the war.

You are cordially invited to join

The Pluralism Fund

For two panel discussions on the current state of affairs in Iran

Wednesday, September 19th
10:30am - 2:00pm

U.S. Capitol Building
Room HC-6

Panel Agenda includes:

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
A Snapshot of Iran Today, Three Views

• Fariba Davoodi-Mohajer, Iranian activist and journalist;
• Hadi Ghaemi, currently on leave from Human Rights Watch;
• Frances Harrison, BBC Tehran correspondent from August 2004 to August
  2007;

• Moderator: Suzanne Maloney, Saban Center for Middle East Policy,
  Brookings Institution

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Lunch

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Sanctions: Pros, Cons and Facts

• Jake Colvin, Director, USA*Engage
• Patrick Clawson, Depute Director for Research, Washington Institute
  for Near East Policy

• Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow, The Peterson Institute
• Moderator: Dr. Robert Litwak
  

We're attending the Saint Paul City Council Meeting. www.ImpeachForPeace.org asks you to show up and wear impeachment shirts, buttons, etc. Signs are also allowed. Some people might wish to demonstrate outside the building, while others will likely want to attend the meeting itself wearing impeachment t-shirts or holding signs.

For details, contact Jodin Morey of Impeach for Peace:
612-328-1451 or use our contact page:
http://impeachforpeace.org/comments.htm

Join the nationwide protest against a racist outrage.

Six young African American students (ages 16-18) have been framed up in Jena, Louisiana and are facing up to life in prison for a schoolyard fight with a white student.

It all began when African American students dared to sit under the “white tree” outside the school. Three nooses were then found hanging from the tree. Three white students were expelled by the principal, but the superintendent of schools reduced it to a 3-day suspension, calling it a “prank.”

Afterwards, all of the African American students stood under the tree.

The District Attorney came to the school and told the African American students to stop the protests or “I can end your lives with one stroke of my pen.”