Peace & Human Rights Events
VENUE: Hennepin Methodist Church
511 Groveland Ave. start: 12/06/2009 - 4:00pm |
MN, Minneapolis: Occupation 101, a film by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish
Minnesotans plan trip to Gaza for Gandhi-inspired march | Press Release CODEPINK: Women for Peace and the Minnesota Gaza Freedom March Participants' Committee Present Occupation 101, a film by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4:00 pm Location: Hennepin Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403 Cost: suggested donation $10 at the door, no one turned away |
VENUE: In Front Of Armed Forces Recruiting Station
200 W 43rd St start: 10/13/2009 - 10:30am |
NY, NYC: Press Conference & Action for Rape in the Military Awareness Week
Veterans for Peace | PRESS RELEASE What: PRESS CONFERENCE and Action for Rape in the Military Awareness Week When: 10:30am, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Where: In front of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station, Times Square, Broadway and 42nd, New York City, NY For further information call:
Participants: |
VENUE: National Press Club Ballroom
529 14th Street NW start: 10/15/2009 - 5:30pm |
DC: 33rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
Institute for Policy Studies Invites you to the 33rd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards Thursday, October 15, 2009 National Press Club Ballroom, 13th Floor 5:30 PM: Reception and Light Fare * * * |
VENUE: Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street start: 10/07/2009 - 7:00pm |
NY, NYC: NY'rs Mark Afghan War Anniversary - Ending Obama's War; Solidarity With the People of Afghanistan & Pakistan
Tonight: NYC Event on Afghan War Anniversary ENDING OBAMA’S WAR: SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:00pm |
VENUE: University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd. start: 10/17/2009 - 12:00pm |
FL, Orlando: Florida Mass March to End War Economy: Healthcare, Not Warfare
44,000 Uninsured Americans Die Annually While U.S. Spends $651 Billion on Military Florida Mass March to End War Economy: Healthcare, Not Warfare When: 12pm, Saturday, October 17th Where: Main entrance to the University of Central Florida, Orlando (South East corner of Alafaya Blvd. & University Blvd). ORLANDO – On Saturday, October 17, citizens from across Florida will participate in the “Florida Mass March to End the War Economy” in Orlando, Florida. The march is being held in solidarity with anti-war groups around the nation who are participating in a day of protest and action called for by the National Assembly Against the Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
VENUE: West Point - South of Thayer's Gate
start: 10/23/2009 - 10:30am |
NY, West Point: "Army - Don't Go To Iraqistan!" Rally
Please try to attend the next "Army - Don't Go to Iraqistan" rally to be held this coming Saturday, Oct. 10 at West Point to address people arriving for the Army-Vanderbilt football game. Directions. We will gather at 10:30 a.m. in Highland Falls by the clock at the southern most tip of the public park at Main Street and West Point Highway, just south of West Point's Thayer Gate. The rally will end at noon, kickoff time. Eleven of us attended the rally there this last Saturday, and we found the experience very worthwhile. |
VENUE: West Point - South of Thayer's Gate
start: 10/10/2009 - 10:30am |
NY, West Point: "Army - Don't Go To Iraqistan!" Rally
Please try to attend the next "Army - Don't Go to Iraqistan" rally to be held this coming Saturday, Oct. 10 at West Point to address people arriving for the Army-Vanderbilt football game. Directions. We will gather at 10:30 a.m. in Highland Falls by the clock at the southern most tip of the public park at Main Street and West Point Highway, just south of West Point's Thayer Gate. The rally will end at noon, kickoff time. Eleven of us attended the rally there this last Saturday, and we found the experience very worthwhile. |
VENUE: UC - San Diego Student Services Center
start: 11/08/2009 - 11:30am |
CA, San Diego: "What Do You Really Know About War?" & "Bring Their Buddies Home" Vigil
What do you really know about war? Hear from the people who have been there: Keynote Address by Rep. Bob Filner (CA-51), Chairman of Veterans Affairs with highlights from Arlington West & Cross My Heart, by Peter Dudar & Sally Marr. Music by Kevin "Mac Mac" McCoy. |
VENUE: Wyndham O'Hare Hotel
6810 North Mannheim Road
start: 12/04/2009 - 12:00am |
IL, Chicago: Third National Assembly: US Labor Against the War
Featuring:
We are at a turning point in US History. In 2008 the labor movement had a moment of triumph, playing a critical role in electing Barack Obama and a majority Democratic Congress. In 2009 we find ourselves still in the middle of a devastating economic crisis with wars and militarism standing between working people and the peaceful just world we seek and deserve. |
VENUE: University of Maryland College Park
Campus Drive
start: 10/14/2009 - 7:00pm |
MD, College Park: David Alan Harris Speaking on Peace-Building Lessons from African Child Soldiers Oct. 14, U of MDIf, as Alice Walker reminds us in her new book, “hard times require furious dancing”, David Alan Harris knows the hard times and the furious dancing. For the young men and boys he encountered in Sierra Leone, he provided warmth and the container for fury, through a process called Dance/Movement Therapy. Harris will share stories of the boys he worked with in a keynote address as a part of the University of Maryland’s Semester on Peace: Atrocities, Resilience, and Healing: Wednesday October 14, 2009 Join him as he inspires us all to dance with each other, and join us afterwards at the UMUC Marriott Inn and Conference Center to put all of our energy to music, in a celebration of resilience and healing! |









