MARCH 20 -- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

 

LENDING A HAND FOR PEACE

 

Olmsted Center Drake Campus; 29th & University, Des Moines

 

FILM  ****  PARADE ****  RALLY  ****  FILM

                                               11:00 am                   1:00 pm                    2:30 pm               4:30 pm

 

 11:00 am      Breaking the Silence – Truth & Lies in the War on Terror, Bulldog Theatre            

   1:00 pm        Parade, 29th  & University (Bring your signs, art forms, music, floats, antique vehicles or just warm bodies to be part of the greatest superpower in the world—the people in the street!)

   2:30 pm      Rally -- Parents Hall

   4:30 pm      Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War,  Bulldog Theatre

 

  Rally Welcome: Mayor Frank Cownie

Emcee: Iowa Representative Ed Fallon

 

Tom Hayden, International peace activist                            War, Occupation & Empire

Bruce Nestor, National Lawyers Guild                                Protect the Bill of Rights

Lana Ross, Legislative Advocate, UMC                                Education & Healthcare-Not Warfare

Jean Basinger, WILPF, recently returned from Iraq                       Ending the Occupation

Rita Hohenshel, WILPF, “crossing the line”                                 Dissenting from War

Cheryl Brodersen,                                                         Rachel Corrie: Peace Maker                                      

Entertainment: Raging Grannies, Mother Beat Drummers, Hallibacon Pig

 

 

Sponsors: Drake National Lawyers Guild, Iowans for Peace, Alliance for Global Justice, STARPAC, WILPF, Grandmothers Against War, Catholic Worker House (DM), Iowa Peace Network, Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, NGO Exchange, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Women For  Peace-CR, AFSC, Mobilization Against War; Our Ladies of the Americas Social Justice Committee, Ames Interfaith Council, Amnesty International/Iowa City, Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa, Peace Action, W. Branch People for Peace, Axiom Foundation, Catholic Peace Ministy, Iowa UNA, Johnson Co. Greens, Linn Co. Greens, Peace Action, PeaceTime, Sioux Land People for Peace, Iowa Green Party

 

**To join the growing list of co-sponsors call 515-274-4851,ext: 22 or email: kmcquillen@afsc.org**