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Big rally going on here in Madison WI... I have 3 signs!

I'm still trying to decide on signs. Any suggestions? And how are you going to carry three?

Edited to add link to Portland Rally Thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=174x3267

I have a Wisconsin map which shows the names, dates, and hometowns of all 51 of the soldiers we have lost. "Support Our Troops - Bring them home alive". I'll carry this one.

I made another for my religious group which says "the here and now is sacred" and "love friends and enemies".

And I have a standup sign for a table which is to recruit people for the congressional race I am going to work on- Bryan Kennedy, who is running against the notorious James Sensenbrenner. "Build a New House of Representatives".

I am going to also be handing out my chain flyers:

IRAQ WAR: What is it good for?

Right click and choose Save Target As to download the file:
http://bushcheated04.com/war2.pdf

I tend to make a new one for every rally, but bring along the old one if its pertinent.

I have put hours and hours into my WI map with its 51 dead soldiers so I keep it updated and I bring it everywhere.

I'll be marching with fellow congregants from Peace Church of the Brethren. I haven't decided what my sign will say. I'm mulling the ever-popular (among Church of the Brethren folks) "All War Is Sin" or "A Traitor To A Dictator Is A Patriot."

Hoping to let people know that there ARE "peace churches".

I think near the Capitol. I'm going to try to get into DC after work, and then try to find it. Information's been kind of weak.

Events


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Listing 3rd Anniversary of Iraq War Events(s)
in District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia
Silent Vigil for Peace
Saturday, March 18th 2006 noon
Each Saturday at Noon, for one hour.
For over three years, Quakers and others have been vigiling silently for peace on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington. This is not a demonstration, or a protest. We stand in silent witness for peace for one hour each Saturday. On March 18th, please come join us as the third anniversary of the tragic War on Iraq passes. Please bring no signs or banners, but do bring yourselves, and your hopes for peace.
Look for the simple blue banner, "Seek Peace and Pursue It" Ps. 34:14.


RSVP • March and Rally Against the War
Saturday, March 18th 2006 2pm
The War Abroad, The War at Home: Anti-War March, Rally, and Community Service Project on 3rd Anniversary of Iraq War.


RSVP • From Mourning to Resistance: Build Solidarity Gathering
Sunday, March 19th 2006 4pm
This is a planning meeting for the Mar. 20 March to the Pentagon. It will be an opportunity to meet with others coming from Alaska, New Mexico, Nicaragua and many other locales and to do final planning of Monday’s event.


RSVP • FROM MOURNING TO RESISTANCE! 3 YEARS TOO MANY – STOP THE WAR!
Monday, March 20th 2006 9 AM
The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance is organizing "From Mourning to Resistance," a March to the Pentagon on Monday, March 20, that will culminate in nonviolent direct action. This March on the Pentagon will begin with a gathering at 9 AM on Daniel French Drive, which is near 23rd and Independence. At 10 AM, there will be a march across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Lady Bird Johnson Grove, near the Pentagon. At both sites, there will be speakers and music. The speakers are as follows: Bruce Gagnon, a Vietnam era veteran and director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Weapons & Power in Space, Fr. Joe Mulligan from Nicaragua, Global Call for Nonviolent Resistance, Laura Costas, Military Families Speak Out, Mike Ferner, Veterans For Peace and Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and Michael Berg whose son was beheaded in Iraq. There will be a ceremony to honor the dead, before a delegation attempts to deliver a coffin to Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld. Participants should RSVP to Max at 410-323-7200, ext. 31 or mobuszewski afsc.org. Participants are encouraged to identify their home town and/or state and to carry signs or placards with names and pictures of Americans and Iraqis who have died in the war.

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The march begins across from Observatory Circle--residence of the Vice-Warmonger, and goes to Dupont Circle. The weekly peace vigil is on the west lawn of the capitol. :thumbsup:

http://www.dawndc.net/

I knew about the vigil. I didn't know the details of the march, though. I just need to remember to find the right metro station before I go (I went for the protest against the Alito confirmation, and didn't know what stop to get off at, and ended up wandering around south DC for a couple hours then going home).

Thanks for the dawn link. I should have checked that, myself.

Boo, it would be the Woodley Park stop on the red line. Head north on Connecticut, then west on Cathedral, and then to 34th--I'm sure you'll see everyone.

Hope that helps and you're not wandering around again! :)

DC is the most confusing thing I've dealt with since I dropped Calc 2 in college. I think you just saved me a ton of time.

You'll get it! Metro is one of the easiest to navigate and most accessible transit systems--you'll get there!

Just FYI, the Vice-Warmonger's residence is technically on Mass Ave, so I guess around 34th and Mass. I know we're meeting "across" fromt that, but if you get in the general area, I'm sure you'll see the freaks! :hippie:

End the War: Stop the Next One Now Rally and March
Sunday, March 19th 2006 2pm
The rally begins at 2pm at Burnet Woods Lone Star Pavilion (on Clifton Ave. directly across from Hebrew Union College). It's a Peaceful, legal, family friendly event with music and short speeches, ending with a march and drumming. Download flyer and handbills at http://www.ijpc-cincinnati.org /
For more information, contact kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org or call at 513-579-8547

You can download this PDF to make a sign with:
http://bushcheated04.com/war2.pdf

You can have it blown up and printed big at Kinkos for less than $4. Kinkos did the calculating for me and it was a 290% zoom to fill the large paper. Then tape or use 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to attach it to a flattened cardboard box.

this

"fear of being labeled unpatriotic..." Pfft! Do we need to carry a dictionary? (Apologies if this is a repeat.)


"Even though polls say a majority of Americans think President Bush has bungled the war in Iraq and now oppose it, anti-war organizers are struggling to get new converts to tell someone besides pollsters that the country needs to change course.

Activists say the fear of being labeled unpatriotic or unsupportive of the nation's troops will keep many anti-war newcomers away from today's 11 a.m. demonstration in San Francisco and the hundreds of others around the country marking the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Organizers expect several thousand demonstrators to show up for the downtown march and rally at Civic Center, compared to the tens of thousands who strode down Market Street in the weeks before the war.

The movement's focus has shifted in the past couple of years from the street to online organizing and opposing military recruiting in high schools. But anti-war forces are still frustrated that more Americans -- and Congress -- haven't actively opposed the administration's policy."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/18/PEACE.TMP&type=printable

sunday March 19th @ 2pm. Hope to see some fellow DUer's, bring an umbrella it's raining and cool.

Sunday, here in the Southern Tier of NY.

Conspicuously MIA were Senators "Mumbo Joe" Biden, Tom "what's he ever done" Carper both(D-amex/visa/mc)as well as Rep. Mike Castle (R-amex/visa/mc).

A Pacem In Terris sponsored event, with a fair turnout of about 50 on US 202.

*Lot's* of positive honks from passing cars.

No police or counter demonstrators.

Tomorrow a candidate fundraiser!

I'm in DC and was both surprised and disappointed at the low turnout. What was there was great--just low numbers--only about 600-800 (guesstimating.)

Perhaps I'm just used to the "big" ones typically held here? I marched from the Iraqi embassy to the White House on International Women's Day, and there were definitely more people for that.

Just curious about other cities?