West Coast Anti-War Mass March -- Sat. Jan. 18, 2003, in San Francisco
West Coast Anti-War March
Saturday, January 18 -- San Francisco
No War on Iraq!
San Francisco March Will Parallel Washington, DC
Mass Anti-War March
National Grassroots Peace Congress Convening
in Washington, DC next day
VoteNoWar.org Referendum to be Announced at Peace Congress
March Assembly: 11 a.m. (site to be announced) Rally: 1 p.m., San Francisco Civic Center (City Hall, Polk & Grove Sts.)
GO to: Jan 18 West Coast org centers
More info and call for volunteers
On January 18, 2003, thousands will march in San Francisco to declare "No War On Iraq!" The march will be the West Coast component to the National Anti-War Mass Demonstration in Washington, DC on that day. The Washington, DC protest will be followed by the convening of a National Grassroots Peace Congress the following day, January 19. Many activists from San Francisco will be flying from the January 18 protest to attend the Congress the next day. We encourage all those who oppose the war to attend one of the Jan. 18 protests, either in San Francisco or Washington. Details of the San Francisco protest will follow shortly.
Why you should be in SF or DC Jan. 18-19 Jan. 18-19 commemorates the 12th anniversary of the first Gulf War, as well as the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King publicly condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam, providing a powerful connection between the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in 1967, he stated, "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own government...[F]or the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent."
Dr. King believed that it was impossible to successfully wage a war on poverty at home while waging a war of aggression in Vietnam. The same can be said today about George W. Bush's global war drive. Social programs and services are being looted as Bush & Congress provide record-breaking sums for weapons of mass destruction and war. We demand that these hundreds of billions of dollars be spent on jobs, education, housing, health care and to meet human needs!
For more information, please contact A.N.S.W.E.R. at 415-821-6545, email answer@actionsf.org , or go to www.internationalanswer.org or www.votenowar.org .
International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
2489 Mission St., Rm. 24
San Francisco, CA 94110 or Phone: 415-821-6545 or Fax: 415-821-5782
Email: answer@actionsf.org or Web: www.internationalanswer.org , www.votenowar.org
Jan 18, 2003, West Coast org centers as of November 20, 2002
Redding/Shasta, CA 530 275 8559
Chico, CA 530 893 9078 Chico Peace and Justice
Santa Clara, CA 408 855 0715
Mariposa, CA 209 966 4894
Fresno, CA 559 485 6356
Eureka/Arcata, CA 707 443 7926 Redwood Peace and Justice
Placerville/El Dorado, CA 530 642 1120 El Dorado Peace and Justice
Modesto/ Merced 209 484 0226cell/ 209 821 6454
Seattle 206 325 0085 Seattle ANSWER office
Spokane, WA 509 838 7870
So. Oregon 541 482 6543
Tucson, AZ turnwind_az@yahoo.com
Reno, NV stewartreno@yahoo.com
Hundreds of Volunteers urgently needed for Jan. 18 -- outreach, logistical, monitors, legal, medical. Help make it happen! (Please contact us if you can help on that day.) Information about the Jan. 18 march in SF to Stop War on Iraq.
Yesterday, nearly 100 activists squeezed into the A.N.S.W.E.R. office for the first organizing meeting of the new year, an promising sign! We encourage all those who are able to join us in these last 15 days before the National Anti-War Marches. Decide to make history! We must do everything we can to stop the war before it starts!
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On January 18, there will be mass protests in Washington DC and San Francisco. Rain or Shine! Thousands of people from all over the Western U.S. will converge in SF for National March with a coinciding protest in Washington, D.C. to Stop the War on Iraq. We are marching January 18 to embrace the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. In addition to honoring Dr. King, we intend to make the January 18 march a living tribute to Phil Berrigan's life and legacy. Phillip Berrigan who devoted his life to courageous opposition to militarism and war.
Gather: at 11 AM at Embarcadero Plaza. Embarcadero & Market St. Embarcadero BART stop. Across the street from the Amtrak SF shuttle drop off and four blocks from the Greyhound Bus Station. March to a 1 PM rally at Civic Center Plaza.
Volunteer: To make this event a success, hundreds of volunteers are needed to help out in many areas! If you would like to volunteer, email J18volunteer@actionsf.org. Help is needed for handing out literature and placards, selling buttons & bumper stickers, monitoring & collection and more. Also, come in to the office from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. to pick up leaflets to distribute, join postering teams, make alert phone calls, and help prepare signs and banners.
If you are a lawyer or have a legal background or education and can volunteer to be a legal observer, respond to J18legal@actionsf.org. Legal Observer training is tentatively scheduled for Saturday January 11th at 12noon at 2489 Mission St. Rm. 24; call 415-821-6545 to confirm.
If you have a medical background and can volunteer to be on the medical team, respond to mailto:J18medical@actionsf.org and a coordinator of the team will contact you for an orientation.
If you can volunteer for other areas on January 18th to help carry out the march respond to mailto:J18volunteer@actionsf.org. Volunteer orientation on the day of is at 9 AM at Embarcadero Plaza.
- Organize a volunteer team of co-workers, friends or family to take on an area of responsibility. Have your organization represented with the people who work to carry out the march.
- Teams with aprons from work are needed to sell buttons and stickers to help pay for the march. Show your workplace is against the war!
- Come to a volunteer orientation & training!
Sat. 1/11 at 11 am, 1pm, or 3 pm
Tues. 1/14 at 7 pm
Thur 1/16 at 7 pm
or Fri 1/17 at 7 pm
(Orientations are at 2489 Mission St. in Room 30)- Come to the next ANSWER Activist meeting Tuesday, Jan. 7th at 2489 Mission St. Rm #30 Call 415-821-6545 for info
On January 18th, volunteers are needed to:
- Load and set up the tables, tents, signs and banners
- Greet busses arriving form all over the western U.S. for the march.
- Be part of the Medical Team - Be Legal Observers - Distribute picket signs, sell buttons and T-Shirts to help pay for the march, and collect donations
- Monitor the march and rallies; help move thousands of people through the streets of SF saying no to war.
- Staff organizing tables, pass out leaflets, help people get more information about how to stop the war.
- Help clean up the Embarcadero and Civic Center rallying sites, take down and loading.More information: for buses, parking and other details visit http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/logisticssf.html
Download a flyer for the march at http://www.internationalanswer.org/pdf/Jan18_SF_Eng_flyer.pdf and spread the word.
Help make this march happen by donating towards the enormous costs of the mobilization at http://www.progressunity..org click on Donate, then click on ANSWER.
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