SEPT 29, 2007: Mass March on the White House

SEPTEMBER 22 - 29 SEPT 29: Mass March on the White House SEPT 22- 29: Encampment in front of Congress - Cut off the War funds - Build a People Peace Congress Hundreds of Endorsers - More than 40 Organizing Centers - It's time to Shut Down Washington! Stop the War at Home & Abroad! Congress will not end the war Marches alone will not end the war It's time to shut down Washington DC - No more business as usual! Endorsers include:* Rep. Cynthia McKinney; Medea Benjamin, CoFounder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace; Fernando Suarez del Solar, founder of Proyecto Guerrero Azteca por la Paz; Bishop Filipe C Teixeira, OFSJC; Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General; Brenda Stokely of the NYC Solidarity Committee For Katrina / Rita Evacuees; Liz Arnone, Co-Chair, NJ Green Party; Mohammad Basirul Haq Sinha, Chief Coordinator, We The People United Bangladesh; Abayomi Azikiwe, Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice; Jack Balkwill, Chair, Liberty Underground of Virginia; Barney Richards, National President, New Zealand Peace Council; Teresa Dawson, Coordinator, MFSO Central Ohio; Joan Gibbs, Jericho Movement; Efia Nwangaza, Founder/director, Afrikan Amerikan Institute for Policy Studies & Planning;  Jose Luis Diaz, President, Casas las Americas; Leslie Feinberg, author and activist; Teresa Gutierrez of the NY May 1 Coalition for Immigrant Rights; LeiLani Dowell, FIST (Fight Imperialism - Stand Together); Berna Ellorin, BAYAN USA; Ben Carroll, UNC SDS; and hundreds more. for an updated list, see TroopsOutNow.org *organizations listed for ID purposes only Read the call | Endorse | Volunteer Encampment to Stop the War blog Encampment to Stop the War MySpace Donate to help with organizing expenses Since mid-April, when the Troops Out Now Coalition issued a proposal for a week of action in Washington DC in September, activists from across the U.S. and worldwide have contacted us to support the proposal and to volunteer to help with this major mobilization. More than a hundred activists, from as far away as Los Angeles, Sacramento, and New Orleans, packed the Troops Out Now New York office on June 16 to begin planning for this week of resistance.  Momentum is building as more activists realize that it is time to move from protest to resistance: **We now have hundreds of endorsers and more than 40 organizing centers.  **Activists, community groups, and grassroots organizers are planning to set up tents at the Encampment to highlight issues they are working on. **Youth activists are working to build a national student strike during the week of the Encampment.  ** face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Regional coordinators are working on organizing transportation to the Encampment and March. **A committee has been set up to coordinate music and art at the Encampment (see TroopsOutNow.org/resistanceandculture.html for more information) We still have a lot of work ahead of us in the next few months.  This is a peoples' movement, and we are counting on you to help: 1- Volunteer - http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml 2- Endorse the call ( http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207encampmentmarchonwashendorse.shtml) - and then forward it to your list serves, MySpace contacts, etc. 3- If you are a musician, poet, or spoken word artist, contact us about performing at the Encampment. ( TroopsOutNow.org/resistanceandculture.html ) 4- Form a local organizing center - http://troopsoutnow.org/cmnt.shtml 5- Donate to help with organizing expenses - http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml Troops Out Now Coalition 55 W. 17th St. #5C NY NY 10011 www.TroopsOutNow.org 212.633-6646