Below is a schedule for the events of the Jan. 27-29 mobilization in Washington DC. Further details will be added as they are finalized, so please keep checking back here.
EVENTS ORGANIZED BY UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (Please scroll down for information on the Interfaith Service, the Veterans For Peace action on Thursday, CodePink's Walk in Their Shoes installation, and other actions being organized during the weekend.)
SATURDAY, JAN. 27
11am-1pm: Assembly and Rally
National Mall, between 3rd and 7th streets 1pm-??: March on Washington
Exact route TBD, keep checking here for updates SUNDAY, JAN. 28
9am-12pm: Organizing sessions and educational workshops
12:30-4:30pm: Lobby training
Location: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD Click here for full schedule. 8pm-10pm: Benefit for UFPJ with Holly Near and Tom Hayden
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St., NW (near U
Street Metro Station).
$15 at the door (more if you can, less if you can't) MONDAY, JAN. 29 Grassroots Congressional Education Day
Click here for further details and to register.
MORE EVENTS THURSDAY, JAN. 25 Veterans For Peace: Defend and Support the
Constitution
(Stop The Madness of George Bush)
Where:
In the vicinity of or on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington DC (Exact time and place TBA)
Contact:
Daniel Fearn, aldermn@earthlink.net,
(612) 529-9345
All veterans are welcomed to participate. The general
public is welcomed and encouraged to attend. FRIDAY, JAN. 26 12:00 pm: Walk in Their Shoes Installation and Press Conference
On the National Mall at 3rd Street, NW. www.walkintheirshoes.org. Organized by CODEPINK to commemorate the 655,000 Iraqis who have died. For more info, contact Liz at
lizkimmerly@gmail.com
or 310 460 9082. Volunteers needed! To help set up, meet at 9:30 am
at 3rd st and Madison NW. We will be collecting shoes at the Rally on
Saturday as well.
7pm-9:30pm: "Peace in Our Hearts, Peace
in the World:" A Meditation and Teach-In with Bhante Suhita Dharma and
David Loy
Location: Foundry United Methodist Church, 1500 16th St. NW (at P St, near the
DuPont Circle Station on the Red Line)
During this evening of dharma practice, study, and community building,
we’ll learn how the three poisons (greed, anger, delusion) manifest on a
social and political level, and how we can respond with skillfulness and
compassion. Everyone is welcome! We'll also have a space for kids coming to
help make posters for Saturday's march and to practice some fun yoga moves.
Bhante is a pastoral social worker who emphasizes service to homeless people,
prisoners, and others in need. He has been a monk over 40 years and has acted
as a bridge between many cultures in the world. David is the author of The
Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory, and teaches at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Children and young people will have an opportunity to help make posters for the
Saturday march. For more info, click here.
SATURDAY, JAN. 27 8am: Iraq War Memorial Filming
Brave New Films will have film crews on the Mall beginning at 8am to film and Gold Star Families who wish to tape a statement about their deceased loved ones. Inspired by the AIDS Quilt, the Vietnam memorial, and the New York
Times biographies of the 9/11 victims, Robert Greenwald and Brave New
Foundation, in partnership with numerous Iraq veterans groups, are
creating a living online memorial to U.S. soldiers killed during the
Iraq war. The Iraq Veterans Memorial will bear witness with the video
testimonies of family, friends, co-workers, and military colleagues of
those lost. 9am: Preparing Ourselves for Peace Work: An Interfaith Service
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol Street NE
Sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives and the Buddhist
Peace Delegation. (The service will conclude in time for participants to join the rally on
the Mall at 11 am.) Click here for directions to the church.
10am: Women Say Pull Out! Women's Convergence for DC Mobilization
Join Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey, Rhea Perlman, Eve Ensler, Mimi Kennedy, Q'orianka Kilcher, the Co-founders of CODEPINK and many other amazing women. Other co-sponsors include: National Organization for Women, V-Day, WAND, Feminist Majority, Feminist Peace Network and WATER. Don't forget your PINK!
Where: Navy Memorial, 7th and Pennsylvania NW
When: Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 10am
We will rally at 10am then meet up with the UFPJ rally and
march! | 
