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Stop the War in Iraq and at Home: Rally for Peace in the Middle East
Saturday, March 15th 2003 2:00 p.m.
Portland, OR USA
The next large-scale rally and march against war on Iraq will be held on Saturday, March 15th, at 2:00 p.m., at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon. (If a US war on Iraq is started before March 15th, there will be an emergency rally held at Terry Schrunk Plaza, across from the Federal Building, at S.W. 3rd & S.W. Madison, in downtown Portland, at 4:00 p.m.. If a US attack on Iraq happens after 4:00 p.m., the emergency rally will take place the following day at 4:00 p.m..) The March 15th mobilization against war is being organized by the March 15th Alliance for Peace and Justice, the same informal alliance of peace and justice organizations responsible for the October 5th, November 17th, and January 18th mobilizations against war.
Location:
Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Yamhill & S.W. Front Avenue Portland OR 97204
Contact:
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
info@OregonPSR.org
(503) 274-2720
Sponsored By:
PRELIMINARY LIST OF CO-SPONSORS AND ENDORSERS: Co-sponsors: Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (503-274-2720), Portland Peaceful Response Coalition (503-471-1535), Peace & Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group (503-236-3065), Oregon PeaceWorks (503-585-2767), Jews for Global Justice (503-299-4772), East Timor Action Network/Portland (503-235-4986), War Resisters League-Portland (503-238-0605), Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (503-287-1885), Living Earth (503-788-7311), and others.
Endorsers include Freedom Socialist Party (503-240-4462), Radical Women (503-240-4462), Friends of Sabeel - North America, Friends of Peace and Justice in the Holy Land, Campaign for Peace with Cuba, Peace & Justice Team of Social Action Committee of Michael Servetus Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vancouver, Portland Students for Peace and Justice, and others.
To arrange for interviews with representatives from any of the sponsoring or endorsing organizations, please call (503) 888-7455 or (503) 236-3065. http://www.rdrop.com/~pjw/
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