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COME TO WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011 TO COMMEMORATE THE U.S. SLAUGHTER OF IRAQ, AND REDEDICATE OUR LIVES TO LIVING OUT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S DREAM OF ABOLISHING WAR AND INJUSTICE.
8:45am Mass at Sacred Heart Church 16th & Park Road NW ‘’Mass of Repentance for War’’ celebrated by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Sponsored by Pax Christi Metro DC
10:30 am Assemble at 16th & Park Road NW (bring signs, banners, puppets)
11 am “March to Stop the War”- March down 16th street to the White House
12-1 pm Vigil outside the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
2-6 pm Teach-in at Foundry United Methodist 1500 16th St. NW with live music, films, and guest speakers and actvists including;( Bishop Thomas Gumbleton – Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Non-Violence – Medea Benjamin co-founder of Code Pink & Global Exchange – Celeste Zappala of Gold Star Families Speak Out and Military Families Speak Out – Andy Shallal, Iraqi-American artist, and propietor of Bus Boys & Poets- Camilo Mejia, GI Resister, Conscientious Objector & Iraq War Veteran – David Swanson of Warisacrime.org) and many more! *(Do your own lunch & dinner)
7 pm Candlelight Vigil outside the White House marking the time the Tomahawk Missiles exploded in Baghdad (bring your own light)
January 15, 2011 marks the 20th year since the United States began to bomb Iraq. Since then millions of Iraqi people have been militarily occupied, injured, starved, killed, tortured, and imprisoned. Millions more have become internally displaced or refugees in other countries. The purpose of this witness in Washington, D.C. on January 15th is to draw attention to the fact that the United States has been using military force for 20 years that has led to the slaughter of Iraqis and the destruction of their country. It is our hope the United States will instead follow the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to abolish war and injustice
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Questions: january15peacecommittee@post.com or Dorothy Day Catholic Worker (202)882-9649
Co-sponsoring Groups: The January 15 Peace Committee, Witness Against Torture, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Gold Star Families Speak Out, Code Pink, United National Assembly Committee, Consistent Life, WARISACRIME.ORG, Peace-Action, Veterans For Peace, Christian Peace Witness, War Resisters League, Answer Coalition, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United For Peace and Justice, Gray Panthers, Pax Christi Metro DC, Little Friends for Peace, Peace With Justice Mission(DC), Dorothy Day CW(DC), Father Charlie Mulholland CW(NC), Northern Virginians for Peace & Justice, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Gray Panthers of Metropolitan DC, Peace-Action Montgomery County(MD), Jonah House(MD