March 16 - Students, Religious Groups Plan Civil Disobedience Actions

dm@globalcalliraq.org — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:42:09 +0000

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L.A. Action Part of Nationwide Protests on War’s 4th Anniversary

Los Angeles, CA – Students from Roosevelt High School will be joining representatives from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Catholic Worker House and others to shut down an Armed Forces Recruitment Station in East Los Angeles on Monday, March 19. This action is part of a nationwide Declaration of Peace campaign to protest the war on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. More than 120 events will take place in 33 states nationwide.

Over 3,000 U.S. Soldiers have lost their lives, and opportunities for vital education programs have been drowned by a soaring federal budget deficit. However, despite overcrowding and the lack of basic teaching materials, the Los Angeles Unified School district pays more than half the cost of local JROTC programs.

WHO: Roosevelt High School Students, AFSC, Catholic Workers, March 25th Coalition, Latinos against the War and others.

WHAT: Protest against the war, Non violent civil disobedience

WHEN: Monday, March 19 at 4:30PM PT

WHERE: Plaza del Sol 1241 S. Soto St. Los Angeles 90023

The American Friends Service Committee is an international peace and justice organization, founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1947, AFSC accepted the Noble Peace Price on behalf of all Quakers worldwide. For further information see www.afsc.org/losangeles.

The Declaration of Peace is a grassroots nonviolent action campaign of more than 800 groups calling on the US government to establish a comprehensive plan to end the US war and occupation in Iraq. It works to stop US military escalation in Iraq, to defund the war, to bring the troops home safely and to support a comprehensive peace process.

Your Name: Steven Gibson

Your Email Address: SGibson@afsc.org

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The Declaration of Peace - AFSC

March 16 - Students, Religious Groups Plan Civil Disobedience Actions