Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation: The World Still Says No to War!

Event: Rally and March Against War and Occupation: The World Still Says No to War!
Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2004
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square

Over one hundred local peace and social action organizations will hold a rally and march as part of a global mobilization against war and occupation at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 20th, in Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. The rally and march will be fully permitted by the City of Portland, participation is free and open to everyone. For more information, please call Peace & Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group at (503) 236-3065.

"With March 20th fast approaching, and with already got over nintey co-sponsors and endorsers for this rally and march, we are hearing from more organizations with each passing day," said Mikel Clayhold, a volunteer with Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, one of the dozens of groups actively planning the March 20th event. "The declining fortunes of the Bush administration, dogged by renewed interest in Bush�s National Guard service and increasing criticism of the fraudulent arguments for his war on Iraq, have definitely spurred support for the Portland event."

The main theme for the March 20 event is "The World Still Says No To War".
Subthemes for the day are:
"Fund Jobs, Education and Health Care, Not War"
"End US Support of Israel's Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza"
"Defend Civil Liberties - Repeal the USA Patriot Act."

The themes highlight links between local and global issues affected by Bush�s permanent war economy and the administration�s war- and military-based foreign policy, according to Clayhold. The rally and march come almost exactly one year after the U.S. began the full-scale invasion of Iraq.

Organizations interested in becoming involved may contact Peace and Justice Works (PJW) at (503) 236-3065.

A partial list of co-sponsors of the March 20 event include:

Peace & Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group (503-236-3065)
Oregon PeaceWorks (503-585-2767-Salem)
Portland Peaceful Response Coalition (www.pprc-news.org)
War Resisters League-Portland (503-238-0605)
East Timor Action Network/Portland (503-235-4986)
KBOO 90.7 FM Community Radio
Women in Black
Living Earth
American Friends Service Committee
Families for Peace
Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Peace Justice and Environment Committee of the Portland Mennonite Church
St. Andrew Catholic Church
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Peace and Social Justice Center of Southwest Washington
Portland Labor for Peace and Justice
Jews for Global Justice
Peace Action Group of the First Unitarian Church
Alliance for Democracy - Portland Chapter
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Vancouver For Peace
Justice for Mumia Coalition
Freedom Socialist Party
Radical Women
Progressive Responses--a program of CALC of Lane County
Reedwood Friends Church
Hollywood Neighbors for Peace
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
Sisters of the Road
Peace and Social Concerns Committee of the Multnomah Meeting of Friends (Quakers)
street roots (media cosponsor)
Islamic Center of Portland - Masjed As-Saber (503-293-6554)
Portland Alliance (media cosponsor)
School of the Americas Watch Oregon (SOA Watch)
American Association of University Professors at PSU
Metanoia Peace Community
Christ the Healer - United Church of Christ
Sierra Club
Love Makes a Family
St. Philip Neri Peace and Justice Commission

A partial list of endorsers include:

Rainbow Coalition of Portland-Oregon
Green Party of Clark County
Socialist Party of Oregon
In Other Words-Women's Books and Resources
PSU Progressive Student Union
Laughing Horse Books
Northwest Veterans for Peace
Board of Peace and Social Concerns of Northwest Yearly Meeting
Portland Jobs with Justice (503-236-5573, [email protected])
Black Monday Committee
Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation
Eugene Justice Not War
Yamhill Valley PeaceMakers
Peace Church of the Brethren
Oregon Wildlife Federation
Back to the WALL
PSU Green Party
Left Turn-Portland Collective
International Socialist Organization
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 8
Student Activist Alliance for Social Justice
Rural Organizing Project
No End Run Committee
Oregon Green Energy Coalition
Teachers, Parents and Youth for Peace
Muslim Community Center of Portland
Tikkun Olam (Social Action) Committee of Congregation P'nai Or
Veterans for Peace Chapter 72 (vfpchapter72.org)
Red and Black Cafe
Friends of Sabeel
Portland Catholic Worker
Portland Campus Christian Ministry
Lower Columbia Clinic
Pax Christi Portland
National Lawyers Guild - Portland
Pride at Work Oregon
Palestine Arab-American Association
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Voz (Worker Rights Education Project)
Islamic Society of Southwest Washington
Reed Student Peace Action Network
Adelante Mujeres
Sisters in Action for Power
Shelly's Garden-Honkin' Huge Burritos
Flying Focus Video Collective (media endorser)
Campaign for Peace with Cuba
Peace Committee of West Hills Friends Meeting
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC)
Cross Border Labor Organizing Coalition (CBLOC)
crossroads
NW RAGE - Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
No War Drum Corps
IWW - Portland Industrial District Council
East Side Democratic Club
Cascadia Rising Info Shop
Bridgeport United Church of Christ
Andrew Kaza for Congress
Stumptown Printers
Goldendale Citizens for Peace
Community Alliance of Tenants

For a full list see http://www.pjw.info/mar20cosponsors.html. A downloadable flyer is available on the PPRC website at www.pprc-news.org. For information on the Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation, see the United for Peace & Justice website at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

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