Action Alerts List
Stop War Funding: Don't Let Congress Hide Behind a Cowardly New Bill!
The House of Representatives will vote as soon as tomorrow -- Thursday, May 8 -- on an additional $162.6 billion for the war and occupation in Iraq.
This might be our last opportunity to fight a war funding bill before the next president takes office and the new Congress is seated.
Amazingly, the bill gives the Bush Administration all that it wants for fiscal year 2008 and an additional $66 billion for fiscal year 2009. This will keep funds for the occupation flowing well into the next administration.
It will let the new president continue the war and occupation with no accountability to Congress for months into next Spring.
By including FY09 funding, the Democratic Party House leadership is taking the war off the congressional agenda for the rest of the election year, in a cowardly betrayal of the people’s will.
At a time when money is urgently needed in our communities, the new bill would bring the total of direct funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to an unimaginable $860 billion. (The true cost of the war is actually close to 3 trillion as shown by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes.)
This bill is an appalling abdication of Congress’ responsibility.
YOUR CALL TODAY IS CRUCIAL
Call your representative NOW:
House Switchboard: 202-224-3121, or use the phone list below.
Tell them to vote "NO" on the $162.6 billion war funding measure.
Tell them it's long past time to bring all the troops home and end the war.
Tell them to stop playing political games while lives are being lost.
Background
House leadership met behind closed doors on Monday evening to concoct a plan that will keep the war going well into the next president's first term. They plan to add a $162.6 billion war funding amendment to a Veterans Administration Appropriation bill (H.R.2642) and bring it to the floor for a vote on Thursday, May 8.
In addition to the funding amendment, they will vote separately on two other amendments. One will provide billions for unemployment benefits and veterans education benefits; the other measure addresses war policy, including a goal for troop withdrawal by December 2009, troop readiness requirements, and bans on permanent bases in Iraq and torture.
Don't let the House Democratic leadership take us for granted
If this funding bill passes, Congress will have handed Bush $860 billion for the illegal war and occupation of Iraq. With this funding bill, they are laying the groundwork for the next president to continue the occupation. We must send them a message: The voters will remember in November!
Prepare to Call Senators to Demand a Filibuster
It is an open secret that the Senate leadership will drop the amendment restricting war policy -- leaving only the war funding with no strings attached.
If the new war funding bill passes from the House to the Senate, which may happen as soon as next week, we must demand that our Senators filibuster to block it.
Follow-up
The national coalition, United for Peace and Justice, is tracking calls. Let them know after you’ve called.
Representatives
OREGON
Earl Blumenauer
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-4811
Fax: (202) 225-8941
Portland, OR:
Phone: (503) 231-2300
Fax: (503) 230-5413
Darlene Hooley
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-5711
Fax: (202) 225-5699
West Linn, OR
Phone: (503) 557-1324
Fax: (503) 557-1981
David Wu
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-0855
Fax: (202) 225-9497
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 326-2901
Toll Free: (800) 422-4003
Fax: (503) 326-5066
SW WASHINGTON
Brian Baird
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 225-3536
Fax: (202) 225-3478
Vancouver, WA
Phone: (360) 695-6292
Fax: (360) 695-6197
Senators
OREGON
Gordon Smith
Washington, DC
Phone: 202.224.3753
Fax: 202.228.3997
Portland, OR
Phone: 503.326.3386
Fax: 503.326.2900
Ron Wyden
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 326-7525
WASHINGTON
Maria Cantwell
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-224-3441
Fax: 202-228-0514
TDD: 202-224-8273
Vancouver, WA
Phone: 360-696-7838
Fax: 360-696-7844
Patty Murray
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 224-2621
Fax: (202) 224-0238
Vancouver, WA
Phone: (360) 696-7797
Fax: (360) 696-7798
May Day Against the War: An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
MAY DAY AGAINST THE WAR: An Injury to One is and Injury to All!
May 1st is International Workers’ Day, and in recent years a day of action for immigrant rights. May Day in Portland this year is shaping up to be a day of important anti-war actions. These actions put the spotlight on how the Iraq occupation and war hurts workers and immigrants.
PDX Peace as a coalition has endorsed three events on Thursday, May 1, and encourages all members and member organizations to join in and support them:
ILWU PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR – Flowers in the River
11:00 AM meet at Peace Memorial Park on the corner of NE Interstate and NE Oregon and march to the action
12:00 ILWU Flowers in the River action, on floating dock just north of the Burnside Bridge
The West Coast Longshore Caucus of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) recently voted to hold work stoppages up and down the west coast on May Day. The ILWU recognizes that working people bear the biggest burdens of the war, from the economic draft, to the deaths and physical, mental and spiritual wounds, to the war-induced recession, to the devastating effects of the conflict on working class Iraqis.
In Portland, the Local 8 rank & file will place 800 flowers in the Willamette River, each one representing 5 U.S. soldiers killed in the war. Local 8’s press release notes that "we would like to remember also the Iraqi dead, but flowers to represent them would fill the river.” Iraqi victims will be remembered with words.
This Flowers in the River event will take place on the floating dock just North of the Burnside Bridge. Veterans, antiwar activists and unionists will be gathering at Peace Memorial Park on the corner of NE Interstate and NE Oregon at 11am to march to join the ILWU action, which will take place at 12pm. Supporters unable to march at 11 are welcome to join the action directly at the floating dock. Wear your union colors and anti-war colors, and come support the longshoremen’s demand to End the War, Bring the Troops Home Now!
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY TEACH-IN: "End the War—It's Up to Us: A Community Information and Strategy Session"
10:00-4:00 Food for Thought Cafe, Smith Student Union Basement, Portland State University (1825 SW Broadway)
Inspired by the Longshore Workers’ call to strike on May Day to End the War and Bring the Troops Home Now, PSU professors, students, and staff, are organizing a May Day of alternative anti-war education and strategy discussions on campus. The event will feature presentations on key issues about the war in Iraq from PSU professors, students and community activists, performances, and a facilitated discussion about what we can do to end the war. The event is open to the public and will last from 10am-4pm, centered in the Food for Thought Cafe in the Smith Student Center. The organizers are particularly interested in sharing and spreading word about strategies different groups are using to oppose the war. Anyone interested in making a presentation or organizations that want to cosponsor this event should contact Mary King at kingm@pdx.edu.
Download pdf flyer
PORTLAND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION RALLY AND MARCH: “Stop the War on Working People at Home and Abroad!”
4:00 PM Rally and 5:00pm March, South Park Blocks (SW Park and Salmon)
The Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition is hosting a mass rally at 4pm in the South Park Blocks at SW Park and Salmon, followed by a march at 5pm. The event will draw the connections between attacks on immigrant workers’ rights and those of all workers, and how the war in Iraq affects immigrants. The war causes and intensifies jingoistic and xenophobic nationalism, politics and violence based on fear and lies, militarism including militarization of the southern border, and special targeting of immigrant workers for military recruitment with citizenship incentives. Immigrant workers understand this, and oppose the war in higher proportion than the general population.
The organizers of this rally and march are making a point of speaking out against the Iraq war and connecting it to other attacks on immigrants and workers. The many cosponsors of the march and rally include Jobs with Justice, ILWU Local 8 and PDX Peace. So spread the word in your networks, and turn out for a day of solidarity to defend immigrant and worker rights against war at home and abroad!
download pdf flyer (english) (spanish)
MAY DAY AGAINST THE WAR: An Injury to One is and Injury to All!
Strategy Retreat and Counter-Recruitment Alert
May 17--Save the Date for the PDX Peace Strategy Retreat
"pillars of war" exercise
Join PDX Peace Coalition as we develop our plan of action for the next year.
What: PDX Peace Coalition planning retreat
Where: Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark Street, Portland OR 97215
When: Saturday, May 17, 10:00-5:00
Who: PDX Peace coalition members are invited to participate. Not a member yet? Join PDX Peace!
For more information: email pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org
UPDATE (4/29): After a slew of emails and a huge turn out at
the school board meeting, two board members and the legal counsel have
agreed to meet with counter recruitment advocates. The Military &
Draft Counseling Project requests that we do NOT contact the school board at this time. Stay tuned for further updates. Thanks to everyone who made their voices heard!
Action Alert from Recruiter Watch PDX and Military & Draft Counseling Project
Tell the Portland School Board to Keep Equal Access for Counter-Recruiters!
You are invited to the next Portland School Board meeting on Monday,
April 28, at the School District Administrative Building (BESC), 501 N.
Dixon Street, Portland 97227.
Meet at 6:45 p.m. at the main entrance. We will stand with signs as people enter.
After the meeting begins (7:00 p.m.), we will stand with our signs in
the foyer behind the board meeting room. We will be very visible to the
school board members.
School board meetings often last till 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. Stay as long as you can – an hour is great.
There is an opportunity for “citizen comment” at the end of the
meeting, but you must sign up ahead of time. Contact John Grueschow at
the Military & Draft Counseling Project (503) 238-0605 or
jgrueschow@comcast.net if you are interested.
to "Opt-Out" from military recruitment in September 2007
Background
Portland High School students need your help. The
chief legal counselor for Portland Public Schools, is now advising high
school administrators and the Portland School Board to no longer allow
counter-recruitment activists “equal access” to respond to military
recruiting in Portland Public Schools.
This is a change in long-standing practice. For many years, the
assumption has been that, if the military recruiters maintain presence
in schools, then counter-recruiters have a right to a comparable
presence. In practice, this usually means that, if military recruiters
do tabling during the lunch hour, then counter-recruiters should be
granted the opportunity to do the same.
The National Lawyers Guild has written a letter to the chief legal counselor at
our request, challenging her arguments and her advice to the school
district. Her main argument is that, if Portland Public Schools grants
access to counter-recruiters, that opens the door to a myriad of other
political groups who might want to set up a literature table in a high
school. This is a bogus argument because it ignores the crucial fact
that military recruiters are already in schools and spreading their
lies – and a response is required!
Email School Board Members to Keep Equal Access for Counter-Recruiters
Please e-mail all eight school board members – and/or phone the two
school board co-chairs – and assert our right to “equal access.” Tell
them:
- Students deserve at least a balance of information about military enlistment.
- Military recruiters cannot be trusted to tell the truth about what students can expect from military service.
- Most
school districts throughout the nation grant some form of access to
counter-recruiters because is morally and legally the right thing to do. - The chief legal counselor should be told (by the School Board) to “stand down” on this
issue and stop advising high school administrators to exclude
counter-recruitment activists.
Portland School Board members:
Dan Ryan (co-chair) dryan@pps.k12.or.us (503) 351-9103
Dilafruz Williams (co-chair) dilafruz.williams@pps.k12.or.us (503) 775-2158
Ruth Adkins radkins@pps.k12.or.us
David Wynde david.wynde@pps.k12.or.us
Bobbie Regan bobbie.regan@pps.k12.or.us
Sonja Henning shenning@pps.k12.or.us
Trudy Sargent tsargent@pps.k12.or.us
Antoinette Myers (student rep) tmyers@pps.k12.or.us
Saturday-Potluck for Peace and Which Way Forward for the Antiwar Movement
Potluck for Peace and Which Way Forward for the Antiwar Movement
Join PDX Peace this Saturday for good food and great conversation on where we go from here.
Saturday, March 29th
Multnomah Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark Street, Portland OR 97215
4:00 PM Potluck thank-you party for all the amazing people that helped make the March 15 World Without War event a success. We've worked together for months to pull off the event--now let's relax, share some food and ponder our next steps. This is a "vegan-friendly, alcohol-free, omnivores welcome" potluck. Please bring a dish to share. Be creative--we could use salads, deserts, bread, main dishes, non-alcoholic beverages etc. Please try to bring a list of ingredients in your dish to accommodate those with allergies and dietary restrictions.
6:00 PM Discussion: Which way forward for the antiwar movement?
with special guest Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and co-editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States.
Building a movement for peace and justice requires much more than just
a once a year event. That's why PDX Peace Coalition is working year
round on campaigns and projects to engage more people in the peace
movement. Join us and help figure out what's next.
Support PDX Peace!
We need your financial support to keep the peace and justice movement going strong. Donate to PDX peace today!
Thanks for being there Saturday-Here's what's next!
Thanks to the many thousands who came out to a soggy yet spirited World Without War on Saturday, March 15 in Portland's South Park Blocks. This demonstration of resistance to war and hope for peace was an important acknowledgment that five years into a disastrous war, we will not be silent!
Share your photos, video or stories about March 15!
Register on the pdx peace website and create a blog where you can share links to your you tube videos and flickr photos from March 15. Or email them to pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org.
Building a movement for peace and justice requires much more than just a once a year event. That's why PDX Peace Coalition is working year round on campaigns and projects to engage more people in the peace movement. Join us and help figure out what's next!
Join the PDX Peace Coalition for a discussion on:
Which way forward for the antiwar movement?
with special guest Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and co-editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States.
March 29th 6:00 PM
Multnomah Friends Meeting House
4312 SE Stark Street
Portland OR 97215
Support PDX Peace!
We need your financial support to keep the peace and justice movement going strong! Donate to PDX peace today!
World Without War, Bring the Troops Home Now!
Stop the War, Bring the Troops Home Now!
This Saturday, join PDX Peace in the South Park Blocks for World Without War: a day of resistance and hope.
Where: South Park Blocks (SW Park and Madison)
When: Saturday, March 15, 2008
10:00-6:00 Action Camp featuring workshops, exhibits, performances, music, food and more!
2:00 Rally and March
If you're fed up with 5 years of war, come take action in the ActionCamp. Check out our 9 Action Tents focusing on crucial issues of Peace and Justice. The Camp is packed with exciting things to do: you can create art, write letters, watch movies, join discussions and come together to strategize, envision and create a world without war.
Read the full Action Camp schedule:
Military Resistance and Recovery
Costs of War
Iraqi Crisis Under US Invasion
PDX Youth M.O.V.E
Stop the War on Working People at Home and Abroad
US out of the “Middle East”: Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran…
No Human Being is Illegal! Defend Human Rights for All!
Palestine: 40 Years of Occupation and 60 years of Dispossession
Visions of Peace: Building Bridges of Faith to a World Without War
Maps of the march and the action camp are now available. read more »
cosponsor member final alert
Dear co-sponsors and endorsers of a World Without War,
Thanks for being part of "World
Without War: a day of resistance and hope." We wanted to give you an
update on tomorrow's activities and opportunities for you and your
members to participate in making this a powerful event.
Are You Tabling?
Please Consider these Tips for a "Green" Event
1. The most important action you can take is to provide a sign up sheet
for interested participants emails in order to educate them
electronically on your cause, therefore eliminating the need for paper.
2. If you must hand out documents please make sure they have information on both sides.
3. Tell people that there are several recycling areas located
throughout the event and encourage them to place the proper material in
the correct receptacle.
4. Finally, make sure the area you physically occupied is clean and that your recycling/trash is disposed of properly.
Questions
for our master recycler can be sent to: recycle@pdxpeace.org.
Set Up
General set up begins at 7:00 am. We could use volunteers to help set
up the stage, action tents etc. so please bring volunteers to help if
you can.
If you are tabling, please plan to arrive by 9:00 am. To load in
your materials by car, drive in to the Park Blocks from SW Salmon and
9th and you will be directed to the tabling area. Download a pdf map of the Park Blocks.
Tabling is first come first served. If you have not already rented a
table through PDX Peace, you must bring your own table and chairs. Note
that we are not providing canopy covers for the organizational tabling
area, so you may want to bring one.
Tabling or Action Camp?
Thank you so much for your cooperation and if you have any questions
about tabling in general please email pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org.
Below is more information about March 15 for you to forward to your
lists. Please contact us with any last minute questions at
pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org or 503-230-9427.
Need Volunteers for World Without War--can you help?
We are just days away from marking the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war with a strong showing of protest at the World Without War day of resistance and hope on March 15.
PDX Peace could use your help especially this week with many important volunteer tasks. We are asking that March 15 co-sponsors, endorsers and PDX Peace members please commit a few volunteers from your group to one or more of these important volunteer activities.
Volunteer Activities--Can you commit to at least one of these this week?
1. All Week: Final flyer push. This is the final week to get out all the posters and handbills for March 15. Please pick some up to post and distribute.
Poster pick up: AFSC, 2249 E. Burnside (on the porch, day or night). Other locations to pick up flyers: Bread and Roses Center, 819 North Killingsworth or Center for Intercultural Organizing, 2808 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 13.
2. Thursday, March 13 7:00-9:00 pm Peacekeeper Training. Join the Peacekeeper Team for March 15!
Come to this training for volunteers interested in joining the peacekeeper team for the March 15 World Without War day of action where you will learn nonviolent peacekeeping techniques. Where: Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, Social Hall, 4312 SE Stark St., Portland When: Thursday, For more information: katie@pdxpeace.org
3. Wednesday, March 12 6:00 pm. Banner making.
Come help paint banners and signs for the action camp. Location coming soon! For more information: katie@pdxpeace.org
4. Volunteer on March 15. World Without War: a day of resistance and hope. Can you help with set up, take down or during the day? We need volunteers from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm. Email volunteer@pdxpeace.org and let us know you can help out!
Some Events this Week
1. Wednesday, Mar 12 5:30pm-6:30pm Portland Labor Against War Meeting
ILWU Local 5 Hall, 917 SW Oak Suite 206
Join other unionists in the struggle against war! We will be meeting to discuss having a labor contingent at the protest on March 15th and the possibility of future labor involvement in the local and national antiwar movement. If you can't make the meeting but still want to march with us, you can email t adam.m.sanchez@gmail.com for an update on what's going on.
2. Friday, March 14th 7-8 PM All Denominations Gathering
5 Years of War . . .May Each of Us Bear Witness for Peace on One Night
First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland
Please join us for an evening of reflection, music, unity and lighting of candles
Everyone is Welcome; Families Are Encouraged.
Co-sponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. To find out more information please call (503) 260-9803
3. March 13-16 Winter Solider Hearings
Public showings at PSU Lincoln Hall 175 Thursday 6-9, Friday 9-9, Saturday 9-9
http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier/howtowatch
More info coming soon at pdxpeace.org
We'll see you in the streets March 15!
M15 cosponsor alert
Dear co-sponsors and endorsers of a World Without War,
March 15 is fast approaching!
Thanks for being part of "World Without War: a day of resistance and hope." We wanted to give you an update on the day's activities and opportunities for you and your members to participate in making this a powerful event.
Are You Tabling? Please Consider these Tips for a "Green" Event
1. The most important action you can take is to provide a sign up sheet for interested participants emails in order to educate them electronically on your cause, therefore eliminating the need for paper.
2. If you must hand out documents please make sure they have information on both sides.
3. Tell people that there are several recycling areas located throughout the event and encourage them to place the proper material in the correct receptacle.
4. Finally, make sure the area you physically occupied is clean and that your recycling/trash is disposed of properly.
Thank you so much for your cooperation and if you have any questions about tabling in general please email pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org. Questions for our master recycler can be sent to recycle@pdxpeace.org.
3/10 final planning meeting for March 15
Our last planning meeting for March 15 will be 7:00 pm Monday, March 10 in room B002 of the First Unitarian Church. Please join us to work out the final details for the day. We could still use more help with a number of task such as flyering, peacekeeping, banner painting etc. See below for more details.
Below is more information about March 15 for you to forward to your lists. Please contact us with any questions or to volunteer at pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org or 503-230-9427.
Stop the War, Bring the Troops Home Now!
March 15 is fast approaching! Mark your calendars now and plan to join PDX Peace in the South Park Blocks for World Without War: a day of resistance and hope.
Where: South Park Blocks (SW Park and Madison), Portland Oregon
When: Saturday, March 15, 2008
10:00-6:00 Action Camp featuring workshops, exhibits, performances, music and more!
2:00 Rally and March
We've got a fabulous rally line-up including inspiring local and
nationally-known activists working for a world without war. Speakers
include:
- Zahra Sultan, Iraqi Social Worker, director of Saverefugees.org
- Bob Watada, father of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first Commissioned Officer to refuse deployment to Iraq
- Tom Chamberlain, President of Oregon AFL-CIO
- Andrea Cano, Executive Director, Oregon Farm Worker Ministry
- Youth organizers Terell Wilson, freshman at Madison H.S. and Lizo Wallace, United Voices Youth Program
- Barbara Dudley, Professor in the Hatfield School of Government, former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA.
The rally will be hosted by spoken word artist Walidah Imarisha and Megan Brooker of the PDX Peace Coalition and Military Families Speak Out.
Bring your friends and family! Come early to take part in the Action
Camp. We'll have workshops, activities, performances and exhibits on:
Military Resistance and Recovery
Costs of War
Iraqi Crisis Under US Invasion
PDX Youth M.O.V.E
Stop the War on Working People at Home and Abroad
US out of the “Middle East”: Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran…
No Human Being is Illegal! Defend Human Rights for All!
Palestine: 40 Years of Occupation and 60 years of Dispossession
Visions of Peace: Building Bridges of Faith to a World Without War
World War None: the PDX Peace Music Festival
In addition to our all day Action Camp and the 2pm March and Rally, we have an amazing anti-war music line-up including March Forth Marching Band, Mic Crenshaw, Commotion with Ben Darwish, Dave Rovics and more. So be sure to come down for the whole day (10-6) to catch it all.
The Peace Movement Goes Green
No More Blood for Oil is not just a slogan--we're putting it in to
practice on March 15. PDX Peace is taking steps to reduce the carbon
footprint of the gathering, such as using solar and biodiesel power for
the stage and action tents. We'll be cutting down on paper and other
waste, thanks to advice from a master recycler and your help with
recycling. Bike parking will be available as well as ample public transportation options so ditch the gas-guzzler and ride on down to stop the war!
Volunteer for a World Without War
Postering for March 15 is a great excuse to get out and enjoy the daffodils! Stop by one of our pick-up points to get posters and hit the streets in your neighborhood.
Sunday, March 9: Iraq Body Count Exhibit Set-Up. This powerful look at the human cost of war will be set up near Portland State University, just blocks from the location of the main events for March 15. Can you help for a couple hours this Sunday to set up? Email info@iraqbodycountexhibit.org to volunteer.
Wednesday, March 12: Paint banners and signs for the action camp. Email katie@pdxpeace.org for details.
Thursday, March 13: Training for march peacekeepers. Email pdxpeace@pdxpeace.org for details.
Fill out the volunteer form to let us know we can count on your help on March 15.
This dynamic expanded event costs money! Please give what you can to support a World Without War and together we can build a vibrant, powerful movement for peace and justice.
Thank you and we'll see you on the streets!
World Without War Goes Green!
Nine Days left until a World Without War!
On March 15, join us in Portland's South Park Blocks for a rally, march and all day Action Camp where you can take action to stop the war and bring the troops home now! After five years of war on Iraq, Portlanders are coming together in a day of resistance and hope for a world without war.
The Peace Movement Goes Green!
No More Blood for Oil is not just a slogan--we're putting it in to practice on March 15. PDX Peace is taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint of the gathering, such as using solar and biodiesel power for the stage and action tents. We'll be cutting down on paper and other waste, thanks to advice from a master recycler and your help with recycling. Bike parking will be available as well as ample public transportation options so ditch the gas-guzzler and ride on down to stop the war!
Volunteer for a World Without War
Postering for March 15 is a great excuse to get out and enjoy the daffodils! Stop by one of our pick-up points to get posters and hit the streets in your neighborhood.
Sunday, March 9: Iraq Body Count Exhibit Set-Up. This powerful look at the human cost of war will be set up near Portland State University, just blocks from the location of the main events for March 15. Can you help for a couple hours this Sunday to set up? Email info@iraqbodycountexhibit.org to volunteer.
Wednesday, March 12: Paint banners and signs for the action camp. Email katieh@riseup.net for details.
Fill out the volunteer form to let us know we can count on your help on March 15.
World War None: the PDX Peace Music Festival
In addition to our all day Action Camp and the 2pm March and Rally, we have an amazing anti-war music line-up including March Forth Marching Band, Mic Crenshaw, Commotion with Ben Darwish, Dave Rovics and more. So be sure to come down for the whole day (10-6) to catch it all.
This dynamic expanded event costs money! Please give what you can to support PDX Peace and together we can build a vibrant, powerful movement for peace and justice.