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[Repeat]Washington County Weekly Peace Vigil

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:46:43 -0700

Start: Mar 17 2010 - 6:30pm

End: Mar 17 2010 - 7:30pm

Location: Beaverton, across from Libary on Hall Blvd between 4th and 5th.

Contact: washcopeace@yahoo.com

[Repeat]Pioneer Courthouse Square Protest - SW Portland

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:57:30 -0700

Start: Mar 19 2010 - 5:00pm

End: Mar 19 2010 - 6:30pm

Every Friday.

Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Broadway and Morrison.

Organization: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Contact: (503) 344-5098

Website: http://www.pprc-news.org/

Iraq, Seven Years Later: Rally, March, and Teach-In

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:21:31 -0800

Start: Mar 20 2010 - 11:00am

End: Mar 20 2010 - 11:00am

Portlanders to Protest 7 Years
Since Iraq Invasion with Rally, March and Teach-In
Saturday, March 20, 2010

11:00 am Student Feeder March & mini-rally at PSU Park Blocks
12:00 Noon at Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison
1:00 pm Teach-in at First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Main

Details:

Rally and teach-in:
Iraq, Seven Years Later: Change US Foreign
Policy-Bring All the Troops Home!

With the uncertain outcome of the March 7 elections continuing to have the potential
to delay the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq, Portlanders are gearing up to
protest the ongoing presence of the US military and "contractors" on the
anniversary of the 2003 invasion. On Saturday, March 20, an event titled "Iraq,
Seven Years Later: Change US Foreign Policy--Bring All the Troops Home!" begins
with a rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza at 12 noon (SW 3rd and Madison), continues with
a march through downtown Portland at 12:30 PM, followed by a "teach-in"
at First Unitarian Church from 1:00 to 3:30 PM (SW 12th and Main).

The themes addressed throughout the day will include the expansion of US military
presence and US support for military occupations throughout the Middle East:

End the Occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine

Stop the Expanding Attacks in the Middle East: No Drone Strikes in Pakistan

No War on Iran

US Out of Latin America!

The day's events are being coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq
Affinity Group and cosponsored or endorsed by at least 20 other organizations.

Cosponsors include: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Portland;
Portland Peaceful Response Coalition; Center for Intercultural Organizing;
American Iranian Friendship Council; Women in Black; American Friends
Service Committee; International Socialist Organization; Students
United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER); Metanoia Peace
Community; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Portland
Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC); Crosstrade Solidarity;
War Resisters League-Portland; Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights (AUPHR), and The Peace Project--New Directions for American
Foreign Policy.

Endorsers include Recruiter Watch
PDX, Freedom Socialist Party, IUPAT Painters Local 10; Workers
Action, and Portland Jobs with Justice.

For more information: Peace and Justice Works, 503-236-3065 or
iraq@pjw.info

"Jornaleros" Documentary Premier by VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:21:37 -0800

Start: Mar 25 2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mar 25 2010 - 9:00pm

Film Screening: Jornaleros

VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project will be premiering their new documentary “Jornaleros.” Through music, poetry, and art, "Jornaleros" documents the lives and creative work of five Portland day laborers. The film humanizes the debates on immigration and immigrant labor in the US by showing these day laborers, first and foremost, as artists and activists in the community. The documentary will premier on March 25, 2010 at 7 PM at the Clinton Street Theatre located on 2522 SE Clinton Street. Tickets will be sold for $6 general admission/$5 Students/$4 Seniors and can be purchased at the theatre.

Jornaleros challenges prejudices, enhances understanding and gives an educational point of view of the Latin-American people and immigrants, as well as their many talents and cultural contributions. The objective is to enhance the sensitivity and awareness towards a local vulnerable group who is often used as scapegoats or deemed as “illegal” or criminals. This documentary portrays immigrants and day labors as survivors, active community members, and most importantly, humans. As humans they also form a valuable and productive workforce and have the right to a dignified life and humane working conditions. This documentary will challenge the perception of and give positive media representation to a group who is often the back lash of anti-immigration groups. It will show the story of people’s lives, even if the rest of society condemns them for simply existing.

Historian Lawrence Wittner on Our peaceful fight against the Bomb

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:21:34 -0800

Start: Apr 2 2010 - 3:00pm

End: Apr 2 2010 - 5:00pm

Lawrence Wittner is the historian of the world's antinuclear movement with several academic and popular books available and hundreds of articles and analysis published. He will be speaking about grassroots opposition to nuclear weapons and how that opposition has stopped nuclear war. Please join us at Portland State University's Multicultural Center, Smith Memorial Union 228, 3 p.m.

Wittner's latest book, Confronting the Bomb, is now available from Stanford University Press and will be also available at Dr. Wittner's talk. FMI: pcwtom@gmail.com