by Myla Reson
Friday, Sep. 28, 2001 at 11:15 AM
myla_reson@yahoo.com
September 27, 2001 Update
LA Peace Calendar
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this calendar!
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Friday, September 28
7 am
Meeting
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
1st Baptist Church
8th and Westmoreland
(1 block south of Wilshire Blvd., 1 block east of Vermont)
*
Friday, September 28
6:30 pm
Community Candlelight Vigil
Corner of First and Alameda Streets - In Little Tokyo
(Please bring your own candles)
Sponsored by:
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress - 323 680 3484
Japanese American Citizens League - 213 626 4471
Little Tokyo Service Center CDC
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Friday September 28, 2001 6:30 p.m. –
Planning meeting focusing on student
actions on various campuses which shall then join:
7:30 p.m. - Stop the War Coalition (i.e., group
which sponsored 9-22-01 Westwood Fed. Blvd. rally)
meeting
Echo Park United Methodist Church,
1226 N. Alvarado St. (1 block N of Sunset Blvd.)
Saturday, September 29th Two Large Events are planned for LA:
*Downtown at 10 am – 2 pm
March and Rally
Assemble at Olympic & Broadway
*Westwood Federal Building 2 pm
March and Rally
Assemble at Wilshire & Veteran
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Coming up:
Sunday, October 7, 2001
National Day of Action for Peace
The National Coalition for Peace and Justice, representing the nation's largest peace organizations, asks its member groups and networks to organize a national day of action for peace on October 7 in local communities across the country. The day follows the lead of people in New York City who have been working since the tragic events of September 11 to plan anti-war activities.
Members of the NCPJ Steering Committee include the American
Friends Service Committee, Black Radical Congress, Fellowship
of Reconciliation, Global Exchange, Pax Christi, Peace Action,
Shundahai Network, SOA Watch, War Resisters League, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2001 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Los Angeles County Dept. of Health
313 N. Figueroa Street, Auditorium (corner of Temple)
Panel to promote tolerance:
Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Temple Kol Tikvan
Samal Al-Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Hamid Kahn, South Asian Network
Robin Toma, L.A. County Human Relations Commission
Free of charge. Office of Diversity Programs (213) 240-7710
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Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:00 p.m.
Santa Monica Beach (at Oceab Park Blvd.)
Be part of a “Human Peace Symbol”
Sponsored by Agape International Spiritual Center
310 392 8558
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