..Take the Pledge: October 6-7, 2002
New York City, NY | Los Angeles, CA | San Francisco, CA
Boston, MA | Cleveland, OH | Connecticut | Corvallis, OR
North Carolina | Seattle, WA | Wisconsin
National Call To Action Text ....
On Oct. 6, 2002, the anniversary eve of the bombing of Afghanistan - Tell the people of the world that George Bush does NOT speak for everyone in the U.S. Take the Pledge of Resistance and say:
Not in Our Name - War on the World - No War on Iraq!
Not in Our Name - Detentions and Roundups of Muslim,
...............................Arab and South Asian Immigrants
Not in Our Name - Police State Restrictions
NEW YORK CITY
Sunday, Oct. 6, 1-5 p.m., East Meadow, Central Park
(enter at Fifth Avenue and 96th Street)
Tables and displays beginning at 1 p.m.
Write messages to send to people around the world.
We will hear comments from those who have felt the effects of U.S. military actions in other countries and domestic repression in the U.S. We will hear from artists, writers, religious figures, activists and others about why they are taking the Pledge.
At about 3 p.m. we will assemble in a circle to form a gigantic image of the world. Then, as one, we will take the Not in Our Name Pledge of Resistance.
This message of solidarity with the people of the world needs to be heard especially loud from NYC where the deaths of thousands of innocent people on Sept. 11, 2001 have been invoked as justification for the government's actions.
We encourage people across the country, and especially from the East Coast and Mid-West, to come to NYC and make your voice heard on Oct. 6.
Endorsement list in formation. Organizing meetings every Thursday evening;
call or email for location.
For more information and to endorse: info@notinourname.net or nycnotinourname@yahoo.com or call 212-969-8058.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Details will be posted here soon. See www.nionbayarea.net for information
CONTACT: bayareapledge@yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sunday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m.
Gather at Westwood Federal Bulding
(Wilshire and Veteran), Los Angeles.
2 p.m. march to U.S. Army Reserve Training Center/California National Guard Headquarters (Wilshire and Federal).
Weekly meetings on Wednesdays (except Sept. 11), 6:30 p.m.,
Peace Center, 8124 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles (near Crescent Heights Blvd.).
For more information: lanotinourname@hotmail.com
or call 310-980-5708 or 310-236-0732.
BOSTON
Sunday, Oct. 6 - buses to NYC Central Park Event.
For info on buses and other activities, contact peace@texnology.com.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
Sunday, Oct. 6 - buses to NYC Central Park event.
Tickets are round trip; make out checks to Not in Our Name and write "bus trip" on the memo line. Send to Not in Our Name, PO Box 18841, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118-0841.
Monday, Oct. 7, cultural performances, details to be announced.
For more information on buses and events, no_more_war_us@yahoo.com.
CONNECTICUT
Sunday, Oct. 6 - buses to NYC Central Park event.
Contact nionewhaven@aol.com or call 1-800-770-9067.
Monday, Oct. 7 - Details will be posted soon.
Contact Connecticut Peace Coalition/New Haven, connecticutpeacecoalition@hotmail.com or call
203-498-8185. Call for meeting information.
CORVALLIS, OREGON
NOT IN OUR NAME: A community rally for peace and justice
October 6, 2002, 2-4 p.m.
Benton County Courthouse grounds
Alternatives to War and other area organizations are sponsoring a community rally for peace and justice, NOT IN OUR NAME, on October 6.
NOT IN OUR NAME is a national grassroots movement which objects to the militarization of U.S. foreign policy. On October 7, 2001, U.S. bombs began to fall on Afghanistan. October 6 and 7 have been designated nation-wide days of peaceful dissent to continued U.S. military actions in Afghanistan, threats to invade Iraq and other nations, the build-up of U.S. military presence throughout the world, and loss of civil liberties both domestically and internationally.
SPEAKERS:
Keynote speakers: Ann and Bruce Huntwork of the Mennonite Central Committee who recently spent six months in Tehran and Mashhad,
Iran, where they worked with the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) to report on material aid distributed to Afghan refugees and internally
displaced Afghans.
Solidarity statements from representatives of the Muslim community, area youth, Unheard Voices, Oregon PeaceWorks, Wrench (OSU
student organization), and others.
Music:
BALAFON, legendary marimba band
SAMUSSON AND TOMASSI, NW songwriters and singers of "songs in service of grassroots america."
LAURIE CHILDERS, Corvallis area songwriter and singer.
Reading: The Beasts' Confusion, by Roger Weaver
Representative Peter DeFazio, invited
Please participate in this opportunity for grassroots democracy. Tabling, discussion, networking, opportunities to contact elected officials, and
conviviality will follow the rally as BALAFON's uplifting music fills us with optimism and hope for a peaceful future.
Tabling and endorsements are welcome. Please contact us if your group would like to table (please bring your own table) and/or endorse the
event.
For further information: Carol Alexander - calex@peak.org
From NOT IN OUR NAME pledge: "We pledge to make common cause with the people of the world to bring about justice, freedom and peace. Another world is possible and we pledge to make it real."
NORTH CAROLINA
Sunday, Oct. 6, 10:15 a.m.,
Chapel Hill Friends Meeting, 531 Raleigh Road, Chapel Hill,
forum on why we need to be active and what we can do.
For more information: notinournamenc@yahoo.com or call 539-0015.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Sunday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m. Rally at Volunteer Park Amphitheater (10th Ave. E
and E Prospect St., near the north end of Broadway in Capitol Hill). 3 p.m.
March to Westlake Center (4th and Pine, downtown Seattle).
For more information: seattle_notinourname@speedymail.org or call
206-984-6256. For latest details, check out www.notinourname-seattle.net
WISCONSIN
Sunday, Oct. 6, LaCrosse, noon rally at Riverside Park,
simultaneous with NYC Central Park event.
Monday, Oct. 7, Eckhardt Park, Viroqua, 5-8 p.m., community potluck,
sing-along, candle-light pledge vigil
For more information: kickapoonion@care2.com or call 608-624-3800.
