{"article":{"id":190222,"heading":"Recruitment Center Closed for Peace","author":"lynda llamas\/Steven Gibson","created":"2006-12-08 18:33:28","modified":"2006-12-10 21:33:40","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:33:40","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>December 7, 2006 Peace Event at Pasadena Community College <br><br> Thursday, as part of a long-term campaign to bring an end to the war in <br>  <br> Iraq and Afghanistan and to begin the healing process both abroad and at home, we the people are making a declaration of peace.  For over three <br>  <br> and one half years, we have marched and we have rallied; we have campaigned for political change and we have lobbied our representatives. <br>  <br> Yet still this war rages on.  We the people, along with a clear  majority of Americans, have told our elected officials that it is time for our sons and daughters to come home.  Yet still, they do not listen. <br><br> As citizens of a democratic state, we must try all options.  We have <br>  <br> raised our voices and we have used our votes. Still, the proposed <br>  <br> solutions to this war from people of power include sending more troops, <br>  <br> instead of setting timetables and bringing the young men and women home. <br>  <br> We therefore place our bodies on the line, in the path of escalating the war and so will preventing more young people joining the military.  We <br>  <br> do so to save the lives of young people, both here and in Iraq.  We  risk as much as we can to bear witness to the unnecessary loss of life caused by war and because our children risk far more when they enlist in the military. <br><br> Because we want our children to be students and not soldiers. Because  <br>  <br> we seek to save the lives of young people, we seek to close this recruiting center - even if for just one day.  We do this in the tradition of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Caesar Chavez, without the use of <br>  <br> violence and with love in our hearts.  As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote, \"we present our very bodies as a means of laying our case <br>  <br> before the conscience of our local and national community.\"  We therefore are using our bodies today as a barrier to continued war, and we do so for the entire international community to bear witness.  <br><br> On Wednesday, Dec 6th, the Baker Commission will come out with recommendations for the US in Iraq. By our statements and actions we are <br>  <br> making our opinion known that we oppose any move in Iraq that does not start with a detailed commitment to remove US armed forces from Iraq, <br>  <br> starting immediately. <br><br> Over 2900 US armed forces members have died in Iraq and more than 600,000 Iraqis have died.  Pasadena Community College students, <br>  <br> professors and staff will join with local peace groups including Foothills Peace Coalition, Alhambra Peace Vigil, South Pasadena Peace Vigil, Pasadena Peace Vigil, Peace Witness and organizations including <br>  <br> Catholic Worker LA, Code Pink LA, American Friends Service Committee, <br>  <br> and Somos Seres Humanos in an all day presence for peace in Pasadena.  <br><br>  <br>  <br> Thursday, Dec 7th <br><br> 8 AM - 11:50 AM Signs &amp; Presence for Peace on Colorado Blvd. <br><br> 12 PM - 1 PM  Student Rally on Pasadena City College Campus  <br>  <br>             Meet at Sculpture Garden <br><br>  12:45 PM  Press Conference @ Armed Forces Recruitment Station <br><br> 1 PM  - 8 PM Support Members Engaging in Direct Action  <br>  <br>                      And Candlelight Vigil @ Recruitment Center <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Be Prepared <br>  <br> We will have two black draped coffins as well as signs against the war <br>  <br> in Iraq. Please bring more signs. <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"llamaslynda@yahoo.com","link":"","address":"Pasadena City College \/ Recruitment Center Across the Street","phone":"Steven Gibson, 562-900-2834","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Thursday, Dec 7th\r\n8 AM - 11:50 AM Signs & Presence for Peace on Colorado Blvd.\r\n12 PM - 1 PM  Student Rally on Pasadena City College Campus \r\n Meet at Sculpture Garden\r\n 12:45 PM  Press Conference @ Armed Forces Recruitment Station\r\n1 PM  - 8 PM Support Members Engaging in Direct Action \r\n And Candlelight Vigil @ Recruitment Center\r\n","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/12\/190222.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":190230,"heading":"1:55 pm -  Protesters Blocking Doors to Pasadena Recruitment Center","article":"1:55 pm - Protesters are blocking the doors to the Pasadena recruitment center on Colorado now. Caller reporters 6 people blocking the doors to the offices at this time.  \r\n\r\nAbout 50 students marched from Pasadena City College to the center.  Doors have been blocked for the last 30 minutes.  \r\n\r\nMarine Recruiters are getting upset and starting to push protesters.  About 10 Pasadena police there now.  Arrests likely at any moment now.","author":"LA-IMC","parent_id":190222,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-12-08 21:59:31","modified":"2006-12-08 21:59:31","fileurl":""},{"id":190312,"heading":"Social Worker for Peace","article":"Let it go down in the history that individuals everywhere, everyday, everyminute, in different ways,  took a stand against this criminal war. Everything works...don't stop...let's keep hitting them until it's over. One person, two protestors...everything works. Don't ever think that what you are doing isn't working because it is! Do it for the 18 year old who is so vulnerable and easily persuaded, for the innocent in Iraq and Afganistan.\r\nPeace\r\nFrancisca\r\n","author":"Francisca","parent_id":190222,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-12-10 21:33:40","modified":"2006-12-10 21:33:40","fileurl":""}]}