Activist Cleveland

4000 US troops have died in Iraq as of today. Over 1 million Iraqis have died from the war and occupation. We will commemorate these tragedies by holding up (if we can recruit enough people) a string almost 1 mile in length of names of killed US soldiers in Iraq. Each name is on a sheet of paper with a border of 250 doves (to represent dead Iraqis). The sheets of paper are encased in a plastic protector. There will also be 4000 white lights. The project is a mammoth undertaking requiring the help of at the very least one hundred people to pull it off.

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On behalf of the Coordinating Committee of the National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation, we are pleased to announce an Open National Conference to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now, scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, June 28-29, 2008. The purpose of the conference is to place on the agenda of the entire U.S. antiwar movement a proposal for the largest possible united mass mobilization(s) in the future to stop the Iraq War and end the occupation.

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Candlelight Peace Vigil 7pm
War Prayer (Twain) reading.

Great Heron Lodge, Rookery, Geauga Park District
10110 Cedar Road
19 Mar, 7:00 PM

Feel free to bring a light refreshment to share & candles for your party. Please email me for directions: zapffing@yahoo.com

Address: 10110 Cedar Road (Map)
Location: Munson Township, OH 44065

Directions: Pls use this Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Newbury,+OH+44065&ie=UTF8

Host: Deb Ing
Status: Public, open for RSVP (Max 70)

5th Anniversary of the Iraq War - MARCH 20 4 p.m
Join local chapters of students for a democratic society (Lakeland CC, Cleveland State and Shaker Heights High School), Northeast Ohio Antiwar Coalition and other local peace groups for a march starting at the Cleveland Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Public Square and ending at George Voinovich's office at the Federal Building. The names of the 4000 will be on display at the monument prior to the march.

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Merrick House and Pilgrim Congregational Church are hosting New Priorities Vigil run by MoveOn.org Political Action.
The war in Iraq has gone on for nearly five years. The unbearable costs at home and abroad keep mounting. It's clear that Americans are ready for a real change in direction.

On March 19th, tens of thousands of people across the country will gather to observe the fifth anniversary of the war with candlelight vigils. We'll commemorate the sacrifices too many families have made, and the billions of dollars wasted in Iraq that could have been better invested at home..

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Women Speak Out For Peace And Justice (WSO) is the Cleveland Branch of Women's International League for Peace And Freedom. WSO was formed by a group of women to combat the Viet Nam War after they had participated in the Jeanette Rankin Brigade. Soon thereafter, they joined the national group which has a history going back to World War I and the efforts to stop that conflict. In the 40 years since its founding, WSO has been involved in many social justice and peace issues.

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The Peace Show's premise is that "nonviolence works, war doesn't" and is the Cleveland Nonviolence Network's way of responding, with an intergenerationally friendly and inclusive event, to the militaristic exhibit of war planes as entertainment at the Cleveland National Air Show. Although CNVN started as a result of the Cleveland Catholic Worker community's long standing work to remove the militaristic component of the Air Show, the Peace Show group has become an all inclusive gathering of religious as well as secular peacemakers, as individuals and groups, from across northeast Ohio.

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We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others, toward increasing public awareness of the costs of war; to restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations; to end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons; to seek justice for veterans and victims of war; and to abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

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A grassroots groups of sisters from various religious communities working in the Cleveland diocese, who strive to respond to pertinent issues such as global warming, anniversary of Iraq war, death penalty, justice issues and ecological issues.

Patriots for Change is a progressive voice in the Chagrin Valley that advocates for economic and social justice through education and community action. Patriots for Change is a forward thinking group focusing on the most important issues of the day. Our current priorities are ending the war in Iraq and health care for all.

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