Saturday, October 25 in Washington, D.C.
Black leaders and organizations will unite with national and local peace and social justice groups to protest the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies.
The national Black community mobilization will begin at 9:00am in Washington's Malcolm X Park.
Two hours of events will precede a mass march down 16th Street to the National Mall.
"Black Community March and Peace Fest" is hosted by Black Voices for Peace, the national network of black anti war and justice advocates formed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The event of the day will feature a rally and children's peace pavilion before the marchers move south on 16th Street, N.W. at 11:30am to link with the national mobilization on the Washington Monument grounds.
Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace founder and co-chair, says the mobilization is aimed at making a clear statement from the Black community that there is substantial opposition to the war and Bush's overall foreign and domestic policies.
"We deplore this racist war against the Iraqi people which is based on a pack of lies and deliberate deceptions sold to the American people by Bush and his cohorts. Our young people are being slaughtered daily and are sacrificing their lives and blood on the altar of oil and profits for the arms merchants, reconstruction magnets, and big oil companies. The billions spent on this war ought to fund the reconstruction and rehabilitation of our own economy and neighborhoods and meet urgent unmet needs," Smith said.
King will join Smith on the speaker's and performer's rostrum for the day along with Congressman John Conyers, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, TransAfrica Forum President Bill Fletcher, talk show host Joe Madison, Dr. Ron Daniels, Rev. Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Dr. Ruby Sales, Rev. Graylan Hagler, singer Ayanna Gregory, and other civil and human rights activists.
The continued U.S. war and occupation in Iraq, hefty increases in military spending, deep cuts in social programs to pay for the war, and the continued assault on civil liberties and civil rights are the central themes for the rally and march.
The event is part of a massive anti-war mobilization co-sponsored by United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER, the two national peace groups that organized tens of thousands of peace and justice advocates into the streets to protest the Iraq war earlier this year.
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"Black Community March and Peace Fest" is hosted by Black Voices for Peace, the national network of black anti war and justice advocates formed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The event of the day will feature a rally and children's peace pavilion before the marchers move south on 16th Street, N.W. at 11:30am to link with the national mobilization on the Washington Monument grounds.
Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace founder and co-chair, says the mobilization is aimed at making a clear statement from the Black community that there is substantial opposition to the war and Bush's overall foreign and domestic policies.
"We deplore this racist war against the Iraqi people which is based on a pack of lies and deliberate deceptions sold to the American people by Bush and his cohorts. Our young people are being slaughtered daily and are sacrificing their lives and blood on the altar of oil and profits for the arms merchants, reconstruction magnets, and big oil companies. The billions spent on this war ought to fund the reconstruction and rehabilitation of our own economy and neighborhoods and meet urgent unmet needs," Smith said.
King will join Smith on the speaker's and performer's rostrum for the day along with Congressman John Conyers, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, TransAfrica Forum President Bill Fletcher, talk show host Joe Madison, Dr. Ron Daniels, Rev. Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Dr. Ruby Sales, Rev. Graylan Hagler, singer Ayanna Gregory, and other civil and human rights activists.
The continued U.S. war and occupation in Iraq, hefty increases in military spending, deep cuts in social programs to pay for the war, and the continued assault on civil liberties and civil rights are the central themes for the rally and march.
The event is part of a massive anti-war mobilization co-sponsored by United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER, the two national peace groups that organized tens of thousands of peace and justice advocates into the streets to protest the Iraq war earlier this year.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10323191&BRD=1077&PAG=461&dept_id=237827&rfi=6
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