Many repeating events, such as weekly and monthly vigils, demos, and meetings, can be found on the calendar at: http://ocpeace.org/calendar.html
A quick list of repeating events to be found there is at the end of this message. An online version of this calendar can be found at: http://dfa-oc.org/Antiwar%20Calendar%20for%20Orange%20County A calendar of other events in Orange County mostly sympathetic to but not necessarily directly related to the peace movement can be found at: http://dfa-oc.org/calendar ------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: (Page down for details on each item. For Orange County transit information, try http://www.octa.net/justclick or http://google.com/transit) #1 Candlelight Peace Vigils December 10th, 17th, & 24th in Costa Mesa #2 Stephen Abraham will speak about his experiences at Guantanamo December 10th in Irvine #3 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting December 13th in Orange #4 Xmas Caroling December 13th, 16th, 18th #5 Cousins Club of Orange County December 16th in Anaheim #6 4.5 MILLION IRAQI ORPHANS WORKSHOPS December 27th in Santa Ana ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** #1 Candlelight Peace Vigils December 10th, 17th, & 24th in Costa Mesa Every month we light a candle for peace in our Sunday service, signifying our prayer for a world without war, a world without violence, a world where every human is treated equally with dignity and respect. This month, during the Season of Peace, we shall take our light into the darkness and let it shine! Please join us this evening at 6:15pm and every Wednesday of Advent in our little corner of the world: Fair and Fairview to pray for peace and equality in our community and in our world. With our candle of hope lit we will illuminate the darkness. Let this be our prayer for peace. Join us Wednesday evenings at 6:15pm to hold a candle for peace, equality and human dignity. Reverend Sarah Halverson Fairview Community Church 2525 Fairview Road Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 545-4610 http://www.ocfairviewchurch.org *********************************************************************** #2 Stephen Abraham will speak about his experiences at Guantanamo December 10th in Irvine University Synagogue 7:30-9:00pm Human Rights Day. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Abraham, an attorney and a retired Army officer, will speak about his experiences with the detainees at Guantanamo and how our response to the legal, ethical, and social issues contribute to the perception of us as a nation, both domestically and internationally. Co-sponsored with Irvine United Congregational Church at University Synagogue 3400 Michelson Drive Irvine, CA 92612 on the corner of Michelson Drive and Harvard. http://universitysynagogue.org/Default.aspx?tabid=55&mid=796&xmid=6684&ctl=Detail *********************************************************************** #3 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting December 13th in Orange (in accordance with our usual "second and fourth Saturday" schedule) WHERE: St. Joseph Center 480 S. Batavia in Orange WHO: All interested people are invited, especially anyone who might represent one of our member organizations. We're likely to be planning for tabling, future actions, or whatever business people want to bring up (excluding any specific support of candidates or political parties). Please bring your ideas, and be ready to step up and participate. web site: http://ocpeace.org phone: (714) 637-8313 ********************************************************************** #4 Xmas Caroling December 13th, 16th, 18th With our Congress members home in Dec., we have plans to do some special caroling at places where two of our reps will find it hard to ignore us. Ed Royce will be on Dec 16 at 5:30PM and Dana Rohrabacher will be Dec 18 also at 5:30PM. We will have a short rehearsal first each day at a member's home nearby. Call Pat for the details if you would like to come. In the past we have done this at theirs offices and it was a great event. Also, we have a date to do some caroling in Long Beach on Dec 13 at 6PM. A ½ hour rehearsal will be at 245 W. Broadway, Suite #101, Long Beach. After the short rehearsal we will walk to 3rd and Pine and do some caroling. Attached are the carols we plan on singing. http://dfa-oc.org/calendar#XmasSong Pat Alviso & Jeff Merrick Military Families Speak Out Orange County & South Bay Chapter www.mfsooc.org www.myspace.com/ocmfso 562-833-8035 Support Our Troops Bring Them Home Now! Take Care of Them After They Get Home ********************************************************************** #5 Cousins Club of Orange County December 16th in Anaheim Cousins Club Meets Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Anaheim Note: New address for this meeting only. We will meet at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S. Harbor Blvd. (corner of Santa Ana St.), Anaheim 92805. Phone: (714) 758-1050. Sunny Zia, the founder of Humanity Unites, will discuss her work with student groups at U.C. Irvine, the Muslim Students Union and Anteaters for Israel. She will also show a DVD on the Olive Initiative, a recent interfaith trip to Israel-Palestine by UCI students, and talk about her organization's future work with students and the general public. Some students who went on the trip may also be present. To help us celebrate the holidays, we invite you to bring a snack to share. Cousins Club of Orange County P.O. BOX 5891, ORANGE CA 92863-5891, www.cousinscluboc.org ********************************************************************** #6 4.5 MILLION IRAQI ORPHANS WORKSHOPS December 27th in Santa Ana Date: DECEMBER 27TH Time: 6:30PM Place: EL CENTRO CULTURAL DE MEXICO 310 W. 5TH STREET SANTA ANA, CA 92701 $5 DONATION HALF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO IRAQI ORPHANS! WORKSHOPS BLACKWATER-FROM THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR TO THE US BORDER! CARTER'S PLAN OF WAR IRAQI REFUGEES HOW THE PEACE MOVEMENT CAN HELP STOP THE WAR IRAQI'S CHILDREN COMMON STRUGGLE AGAINST US IMPERIALISM-- "LATIN AMERICA" and the MIDDLE EAST ETC. MUSIC SCOTT KELTIC KNOTT ILLOHEEM *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** *** REPEATING EVENTS *** WEEKLY: EVERY SUNDAY at noon: "Enough" demo at HB Pier EVERY SUNDAY at 3pm: Food Not Bombs in Santa Ana EVERY SUNDAY at 7pm: Peace Vigil at HB Pier EVERY TUESDAY at 4pm: "Imagine Peace" Vigil in Tustin EVERY WEDNESDAY at 3:30pm: Women in Black Silent Vigil for Peace in Laguna Woods [Suspended] EVERY WEDNESDAY at 5:30pm: [Except Christmas eve and New Years Eve] Code Pink Antiwar Protest in Orange EVERY FRIDAY at 4pm: "Imagine Peace" Vigil in Irvine EVERY FRIDAY at 5pm: "Women in Black" in Costa Mesa EVERY FRIDAY at 5pm: Orange County KPFK Support Group Demo at So. Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa EVERY SATURDAY at noon: Peace Demo in Laguna Beach MONTHLY: EVERY FIRST SUNDAY: Arlington West in Huntington Beach needs volunteers. EVERY FIRST MONDAY: OC Recruitment Awareness Project Meeting in Santa Ana EVERY FIRST SATURDAY: MFSO Orange County meeting in Huntington Beach EVERY THIRD THURSDAY: Declaration of Peace Demo in Huntington Beach EVERY LAST SATURDAY: Seniors Against the War in Seal Beach ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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