CONTENTS: (page down for details on each item) #1 Military Families Speak Out Orange County Meeting in Huntington Beach Saturday, June 3rd
#2 AWARE Information Fair, Panel Discussion: "Peace in Iraq, How do we get there?" in Long Beach Saturday, June 3rd #3 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting Saturday, June 10th in Orange #4 Bring Our Troops Home Now Rally at Laguna Hills Mall Saturday, June 10th #5 Presentation on Declaration of Peace by Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM in Huntington Beach Saturday, June 24th SEVEN WEEKLY ACTIONS #1 Laguna Woods Wednesday 4:00 to 5:00 PM #2 Orange Wednesday Evenings 5:30-7 p.m. #3 Costa Mesa Friday evenings 5:00 -7:00 PM) #4 Laguna Beach Saturdays at 11 AM #5 Anaheim Food not Bombs every Saturday 1:00 PM in La Palma Park #6 San Clemente Food not Bombs every Saturday 3 PM #7 Huntington Beach Sunday evenings 7-8 PM ********************************************** #1 Military Families Speak Out Orange County Meeting in Huntington Beach Saturday, June 3rd MFSO meeting first Saturday of the month at Carrow's Restaurant 10:00 AM 16931 Magnolia, HB 92647 (Magnolia, 405 and Warner) Pat Alviso Military Families Speak Out Orange County Chapter www.mfsooc.org 562-833-8035 Support Our Troops Bring Them Home Now! Take Care of Them After They Get Home ******************************************* #2 AWARE Information Fair, Panel Discussion: "Peace in Iraq, How do we get there?" in Long Beach Saturday, June 3rd SATURDAY JUNE 3rd, Unitarian Universalist Church - 5450 Atherton St., Long Beach, CA 90815 Co-sponsored by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach Media sponsored by 90.7 FM KPFK Los Angeles / 98.7 KPFK Santa Barbara AWARE Information Fair - 3:30pm Social justice tables . Food . Facepainting and fun for kids . Art and merchandise . IzmuddArts henna . Music and poetry throughout the afternoon by: DJ Jarvis Walters, FreedomInfinite, and Buddha's Sister & TheMajicBulletTheory Multicultural cuisine ($5 donation requested) 7:00pm Panel discussing - Peace in Iraq . . . How do we get there? What can we do? Journalists Dahr Jamail, Mark Manning, and Aaron Glantz along with activist Muna Coobtee present their views on Iraq. Aaron Glantz entered Iraq during the early days of the war as the population's temperament was changing from from one of gratitude to Americans for ousting the dictator who had oppressed them to one of tension and resentment over broken promises, disrespect, continuing destruction and unprovoked violence toward Iraqi civilians. As an independent journalist, Glantz went beyond the safety of the heavily protected Green Zone to get at the truth of life in Iraq under the American occupation. In his book, "How American Lost Iraq," we are given the voices of Iraqis themselves. What they have to tell us, in Aaron Glantz's moving and courageous book, is a truth that all Americans need to hear. Visit aaronglantz.com for more information. Muna Coobtee is a Palestinian activist from Los Angeles, CA. She is a member of the Free Palestine Alliance and serves as its representative on the Los Angeles steering committee of the International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition organized the largest mass demonstrations against the war and occupation of Iraq. Muna is also a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and a contributor to "Socialism and Liberation" magazine. Free childcare available at Long Beach event (please RSVP to Jeanne 714.357.5424) $10 donation requested (Students with I.D. $5) Donate at the door or in advance via PayPal at http://awarelbc.com/calendar.html ******************************************* #3 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting Saturday, June 10th in Orange (in accordance with our usual "second and fourth Saturday" schedule, though we're skipping the fourth Saturday in May) WHEN: 10 AM Saturday, June 10th WHERE: Sisters of St. Joseph Justice 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 discussing such things as outreach to new groups, candidate questionnaires, boycotts, counter-recruitment, and anything that might end the war sooner. Please bring your ideas, and be ready to step up and participate. DIRECTIONS: Turn into the parking lot from Batavia just north of La Veta Ave., drive around to the left, to the south side of the complex. We'll be in the last wing of the building that you come to on the south side. Look for signs to direct you to the room that we've been assigned. It will probably be Classroom 1, in the building to the rear. web site: www.ocpeace.org phone: (714) 637-8313 ********************************************** #4 Bring Our Troops Home Now Rally at Laguna Hills Mall Saturday, June 10th From: "Shirley A. McGovern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A Bring Our Troops Home public rally will be held Saturday, June 10th, from 11am to 12:30 pm. Participants will meet at the entrance to the Laguna Hills Mall on El Toro Road near Macy's. The sponsor, People for Peace, (ad-hoc committee of Concerned Citizens), invites the public to join them in protesting the endless war our administration on Iraq. 1,500 new Americans have just been deployed to Iraq, with no clear exit plans to this unpopular war. The public must speak out boldly and insistently against our presence there, which fuels the insurgency toward more violence. Stand with us to end the killing. Bring signs and flags, or use one of ours. For information: (949) 587-0301 ********************************************** #5 Presentation on Declaration of Peace by Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM in Huntington Beach Saturday, June 24th From: CTA-SOCAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peace, if not now, when? If not me, who? Presentation on the Declaration of Peace by Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM Saturday, June 24, 7:00 9:00 pm Sts. Simon and Jude, Colman Hall 20444 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach Reception and discussion will follow presentation. Free will offering for Pace e Bene. All are welcome! Franciscan Friar, Louis Vitale, will present the growing movement toward a Declaration of Peace. He will share his journey of peace and non-violence as a co-founder of Pace e Bene, an international ecumenical organization dedicated to develop a spirituality of the practice of active non-violence. For more information please contact Pace e Bene at 510-268-8765, www.paceebene.org or Pat, 714-847-6617. ********************************************** SEVEN WEEKLY ACTIONS FOR PEACE ARE STILL GOING ON. (Last I heard) SEE BELOW. ********************************************** #1 Every Wednesday 4:00 to 5:00 PM in Laguna Woods: Women are invited to dress in black and to join in "A Silent Vigil for All Victims of War" every Wednesday from 4:003: to 5:00 pm, at the corner of El Toro Rd and Paseo De Valencia, Laguna Hills. -mail us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************** #2 Orange Wednesday Evenings 5:30-7 p.m. Dear OC Code Pink Activists and Interested Others, Please consider joining us each Wednesday evening from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Traffic Circle in Old Towne Orange as we protest the war and killing in Iraq. We have been holding an anti-war vigil there every week since Sept. 2004. And we will continue to be there for the forseeable future until all our troops are brought home. Bring an anti-war sign and wear pink or black! For more info contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or check out our website: www.codepinkoc.org. *********************************************** #3 Every Friday Evening @ South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See you in at Bristol & Anton. South Coast Plaza, standing up for JUSTICE and PEACE! STOP THE WAR-STOP THE KILLING! Everyone welcome- This will be a peaceful, law abiding, nonviolent community street corner protest- We bring our children to learn of compassion, peace and love. End Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti; Support the Palestinian People's Right of Return; Stop the Threats Against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, North Korea; and U.S. Out of the Philippines. Every Friday evening 5:00-7:00 Corner of Bristol and Anton Costa Mesa, CA, Across from the So. Coast Plaza No war on Iran and Syria! Contacts: Mike Mang, Coalition against Unnecessary Wars! (949) 721-1139 Chuck Anderson, Peace and Freedom Party of Orange County (714) 956-5037 ******************************************* #4 EVERY SATURDAY: PEACE DEMO AT LAGUNA BEACH Please try to join us in this time of crisis. Thanks, Jeanie Bernstein Ongoing weekly - Saturday from 11:00 AM to :00 PM, Laguna Beach Vigil for Peace in the Middle East and through out the World. Main Beach, Pacific Coast Highway and Ocean Avenue. There are signs at the vigil, or bring your own message opposing the "War against Terrorism", and demanding nonviolent solutions to conflict. For more information call 949-499-3190 ******************************************* #5 Anaheim Food not Bombs every Saturday 1:00 PM in La Palma Park ANAHEIM FOOD NOT BOMBS Wage peace and protest the war and it's effect on our economy by coming to Anaheim to help serve food and break bread with fellow peace lovers! Food Not Bombs Anaheim feeds at La Palma Park every Saturday @ 1:00 pm. Feel free to contact Annaliesa @ 714) 526-3576 or by email @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. Can't come down to help in person? We are in desperate need of toiletries, clothes and eco-friendly cleaning/sanitizing products. If anyone has access to a photocopiers/xerox machines and would like to help us maintain our flyer/handout collection please do so, all help is greatly appreciated. Contact Annaliesa for more information. ******************************************** #6 San Clemente Food not Bombs every Saturday, 3 PM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have decided to move our serving day and free Market to Saturday, as opposed to Sunday. San Clemente Food Not Bombs, will be serving in Max Berg Park at 3pm every Saturday. Some new projects within San Clemente Food Not Bombs have been: providing clothes, house supplies, appliances, and anything else donated that would be of use to the lower income families which we work with in our community. Books Not Bombs. BNB collects and redistrubutes reading material, preferably progressive and historical writings, and offers them to the community at no cost. BNB looks to collect, among others, childrens books to be distrubuted to Las Palmas Elememtary School, located across from the park which SCFNB serves at. Finally, SCFNB has begun a small collection of youth working to send items and love into the prison industrial complex. Timmy and all of San Clemente Food Not Bombs SCFNB can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************** #7 Every Sunday evening in Huntington Beach: "Peace vigil every Sunday night at the foot of the Huntington Beach Pier, 7-8 pm It's hard for most people to imagine a world at peace. We are a very small group of people who believe that this is indeed possible and that peace will happen once enough people believe that it can. So we stand at the pier every Sunday night with a sign that says: "Visualize World Peace. It's up to you". We also believe in non-violence both physically and in our thoughts. We will discuss peace and non-violence with anyone who is rational and smile quietly at those who aren't. We hold this vigil in a spirit of dignity and respect for all as we try to build bridges with those who don't share our philosophy. Please bring a candle or just help us hold up our banner (no signs please; we have our banner!) Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************* ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. 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