“On the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq: Troops Home Now! Sow Seeds of Peace Parade, Rally, Vigil

A community-wide call:  To end the war and occupation of Iraq &  Build a more powerful  and inclusive peace movement   A day of activities where you can: * Show your opposition to the War *Remember the Victims and *Plan Peace for Tomorrow! MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

The Days Events: 12:30-1:30 pm: Rally at the University of Oregon’s EMU     Diego Hernandez (MeCHA and Multicultural Center)     Ty Schwoefferman (Black Student Union Director)     Professor Greg McLaughlin (Professor of Sociology at Univ of Oregon)     Emily McClain (UO Student Body President) 1:30 -2:30 pm: Community peace parade         Look! The Empire has No Clothes, to the old Federal Bldg., 7th and Pearl. 2:30-4 pm: Rally for peace and justice with speakers and music, old Federal Bldg.      Emcees: Carmen Urbina and Johnny Lake Speakers:     Mayor Kitty Piercy     County Commissioner Pete Sorenson     Claire Syrett, ACLU Field organizer     Savannah Martin, Springfield High student     Ibrahim Hamide, Middle East Peace Group     Bob Watada, Lt. Ehren Watada’s Father     Josh Schlossberg, Native Forest Council     Jefferson Smith, The Bus Project Music:     Iana Mathews Harris, music/spoken word.     Beth Miriam Rose and Friends, folk/movement music     Samba Ja, mobile percussion ensemble 4:30-7 pm: Party for Peace, COZMIC Pizza, 8th and Charnelton,     Skinner City String Band, Urgent Carnival Political Theater, Kudana Marimba, Ishi & Iana, and In Accord Choir. 7:30-8:30 pm:  Silent candle light vigil, old Federal Bldg.     The names of Oregonians who’ve died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be read by community members. Help us make the 5th anniversary the final one of the Iraq war. Join our efforts to create the strongest possible actions in March that will not only mark the war anniversary but will help build a more powerful and inclusive peace movement that will finally bring the Iraq war to an end. To get involved contact the Take Back America Coalition, c/o Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC), at 485-1755, or calcdev@efn.org. For more information go to www.calclane.org.