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INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR
15 April, 13:00: Global Day of Action on Military Spending Photo-opportunity. All are welcome!
Where: Twisted cannon, Place des nations (opposite side from UN) /
15 avril, 13h00: Une petite manif Journée Mondiale d’Action sur les Dépenses Militaires. Tous sont bienvenus !
Lieu du rassemblement : le canon tordu, Place des nations (en face des Nations Unies)
14h00 – 16h00: Afternoon Seminar: Military and development spending in an era of austerity
Where: International Centre, 1 Rue de Varembé – ground floor hall – opposite Place des nations
Contact persons: Colin Archer and Mylene Soto
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires
8, 10 y 15 de aril: 3 TALLERES Y UN PRONUNCIAMIENTO PÚBLICO
Los talleres son de sensibilización para los chicos con los cuales trabajamos. Se darán en nuestras sedes dentro del programa educativo Aldea jóvenes para la paz, en las localidades de Pilar y General Rodríguez (a unos 50 km de la capital Federal). De esta actividad participarán alrededor de 100 chicos y chicas de entre 12 y 18 años y alrededor de 30 docentes. La actividad se llevará a cabo el día 8/4 en Pilar y el 10/4 en Rodríguez. El otro taller se dará el 15/4, en la Estación de trenes de Constitución de nuestra capital, con chicos en situación de calle (uno de nuestro equipos tiene trabajo desde hace tiempo con ellos), luego del taller repartirán información sobre la temática, en la vía pública.
Quiénes organizan / convocan: EQUIPOS DE TRABAJO DE SERPAJ ARGENTINA , ANA ALMADA secinstitucional@serpaj.org.ar, ana.alma12@hotmail.com
8,10 and 15 April: 3 Workhops and a Public Statement
Awareness-raising Workshops for children in the village youth education program for peace, in the towns of Pilar and General Rodriguez (about 50 km from the federal capital). This activity will involve around 100 boys and girls between 12 and 18 years and around 30 teachers. The activity will take place on 8/4 at Pilar and 10/4 in Rodriguez. The other workshop in15/4, at the train station Constitution of the capital. From the workshops, a public statement will be issued.
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane
In Brisbane, we will have a street stall in the city, writing letters to the treasurer, appealing to the politicians and trade union leaders, newspapers and schools to put out media releases all on the central theme of the F35 purchase- calling for it to be scrapped. We will be using The Plane That Ate Canberra leaflet.
Contact person: Annette Brownlie
Canberra
15 April, 12.30 – 2 pm: Open mike SpeakOut hosted by Peacebus.com
Where: Outside Defence HQ Blamey Square Russell ACT
Contact: Graeme Dunstan, 0407 951 688
Perth
15 April, 12:30 to 2 pm: GDAMS Peace vigil
Where: Wesley corner, Perth City, Western Australia
Organiser and contact: People for Nuclear Disarmament/ W.A., Jo Valentine, jovall@iinet.net.au
Sydney
15 April, 4:00pm – 6:00pm: Please bring your own placards, leaflets, etc. We will supply balloons and pumps and paper for paper planes, plus stickers for your balloons and planes. We will also bring marines and drones on sticks.
Meet outside Health Minister Tanya Plibersek’s office, 150 Broadway, Sydney
Where: 150 Broadway, opposite Broadway shops
Enquiries and contact: Hannah on 0418 668 098
http://nsw.greens.org.au/content/global-day-action-military-spending
BELGIUM
Brussels
Pax Christi is cooperating with other organisations for its GDAMS activities. See the UK section below.
Contact person: Paul Lansu
BRAZIL
Mandirituba / Curitiba – Brasil
15 de aril, a partir de 9:00 horas: A RAZÃO DA MILITARIZAÇÃO E DOS GASTOS COM ARMAMENTOS NO BRASIL – QUEM SÃO OS BENEFICIÁRIOS?
Breves Palestras nas Escolas de Mandirituba sobre os gastos militares no Brasil e quem se beneficia com a indústria de armas, aproveitando também que no dia de ontem, se completou 49 anos da ditadura militar no Brasil, que perdurou por 21 anos para servir a interesses financeiros internacionais, enquanto o povo era calado e massacrado pelo poder das armas.
Quiénes organizan / convocan: SERPAJ, ABAI, ESCOLAS MUNICIPAIS, Ivete Caribé ivete_caribe@yahoo.com.br
CAMEROON
Yaoundé
Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme (NDH)
NDH-Cameroun, like in the previous year will take part in the global campaign against military spending. On 15 April 2013, NDH-Cameroun will organize a « Citizens’ Tea », a gathering with the public and journalists. A document tackling the issue of military expenditure and human needs in Cameroon will be presented and serve as the basis of the discussion. It could also be the take-off point for journalists who wish to to study the subject further.
Contact person: Cyrille Rolande Béchon
Téléphone : +23 77 5 44 74 18
CANADA
Halifax
15 April, Noon-1pm : Global Day of Action on Military Spending Information Picket (GDAMS)
Location: Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library
Action being held by the Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace and Halifax Peace Coalition
Contact: Julia
Ottawa
On Thursday, we’ll be inviting our supporters to add to a “word cloud”, asking them what they would do with the money wasted on military spending. You can see an example of another campaign we’ve done using this word cloud tool here, if you’re interested: http://www.ceasefire.ca/?p=14141
We’ll have 2 images to be shared by our supporters on Facebook which say “Harper’s plan: $45 Billion on F-35s, Your plan: How would YOU spend the money?” Both will have “Global Day of Action on Military Spending – April 15, 2013” on them. This should drive folks to our word cloud tool to participate, and should amp up the interest in the day of action.
On Monday, we’ll circulate a finished word cloud image, again with GDAMS and the date, to be shared on Facebook through Ceasefire.ca’s page. It will also go out in an email, inviting our supporters to circulate it and get the message out a bit wider. We’ve had some success with our supporters sharing catchy campaign images on Facebook, I think we should be able to garner quite a few views here and get the word out on social media.
ceasefire.ca https://www.facebook.com/Ceasefire.ca
Toronto
6:30 – 9:00pm: Be part of the the Global Day of Action against Military Spending (GDAMS) by joining us for a panel discussion on: “Militarization and Climate Reality: The Big Picture”
Date: April 15th, 2013
Place: OISE Room 5250
Time: 6:30 – 9:00pm
Speakers: Emily Gilbert (U of T Centre for the Environment)
Robert Latham (York U Dept of Political Science)
Kundan Kumar (U of T Dept of Forestry)
Rainos Mutamba (OISE)
Dieter Misgeld (U of T Professor Emeritus)
Judith Deutsch (VP Science for Peace, Psychoanalyst)
Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Room 5250, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6 CANADA
This is a free event. Donations can be made to Science for Peace.
Organiser and contact: Science for Peace http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/ Bryan Eelhart, sfp@physics.utoronto.ca 1-416-979-3606
https://www.facebook.com/events/287732901358328/
CHILE
Arica y Parinacota Region
15 April, 11 am to 1 pm: Awareness-raising against military spending – distribution of materials
Where: Liceo Pablo Neruda
Orgainser & contact: Equipos SERPAJ Chile Arica y Parinacota, Ines Munoz Araya
15 Apri, 4 pm to 6 pm: Awareness-raising against military spending – painting activity of children from different programs
Where: General Duble
Orgainser & contact: Equipos SERPAJ Chile Arica y Parinacota, Ines Munoz Araya
Atacama Region
15 to 17 April: Promotion of the Day of Action Against Military Spending (Inserción radial-temática)
Where: Región de Atacama, Espacio radial aprox media hora programa comunitario
Organiser & contact: Serpaj Atacama
sandiamaya @ gmail.com
luis. milanca@serpajchile.cl
Aysén
15 April, 12:30 pm: Street pantomime of the “Invisibles por la Paz” video from Spain
Where: Paseo Horn, centro de Coyhaique
Organiser & contact: SERPAJ Aysén, Oscar Mancilla – 67/245146
La Florida
15 April, 12 noon: Sensibilización Contra el Gasto de las Armas (una Carta contra el gasto de las Armas)
Where: Av. Perú nº 9053 La Florida.
Organiser & contact: Regional Metropolitanao, Viviana González
Población La Alborada de Renca
12 April, 12 noon, Community Mural Against Military Spending
Where: PPC Nelson Mandela, Población La Alborada de Renca
Organiser & contact: PPC Nelson Mandela, Catherine Alfaro Carrasco
Puerto Montt
15 April, 12:30- 13:30 pm
Conscientisation on military spending leafletting activity
Where: Paseo Talca, Puerto Montt
Organiser & contact: SERPAJ- Puerto Montt
Santiago
April 9: Forum and Documentary: Militarization and Military Spending
Time: 18:00 Hrs.
Where: Librería Le Monde Diplomatique, San Antonio 434 local 14 Santiago. (Entrada liberada)
Contact: Pablo Ruiz
April 10: Hand in a Letter to President Sebastián Piñera
Theme: “No to military spending, foreign military bases and training of soldiers at the School of the Americas” No al gasto militar, no a las bases militares extranjeras, no al entrenamiento de soldados en la Escuela de las Américas”
Time: 11:00 Hrs.
Where: Plaza de la Constitución (Monumento Salvador Allende)
Organizers: Observatorio por el Cierre de la Escuela de las Américas en Chile integrado por la Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados Políticos (AFEP), Comunidad Ecuménica Martín Luther King, Comisión Ética Contra la Tortura (CECT), Convergencia Estudiantil, Comité Oscar Romero, y Corporación 3 y 4 Álamos.
Tarapacá
15 April, all day: Trabajo audiovisual (Video)
Where: Medios de Comunicación Masivos
Organiser & contact: Serpaj Tarapacá, Pamela Hernández Gatica
COLOMBIA
Bogota
TERCERA JORNADA DEL DIA DE ACCIÓN GLOBAL CONTRA EL GASTO MILITAR
Time:10:00am
Place: Cra 7 con avenida Jiménez-Bogotá
ACOOC, the Collective Action on Conscientious Objector, will have a direct action in Bogotá, inviting the public to reflect on where their tax dollars should go. To learn more about ways to engage the public, click here En Espanol or the English version
Organisers: ACOOC, Mujeres por la Paz, Tulpa Colectivo, https://www.facebook.com/AccionGlobalContraElGastoMilitar
Cairo
Arab Human Security Network
A press release in Arabic and call for Media, civil society and governments in the Arab Region will be released on 15 April 2013.
Contact person: Dr. Ghassan Shahrour
GERMANY
Berlin
IALANA + German Coalition of development organisations will launch a common activity planned around the issue of UN MDGs using the “Development is impossible without disarmament” slogan.
Contact person: Reiner Braun
Berlin
GREECE
Athens
15 April, 16:00: W e will display a huge banner at Syntagma square, above the central metro station, in front of the Greek Parliament
Organiser and contact: European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), Alexia Tsouni, EBCO Campaigner, alexia_tsouni@blueice.biz, ebco@ebco-beoc.org
INDIA
New Delhi
15 April
- Public awareness campaign with banners/placards and leaflets in urging India to reduce military expenditure to start with from Gandhi Smriti, the place where Mahatma Gandhi was gunned down in 1948 to be followed in Dilli Haat and India Gate.
- Memorandum to be submitted later to Prime Minister and
- Press statement to be issued at end of day to all major Indian newspapers and news websites.
- More details to follow suit.
Organisers and contact: Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network, Control Arms Foundation of India, Binalakshmi Nepram, Binalakshmi@gmail.com
ITALY
Rome
14 April, 5-7 pm: A sit-in to say: No to Drone Warfare! No to Endless War! No to Rampant Global Military Spending!
We will be handing out flyers providing information about Drone warfare and about GDAMS — calling for major cuts to military spending globally so that funds can be reallocated to address human needs and current crises.
Where: At the Colosseum
Organiser and contact: Anna Farkas, coordinator, U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice – Rome, www.peaceand justice.it Email: info@peaceandjustice.it
JAPAN
Tokyo
- to organise lectures and education sessions with the aim of raising awareness on military spending in Japan, and to compare it with what would be needed for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
- to lead discussions about Fukushima that will focus on reconstruction and anti nuclear energy and weapons actions;
- to target members of parliament members and protest against the government plan to amend the constitution;
- to set up artistic workshops in Japan on GDAMS day
Contact person: Celine Nahory
KENYA
Nairobi
Bunge la Mwananchi, in partnership with the La Vie Foundation (LVF), the Nubian Human Rights Forum (NHRF), Coalition for Constitution Implementation (CCI), the Super Ethnic Minorities Rights Forum (SEMRF) and the Unga Revolution and all these networks in addition to WRK and Tax Payers Association shall be involved in this year’s events.
14 April : Workshop at Central Park Hotel
The purpose of this workshop is to inform the 200 participants about the status of military spending in Kenya and internationally and compare this to spending in other social areas like housing, water provision, education etc.
The meeting shall also develop a petition to be presented to the authorities and plan for the procession that will take place the following day.
This workshop is important because the 200 participants shall be part of the procession on 15 April. We also intend to invite the media as they are stakeholders especially in terms of making the issue of increased military spending internationally.
15 April : Procession from Freedom Corner to Harambee Avenue
Our members shall gather at Freedom Corner where the public shall be addressed on the key issues of the petition. We shall then hold a procession along Kenyatta Avenue to Moi Avenue to Harambee Avenue where the petition shall be presented to the authorities. We will also hold a one hour sit-in to press for a reduction in military spending.
Contact person: Cidi Otieno alternative email: oticdesq@gmail.com
Convener GDAMS-Nairobi 2013 Planning Committee & President BLM
Tel.no: +25 472 160 9699
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur
15 April: CALL ON ASEAN COUNTRIES TO POOL RESOURCES AND SLASH ARMS SPENDING
Press statement by Dr. Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser
NEW ZEALAND
National
Preparations for the 2013 Global Day of Action here are already well underway, with more supporting organisations signed-on already than for previous GDAMS. We are planning public forums in Wellington and Auckland on government spending priorities, with speakers from peace, human rights, social justice and development NGOs, as well as street leafletting in various towns and cities. More info and contact details in the GDAMS in Aotearoa New Zealand Index Page and in GDAMS Aotearoa New Zealand Facebook.
During the run-up to GDAMS, the annual International Women’s Day ‘Women Say No to War’ vigils, organised by Peace Movement Aotearoa and WILPF Aotearoa, were held at the NZ armed forces headquarters in Wellington on 7 March and in Auckland on 8 March to highlight alternatives to military spending, eg ~ welfare not warfare ~ education not militarisation ~ information and contact details are at Women Say NO to War on 8 March.
Below are the confirmed details of this year’s events to mark the 2013 Global Day of Action on Military Spending – two in Wellington on Monday, 15 April, one in Auckland on Monday, 15 April, and another on Tuesday, 16 April; information about the Global Day of Action; and the opportunity for your organisation to be listed as a supporter of the urgent need to change spending priorities away from funding armed forces towards meeting human needs.
Facebook event links:
- Wellington events on Monday, 15 April – http://www.facebook.com/events/165771056915089/
- Auckland events on Monday, 15, and Tuesday, 16, April – http://www.facebook.com/events/513052375408408/
- Global Day of Action 2013 in Aotearoa New Zealand – http://www.facebook.com/events/382710081820597/
* Wellington, Monday, 15 April 2015
· Monday, 15 April 2013: Leafletting for the Global Day of Action – join us from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at Midland Park (corner Johnston Street and Lambton Quay). If you can help, or for more information, please contact Peace Movement Aotearoa, email pma@xtra.co.nz
· Monday, 15 April 2013: Public forum on government spending priorities – join us from 5.30pm to 7pm for a discussion on:
- Children’s wellbeing – Barbara Lambourn, National Advocacy Manager, UNICEF NZ
- Ending sexual violence – Kate Abel, National Coordinator Tauiwi Caucus, Te Ohaakii a Hine – National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together
- Overseas development assistance – Martin de Jong, Communications and International Advocacy Coordinator, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
- Military expenditure – Edwina Hughes, Coordinator, Peace Movement Aotearoa
Forum from 5.30pm to 7pm, light refreshments at 5.15pm, First floor conference room, St Andrew’s on the Terrace, 30 The Terrace (entry via the stairs at the back of the car park on the south side of the church). Organised by Peace Movement Aotearoa, for more information, contact email pma@xtra.co.nz You can RSVP on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/events/165771056915089 A flyer for this public forum is available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/gdams-wgtn2013.pdf
* Auckland, Monday, 15, and Tuesday, 16 April 2013
· Monday, 15 April: Leafletting for the Global Day of Action – join us from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at Britomart / Queen Street intersection (outside Downtown). Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Pax Christi, if you can help, or for more information, please contact email wilpf@xtra.co.nz
· Tuesday, 16 April: Public forum marking the Global Day of Action on Military Spending - Join us from 5.30pm to 7.30pm for a screening of ‘War Redefined‘ from the Women, War and Peace series, a presentation on the costs of militarism in times of peace, and discussion. “’War Redefined’ challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain, and reframes our understanding of modern warfare through probing conversations with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright; Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee; Bosnian war crimes investigator Fadila Memisevic; Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International; globalisation expert Moisés Naím; and Cynthia Enloe of Clark University, among others. Narrated by Geena Davis.” From 5.30pm to 7.30pm, including light refreshments, at The Peace Place, 22 Emily Place, Auckland City. Organised by Peace Movement Aotearoa, WILPF Aotearoa and Pax Christi Aotearoa New Zealand, for more information please contact email wilpf@xtra.co.nz You can RSVP on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/events/513052375408408 A flyer for this public forum is available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/gdams-akl2013.pdf
Contact: Peace Movement Aotearoa
NORWAY
Oslo
The Norwegian Peace Council will mark GDAMS 2013 with a day seminar at the Peace House in Oslo about military spending in relation to the economic and humanitarian consequences of warfare. More details to follow.
Contact: Inger Aasgaard
PERU
Piura
15 April, 8:00-9:00AM - Peru will be joining GDAMS with a one-hour long special radio broadcast on military spending.
It can be listened to locally and online at Radio Cutivalu Piura 630AM
Contact: Guillermo Burneo, Comisede
PHILIPPINES
Manila
1. March 8 – Launch GDAMS in Manila and International Women’s Day with the theme “Pagkain at Trabaho, Hindi Bala at Kanyon” (Food and Jobs, Not Bullets and Arms)
With urban poor women in Smokey Mountain Tondo, Manila.
With women and community participants
Activities: Forum and a group streamer painting. There will be planning for the April GDAMS event in the area which has been scheduled for April 12 and 13 Forum, art workshop, film showing, music and lunch fellowship.
Lead organisation & contact: Peace Women Partners, Inc. Merci Angeles
Mindanao
2. April 4 – Women’s Forum and mobilization of peasant women in the farm community in Pagadian City, Zamboanga, Mindanao
Group streamer painting and art activities
Lead organizations: KASAMMAKA Kahugpongan sa Mag-uuma/Mamumuong Kababayen-an sa Zamboanga del Sur, Inc.(organization of peasant women in Zamboanga del Sur) and CONZARRD (A coalition of peasant organizations in Mindanao) Contact: tan5ph@yahoo.com
Nationwide and international partners
3. Feature articles in local newspapers or magazines on the Philippine budget and GDAMS
4. Peace Women Partners as an international women’s organization with members in the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia – - will be preparing a statement sign-on for the women’s groups and encourage its members to hold activities for the GDAMS.
General Contacts: 2013 GDAMS Philippines Committee
Stop the War Coalition Philippines Corazon Fabros
Peace Women Partners Merci Angeles
Seoul
People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement between North and South Korea. Together with 15 organisations, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), will campaign to “End the Korean War”. We are planning to have one full day campaign in Seoul, have a press interview and performance along the these themes:
1. To lay down arms
2. To request North and South Korea to sign international treaties together
3. To reduce the military spending to half
Contact persons: Huisun Kim and the PSPD team
Also visit & like: Peace Now Korea Facebook
And we want to introduce the Peace Now Korea tumblr page to receive and share more people’s messages for less military spending and peace in both Koreas.
SPAIN
Barcelona
Centre d’Estudis per a la Pau JM Delàs
Contact: Jordi Calvo Rufanges
Fundacio per la Pau
Everyone is invited to sign the “Recortemos el gasto militar, Invirtamos en gasto social /Cut military spending, Invest in social services” petition (in Spanish).
Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
15 April, 8 pm: Presentation of the GDAMS campaign against military spending
Where: Café d’Espacio (Cebrián 54. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Organiser and contact: Alternativa Antimilitarista – MOC Las Palmas, Juan Carlos Navarro moclaspalmas@gmail.com
More information in Spanish here
En la ciudad de Las Palmas vamos a presentar nuestra campaña contra el gasto militar con un acto conmemorativo del Día Internacional contra los Gastos Militares. Tendrá lugar el 15 de abril, a las 20 h., en Café d’Espacio (Cebrián 54. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). Informamos de ello aquí: Campaña de Objeción Fiscal a los Gastos Militares 2013
SWITZERLAND
Bern
15 April, 11:45: Schweinerei-Alle müssen sparen durch die Armee!
Bern Bahnhofplatz
In der Schweiz steigen die Armeeausgaben. Zusätzlich werden neue Kampfflugzeuge beschafft, während gleichzeitig für zivile Instituationen ein Sparprogramm geschnürt wird.
In Bern werden wir mit einem grossen Sparschwein, Flyer und Transpi durch die Altstadt ziehen. Komm auch Du und helfe mit auf die menschenverachtenden Rüstungsausgaben in der Schweiz und weltweit aufmerksam zu machen!” “GSoA – Gruppe für eine Schweiz ohne Armee www.gsoa.ch , Nikolai, nikolai@gsoa.ch https://www.facebook.com/events/451570908254734/?ref=ts&fref=ts
15 April, 11 :45: Filth! All must save on the army !
Bern Station square
In Switzerland military expenditure are increasing. New warplanes are bought while meanwhile austerity package is implemented for civil institutions.
In Bern, we will demonstrate through the old town with a big piggy box and flyers. Come and help us draw attention on these inhuman military spending in Switzerland and around the world.
GSoA : Group for a Switzerland without an Army
Geneva
15 April, 13:00: Global Day of Action on Military Spending Photo-opportunity. All are welcome!
Where: Twisted cannon, Place des nations (opposite side from UN) /
15 avril, 13h00: Une petite manif Journée Mondiale d’Action sur les Dépenses Militaires. Tous sont bienvenus !
Lieu du rassemblement : le canon tordu, Place des nations (en face des Nations Unies)
14h00 – 16h00: Afternoon Seminar: Military and development spending in an era of austerity
Where: International Centre, 1 Rue de Varembé – ground floor hall – opposite Place des nations
Contact: Colin Archer and Mylene Soto
SYRIA
Damascus
A press release in Arabic and call for Media, civil society and governments in the Arab Region will be released on 15 April 2013.
Contact person: Dr. Ghassan Shahrour
UNITED KINGDOM
Berkshire
01 April, Easter Monday, noon – 2.00pm: National gathering “ Stop fooling with Nuclear Weapons“
Where: AWE Aldermaston, Berkshire
There will be a Faith Gate at Tadley Gate, meeting at 12.noon for prayer/actions led by CCND and Pax Christi will be present. Look out for our banner. More information here.
Coventry
15 April, from 4pm to 6pm: Silent protest at the General Dynamics factory on Fletchamstead Highway in Coventry
Organiser and contact: The Coventry RC Deanery Justice and Peace Group. Call 024 7667 4495 for more details.
Liverpool
15th April, from 12noon: MCND picket of the Armed Forces Careers Information Office
14 North John Street, Liverpool
Organiser and contact: Merseyside CND: 0151 702 6974 www.mcnd.org.uk 54 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5SD
London
15 April: GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING
Why not try to organise a time of prayer/ photo stunt/vigil at a defence site to highlight the amount of money the world spends on defence while human / welfare needs are unmet. Pax Christi is part of a coalition working on this. Read the Call to Action Statement and see resource ideas here.
15 April, 9.00am, Creative action at Old Palace Yard
Come along and help swell numbers, give out leaflets, hear messages of support, and take part in the theatre stunt. The day is supported by 39 organisations – speaking with one voice: Cut military spending!
15 April, 5 – 6.30 pm: ‘What if military spending were cut?’ Public Meeting
Disarmament for development, public services and positive investment in renewable energy
Where: Committee Room 6, Houses of Parliament (Please arrive in good time to get through security)
Speakers: Bruce Kent, Vice President of the Movement for the Abolition of War, with speakers Caroline Lucas MP, Kate Hudson of CND, John Hilary of War on Want, and Anne-Marie O’Reilly of Campaign Against Arms Trade, and the launch of Pax Christi’s new short film on the theme.
You may download the event flyer here. Contact person: Anne Marie
Please see Pax Christi’s events calendar for more.
Oswestry, Shropshire
15 April, 12nn-2pm, Stall, Leafletting, Posters, Banners
Where: Oswestry, Shropshire, UK Festival Square
Contact: Margaret, Tel.no: 01691 650527
Oswestry Coalition for Peace
SCOTLAND – Watch the Protest to Thrive video and save the dates below.
Glasgow
13 April Demonstration, Glasgow City Centre
14 April, Training Workshop, Kinning Park Complex
Argyll and Bute
15 April Big Blockade to Shut Down Faslane. For more details, visit Trident Ploughshares
Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Meet 8.30am outside Scottish Parliament, CAAT Edinburgh will be leafleting MSPs and Parliamentary staff as they arrive for work at the Parliament with information on military spending, asking MSPs to raise a motion about the need to redirect military spending towards human needs. Click here for more details.
For more actions and events planned in the UK, please visit the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) UK website.
You may also download: Time to Shift Priorities postcards
The GDAMS UK website was built and is powered by our friends from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). Kindly refer to it for all UK-related information and actions.
UNITED STATES
Arizona
Phoenix
15 April, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Tax Day Protest, see this flyer for more details
Where: Phoenix Main Post Office Overflow parking lot on the west side of the Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Sponsor and contact: Progressive Democrats of America , Virginia Hauflaire, End Wars and Occupations Issue Organizing Team Coordinator, 602-403-7576
Tucson
15 April, 6:30–7:30 a.m. : Vigil: Fund education, not missiles. Signs provided, or bring your own
Where: Raytheon Missile Systems at Hermans Rd. entrance to the plant (3rd traffic light south of Valencia on Nogales Highway, the extension of South 6th Ave.)
Sponsor and contact: More info: nukeresister[@]igc.org or (520) 323‒8697 National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee http://www.nwtrcc.org/
Tucson
15 April, 10:00am to 2:00 pm: Leafleting in front of post office
Where: Sun Station Post Office, 2100 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85733
Organisers: Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, www.tucsonwilpf.org, Code Pink: Women for Peace, www.codepink.org, Alliance for Global Justice
www.afgj.org, Mary DeCamp, mdecamp@q.com, (520) 250-9832
Tucson
5:00pm – ?? Leafleting in front of main post office. Handouts will be provided.
Where: 1501 S. Cherrybell, Tucson
Organisers: Alliance for Global Justice www.afgj.org, Jobs with Justice www.jwj.org, Chuck Kaufman, chuck@afgj.org, (202) 256-8032 x 1
California
Arcata
15 April, 9am to 5pm: Annual Tax Day Penny Poll
We have ten wide mouth soda bottles, each labeled with a department of government, including Military, Education, Environment, Health, etc. People are asked to take ten pennies, which we supply, and distribute them in the bottles indicating their choice of where they would like their tax dollars to go. Results are then published in the local newspaper, “The Arcata Eye.” This has been an annual event in Arcata for at least 15 years.
Where: In front of the Arcata Post office, 8th and H Streets, Arcata, CA, 95521
Contact: Dave Meserve, davemeserve@suddenlink.net or 707-834-3612
Berkeley
Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations)
Sponsor and contact: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) , Michael Eisenscher, (510) 263-5303, National Coordinator and Bay Area New Priorities Campaign
Berkeley
15 April, 6 p.m.–9 p.m: Ceremony with dessert potluck
Where: Co-Housing Common House, 2220 Sacramento St., Berkeley
Sponsors and contact: Northern California War Tax Resistance and People’s Life Fund, NoWarTax@riseup.net or call (510) 842‒6124
El Cerrito
Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations)
Sponsor and contact: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) , Michael Eisenscher, (510) 263-5303, National Coordinator and Bay Area New Priorities Campaign
Oakland
15 April, noon-1 pm: Living Graveyard on Tax Day
Covered with sheets to represent the dead of the wars of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, people lie down on the city sidewalk in front of the Federal Building. Some read the names of the dead, some pass out informational leaflets, one sounds a gong after each name read. See flyer for more details.
Where: Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay Street
two blocks from 12th Street BART
Co-organisers: Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC/, East Bay Coalition to Support Self-rule for Iraqis, Berkeley Women in Black, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Fr Bill Social Justice Committee of St. Joseph Church and others
Contacts: Carolyn Scarr , 510-527-8370 and Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC/50-655-1162
Oakland
Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations)
Sponsor and contact: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) , Michael Eisenscher, (510) 263-5303, National Coordinator and Bay Area New Priorities Campaign
Richmond
Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations)
Sponsor and contact: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) , Michael Eisenscher, (510) 263-5303, National Coordinator and Bay Area New Priorities Campaign
San Mateo
15 April, 10 am to 4 pm: We will pass out leaflets describing military spending (Volunteers welcome for one to two-hour shifts are welcome. Let us know in advance if possible.)
Where: Downtown San Mateo Post Office, 2nd and Ellsworth Avenues
Sponsor and contact: Peace Action of San Mateo County , Ron Zucker 650-286-0332
San Francisco Bay Area – 14 BART stations in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Contra Costa County
morning/evening rush hours Distribution of flyers on how tax dollars are used disproportionately for the military, budget tradeoffs, and the alternative Back to Work budget. Download beautiful flyer cover and flyer interior.
Sponsor and contact: New Priorities Campaign, a coalition of Bay Area organizations: www.newprioritiescampaign.org, Stephen McNeil, smcneil@afsc.org 415-565-0201
San Francisco
Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations)
Sponsor and contact: U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) , Michael Eisenscher, (510) 263-5303, National Coordinator and Bay Area New Priorities Campaign
Colorado
Boulder
13 April and 14 April 14, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.: Leafleting on Pearl Street mall
Sponsor and contact: Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center http://rmpjc.org/ Info: (303) 499‒9456
Colorado Springs
15 April Noon–1 p.m.: Penny poll and bannering at the downtown post office
Where: Colorado Springs downtown post office
Sponsor and contact: Citizens for Peace in Space bill.sulzman[@]gmail.com
Hawaii
Honolulu
April 15, 2013, 4-6pm: Sign and banner waving in front of the Downtown Post Office
We have a very long (20 ft) banner that shows the percentage of military spending in the 2013 federal budget. Many handouts and signs. Also banners about the human costs of drone warfare.
Where: Downtown Post Office, 335 Merchant St. at Richards St., Honolulu
Organiser and contact person: Honolulu Friends Meeting (Quakers) quakers@hawaiiquaker.org, Renie Lindley (808)783-7577 renie.lindley@yahoo.com
Illinois
Evanston
15 April, 8 am to 5 pm: Leafletting
All materials furnished.
Where: Evanston Post Office, 1101 Davis Street at Oak
Sponsor and contact: Chicago Area Peace Action, Email riegle@svsu.edu to sign up for a one or two-hour shift or just show up and ask for Catherine, Elliott, or Rosalie.
15 April: Open mic and leafletting
Where: Federal Plaza, 203 S. Dearborn
Sponsor and contact: War Resisters League, Chicago Chapter, Email cpaidock@hotmail.com for more details
Indiana
Indianapolis
4-6pm: Join us as we gather for our annual action to raise awareness for Hoosier taxpayers about where our tax dollars are going. We will have a 20 foot banner of the federal discretionary budget. Bring signs about where you’d like your $$ to go!
Where: In front of the Downtown Post Office, 125 W South St, Indianapolis (Gather on Capitol Ave)
Organisers and contact: American Friends Service Committee, Central Indiana Jobs with Justice, Veterans for Peace Chapter 49, Amy Shackelford, amy@centralindianajwj.org
Iowa
Dubuque
15 April 15, from 5 p.m.–7 p.m., and every Monday until tax day at Noon or 5 p.m: Vigil and leafleting with War Tax Boycott cards and other handouts, downtown at Federal Building
Where: Downtown at Federal Building, 6th and Locust
Sponsor and contact: Citizens’ Tax Moratorium, For more information contact john-klotz@uiowa.edu or (563) 583‒2586
Kentucky
Lexington
15 April, 2:00 pm to Midnight: Leafleting with WRL Federal Budget Pie Charts
Where: Nandino (main) Post Office
Sponsor and contact: War Resisters League Steve Olshewsky by phone at (484) 326-1954
Maine
Belfast
16 April, 11 am to 3 pm: Pass out “Where Your Tax Money Really Goes” locally-based flyers to customers and unsuspecting pedestrians
Where: Outside Belfast Food Cooperative and downtown Belfast, maybe the Belfast Post Office
Sponsor and contact: Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center, www.nwtrcc.org Larry Dansinger, Maine WTR Resource Center and ROSC, (207) 525-7776 or rosc@psouth.net
Brunswick and across Maine
From 5 to 13 April, the Maine Alliance for the Common Good will be delivering door hangers to 10,000 homes in 20 communities across Maine.
These door hangers call for cuts in military spending rather than more attacks on social progress.
Contact person: Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011
Tel. no: (207) 443-9502
Bruce K Gagnon’s Blog
Brunswick
13 April, 10 am to 1 pm: Leafletting/rally/demonstration at the Post Office to support less money for the military, more for human needs.
Where: Post Office, Pleasant Street
Sponsor and contact: Occupy Maine Bath/Brunswick, http://occupybrunswick.wordpress.com/
Ellsworth
16 April or before, time TBA: Leafletting at the Post Office
Where: Main Post Office, Main Street
Sponsor and contact: Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center www.nwtrcc.org
Frank Donnelly, (207) 461-5080, planting2hope@yahoo.com
Maine-Statewide
Your town
16 April, (Tax Day in Maine): Leafleting Maine WTR Resource Center
Contact: Larry Dansinger, Maine WTR Resource Center, 161 Stovepipe Al
Maryland
Baltimore
15 April, 5 p.m. to 6:30 or 7 p.m: Every year the Pledge of Resistance goes to the Main Post Office on 900 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 on this date. We pass out the WRL Where your tax dollar really goes 2014 flyers to incoming throngs of people bringing their taxes to mail. We will paste 8 1/2 x 11 inch colour flyers to posterboard to hold up; and give out 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch black and white flyers to those driving through the area.
Sponsor and contact: Pledge of Resistance, Cindy Farquhar cfarquhar.cindy7@gmail.com, 443 275 1095
Rockville
15 April, 7 to 9 pm: Montgomery County NOW presents “War and the Military Budget: Implications for Women.”
Where: Rockville Public Library, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD 20850
Contact: Jean Athey, 301-570-0923
Massachusetts
Boston
16 April, 11 am: ”We’re paying our taxes… Why are vital services being cut?
Where: Tip O’Neill Federal Building,10 Causeway Street, Boston – North Station (Green Line) Regional Headquarters for the Social Security Administration and Housing & Urban Development We’ll also visit Bank of America, Citibank, and Verizon at 6 Bowdoin Square, Boston.
Budget cutters in Washington have slashed Meals on Wheels, Head Start, Section 8, Fuel Assistance, Unemployment, Health Programs, AIDS Housing, family violence prevention, substance abuse prevention… and they want to cut more.
But there is an alternative.
Corporate tax dodgers, pay up!
Rich people and giant corporations get hundreds of billions of dollars a year in tax breaks and loopholes. For example, Bank of America created 2000 overseas tax shelters to avoid paying taxes here in the United States.
Join us on Tax Day, Tuesday, April 16, and say: Stop the Cuts!
We’ll also visit the Bank of America at 1440 Dorchester Ave and say: “Corporations, pay up!”
“Create Jobs and Cut Pentagon Pork!”
Sponsor and contact: Budget for All Coalition, Cole Harrison, 617-466-9274
Fall River
15 April
Sponsor and contact: Budget for All Coalition, Cole Harrison, 617-466-9274
Northampton
15 April
Sponsor and contact: Budget for All Coalition, Cole Harrison, 617-466-9274
Michigan
Royal Oak
15 April 15, 5 pm: Leafleting “”Pull the Pork from the Pentagon
Where: Royal Oak Post Office, 200 West Second
New posters provided, but bring your “”oldies but goodies
Sponsor and Contact: Peace Action of Michigan , Rev. Rich Peacock 248-321-7480
Missouri
Kansas City
11:30am – 1:00pm The U.S. Deficit Debate is a Crime
Don’t be fooled by multi-national corporations, billionaires and groups like “Fix the Debt!” The deficit is a Trojan Horse used to attack social security, Medicare and other government services for the 99%
We’re Not Broke!
We Don’t Need to Cut Social Security, Medicare and Human Needs Programs!
We need to:
Cut Pentagon Waste (The Pentagon budget has doubled in the past decade. It funds programs like the F-35 fighter that the Defense Department doesn’t want. It produces fewer jobs than investment in other sectors.)
Close Tax Loopholes & Create Policies Where All Pay Their Fair Share!
Invest In Jobs, Education And Our Future!
Join us for street theater – the bodies are falling – jobs, education, seniors… all victims of bad U.S. budget choices. It’s a crime scene- vigiling, leafleting and more.
Where: 12th and Main Street, Kansas City
Sponsor and contact: American Friends Service Committee afsc.org American Friends Service Committee, KC Program, 816 931-5256
St. Louis
15 April, 11:30 am to 1 pm: We will be leafletting at the corner of Forsyth and Central in Clayton to let folks know how much of their income tax dollars are going to the Pentagon and military spending; Fliers will be available for leafletting
Where: The corner of Forsyth and Central in Clayton
Sponsors and contact: Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom Peace Economy Project, Jasmin Maurer peaceeconomyproject@gmail.com 314-726-6406
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
13 April, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m: Seacoast Peace Response will conduct its annual War Tax Education Penny Poll in Market Square on Monday, Federal Tax Day
The action is planned to call attention to the cost of the militarised federal budget. Literature will be available to people as the vote in the penny poll. The information is about how their tax dollars are being spent.
Obama’s 2013 discretionary budget proposes that 57 percent of our tax dollars to be spent on defence. Only 5 percent is proposed for health and 6 percent for education. Seacoast Peace Response and N.H. Peace Action are participating in “Move the Money,” a national campaign to reduce military spending by at least 25 percent and to move the money into local programs to meet human needs. The Pentagon itself has proposed cuts greater than 25 percent. If the U.S. military budget were cut by 80 percent it would still be the largest military budget in the world. Currently, the U.S. spends more money on its military than all the countries on the planet combined, according to a press release issued by Seacoast Peace Response.
The Penny Poll is a large display board with options for people to place pennies, provided by the group, in the categories they think the tax money should be spent in. Some spending options include: veterans benefits, environmental protection, housing, and health care. In last year’s Penny Poll, health care received the most votes with environmental protection coming close behind.
Organiser and contact: Seacoast Peace Response, a community group based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire since 2001, is dedicated to promoting peace and justice worldwide. For more information please contact Sandra Yarne at 603-436-2424 or see www.seacoastpeaceresponse.org. For more information specific to the U.S. national budget, see www.nationalpriorities.org
New Jersey
Montclair
13 April, 10:3 0am -to 12:00 noon: Vigil for peace and to “Move the Money” from war to peace
Where: Corner of South Fullerton Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue
Organisers: Montclair Peace Vigil, New Jersey Peace Action
Contact: Madelyn Hoffman, nj_peaceaction@yahoo.com, 973-259-1126
15 April, from 12 noon until 2:00pm: Gathering signatures on petitions to “Move the Money” from war to peace and to hand out information about how much of our tax money is being spent on the military
Where: Post Office on Glen Ridge Avenue
Organisers: New Jersey Peace Action www.njpeaceaction.org, Essex County Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Contact: Madelyn Hoffman, nj_peaceaction@yahoo.com, 973-259-1126
Princeton
April 15, 12:00nn to1:30 pm: Annual Penny Poll & Call-In Day
Where: Palmer Square Post Office, Princeton, NJ
For more details, please visit: http://www.peacecoalition.org/component/content/article/39-cfpa/335-tax-day-penny-poll-a-call-in.html
New York
Bay Ridge. Brooklyn
15 April, 8:30-10:30 am: We will be distributing the F35 flyer from the Peace Action website
Where: Fort Hamilton Post Office, at the corner of 88th Street & 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge
Sponsor: Peace Action Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition Janie Groff, shrkeygroff@aol.com; (917) 579-6860
Brooklyn
13 April, 11-1pm
Street Corner Speak Out at the Fort Greene Park Farmers’ Market
The Lone Wolf Tribe Puppet Theater will be there. Calling all poets, singers, writers, graphic artists, readers–Come & share or just listen in. Just show up to join in or to schedule your participation, call Melissa @ 718 624-5828
15 April, 7-9pm
Community meeting: Confused about the budget fight?
Details of these events can be found in this flyer.
Sponsor and contact: Fort Greene Peace Facebook Email: Fort Greene Peace
Brooklyn For Peace 41 Schermerhorn St Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) 624-5921
Delmar
15 April, 5-6pm: We will vigil holding signs at four corners. Some of us will also stand in front of the post office, one block away
Upper Hudson Peace Action, www.peaceact.net David Easter, davideaster@nycap.rr.com, 518-475-9532
Great Neck
15 April, from 7:30am – 9:00am: Great Neck SANE/Peace Action will be handing out flyers about how your tax dollars are spent! Please join our annual event as we greet commuters on their way to work with our message: move-the-money from weapons toward funding our communities!
Where: At the Great Neck LIRR station
Sponsor and contact: Great Neck SANE/Peace Action: www.panys.org/GN/
Reach Out America: www.reachoutamerica.org
Shirley Romaine email: sromaine35@gmail.com, phone: 516-487-3786
Long Island
15 April: We will organize actions with information delivered to 4 Long Island congressional representatives. Will work with Long Island organizations in promoting actions on April 15.
Sponsor and contact: Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Margaret Melkonian 516-741-4360
New York
15 April, 4 pm to 6:30 pm: NYC War Resisters League, NYC War Tax Resisters and others will gather at
4 p.m. Manhattan IRS office (110 W. 44th Street near 6th Ave.)
March around 5 p.m. to the main Post Office at 34th and 8th Avenue.
Or, meet us at the Post Office, 34th and 8th Avenue, around 5:30 or 6 p.m
Banners, signs, leafleting at IRS
March to Post office through Times Square with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra leading the way and leafleting with WRL pie charts
Music, banners, signs, leafleting at the post office
Co-sponsors include NYC People’s Life Fund, NYC War Tax Resisters, Peace Action New York State http://nwtrcc.org/taxday2013.php (Nationwide list)
https://www.warresisters.org/WRL-local-events, NYC War Resisters League nycwrl@att.net, 718-768-7306 and the Granny Peace Brigade-Nydia Leaf
For more information, contact nycwrl[at]att.net or call (718) 768‒7306
Nyack
15 April, 7:30am – 9:00am: Join Rockland Peace Action outside the Nyack Post Office (48 S. Broadway) to distribute flyers!
Sponsor and contact: Rockland Peace Action,Capowski, rocklandpeaceaction@yahoo.com
Staten Island
15 April, from 6:00 am – 9:00 am: Peace Action Staten Island will be handing out flyers about how your tax dollars are being spent and with the message: move the money from wars and weapons to fund our communities!
Where: Staten Island Ferry Terminal: St. George Terminal Staten Island, 1 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York
Sponsor and contact: Peace Action Staten Island: www.peacesi.org Eileen Bardel: email – pasi.eblast@gmail.com, phone – 718-989-2881
Ohio
Cleveland
15 April, 4:30 to 6 pm: On Tax Day, April 15, a countywide coalition of justice and peace groups will demonstrate in downtown Cleveland for just and peaceful federal budget and tax policies.
Where: On Carnegie Ave. between East 9th and Ontario avenues we will display pre-made signs and banners calling on federal officials to Stop the Cuts! Protect Social Security! Grow “”Family-Wage”" Jobs! Tax the One Percent! and End U.S. Wars and Occupations! We will line both sides of the street facing rush hour traffic and organize small groups to cross at intersections for maximum effect.
Sponsors and contact: Cleveland Peace Action, http://www.peaceactioncleveland.org/
Veterans for Peace, Northeast Ohio
American Friends Service Committee,
Cleveland Jobs with Justice,
Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice,
No Cuts Coalition,
Stop Targeting Ohio’s Poor , Black on Black Crime, Black on Black Crime, Inc.Oppressed People’s Nation; Family Connection Center
Imperial Women
Nina McLellan, ninamac15@sbcglobal.net; 216-751-7150
Oregon
Corvallis
15 April, 3-5pm PDT: Handing out War Resisters League pie chart fliers and asking passersby to write on a dry-erase board their preferred destination for tax dollars (rather than war). We will take photos of those willing and send them to the GDAMS team.
Where: At the Corvallis Public Library
Organiser and contact: Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter 132 — http://vfpcorvallis.org, Bart Bolger, bart@vfpcorvallis.org
Eugene
15 April
Sponsor and contact: Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) , Maureen Campbell 202-544-5055
Portland
15 April: Action to call attention to the Pentagon’s wasteful spending will be organised by Oregon Action
Contacts: Ron Williams 503-282-6588 or Patty
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem area
15 April, Leafleting with the WRL pie chart flyer onTax Day
Where: Bethlehem area post offices
Sponsor and contact: LEPOCO Peace Center www.lepoco.org call (610) 691‒8730, by email lepoco@fast.net
Philadelphia
15 April, 7:30-9am: 90 minutes leafleting and displaying our banners and posters to trolley and subway commuters heading to work
Where: Under the overpass, SEPTA 69th Street Terminal, corner of Market and 69th Streets
Leafletting and banners for our commuting brothers and sisters. We have a large military spending banner and a few other signs. Yours are most welcome. Please bring your own signs if you have some. Spend as much time with us as you wish.
Sponsor and contact: Main Line Peace Action Brandywine Peace, Walter Ebmeyer 484-380-2222
Pittsburgh
noon till 2pm
Flyering (WRL piechart) with informational rally with posters and large AFSC banner on Federal spending, literature
Penny poll giving people opportunity to show how they would allocate the Federal money by distributing 10 cents at their discretion into jars for education, military, health etc. and singing by the Raging Grannies,Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Where: Next to Squirrel Hill Post office, corner of Murray Ave and Darlington St.
Sponsors and contact: AFSC, Coalition for Peace Action, Edith Bell, edith.bell4@verizon.net, 412-661-7149
Pittsburgh
12 noon to 2 pm: Our Tax Day: Not Theirs Tax day event, Penny poll, singing by Raging Grannies
Where: Squirrel Hill Post Office, Murray and Darlington, Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh, PA15217
Sponsor and contact: American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org “AFSC Pittsburgh, 412 523 9364, Pitt@afsc.org”
Rhode Island
Bristol
13 April, from 11 – noon Vigil
Where: In front of the Post Office on Hope Street
Sponsor and contact: East Bay Citizens for Peace www.eastbaycitizens4peace.org Nancy Hood, nanhood@cox.net 401-253-8257
Tennessee
Nashville
Date and time to be determined: Distribution of WRL budget leaflet to peace and justice activists at various spring events
Where: Nashville Greenlands, Karl Meyer Phone (615) 322‒9523
Texas
Austin
16 April, 6 to 8 pm: Forgotten Victims of America’s Drones–an event to raise awareness about American drone strikes abroad
Come hear speakers discuss the human rights violations of drone strikes, fight the rampant misinformation and Islamophobia that surrounds them, listen to slam poetry, and learn about the ignored human costs of war.
Where: West Mall, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
To learn more, please go to Know Drones.
San Antonio
15 April, 5 to 6 pm: Vigil for Education and Peace at the Peace Pole
Prayerfully circle the Peace Pole remembering people of all the countries in the world. Stand together seeking resources for education, health care, jobs, homes, and food.
Where: In front of the George W. Brackenridge Villa, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209-6318
Sponsor and contact: UIW Peace Pole http://www.peacepoleproject.org/ , Sister Martha Ann Kirk kirk@uiwtx.edu
Vermont
On 15 April, people on all continents will join together in joint actions to focus public, political, and media attention on the costs of military spending and the need for new priorities. The Peace & Justice Center is organizing events throughout the state, focused on drone warfare. To plan an event, contact Colleen by email or call (802) 863-2345 x 8
Burlington
Activist Medea Benjamin speaking about drone warfare. Medea Benjamin is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange.
6:30pm – Meet at the corner of Church and Main St., silent procession up Church St., in memory of the victims of drone attacks. Wear black, or black arm bands will be provided.
7:00pm – Medea Benjamin speaking at the Unitarian Universalist
Free (donations welcome)
Lead organizer: Colleen Deignan
Brattleboro
15 April, 10 a.m.–2 p.m: Music, vigil, and tabling with war tax resistance literature
Where: US outside the Brattleboro Post Office
Sponsor and contact: Pioneer Valley War Tax Resistance Call (802) 387‒2798 or email dhsicken@yahoo.com
Lead organizer: Namaya (B4Peace Productions)
Manchester
More information to come soon
Richmond
4-5pm – Protest/Rally. Meet at the stoplight (intersection of Main and Jericho) from dressed in all black, holding signs and handing out flyers with information about drones to passers-by.
Lead organizer: Guthrie Smith
Virginia
Richmond
15 April, 1-8pm: A four hour leafleting at the main post office with a banner
At 5 o’clock we invited the press to come while we read some prepared statements and have people lined up with banners and signs. From 5-8pm we will be handing out slices of pizza to people walking by. We will also from this time be featuring our main visual: a huge pizza that uses toppings to represent the allocation of federal tax dollars to military spending.
Where: In front of Post office at the corner of School Street and Brook Road
Sponsor and contact: Richmond Peace Education Center, http://www.rpec.org, Jamshid Bakhtiari, bakhtiarijj@vcu.edu, 757-403-2612
Washington DC
07 April, Sunday, 7-10pm
- Morning - Lobby trainings and sessions in the morning, location to be determined
- 5pm – Die-in rally! Meet at Capitol South metro station (355 1st St, SE, Washington, DC)
Meet with your Member of Congress! SOA Watch will have a roving presence on Capitol Hill! Check back on SOAW.org for more information.
10 April, Wednesday, 3pm, in front of the US Capitol
Continue lobbying, keep up the pressure! Join the anti-militarization contingent with SOA Watch activists for the Time is Now! Immigration Reform rally, organized by Casa de Maryland, SEIU and regional partners
Washington
Seattle
15 April, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m: Distributing copies of the War Resisters League’s pie chart leaflet — “Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes” which analyzes the federal budget
Where: US Midtown Post Office, 301 Union St. (at 3rd Ave.) in downtown Seattle
Sponsor and contact: Greater Seattle Veterans For Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org/vfp-chapters/find-a-chapter/vfp-chapter-092/ Email dhgilman@msn.com or call (206) 499‒0226
Peace Action is the GDAMS Focal Point in the US .
Contact person:
Twitter judithleblanc
http://www.peace-action.org/
http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/peaceaction
