END THE WAR NOW!
October 27, 2007 Regional Demonstrations nationwide
Note: the events below will take place rain or shine!
Take a stand against the War by participating in
one or more of the following events connected with
the Mid-Atlantic Region:
9:00 -9:45 am: Pre-boarding rally
at the NJ River Line across South Clinton Avenue
from the Trenton Train Station.
Speakers:
The Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
LaDonna Blount, Central NJ Organizer, NJ Citizen Action
The Very Rev. Rene Rory John, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Trenton
NJ Senator Shirley Turner
Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
Jerome Harris, Chairman of the NJ Black Issues Convention
9:45 am: t Ride the Peace Train to Camden
for a feeder rally and march. ($1.35 one way on the River Line,
with tickets available from self-service machines). Be sure to get off at the Cooper St./Rutgers stop.
11 am:VRally Against the War, 11 am in Camden
Walt Whitman Arts Center, Rutgers University, 2nd & Cooper Streets, Camden
Speakers and Performers:
The Rev. Bob Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
Bohemian Sunrise, Musical Group
Lamont Dixon, Camden Poet
Tony DeSantis, Guitarist and Actor
Mary Cortes, South Jersey Environmental Justice
Ryan Bates, Jazz Musician, and Vice Principal Camden High School
Dr. Cathy Santos, National Alliance of Women Veterans
Kenneth McIntosh, President Camden Educational Association
11:45 am: March across the Ben Franklin Bridge
from Camden to Philadelphia
March into Center City Philadelphia with Signs, Banners, Giant Puppets and the Solidarity Singers
for a Grand Rally and Concert in Philadelphia. Non Marchers Can Take PATCO to 8th and
Market Streets in Philadelphia ($1.15 each way).
Philadelphia Saturday October 27:
Human Chain at Noon
Rally/Concert at Independence Mall 2 pm
Bring All Our Troops Home Now!
Fund Human Needs Not Occupation!
12 Noon: Join the Human Chain from the VA Hospital on
Woodland Ave to Independence Mall. This chain will then become
a March to Independence Mall.
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Regional Peace Festival in Philadelphia
Rally/Concert on Independence Mall
v Opening Ceremony: Chief Dale "White Panther" Fryer
and Drummers from the Lenape Nation
v Latin Jazz: Suzette Ortiz Ensemble
v Brooklyn Hip Hop Band: Rebel Diaz Tom Mullian & Friends
v Sori Mori Korean Drummers Poets Eleanor Wilner and Martin Wiley
v Spoken word: MC Therapist Smarts and Culture Punk Hip Hop Band
v Youth Speak Out: Open Mike for Youth to Sound Off!
Interspersed with the performances, there will be speakers from Iraq Veterans,
Military Families & Community Activists from around the Mid-Atlantic region.
Buses and trains of Activists will be arriving from across the Mid-Atlantic Region!
We the People must end this war!
For more information contact the Coalition for Peace Action at www.peacecoalition.org or (609) 924-5022
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Co-sponsored by
COALITION FOR PEACE ACTION
New Jersey Citizen Action
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq
SOUTH JERSEY PEACE ACTION
The Sacred Heart Peace Community
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PRESS RELEASE for EVENT
For Immediate Release: October 24, 2007
Contact: The Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
(609) 924-5022 Work; (609) 924-1206 Home; (609) 937-6931 Cell
OCTOBER 27 “PEACE TRAIN" TO BOARD IN TRENTON EN ROUTE TO CAMDEN FEEDER RALLY AND MARCH, CULMINATING IN REGIONAL PEACE FESTIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA AS PART OF NATIONALLY COORDINATED REGIONAL PROTESTS AGAINST IRAQ WAR
A “Peace Train” sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will begin in Trenton and stop in Camden for a Feeder Rally and March over the Ben Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia on Saturday, October 27. The events are part of a series of 11 major regional demonstrations in the US that day coordinated by United for Peace and Justice, the largest such coalition in the US with over 1,400 affiliates, including CFPA, across the nation (see http://www.oct27.org/ for details).
The day will begin with a Pre-Boarding Rally from 9:00-9:45 AM on the sidewalk in front of the River Line of NJ Transit, across Clinton Avenue from the main Trenton Train Station. Confirmed speakers to date include NJ Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman; NJ Senator Shirley Turner; Jerome Harris, Chairman of the NJ Black Issues Convention; the Very Rev. Rene Rory John, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Trenton; Yoel Bitran of the Princeton Campus Anti-War Network; and Ladonna Blount, Central Jersey Organizer of NJ Citizen Action.
Those coming from the Princeton area are encouraged to carpool at 8:15 AM from the Rite Aid (formerly Eckerd Drug) end of the Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison Street. The public is invited to the Pre-Boarding Rally, whether or not they can board the Peace Train to participate in the remainder of the day’s events.
The Peace Train, using NJ Transit’s River Line, is scheduled to leave at 9:45 AM. Tickets will be available at the pre-boarding Rally for $2 each. The train is scheduled to arrive in Camden at 10:50 AM.
From 11:00-11:45 AM, Peace Train riders and other supporters from southern New Jersey will join for a Feeder Rally at the Walt Whitman Arts Center of Rutgers-Camden, located at the intersection of Second and Cooper Streets. Confirmed speakers and performers include:
The Rev. Bob Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action
Bohemian Sunrise, Musical Group;
Lamont Dixon, Camden Poet;
Tony DeSantis, Guitarist and Actor;
Mary Cortes, South Jersey Environmental Justice;
Ryan Bates, Jazz Musician, and Vice Principal Camden High School;
Dr. Cathy Santos, National Alliance of Women Veterans;
Kenneth McIntosh, President Camden Educational Association
At approximately 11:45 A.M., a New Jersey Feeder March will go over the Ben Franklin Bridge toward Independence Mall in Philadelphia, joining Feeder Marches from elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic region for a major Regional Peace Festival with speakers, music, and poetry from 2:00-5:00 PM.
Scheduled speakers and performers at the Regional Peace Festival from 2:00-5:00 PM include:
l Opening Ceremony: Chief Dale "White Panther" Fryer and Drummers from the Lenape Nation
l Latin Jazz: Suzette Ortiz Ensemble
l Brooklyn Hip Hop Band: Rebel Diaz Tom Mullian & Friends
l Sori Mori Korean Drummers Poets Eleanor Wilner and Martin Wiley
l Spoken word: MC Therapist Smarts and Culture Punk Hip Hop Band
l Youth Speak Out: Open Mike for Youth to Sound Off!
Interspersed with the performances, there will be speakers from Iraq Veterans, Military Families& Community Activists from around the Mid-Atlantic region.
As the activities of the day go through the lunch hour, participants from New Jersey are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch or money to purchase food from street vendors. For further information, visit the Coalition for Peace Action web site, www.peacecoalition.org, or call the CFPA office at (609) 924-5022.
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