CFPA Upper and Lower Bucks County
Call to a Moratorium on Wednesday, March 19
Fifth Anniversary of the War in Iraq
We are calling on you to observe -- so far as you are able -- a Moratorium on work, or going to school or college, so you are free to participate in this mid-week event.
We will have armbands to mark the day's emphasis as it is being observed nationally: "5 YEARS TOO MANY."
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HERE ARE OUR PLANNED EVENTS:
7:30-9:00 a.m. Morning Rush Hour Rally
on "Trenton Makes" Bridge
We hope to reach the minds of many, many people by being present at the entrance to the bridge with signs that
(a) make them aware of the fact that the war started 5 years ago today; and
(b) inform them of CFPA's noontime rally on the steps of the N.J. Statehouse
9:30 a.m. Mid-morning vigil outside of
Rep. Patrick Murphy's Bristol office, 414 Mill Street
We have much to be grateful for in Rep. Murphy having consistently voted to stop funding for the war. We want to not only express our appreciation for his votes, but also to call on him to take equally far-seeing positions on funding efforts for peace and challenging the gross imbalance of the military budget. Please contact Bill Deckhart, coordinator at (215) 380-6804 if you plan to attend.
Noontime: Philadelphia events. Join Philadelphia area activists at:
. Grannies for Peace demonstration of "clothes-washing" at the Clothespin on Center Square
. Rally at Federal Building to protest continued funding of the war and to call U.S. Senator Arlen Specter on his continual votes to keep the Senate from true and fair debate on war-related issues
3:00 Newtown "teach-in" at Bucks County Community College, Newtown
A Teach-In on corporate profiteering from the war. In this educational event, we will hear a panel of informed activists discuss how our corporations are making obscene profits from warmaking. We will learn how the corporate giants lobby Congress and how they brought it to commit itself to fund the kind of war the corporations want us to fight.
We will talk about how this has led the country to incur enormous deficits, helping to bring on the recession, and how it's forced the government to cut needed programs for health, education, and other social needs. We will learn how to challenge their promotion of warmaking, and how it was done in the previous generation by some strong Bucks County women. As part of the teach-in, participants can go to the cafeteria and pass out literature to students.
4:30-6 p.m.. 5th Anniversary Anti-War Protest at Lockheed-Martin on the Newtown Bypass
As the evening rush hour traffic passes by, we will raise our voices -- and our signs-- to protest how corporations such as Lockheed are making billions of dollars, in seen and unseen ways, on this war, and how they promote the U.S.'s continuing decisions to wage this kind of war. A weekday rally is one of the best ways to get media coverage.
6:30 p.m. Evening Candlelight vigil at Rep. Patrick J. Murphy's Doylestown office
Our Central Bucks Chapter, working with the Doylestown Friends' Tuesday Peace Vigil, will mount a vigil at Congressman Murphy's Doylestown office, 60 North Main Street. Bring anti-war messages. Thank the Congressman for opposition to the Iraq War so far, but also demand that he oppose any further blank check funding for the war. Call Terry Beitl, coordinator at (215) 589-2368 for further information, or if you plan to attend.
6:30 p.m. Evening candlelight vigil in Quakertown
As the sun goes down,our Upper Bucks CFPA chapter will assemble across Rt. 309 from the Richland Friends' Meeting for a candlelight vigil for peace. For further information: cfpabuxmont@verizon.net
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. Also, those interested are invited to sign a petition to end funding the Iraq War. To sign it, go to: http://www.paactionnetwork.org/petitions
"We the undersigned urge that funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law, may not be obligated or expended to deploy or continue to deploy the Armed Forces to the Republic of Iraq. This is with the exception that funds be provided for the safe and orderly withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Iraq."
Sponsored by the CFPA in Pennsylvania, and by similar organizations in Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois, this petition will be delivered to U.S. Senators and Representatives.
Visibility is critical to ending the conspiracy of silence and the passive acquiescence to the continuation of this war. Educate people in your community about the ongoing war and what is needed to end it.
For information contact:
The Rev. Al Krass, Coordinator
Coalition for Peace Action Buxmont
29 Dark Leaf Lane, Levittown, PA 19055
(O) 215-547-2656 Phone 215-547-2656
Email: cfpabuxmont@verizon.net
