March 17 Medford, OR: Fund Books Not Bombs

Citizens for Peace and Justice, 10.03.2007 21:30

Come to Medford on Saturday March 17 for a massive anti-war demonstration and march followed by a Peace Forum. Citizens for Peace and Justice and a local coalition of organizations and activists have organized events to mark the 4th anniversary of the War on Iraq. Stand in protest at the corner of Barnett Road and Riverside Avenue. Hold signs to oppose the war and to promote peace in Iraq. Bang pots and pans as Molly Ivins suggested. March with protesters to the Medford Library where the Rogue Valley Peace Choir will sing and where Peace Forum participants will rally before the Forum.

Bring a sack lunch and hear rally speakers. Forum speakers will include Peter Buckley, Mike Green, Dennis Kyne and Linda Richards.

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Bring the troops home / Fund Books not Bombs

Major Peace March and Peace Forum on March 17th in Medford

In her final column, entitled "Stand Up Against the Surge", Molly Ivins wrote: "We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. ... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'"

In solidarity with peace events in Washington, DC, and across the nation, hundreds of Rogue Valley citizens will gather in Medford on Saturday, March 17th to protest the Iraq Occupation and to hold a Peace Forum to raise public awareness about the cost of funding militarism and war as the 4th anniversary of the war occurs.

The theme of the event is a dual one: Bring the Troops Home Now! / Fund Books Not Bombs.

Citizens for Peace & Justice (CP&J) of Medford in partnership with many other local organizations urges all who oppose the Iraq Occupation to join in a massive anti-war demonstration and march followed by a Peace Forum on March 17th to mark the beginning of the 5th year of this disastrous war.

The demonstration against the war will be held from 11 am to noon at the corner of Barnett Road and Riverside Avenue in Medford (by Burger King). Participants are invited to bring their own signs and banners against the war or for peace in Iraq. At about noon protestors will march up Central Avenue to the Medford Central Library, where the Rogue Valley Peace Choir will greet them with a song. A few short speeches will follow.

Participants are urged to bring a sack lunch with them to the demonstration. At about 1 pm the Peace Forum will convene in the large meeting room of the Medford Library. Speakers will include state Rep. Peter Buckley, author Mike Green, Dennis Kyne (disabled veteran of Operation Desert Storm and prominent member of Veterans for Peace) and Linda Richards (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom).

The Peace Forum will focus on generating positive ideas about how to build a consensus among citizens and members of Congress about how the war can be brought to an end, how our precious soldiers and sailors can be brought home and how our national priorities rebalanced. This will be an interactive Forum with comments and suggestions from the audience encouraged.

Partners with CP&J organizing the event include: Peace House, Veterans for Peace of Grants Pass, the Social Justice Alliance of Josephine County, Applegate Citizens for Political Change, Women in Black of Medford and Ashland, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Medford Congregational United Church of Christ, First Congregational UCC Ashland, World Cant Wait (Southern Oregon), the SOU Peace Club, the Jackson County Democratic Party, Global Advocates (Medford), Socialist Action (Ashland Branch), Unitarian Universalists Political Advisory Committee (Grants Pass) and Interfaith PEACE NOW.

For more information, see the website  http://www.medfordcpj.org or contact:
Allen Hallmark 541-482-8515
Mary Madsen 541-770-5274

e-mail:: brendacnpls@yahoo.com
Homepage:: http://www.medfordcpj.org

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