Cindy Sheehan invites DU to a party!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

A BIG TURNOUT IN NEW ORLEANS SENDS A BIG MESSAGE... Are you going to show courage, conviction and character, like Cindy? If Russ can show these traits under extraordinary circumstances, I can too. Actions like this by the public support not only his efforts but also the efforts of other outspoken Democrats like Kerry. I'm only 300 miles from New Orleans or maybe I could catch the "Shuttle to camping point, Long Beach, MS at 7 PM" - tonight.


Supper (Prepared by Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church) & Socializing, Camp
Preparation, Home Stays.
*******

17 MAR 06

6 AM
First Call.

6 AM - 7:30 AM
Coffee, Breakfast, Hygiene, Packing. Home stays return to camp.

7:30 AM - 9 AM
Long Shuttle to starting point, Leg 7 -- Zapporo's Bay Plaza,
Washington St. & MWY 90, Waveland, MS.

9 AM - 12 PM
March Leg 7; Waveland to end of HWY 90 Service Road on right (app 8.5
miles).

12 PM - 1 PM
Lunch in the middle of nowhere. (No event – no pressure)

1 PM - 1:30 PM
Short Shuttle to starting point, Leg 8 -- Shamrock Drive/Hwy 90
Junction.

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
March Leg 8; Shamrock/Hwy 90 to Camp Land-o-Peace, Slidell, LA. (This
takes us up 190B to Slidell, left on HWY 11 , turning
right on Bayou Liberty Road.)

4:30 PM - 7 PM

Press Conference with Bayou Liberty Relief. Relief worker Niki Wilson
makes opening remarks, emphasizing experience with FEMA.

BASIC REPRESENTATIVE OPENING REMARKS (30 minutes): David Cline,
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, President -- Veterans For Peace; Ann
Wright, Veterans For Peace (Former Foreign Service Officer, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army); Michael T. McPhearson, National
Executive Director -- Veterans For Peace; Stan Goff, Veterans For
Peace, Military Families Speak Out (Retired Special Forces Master
Sergeant, father of Iraq veteran); Michael Dean Cuzzort, Iraq Veterans
Against the War (hurricane survivor from New Orleans, veteran of
Afghanistan); Camilo Mejia, Iraq Veterans Against the War (war
resister, went to prison to protest the war in Iraq, combat veteran of
Operation Iraqi Freedom); Kelly Dougherty, Iraq Veterans Against the
War (combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, co-founder of IVAW);
Paul Robinson, Veterans For Peace, Hurricane Survivor, Savin' Our Self
(SOS); Vivian Felts, Hurricane Survivor, SOS.

Tina Garnanez, Native American Iraq Veteran Against the War will make
remarks, followed by Ronald and Cheryl Courteaux of the Grand
Caillou-Dulac Band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees
(BCCM) and Naomi Archer, of Four Directions. Other speakers are:
Shequita Walker from Covington. She worked in the shelter in Pineview
though not with Red Cross; Kieth Long from Northern Washington
Parish--Mt Hermon; Barbra Gibson Mayor of Sun, La.; Alice Cothron from
Isabell--Helped to feed and hold her community together from her small
rural grocery store, cooking on a large barbecue till the shelves were
empty; Lilliaian Blackburn from Franklinton--Bethal Church of Christ
Holiness.

Final remarks by Geoffrey Millard (IVAW) and Darlene Ong- Williams (an Iraq
Vet's Mother, Hurricane Survivor). Two survivors of Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina will
testify to the continued neglect of FEMA there after SIX YEARS.

5:30 - TC
Press Conference (continued) & Cajun Cookout. Camp & Home Stays.
*******

18 MAR 06

6 AM
First Call.

6 AM - 8 AM
Coffee, Breakfast, Hygiene, Packing.

8 AM - 9 AM
Shuttle to Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge at end of Hwy 11
bridge over Lake Ponchartrain.

9 AM - 10 AM
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge Press Conference. Environmental
Justice advocates will join this, with environmental justice organizer
Reverend Lois DeJean, Gert Town Revival Initiative, giving opening
remarks. Ward Reilly, a Vietnam Veteran, will speak about Agent
Orange, and Iraq Veteran Rafael Naboa about Depleted Uranium.

10 AM - 11 AM
Shuttle to starting point, Leg 9 (New Orleans) – Chalmette National
Military Cemetery/Jean Lafitte Park (commemorating the Battle of New
Orleans... we are inaugurating the Second Battle of New Orleans).

11 AM - 12:30 PM
A veteran each from WWII (Gene Glazier), Korea (Ellen Barfield),
Vietnam (Billy Kelly), the Covert Wars (Stan Goff), Gulf War I (Michael
McPherson), and today's war (Garret Reppenhagen), each will give a
brief bio, followed by remarks on the military and civilian casualties
from these wars. Remarks by Cindy Sheehan (GSFP). A hurricane survivor
advocate, Kali Williams, will commemorate those who died in the storms
or of neglect, hostility, and incompetence later.

12:30 PM - 1 PM
Fast Brown Bag Lunch.

1 PM - 4 PM
March Leg 9; Chalmette Cemetery to St Augustine's Church, New Orleans,
LA.

4 PM - TC
Veteran's Art Collective Event and camping at the church. Visual art
displays, spoken word, music, drama, etc., from vets and hurricane
survivors. Opening remarks by Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Families for
Peace), Michael Cuzzort (Iraq Veterans Against the War) and Dave Cline
(Vietnam Veterans Against the War).
*******

19 MAR 06

7 AM
First Call.

7 AM - 9 AM
Coffee, Breakfast, Hygiene, Packing.

9 AM - 10 AM
March Leg 10; St Augustine Church to Congo Square - Armstrong Park, New
Orleans, LA.

10 AM
Enter Armstrong Park and begin the rally.

NOTE: Rally begins at 10:30 AM with music and speakers. Tentative
speakers list includes:

Father Jerome LeDoux, St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Paul Robinson, President, Veteran's For Peace (Mobile, Alabama Chapter)
Michael Cuzzort, Iraq Veterans Against the War -- New Orleans Chapter)
Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace
Vivian Felts, Saving Ourselves (SOS)
Ward Reilly, C-3 (Concern, Community, Compassion), Veterans For Peace &
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
(Baton Rouge)
Ishmael Muhammad, People's Hurricane Relief Fund
Marty Rowland, C-3 (Concern, Community, Compassion)
Elliott Adams (VFP)
Stan Goff, Military Families Speak Out
Malik Rahim, Common Ground Collective
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace
Victoria Cintra, Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance
Niki Wilson, Bayou Liberty Relief



March Route and Stops
http://www.vetgulfmarch.org/article.php?list=type&type=4

[Kailassa]

1. I envy everyone who can make it there. n/t