Who is coming to DC on the 20th? Let's start a list here.

[KaryninMiami]

Can we start a list here of who from DU will be attending the counter-inauguration events and perhaps come up with a place we can all meet? I am flying up from Miami and don't know anyone at this point, who is going so I'd would love to meet up with some DU folks. Perhaps you can post whether you are going here and as we get closer we can create a master list and directions for anyone planning to be there who wants to meet up with us. I know nothing about DC or where would be a good place to meet and given the massive security (and obvious paranoia about anyone marching who is not in support of you know who), it would be good for us to stick together.

Also, who will any of you be attending the PDAmerica.org conference the following week?

[s-cubed]

1. I live here, so I will be going to some of the events.

The counter-inaugural website, http://www.counter-inaugural.org/ , is very good & has a lot of information.

[jsmacdonald]

2. If you can, please attend DC Anti-War Network action at 9 AM

At Malcolm X Park at 9 AM...endorsed by United for Peace and Justice

Speakers and performers confirmed (more pending):

Father Jean Juste (Haitian political prisoner)
Amy Goodman (host of Democracy Now)
Mark Ratner (lawyer in Guantanamo case, Center for Constitutional Studies)
Medea Benjamin (co-founder of Codepink)
David Rovics (folk musician)
Ellen Thomas (DC community activist, Executive Director of Proposition 1 anti-nuclear vigil)
Rev. Graylan Hagler (DC community activist)
MC Son of Nun
More...

This is followed by a march to McPherson Square at 11:15 AM.

We will also have a civil disobedience die-in leaving Malcolm X Park a half hour after the march leaves.

For more info, please contact me, or keep checking http://www.dawndc.net

A percentage of donations at the event will go to victims of U.S. imperialism.

Volunteers needed. If you can volunteer, send me an email at [e-mail]

Look for a press conference Wednesday afternoon. It may be televised on CSPAN

[Kevin Spidel]

3. if your going on the 20th, Come to the SUMMIT on the 21st!

http://pdamerica.org to plan next steps!

[jsmacdonald]

6. Tim Carpenter speaking at another Jan. 21 event

Tim Carpenter and others (including Rosie O'Donnell) will be speaking at another spectacular event that my group (DAWN) is supporting, being organized by Dream Catcher Films and Plymouth Congregational UCC.

Here is an announcement on it.

United WE Stand
Our Values, Our Vision, Our Mission

Rally and Cultural Festival to showcase solidarity in living color.
All disciplines, generations, issues and communities are welcome!

Demand Justice - Champion Peace - Defend Democracy

Friday, Jan. 21, 2005
7 pm - 10 pm

Plymouth Congregational UCC
5301 North Capitol St., NE
Washington, DC
Walking distance from Ft. Totten Metro

Rosie O'Donnell, Comedian, Actor, Writer - Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice - Rev. Graylan Hagler, Pastor, Plymouth Congregational UCC and UFPJ Co-Founder - Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink - Damu Smith, Founder of Black Voices for Peace - Adele Welty, 911 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and mother of Timothy, a firefighter killed at the World Trade Center on 911, International A.N.S.W.E.R Representative, Tim Carpenter, Progressive Democrats of America and others!

Members of Humanitarian Aid Delegation Returning From Iraq - Youth - Families of Soldiers - Insiders and Whistleblowers - Activists!

Cultural Artists and Satirists - emma's revolution - DC Labor Chorus - Jali-D - Eliott Stein and More!

WE celebrate and hold up Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the embodiment of human resistance to economic, political and physical violence and injustice on every level; fighting racism, classism, sexism, oppression, torture and war at every turn;

WE demand that the United States and all others involved in the brutal and inhumane war/assault on Iraq, "End the Occupation; bring the troops home!" and;

WE stand for the defense and preservation of our civil liberties, including but not limited to, the right to speak, the right to assemble, the right to organize, the right to vote, the right of association, the right to privacy and the right to counsel and a fair and expedient trial.

WE call on the diverse progressive community to connect the struggles of many and focus our energy together to achieve common goals.

Come, Add Your Voice and Help Set the Post-Inaugural Agenda!

Donations will be requested for FINDING OUR VOICES, a Dream Catcher Films, Inc. production in association with Prosperity Media, currently in production that puts a human face to the issues at hand ... War, Civil Liberties and Social Injustice. View the trailer at www.findingourvoices.com

Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ and Dream Catcher Films, Inc. are hosting the event for the wider progressive community, supporters and those who are uncomfortable with the state of the nation.

[KaryninMiami]

4. kick- we need big crowds on the 20th and at the PDA Conference!

[New Earth]

5. i gotta pay off my benefactor of Jan. 6th

before i think about Jan. 20th :)

but if i can pull it off, i might go.

[KaryninMiami]

7. Kicking this back up- trying to organize a good sized DU Group in DC

To meet up on the 20th and hopefully attend the PDA (www.pdamerica.org)conference over the weekend. So far only a few have said they are attending- we need a big crowd folks- please try to be there!

[danostuporstar]

8. i'll be there

though i'm local, i'm providing housing for people form Oregon and Florida. not sure if they are DUers though.

[masaka___]

9. My friend and I are flying in from California