Here's a partial list of events. The complete nationwide list is at:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?sortby=&caltype=51Phoenix, Arizona
RSVP 4th Anniversary Protest Against the War
Monday, March 19th 2007 11:30 am
11:30 am Gather at Sen Kyl office
2200 E Camelback, PHX
2:30 pm March to office Sen John McCain
5353 N. 16th St,. PHX
5:00 pm Rally Sen McCain office
Twilight Vigil, reading names
Los Angeles, California
RSVP Mass Anti-War Protest in Los Angeles
Saturday, March 17th 2007 Noon
On March 17, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around Southern California will come to Los Angeles for a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! The LA march will be coordinated with a march on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
San Francisco, California
RSVP Christian Peace Witness for Iraq
Friday, March 16th 2007 3:00 pm
We invite you to join thousands in a Christian Peace Witness for Iraq. As followers of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, our faith compels us to make our voice heard to repent of our complicity with the invasion and occupation of Iraq and to renew our commitment to peacemaking. We ask you to join us in praying for peace, studying the scriptures, learning nonviolence, lighting candles of hope, and gathering together for an ecumenical public witness on March 16, 2007, the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. While Christian Peace Witness for Iraq is a coalition of primarily Christian peace organizations, all people are welcome to attend and participate in these events.
RSVP SF Anti-war Demo - US Out of Iraq Now!
Sunday, March 18th 2007 12:00noon
On March 18, thousands will march in San Francisco to demand U.S. Out of Iraq Now! From Iraq to New Orleans to the Bay, Money for Peoples Needs Not the War Machine! End Colonial Occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan and everywhere!
RSVP U.S. Out of Iraq Now!
Sunday, March 18th 2007 noon
U.S. Out of Iraq Now! From Iraq to New Orleans, Fund People's Needs NOT the War Machine! End Colonial Occupation: Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan & everywhere! U.S. Hands Off Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Somalia, Philippines North Korea! Shut Down Guantanamo!
RSVP WE SAY OUT! VIGIL on the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War
Monday, March 19th 2007 6:45 PM
Come join MoveOn.org's candlelight vigil on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. We will gather @ 6:45 pm. Sunset comes @ 7:21. By the time it is dark we will arrange ourselves to spell a giant OUT! for the cameras and hopefully the whole world to see.
RSVP WE SAY OUT! VIGIL
Monday, March 19th 2007 6:15 p.m.
We will gather @ 6:15 pm for a silent candlelight vigil on this fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. Sunset comes @ 7:21 pm. By the time it is dark we will arrange ourselves to spell a giant OUT! for the cameras and hopefully the whole world to see.
RSVP San Francisco Die-In
Monday, March 19th 2007 12 noon
DIE-IN on Market Street to show what it would look like if downtown San Francisco were filled with dead bodies. Wear all black or wear a black armband, and put a Bring the Troops Home Now sign in the window of your home or car. Go to www.dieinmarch19.org for more information, downloadable leaflet, and ways to help publicize the event.
RSVP Stop Funding the War
Monday, March 19th 2007 noon
Join us in front of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district office to urge her and her fellow Representatives to deny any White House war funding request and to support HR 508, The Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act.
Chicago, Illinois
RSVP Vigil at Congressman Rahm Emanuel's office
Saturday, March 17th 2007 10:00 a.m.
We will visit the Congressman's office to ask him to publicly oppose the war. We will hold a vigil outside to engage the public.
RSVP Mass Mobilization, March and Rally to "Stop Funding War and Occupation, Troops Home Now!"
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 6:00 pm
Chicago area's response to the 4th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: Mass Mobilization, Michigan Ave March and Rally to "Stop Funding War and Occupation, Troops Home Now."
6:00 pm Assembly at 25 E. Walton
7:30 pm March down Michigan Avenue
8:30 Rally in Daley Plaza
Sponsored by the M.20 Coalition, a group of more than 40 organizations and scores of individuals.
Detroit, Michigan
RSVP 4th Anniversary commemoration
Friday, March 16th 2007 4:00 pm
Presence (demonstration) at Rep, Joe Knollenberg's office and office visit by constituants. On March 19 we will march to and surround the Federal Court House in Detroit, people will read names of the Michigan and Iraqi dead at the entrances.This will be done by the Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network. Pax Christi Michigan is a member group of the Network, as well as a direct member of UfPJ.
Fire Your Boss - IWW Meeting
7:00PM
Monthly Event
Every third Wednesday of the month
Monthly meeting of the Detroit Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World
New York, New York
RSVP Conversations: What Kind of Democracy Do We Have?
Wednesday, March 14th 2007 7:00 p.m.
A series of conversations with writers and thinkers who are extending the boundaries of discussion on some of the key public policy issues of today. What kind of democracy do we have? Is it too rights oriented and insufficiently concerned with issues of citizenship and our civic culture? Or just the re-verse? With Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic Constitution and Where the Constitu-tion Goes Wrong (And How the People Can Correct It), talks with Bob Kerrey, President of New School and former Governor of and Senator from Nebraska. Sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
RSVP FRIENDLY FIRE: An Independent Journalist's Story of Being Abducted in Iraq, Rescued,
Wednesday, March 14th 2007 7 pm
With Giuliana Sgrena, journalist, Il Manifesto, and author, Friendly Fire;
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!;
Vince Warren, executive director, Center for Constitutional Rights.
RSVP Living Peace Sign
Friday, March 16th 2007 6:00 PM
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Iraq War, Greenwich Village will be illuminated by a living peace sign in Washington Square Park, where hundreds of torch-bearing New Yorkers will be
demanding an end to wars and nuclear arms. The human peace sign will be one of dozens simultaneously constructed in cities around the world, including Rome, Paris, Budapest, Bogota, Sydney, Athens,
London, Madrid, Maputo and Mumbai.
RSVP When Words Fail
Friday, March 16th 2007 8:00 PM
Ensemble Pi performs a concert of music memorializing the fourth year of the Iraq war, and remembering Rachel Corrie.
RSVP 24-HOUR PUBLIC SPEAKOUT AGAINST THE WAR
Saturday, March 17th 2007 2:00 PM SAT
PUBLIC SPEAKOUT AGAINST THE WAR
PUBLIC SPEAKOUT FOR SOLUTIONS
PUBLIC SPEAKOUT FOR DEMOCRACY.
RSVP Weekend of Antiwar Talks, Panels and Performance Judson Memorial Church
Saturday, March 17th 2007 Noon
March 19 Peace Actions Coalition is presenting an exceptionally qualified and powerful group of antiwar speakers at Judson Memorial Church over the weekend of March 17-18.
RSVP BIKE RIDE TO END ALL WARS
Sunday, March 18th 2007 11:00 AM
A Bike Ride to End All Wars is an inter-borough bike ride for peace sponsored by Times Up (times-up.org) in conjunction with the March 19 Peace Actions Coalition (march19peaceactions.org).
RSVP 5C Cultural Center Music and Words for Peace
Sunday, March 18th 2007 4:00 PM
We, the undersigned musicians and poets encourage everyone to go to Wall Street on March 19th, the beginning of year five of the American invasion of Iraq. We hope that many thousands of people participate in the civil disobedience action and/or participate in support of that action.
RSVP Public Silent Group Meditation For Peace in a Manhattan Park
Sunday, March 18th 2007 1:00 PM
MEDITATION TO RAISE PEACE
Hoping to harness inner peace for world peace, this is an event that will let meditators, yoga practitioners, and others direct their spiritual energies into a dramatic and public statement for world peace.
RSVP NYC March to End the War
Sunday, March 18th 2007 1pm
As we enter the fifth year of this disastrous war on Iraq, United for Peace and Justice/NYC is calling every New Yorker, every community group, every church, mosque and synagogue, every student organization, every tenant association, every labor union to join us in the streets to say NO MORE!
RSVP Peace Vigil at Ground Zero
Monday, March 19th 2007 5:30 PM
We have been holding a Peace Vigil at Ground Zero since the war began. Please join us to commemorate the fourth anniversary of this terrible war at this symbolic site.
RSVP Edna Adan Ismail - African Reflections on the War on Terrorism: A Woman's Perspective
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 7 pm
As an African woman Edna Adan Ismail, will speak on the above mentioned subject.
RSVP DONT PANIC! LIVING IN A STATE OF FEAR
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 7:00 p. m.
All of todays doomsday scenarios, from oil depletion and global warming to the danger of bad parenting, emphasize hu-man culpability and vulnerability. These days, human ingenuity is regarded with apprehension and even fear. What are the consequences for the future of civilization? How we view humanity matters but is the future human? Moderator: Jean Smith, Director of New York Salon. Participants: Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent; and Matthew Bishop, chief business editor and American editor of The Economist.
RSVP Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Wednesday, March 21st 2007 7pm
Their private contractors operate in Iraq, Afghanistan and within the United States. Most people have never heard of Blackwater USA, but that is about to change.
RSVP Voices for Peace Concert & Discussion
Monday, March 26th 2007 8:00 PM
Peace concert and panel/community discussion at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street and CPW. World premier of choral work by Thea Musgrave "Voices of Power and Protest" focusing on victims of war.
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