Events

We've brought up about 112,000 flags from Eugene and we're putting them up at Lewis and Clark to mark those who've died in Iraq—655,000 "excess" civillian deaths according to the latest Lancet report, as well as the 3000 US soldiers. It will be a really powerful reminder.  We'll be putting the display up at 0615 SW Palatine Hill 97219 from 11am - 6pm on Sunday, come help out for an hour or the whole time, every little helps! The display will be up all week.

email lcsdscontact@riseup.net for more info

"No More Invasions, No More Wars: The Occupation of Iraq, Four Years Later"
Dual-opportunity visibility action

The Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group is working on a two-part action to take place on Monday, March 19, 2007, exactly 4 years after the US invasion of Iraq. Both will take place at Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison. The first will go from 12 noon to 2 PM to gather the lunchtime crowds together. The evening event will run from 4 PM to 6:30 PM and will culminate with an oversize message to be transmitted to the Iraqi people. The day is being titled "No More Invasions, No More Wars: The Occupation of Iraq, Four Years Later."

In addition to continuing the current calls to bring all the troops home from Iraq, these events will also act to call for:

• Money for jobs, health care, education, housing and the environment--not war.

• End the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the US-supported Israeli occupations of the West Bank and Gaza

• Reject the "Long War on Terror" and say no military action in Iran, Syria, North Korea, Somalia, or anywhere else under that banner

• Close the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and end the assault on civil liberties at home

For more information contact the PJW Iraq Affinity Group at 503-236-3065 or email iraq@pjw.info.

This event is cosponsored by Women in Black, Families for Peace, American Iranian Friendship Council, Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Portland and others. It is endorsed by Northwest Veterans for Peace, East Timor Action Network/Portland, Back 2 the WALL, Oregon Wildlife Federation, and others.

Check www.pjw.info for updates on planned activities for the 19th, cosponsors and endorsers, flyers, and other information.

Moveon.org members are organizing candlelight vigils in over 1000 locations on March 19 - the anniversary of the Iraq war. For a listing of them in your area goto moveon.org.

Americans across the country are more concerned than ever about our direction in Iraq. Now is the time for Congress to force a change.

On March 19th, thousands of us from organizations across the movement will gather together to observe the fourth anniversary of the war through candlelight vigils. We’ll solemnly honor the sacrifice made by more than 3,000 soldiers and contemplate the path ahead of us. We cannot send tens of thousands of exhausted and under-equipped and unprepared soldiers into the middle of an Iraqi civil war.

Join us at a candlelight vigil on Monday, March 19th. Honor the sacrifice. Stop the escalation. Bring the troops home.

Come celebrate peace now in our community. This is an evening of art, music and dance. All ages are welcome and people are free to come and go through the evening. Here is a look at the schedule....
6-7pm-Drawing Peace-open drawing for artists of all backgrounds
7:30-8:30-Kathryn Claire sings songstories about peace and community
9-10pm Community Circle Dance lead by Kathryn Claire and dance party!

Hipbone Studio hosts this event....1847 E Burnside #104. For more information contact Kathryn Claire 503-739-1373.

May peace prevail on earth now and always!

Portland Adds Its Voice to a Worldwide Anti-War Reading,
sponsored by RTR & Veterans for Peace

WHO:                Veterans for Peace & Readers Theatre Repertory
WHAT:               "What I Heard About Iraq"
WHEN:               Monday, March 19, 2007 7.00PM & 9.30PM
WHERE:              Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th Av., Portland  97209
HOW MUCH:           Free, with donations accepted
RESERVATIONS:       rutabega@pacifier.com
                    Please include name, telephone number and number of tickets desired. 
                    They will be held until 10 minutes prior to curtain.

Portland Participates in Critically Acclaimed Worldwide Anti-War Reading

On Monday March 19th, Portland will join a multitude of cities participating
in a worldwide reading of Simon Levy's "What I Heard About Iraq," to
commemorate and protest the 4th anniversary of the invasion of that country.

The show uses direct quotes from politicians, military chiefs, soldiers, and
Iraqi citizens to tell the human story behind the US- led invasion of Iraq.
Playwright Levy says the play is "neither fiction nor speculation; it takes
audiences into the war and confronts them with the human drama, the human
toll. It is not about history, or about something going on 'over there.'"

What I Heard About Iraq was read in forty-five cities around the world on
March 20, 2006, and won the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe First Award.

Critics have called the show "chilling," "impassioned," and "dynamic," with
the New York Times writing, "The play is less a drama than an indictment, an
exercise in controlled outrage, and the performers are preaching to the
converted. The audiences' anger flashes back through its applause at the
end."

Portland's reading is directed by Mary McDonald-Lewis, and features some of
the area's finest actors.  Space for the production was donated by Blackfish
Gallery as a part of its ongoing mission of pacifism and protest against the
war in Iraq, and is co-sponsored by Readers Theatre Repertory and Veterans
for Peace.

The show plays twice, at 7:00PM and 9.30PM, and runs 70 minutes.
Admission is free, with donations accepted.