Dear Friends,
This is an open invitation to anyone interested in taking part in the March For Peace festivities happening this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 27-29 in Iowa City. If you aren't familiar with the March For Peace, it consists of three people marching from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in the name of nonviolent resistance to war. For more information on the March, go to http://www.marchforpeace.info/, or go to the Facebook page under 'March For Peace'.
In Iowa City we will be doing three events to support the marchers. On Friday, July 27 at 3pm we'll be meeting the marchers west of Iowa City on Melrose Avenue and Hawkeye Park Road to march into downtown I.C. to take part in the weekly peace vigil held 5:15-6pm at the corner of Clinton and Washington across from Old Capitol Mall. The coordinator for rides and parking out near the meeting point is Michael Christoffersen. You can reach him at http://commcenter.mchsi.com/wmc/v/wm/46A625C3000E7E100000490D219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF0E9901070B9DCC0A089B?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=alphaproxy%40msn%2Ecom&sid=c0 or 319-351-2265 for more details.
On Saturday, July 28, a reception for the marchers with free food and musicwill begin at 3pm at the Wesley Center, 120 N. Dubuque St. More details will follow during the week as to the musical acts performing, but so far we have singer/guitarist Marv Hain, as well as duo Jamie Fredericksen & Matt Kearney. If you would like to volunteer to bring food or other necessities, please e-mail Keri George at http://commcenter.mchsi.com/wmc/v/wm/46A625C3000E7E100000490D219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF0E9901070B9DCC0A089B?cmd=ComposeTo&adr=keri%2Ek%2Egeorge%40sbcglobal%2Enet&sid=c0 or call her at 847-287-0175.
The final event for the weekend will be accompanying the marchers out of Iowa City on Sunday, July 29, starting at 11am at College Green Park on the corner of S. Johnson St. and E. Washington St.
One of the keys to the success of these events will be spreading the word around the progressive community in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids area, so please forward this e-mail (and successive ones) widely. Also, it would help greatly to make a few phone calls to family, friends, or anyone else you think would be remotely interested in attending any of the events. Supporting these three steadfast marchers with a large contingent will be a great way of showing how much we appreciate their efforts on behalf of peace.
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