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UPCOMING EVENTS
NYC Metro Area Upstate NY Out-of-State & Nationwide
| FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR |
| Wednesday, March 19, 11:00 am. NORWICH. DELEGATION TO THE UTICA OFFICE OF REP. MICHAEL ARCURI. The group will deliver messages as part of a call from Peace Action NYS that visits be made at this time to all our 29 CDs. Send communications for the Congressman to Chris Brunner at c_brunner@roadrunner.com. Wednesday, March 19, 11:00 am – 12 noon . STATEN ISLAND. Congressman Fossella's office, 1434 Amboy Road. DELIVER A PEACE PETITION TO REP. FOSSELLA. For more information contact John Lawrence, johnwlawrence@yahoo.com. Wednesday, March 19, 12 noon – 2:00 pm. BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN. Bay Ridge Offices of Vito Fossella – 85th Street and 4th Avenue DEMONSTRATION TO DEMAND THE REP. FOSSELLA STOP VOTING FOR WAR AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME. Rep. Fossella is the only Congress Member in Brooklyn to has consistently voted for funding the war in Iraq with no timetable for withdrawal. For more information, contact Bay Ridge Peace Action at bklynpeaceaction@yahoo.com. Wednesday, March 19, 4:30 PM: Solemn vigil. 5:30 - 6:30 PM: Gathering inside church. . GENESEO. St. Michael’s Church, 23 Main St. SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF THE START OF THE 6TH YEAR OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. For more information, contact GVCP at 585.271.2678. Wednesday, March 19th. 5:30pm. MANHATTAN. Beginning at St. Paul and St. Andrew Church on 86th Street and West End Avenue. Ending at Verdi Park on Broadway between 72nd and 73rd Street. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON BROADWAY. For more details call West Side Peace Action at 212-580-1504. Wednesday, March 19. 5:00 gathering, 6:30 candlelight vigil MANHATTAN. Bowling Green Park. LIVING PEACE SYMBOL.Join the Center of Cultures, the Community For Human Development and others to form a living symbol of non-violence. This act will mark not only a rejection of this senseless war, but of the larger system of physical, economic and psychological violence that underlies it, justifies it, and has allowed it to continue. For more details, contact david@davanaweb.com. Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 – 7:30pm NORWICH.Corner of North Broad Street and Main CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. Distribution of Cost of War info. For more information, contact Chris Brunner at c_brunner@roadrunner.com. Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 pm. BROOKLYN. Prospect Park to Downtown. Starting at Grand Army Plaza, ending at Flatbush & Livingston. FLASHLIGHT MARCH AND VIGIL AT RECRUITING STATION. Email iraq@brooklynpeace.org to help with outreach and organizaing for this event. Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 pm. SYRACUSE. DIRECT ACTION with Peace Action Central New York and the Syracuse Peace Council. For details, call PACNY at 315-478-7442.  Friday, March 21, 8:30 am. MIDTOWN. From Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across 42nd Street to 8th/9th Ave. PAX CHRISTI'S ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY WAY OF THE CROSS. Walk with us for the 26th year to remember Jesus' passion and to repent of the way He continues to suffer in people today. Meet at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at 8:30 AM on March 21st Saturday, March 22, 2:00 pm. ALBANY. West Capital Park. 5TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH AGAINST THE WAR: REMEMBERING THE FALLEN. Stop the War; Bring the Troops Home Now; Reparations for the Iraqi People; Full Benefits for Returning Veterans; Money for Jobs, Health Care, Education and Community Needs. Sponsored by Northeastern Peace and Justice Action Coalition (NEPAJAC). Upper Hudson Peace Action is a co-sponsor. Download a PDF flier. More Information: 391-2830, info@peaceact.net. 
Saturday, March 22, 11:30am – 2:00pm.MANHATTAN. 14th Street between Avenue A and 11th Avenue. RIVER TO RIVER: 5 YEARS TOO MANY! JOIN HANDS FOR PEACE A human chain from River to River along 14th Street. Grab your friends and family and find a spot anywhere along the south side of 14th St. between Avenue A and 11th Avenue. Bring your signs as we make a strong statement for peace! We will gather between 11:30 and noon, stand shoulder to shoulder until 1:00. Both ends will then march toward each other, converging at 5th Avenue for a march around Washington Square and back up University Place for a rally. Get maps, leaflets to download, and specific meet-up locations of organizations at www.unitedforpeace.org/nyc. Saturday, March 22, 12:00 - 2:00 pm. STATEN ISLAND. exact location TBD GATHERING TO COMMEMORATE 5 YEARS IN IRAQ. Music, speakers, etc. See www.panys.org/SI for further details. Tuesday, March 25th (*NOTE THE NEW DATE*) GENESEO. SUNY Geneseo campus. DAY OF PEACE ON SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. Students from Students for a Peaceful Solution in Iraq and Progressive Students Coalition plan a full day of peace activities to commemorate the start of the sixth year of the occupation of Iraq, and also (sadly) the 4,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq. |
| New York Metro Area and Long Island Events |
| Friday, March 21, 5;30-6:30 pm BROOKLYN. Lincoln Road Entrance to Prospect Park, near Flatbush Avenue PEACE VIGIL. Sponsored by Prospect Lefferts Voices for Peace and Justice. For more information, contact Brooklyn for Peace at 718-624-5921. Thursday, March 27, 8:00 pm. BROOKLYN. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West between 1st and 2nd. WALKING THE WALK: A Palestinian and a Jew report on their travels together in Israel and the West Bank. Spend an evening with Father Khader El-Yateem, pastor of Salaam Arabic Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, and Marcia Kannry, president of the Dialogue Project, as they tell the stories of their unique January trip together to the Holy Land. Co-sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace and Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. Admission Free; donations accepted. Sunday, Mar. 30, 2-5 pm. UPPER EAST SIDE. Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue. 
GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE TEACH-IN: SAYING NO
TO AFRICOM. In February 2007 the Department of Defense announced the creation of a new U.S. Africa Command infrastructure, named AFRICOM, to “coordinate all U.S. military and security interests throughout the continent.” The Granny Peace Brigade will be observing the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. We view the AFRICOM program as a direct violation of and threat to his dream of peace, social justice and racial harmony. Program participants will include Horace G. Campbell of Syracuse University, Emira Woods, of the Institute for Policy Studies, Frida Berrigan of the World Policy Institute, Sonya Sanchez, of the Philadelphia Granny Peace Brigade and the New York City Step Team for Social Justice. For more information, see www.grannypeacebrigade.org. 
Saturday, March 30. (NOTE NEW DATE) 6:00 pm.MIDTOWN. Chashama, 217 East 42nd Street. SCREENING OF “OPERATION LYSISTRATA” On March 3, 2003 over 1,000 productions of the anti-war production Lysistrata were performed in all fifty states and in 59 countries. This documentary is about the production and the worldwide happening for peace that it engendered. Tuesday April 1, 7:30 - 8:15 am and Thursday April 3, 2:30 -3:30 pm. BROOKLYN. FDR High School, 5800 20th Ave, south of Washington Cemetery. COUNTER-RECRUITMENT LEAFLETTING. Take a concrete step to end the Iraq War: Don't let the military recruit our young people! Join Brooklyn for Peace's counter-recruitment committee distributing information outside Brooklyn public high schools. Next dates: May 6/8 (New Utrecht); June 3/5: Fort Hamilton. Wednesday April 9, 7:30 pm. DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN. Brooklyn Friends MeetingHouse, 110 Schermerhorn Street. Trains: 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall; M,R to Boro Hall; A,F to Jay St/Boro Hall; A,C,G to Hoyt/Schermerhorn FORUM. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, HISTORY AND POLITICS OF A DEFEAT FORETOLD. Speaker: Christian Parenti, journalist and researcher. Co-sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace and Social Action Committee of the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| Upstate Events |
| Tuesday, March 25. 7-9 pm. BUFFALO. Hallwalls, in “Babeville” (formerly “The Church”) 341 Delaware Ave PEACE ACTION FILM SCREENING: “BRINGING DOWN A DICTATOR”. For more information, contact the WNYPC at 716-894-2013. Wednesday, March 26th. GENESEO. SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. DAY OF PEACE ON SUNY GENESEO CAMPUS. Students from Students for a Peaceful Solution in Iraq and Progressive Students Coalition plan a full day of peace activities to commemorate the start of the sixth year of the occupation of Iraq, and also (sadly) the 4,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq. Tuesday April 1, 7:00 pm. SYRACUSE. Le Moyne College, Panasci Family Chapel BLACKWATER: THE RISE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MERCENARY ARMY. Sixth Annual Rev. Daniel Berrigan,SJ /Ignatian House Peacemaker Lecture. Speaker: noted author and journalist, and Nation Institute Fellow, Jeremy Scahill. Saturday, April 19. Time TBD. SYRACUSE. May Memorial Unitarian Society ANNUAL PEACE LECTURE BY PAUL KAWIKA MARTIN OF NATIONAL PEACE ACTION. For more information, contact PACNY at 315-478-7442. Tuesday, April 29. Time TBD. ALBANY. EQUALITY AND JUSTICE DAY. This year the Empire State Pride Agenda, LGBTQ advocates and straight Allies will once again be making history in Albany. Last year a record 1,100 people from all across NYS lobbied their legislators on the marriage equality bill, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). This year the goal is to bring 1,600 change agents to Albany. Make sure that your voice is heard on Equality & Justice Day by planning now to attend this super charged event. www.prideagenda.org OR Saturday, May 31 SYRACUSE. Syracuse Peace Council, 924 Burnet Ave OPEN HOUSE AT THE SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL. |
| Ongoing Local Events |
| Many local peace groups hold regular events,
vigils, "Honk for Peace" actions, etc. See our list: www.panys.org/ongoing.htm |
| Out of State & Nationwide Events |
March 19.Washington DC. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS: www.5yearstoomany.org |