{news} AFSC: (1)Sat Jan 27-buses leaving CT for peace demo in DC; (2)vigils for 3,000th US death

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From: AFSC Connecticut 
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: Act Now to End the War


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Dec 15, 2006   
                                 
                                 .    Saturday, January 27, 2007: Act Now to End the War  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Nearing 3,000 U.S. troop deaths in Iraq: Not One More Death! Not One More Dollar  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Organize a Vigil to Commemorate the 3000th U.S. Military Death in Iraq  
                                   
                                 
                                Saturday, January 27, 2007: Act Now to End the War  
                                 
                                There will be at least 2 buses leaving from New Haven and one bus leaving from Wrst Hartford to go to washington, D.C. Please join us. Spread the word and get as many people as possible to go. 

                                Take Election Mandate for Peace to Washington DC on Jan. 27!

                                Call on Congress & the Bush administration
                                to take immediate action to end the war.

                                Sponsored nationally by United For Peace & Justice

                                PeaceBus Connecticut To Washington
                                $55 Round Trip, $30 for seniors, students, unemployed (for a limited number of reduced-rate seats). Scholarships also may be available: Call.

                                Buses leave (and return 24 hours later):
                                11:00 pm, Friday, 26 January, W. Hartford - Conard High School, 110 Beechwood Rd.
                                11:45 pm, Friday, 26 January, New Haven - Long Wharf Theater parking lot, 222 Sargent Drive.

                                Tickets ONLINE: http://www.stepfour.com/peacetrain/
                                Get receipt and immediate confirmation.
                                Or by mail:
                                Greater New Haven Peace Council
                                PO Box 3105
                                New Haven, CT 06515-0205


                                Print and send.
                                _____ Seats from New Haven $55; _____ Reduced-rate Seats $30
                                _____ Seats from W. Hartford $55; _____ Reduced-rate Seats $30
                                Contact Name:
                                Address:
                                Phone: Email:


                                For information:
                                grnhpeacecouncil at sbcglobal.net phone: 203-389-9547

                                damdur at afsc.org phone: 860-523-1534

                                The UFPJ URL for the march:
                                http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3436 
                                http://www.unitedforpeace.org/  

                                    
                                Nearing 3,000 U.S. troop deaths in Iraq: Not One More Death! Not One More Dollar  
                                 
                                Today's newsletter launches our vigil system to help you organize creative and visible memorial activities that draw attention to the human cost of this war. You will find tips on how to organize an event in your community, fact sheets and analysis you can distribute, great outreach tools, and a letter to Congress you can sign.

                                Milestones are always cause for reflection.

                                With new leadership in Congress, it is time again to say "Not One More Death | Not One More Dollar." Not one more Iraqi or US soldier should be killed. Not one more US dollar should be spent sustaining this war and occupation. Instead, we should be funding diplomatic efforts and Iraqi-led reconstruction of their country.

                                10 Reasons Why the US Must Leave Iraq 
                                http://www.afsc.org/iraq/activism/10-reasons.htm

                                AFSC Statement Urging Immediate Withdrawal 
                                http://www.afsc.org/iraq/guide/board-statement.htm


                                http://www.afsc.org/iraq/  

                                    
                                Organize a Vigil to Commemorate the 3000th U.S. Military Death in Iraq  
                                 
                                As of today 2,938 U.S. military personnel and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in the war in Iraq. We need to mark this sad statistic, with sadness and reflection. AFSC is asking people throughout the U.S. to organize a vigil to commemorate the 3000th death. There is is already a vigil planned on the New Haven Green the day after the death is announced. Please attend or consider organizing a vigil in your community.


                                In New Haven please contact John Shanley at johnshanley at sbcglobal.net especially if you can help with a planned reading of names of the U.S. causalities. 

                                Please contact David Amdur at damdur at afsc.org or at 860-523-1534 if you are interested in organizing a vigil. You may also go to afsc.org/3000 to get more information and sign up your vigil.

                                http://afsc.org/3000  

                                    
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
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