{news} march 19 anti-war rally, hartford

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      Connecticut

      Opposes the WAR!

      March 19

      Hartford

      Old State House, 800 Main St., 2:00 PM

      March to Senator Lieberman's Office

      Tell Sen. Lieberman 
      Connecticut Opposes the WAR! He Should Too!


      $250 BILLION Spent on the War Could

      Fund Jobs, Health Care, Education and Housing;

      Take Care of Our Vets and Fight Violence in our Cities!


      Some Members of Connecticut Opposes the War:

      Rabbi Donna Berman & Charter Oak Cultural Center; Gabriela Campos-Madison-AFSCME*; CT State Rep. Andy Fleischmann; CT State Senator Jonathan Harris; John Humphries & Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice; Linda Lancz-AFSCME*; Henry Lowendorf & John Shanley & Al Marder & Greater New Haven Peace Council; John Olsen-Pres. CT AFL-CIO; Rae O'Toole-W.Hart. Dem. Town Comm.*; David Pudlin & Ken Speyer-Temple Sinai Social Action*; Bill Shortell-Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists*; Kathleen Sloan & CT-NOW;; Eric Stamm & CT Coalition for Peace & Justice; Tom Swan & Rich Sivel & CCAG; Wendy West & Episcopal Peace Fellowship; Mike Winterfield-Interfaith Coalition for Equity & Justice*; Flo Woodiel & West Hartford Peace & Justice. *organization for identification only.


      Sign on now at: www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/CTOW. Email: CTopposesWar at yahoo.com

      Labor donated. 2/9/06



      Other Upcoming Events In Connecticut:


        1.. March 6th: 7:30PM Citizens for Global Solutions, Northeast Coalition for Peace and Justice, and UNAof Mansfield, The Mansfield Town Democrats, and Uconn Student Democrats will be co-sponsoring Joe Courtney (Dem. candidate to run against Rob Simmons for House of Representative) at the First Church of Christ of Mansfield at the junction of Rts. 195(Storrs Rd.) and 89(Warrenville Rd.) 

      2. March 18th and March 19th: The Northeast Coalition of Peace and Justice has decided on two actions to participate in during the weekend of the 3rd anniversary of the war in Iraq. The coalition has decided to begin planning a regional event on March 18th in the afternoon in Willimantic, and to participate in a statewide predominantly single issue march/demonstration to oppose the war on March 19th in Hartford. The March 18th event will begin at 2PM at the gazebo at Jillson Square in Willimantic (the park across Main Street from the Frog Bridge). There will be a speak-out and rally against the war. 



      6. Next Northeast Media Coalition meeting will be on the first Thursday of March at 7PM at Charlie Prewitt's house on Mansfield Hollow Rd. in Mansfield Center. E-mail Charlie at cprewittsr at yahoo.com or Dave at davencathy at charter.net for directions or call Charlie at 456-1277.


        7.. The No Nukes/No War group is trying to encourage Joe Lieberman to come to a public forum to answer questions about his stands on US policy. Anyone interested in working on this with us, can attend the next meeting on Thursday, March 16th at 6PM at the Holy Trinity Church on Main St. in Middletown, or contact Charlie Prewitt (contact info above) or myself(Miriam) at mim.k at excite.com , or call me at 487-0165 for more information on how to help. We're also looking for help on finding experts to help Ct. achieve economic conversion from a war industrial economy to industries that can help the world. 

     


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