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Subject: Upcoming events for peace & social justice in Conneticut


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  August 3 2007   
                                 
                                 .    Aug 6: 62nd Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki  
                                  .    October 27: Save the Date for UFPJ New England Regional Mobilization Against the War  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    Sept 9 : 6th Annual Hope Out Loud Peace and Music Festival  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    August 12: Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Rights in Danbury  
                                   
                                 
                                Aug 6: 62nd Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki  
                                 
                                The quest for nuclear abolition begins with you! Tell Congress No New Nuclear Weapons.

                                Please join AFSC-CT and the Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice on Monday, August 6th for a commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

                                The event will be held at Riverside park in Hartford by the Connecticut River. There is a community pot-luck dinner starting at 6pm and the program starts at 7pm.

                                Driving directions: Take Route 91 to Jennings Rd Exit, Exit 33. Turn right onto Jennings Rd., then take a quick right onto Liebert. Riverside Park is on your left. Follow signs. Plenty of free parking.

                                For more information contact Joe at 860-561-1897 or Caron at 860-478-7864 
                                    
                                 
                                Sept 9 : 6th Annual Hope Out Loud Peace and Music Festival  
                                 
                                Please join the Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice and AFSC-CT on Sunday, Sept 9 from 12noon to 5pm for the 6th Annual Hope Out Loud Peace and Music Festival.

                                The festival will be held on the east side of Bushnell Park in Hartford.

                                There will be music by Fuego del Corozon, Just Harmony, Dawn Terese and more. There will also be poetry, spoken word, kids activities, speakers, maybe some gyrating belly dancing, and many other fun activities.

                                Numerous Connecticut social justice organizations and community groups will have tables promoting their work. 

                                Bring your whole family and a picnic and make an afternoon of it. 

                                Hope Out Loud is a day of fun, remembrance, and a day of inspiration and commitment. Hope Out Loud is a sober event.

                                For more information call 860-523-4823. There is limited tabling space for community organizations and social justice groups, so please also contact this number if you want to reserve a space. 
                                http://www.hopeoutloud.org  

                                    
                                August 12: Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Rights in Danbury  
                                 
                                Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

                                A vigil for justice on behalf of all immigrants seeking a better life for themselves in this great country. Sunday, August 12th at 2:00 pm at Kennedy Park, Danbury ,CT.

                                Join us in a vigil of Unity for all who believe in respecting the dignity of every human being, including the undocumented immigrants who have come to this country out of desperation or with the same hope and determination with which our own ancestors came.

                                It is a vigil of prayer, witness and solidarity for all who believe we must work together for the good of all, recognizing that many undocumented immigrants have been exploited and are victims of greed, indifference and prejudice. 

                                We come together to pray for and commit ourselves to finding a way forward for everyone who lives here or has come here with the will to work and serve the common good of our country. We stand with our founding fathers, who declare everyone having certain unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. 

                                For more information contact Jean at 203-512-3452 or via email at bruxagatinha203 at yahoo.com

                                    
                                October 27: Save the Date for UFPJ New England Regional Mobilization Against the War  
                                 
                                On Saturday, October 27 tens of thousands of people from all over New England will gather in Boston for what should be the largest demonstration against the war in Iraq yet held in Boston. Details will be forthcoming, but AFSC-CT will be actively involved in organizing to get people to Boston on October 27. 
                                    
                                 
                                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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