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Cindy Sheehan to Lead Rally in Charlottesville, Va.

By davidswanson
Created 07/10/2007 - 12:42pm

Date

07/20/2007 - 6:00pm

Location

West end of Downtown Mall in front of Ice Park, OR IF HARD RAIN: County Office Building

Sponsor

Camp Casey Peace Institute, CCPJ, Code Pink, et alia

Description

WHAT: Rally for peace, justice, and impeachment, part of Cindy Sheehan's "Journey for Humanity" march/drive from Crawford, Texas, to New York City.

WHO: Cindy Sheehan, other leading activists for peace and justice, the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, and other allied peace and justice organizations.

Cindy Sheehan, mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, is co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and The Camp Casey Peace Institute. She is leading a march / drive from Crawford, Texas, that will pass through Charlottesville, Va., on July 20th. Other leading activists taking part in the march and coming to Charlottesville include Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus, and Debra Sweet, National Coordinator of World Can't Wait. Also taking part is David Swanson, Cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org and a Board Member of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (CCPJ). The route of the march can be found at http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org [1]


Contact Name

David Swanson

Contact email

david@davidswanson.org [2]

Contact Phone

202-329-7847

Submitted By

David Swanson

Submitted By email


Source URL:
http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/node/234