Virginia and DC events

In 2003 a young woman was killed while attempting to block an Israeli bulldozer from demolishing a Palestinian's home. The actor Alan Rickman, moved by her sacrifice, has put together a powerful play based on her writings -- a young woman activist who believed she was not doing enough. This is a rare opportunity to get inside the head of someone who was literally trying to change the world, who believed there is hope, who celebrated life and had love for a world that could be. Advance tickets $7 (Students & seniors, $5) at the Bookstack and Kronos Art Gallery, Staunton. Seating is limited.

A stunning evening of complementary journeys into Iraqi culture and American grassroots advocacy. Discover how you can act now to help Iraqis affected by violence.

WHEN: Monday, April 14th, 8:30-10:30pm
WHERE: Busboys & Poets, 14th and V Streets NW (2 blocks from the Green Line U St/Cardozo Metro Station)

IRAQ is the Cradle of Civilization. It was the birthplace of Abraham, the patriarch of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. It was in Iraq that humanity first created written language, mathematics, and a code of law.

TODAY, Iraqi refugees fresh from the trauma of war are arriving in the U.S., arriving here in towns and neighborhoods across our nation. Some have had family members targeted and killed. Many face psychological and medical problems. All of them desperately need our support.

JOIN us at Busboys & Poets on Monday, April 14th, from 8:30-10:30pm, for a stunning evening of complementary journeys into Iraqi culture and American grassroots advocacy. Discover how you can act now to help Iraqis affected by violence.

Featuring
LIVE MUSIC – from the Grammy-nominated Oud Master, Rahim AlHaj
POETRY READINGS - from the works of Nazik Al-Mala'ika and Salah Niazi
PRESENTATIONS – from, among others, Sister Rihab Mousa of St. Catherine of Siena in Mosul, Iraq; Marwa Alkhairo, Iraqi-American graduate student and activist at Georgetown University; and Vu Dang, Director of the International Rescue Committee's Washington, D.C. Regional Resettlement Office.

Uganda Child Soldier Awareness Week will have a special focus on female
child soldiers and child mothers. The events are being held at JMU please
see details below.

These events will feed into the Lobby Days put on by Resolve Uganda in
Washington, DC from Feb 24th-26th. If your would like to attend visit:
http://ugandalobbyday.com/

Monday 18: Uganda Rising Film Screening (Harrison 2105, 7pm)

Tuesday 19: Commons/speaker day (Wilson Auditorium, 7 pm)
Grace Akallo - author of Girl Soldier
Betty Bigombe - peace negotiator and specialist for USIP
Michael Poffenberger - Resolve Uganda
Faith McDonnell - American activist and writer
Sarita Hartz - Founder and Director of the Zion Project

Wednesday 20: Book signing/Q&A with Girl Soldier Authors Grace Akallo and
Faith McDonnell (Taylor Hall (Taylor Down Under) , 5:30)

Friday 22: The Electric Pool Party, Benefit concert (Taylor Hall (Taylor
Down Under), 7:30)

In 2008 many of us understand that our nation - and even the entire planet - are in a state of crisis. The deep longing for positive, lasting change is the bedrock upon which this conference is based. How do we fix our country and our world? And how can we form one mass movement to address the crisis?

In Radford, Virginia on May 22-25, thousands of activists, academics, journalists, poets, musicians and policymakers will converge at the 2008 "Building a New World" Conference. If you want to participate in building a new world, sign up now. Hotel and dorm rooms are limited.

Learn more about First WPA Summit 2008.

Register now.

Cindy Sheehan, William Blum, Kathy Kelly, Mike Whitney, Alice Lovelace, David Swanson, Gareth Porter, Medea Benjamin, Farid Bitar, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Robert Jensen, Kevin Zeese, Antonia Juhasz, Father Roy Bourgeois and many more leaders and luminaries will join thousands of people from across the country and from other lands as well, for a conference to lay the foundations for building a new world now.

Major Session topics include End of Empire, The Right to Health Care, Fundamentalism, Immigrant Rights, Alternative Models to Capitalism, Economic Exploitation and The Fight for Economic Freedom, Indigenous People Speak Out, Cooperatives and Localization, Venezuela: Bolivarian Revolution, Civil Liberties / Constitutional Rights, Secession, Parallel Government, Animal Rights, Global Warming and Water Crisis, Sustainability, Academic Freedom, Control of the Media, Iraq Vets Against War, Homelessness and Survival during Economic Depression, Genocide, Politics and the Arts, Civilian Democratic Earth Federation.

Let's brainstorm together in Radford to create concrete solutions.

Sign up now for WPA Summit 2008.

Submit a Proposal TODAY!

Learn more about the Conference sponsor.

For any questions or comments, please contact Garda Ghista at:

wpaeditor@gmail.com or 859 781-4979. skype – garda.ghista

Virginia is a battleground state in the struggle for immigrant justice.
Over 100 immigration-related bills are being proposed at the Virginia
General Assembly, the vast majority of them harmful to the immigrant
community. From empowering local police to enforce federal immigration law
to denying unemployment benefits to immigrant workers these hurtful bills
must be stopped. There is even a bill pending that would prevent
immigrants from getting married.

The Virginia Immigrant Peoples Coalition invites people of all walks of
life to join us in defense of human dignity as we converge on the General
Assembly. Come to Richmond and let the legislators hear our message loud
and clear!
We have a proud history of immigration in this country.
Immigrant families make vital contributions to our life, culture and
economy.
The people of Virginia oppose this assault on the immigrant
community.

Saturday, February 9th 1:00 Festive Rally at Monroe Park followed by March
(permit pending) corner of Belvidere and Franklin Sts.

Monday, February 11th Day of Action at the Virginia General Assembly 8 am
– 12 pm, 9th and Broad Sts. (Please arrive by 8 if at all possible)
8:00 – 10:30 Issue briefing, lobby training and legislative visits
(conference room tba)
10:30 – 11:00 Press Conference
11:00 – 12:00 Pray-out at the Bell tower on the Capitol Grounds

Please let us know if you are coming and where you live so that we can
organize the legislative visits more effectively.

LIGHT IN THE DARK: FESTIVAL FOR PEACE
Dec 4 through Dec 23 Norfolk, Virginia

Join us during the darkest part of the year
to help
usher in the new light. We'll present the
regional premiere of 12 new movies that tell
stories of both hope and terror from around
the
world. Cautionary tales that show how peace
is
destroyed by fear, poverty, and ideology.
And
heroic tales of peace achieved through
conflict
resolution, cross-cultural studies, respect
for
civil and human rights, and the nurturing of
a just
and tolerant society.

Presented by Tidewater Peace Alliance,
a coalition of peace and social justice
organizations.

Films and events l held at either Naro
Cinema or Studio for the Healing Arts,
Norfolk, Virginia..
For more information, see
http://www.narocinema.com or call 625-6275.

People from all walks of life will gather in
11 sites around the country for massive
regional
demonstrations. This nationally coordinated
day of outcry against the war in Iraq was
initiated
by United for Peace and Justice, the
nation's largest grassroots antiwar
coalition. And now many
groups and organizations across the country
are working on the October 27th
mobilization. There
will be a caravan traveling from Arlington,
VA led by the Iraq Veterans Against the War
tour
bus. They will be stopping at several sites
along the way, incuding Walter Reed,
Baltimore City,
and Wilmington. They will then land in
their final destination: The Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia. Baltimore United for Peace and
Justice will be taking busses up to Philly
after
the caravan arrives;
Assemble: 10:30, Depart:11:00
Suggested Round Trip Donation: $25.00
Max Obuszewski 410-366-1637
Holly Leon 856-287-2175
holly.leon@gmail.com

http://narocinema.com

NO END IN SIGHT The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla warfare, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy, writer/director Charles Ferguson's jaw-dropping documentary is an insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality. Ferguson examines how the principal errors of U.S. policy largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. And it asks the question: How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world, or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? (102 mins)

Guest speaker David Swanson is the Washington Director of Democrats.com and of ImpeachPAC.org. He is co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and past Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 Presidential campaign. His website is www.davidswanson.org.

Pre-film reception at Azar's (at 20th & Colley Ave) at 5:30pm.

People will begin assembling at the White House in the late morning. There will not be an opening rally. A march will form with the front contingent of Iraq war veterans, family members of soldiers and marines and other veterans. When the march arrives at Congress, the Iraq War Veterans and family members will be the leadership of a mass die-in symbolizing the deaths of an estimated 4,000 U.S. servicemembers. There will be a permitted rally taking place simultaneously with the Die-In. All those who cannot afford to risk arrest will be able to participate in the permitted rally that will take place on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building.
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Blacksburg / Roanoke / New River Valley, VA---------------
CONTACT: Rose Marie Sawdon at blacksburgbus@answercoalition.org or 540-953-0379, or Herb Beskar at 540-989-6875---------------
TRANSPORTATION DETAILS: Bus will depart Blacksburg, VA. (Oasis/Eats) parking lot, South Main St. at 6:00 am. Stops will be made at the Christiansburg Park & Ride at about 6:20 am and in Roanoke, Comfort Inn at Hollins Exit at 7:15 am. Cost is $50 per person.
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Richmond, VA---------------
CONTACT: Rain Burroughs - Virginians for Peace at richmondbus@answercoalition.org or 804-380-3564---------------
TRANSPORTATION DETAILS: Contact for more information.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/va

Join us for a Honk to Impeach action in front of Congressman Bobby Scott's office in Richmond, Va., this and every Friday at noon until he signs onto H Res 333: http://www.honktoimpeach.org

Friday, August 10, 2007 at noon in front of Rep. Bobby Scott's office building at the corner of E. Clay Street and N. 2nd Street.
The Jackson Center
501 N. 2nd Street Suite 401
Richmond, VA 23219-1321

If you can't make it please call or fax the Congressman's office and thank him for considering H.Res. 333 to impeach Vice President Cheney.
Phone: (804)644-4845; Fax:(804)648-6026

http://www.myspace.com/rva4peace