Over 1,000 people from 42 countries have signed up to participate in
the Gaza Freedom March, co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for
Peace, that will mark the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion
and call for an end to the siege.
Get in touch with other JVPers going to Gaza!
Join JVP at these events!
Here are a few the places where you will find us, marching in local
coalitions to mark the first anniversary of Operation Cast Lead and to
demand a lifting of the siege of Gaza. (For a full list of all events
related to the Gaza Freedom March, please go to http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/solidarity )
CHICAGO, IL
Dec. 27, noon to 1:00 pm: Vigil at Water Tower Park
We
will unfurl a banner with the names of the 400 women and children
killed in Gaza, read their names and light a candle for them.
December 30, 5.30 pm: Chicago in Solidarity with Gaza
Grace Place, 2nd floor Sanctuary, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago
The event will feature:
a live broadcast from the Gaza Freedom March
interviews with Chicagoans on the March
testimonies of Gazans living under siege
Sponsored
by, AFSC, African Americans for Just Peace in Israel and Palestine,
Arab Jewish Partnership, Chicago-area CodePINK, Chicago Faith Coalition
for MIddle East Policy, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and
Palestine, ISM-Chicago, Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, Palestine
Solidarity Group, METF/Chicago Presbytery Youth Collaborative, Students
for Justice in Palestine (DePaul), United States Palestinian Community
Network, Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
WASHINGTON, DC
December 30th, 5:00 to 7:00 pm: DC Vigil for Gaza
At the Chinatown arch in DC, Corner of 7th and H St, NW
(Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)
Sponsored
by the DC-MD-VA Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, CodePink, Washington
Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace and Way to Jerusalem Mission
Group of The Church of the Savior.
For more information, log into Facebook, then go to:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=search&gid=218181124881 or contact us at DCVigilforGaza@gmail.com
Dearborn City Hall & Lebanese Club
5.30 pm: Candlelight vigil outside Dearborn City Hall
6:00 pm: Discussion at Lebanese Club, with music and media workshop by Invincible
Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Justice in Palestine
SF BAY AREA, CA
December 27, 4:00 to 6:00 pm: Gaza Memorial and Candlelight Vigil
Interfaith Service at Union Square, San Francisco.
December 31, 12:00 to 2:00 pm: Gaza Freedom March
Golden Gate Bridge. Park and meet at south end of the bridge parking lot and march together across the bridge.
Partial
list of sponsors for December 27 vigil and Dec 31 march: American
Friends Service Committee, Pacific Mountain Region, American Muslim
Voice, American Muslims for Palestine, Arab Resource and Organizing
Center, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism – Coalition, Bay Area
Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, Berkeley Women in Black, Birthright
Unplugged, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Buddhist Peace
Fellowship, Cal-Nevada Annual Conference Israel-Palestine Task Force,
Code Pink, Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC, Flashpoints Radio, Free
Palestine Alliance, Friends of Deir Ibzi'a, General Union of
Palestinian Students – San Francisco State University, Global Women’s
Strike, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, International
Solidarity Movement - Northern California, Jewish Voice for Peace, Bay
Area, JustPeaceMidEast.org, Middle East Study Group / Contra Costa,
MECA, Middle East Children’s Alliance, National Council of
Arab-Americans, Peace Action West, QUIT! Queers Undermining Israeli
Terrorism, Right to Return Coalition, South Alameda Peace & Justice
Coalition/ Tri-City Peace & Justice, SNAG- Seventh Native American
Generation Students for Justice in Palestine – UC Berkeley, Students
for Justice in Palestine – UC Davis, St. Peter's Housing Committee,
United States Palestinian Community Network, US Campaign to End the
Occupation Coalition, 14 Friends of Palestine.
