OPENING DAY WITH VETERANS FOR PEACE

September 5, 2006

 

Speakers to include:  David Cline, the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Louie Free, Gael Murphy,

Raed Jarrar, Antonia Juhasz, Michael McPhearson. 

 

Location:  Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets

 

AREA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME:

MAIN TENT

#1

TENT # 2

End War:

Peace,

violence,

accountability,

and

impeachment

TENT #3

Human

Rights:

Civil Rights,

Immigrants

Rights,

Workers

Rights,

Women's

Rights,

Voting

Rights,

Katrina

TENT #4

End

Corporate

Welfare,

Meet

Human

Needs:

Healthcare/

Energy/

Education/

Environment

Tent #5

Commu-

nications

and

Creativity:

Hands-on

Media

and

Arts

Training

OUT-

DOOR

AREAS

DOMED
MEDI-

TATION

TENT

8:00 AM

Participants

meet at 1st

and Indepen-

dence

March Vigil

around

Capitol

Building to

remember

the fallen  and

remind Con-

gress of

the human

cost of the

War in Iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:30 –

9:45 AM

Vigil symbols

march around

the Capitol

(Tombstones,

Crosses and

Boots)

 

 

 

 

 

Open,

silent

meditation

9:30 AM

Move back

to Camp

Democracy,

take Capitol

South Metro

(1st between

C&D South

East Corner)

to Smith-

sonian stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30

to Noon

Key Voices

Focus on the

war and

occupation of

Iraq

Press

conference

30 minutes

(Representatives

from IVAW,

MFSO, GSFP,

VFP)


Opening Ceremony -
-  David Cline

opening state-

   ment
-  Piscataway

   Nation

   Ceremony
-  Reverend

   Yearwood
-  Moment of

   Silence to

   Remember

   Fallen both

   combatants

   and civilians

 Veterans and

  Military Families

  Speak Out

 

 

 

 

 

10:00 – 11:00 AM

 

Spiritual chanting

Noon

to 1:30 PM

Lunch

(Reflections and

Discussion:

Food and Ideas

Digestion)

 

Radio Host

Louie Free

leads

workshop on

progressive

communica-

tions.

 

 

Painting

of

giant

Earth

Ball.

 

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

 

Open, silent meditation.  Speakers may  be scheduled during part of this time, talking about combining spirituality with activism.

1:30-

3:45 PM

Discussion

Roundtable

Discussion

(Veterans and

Military Families)

Why Bring Them

Home Now

How to pressure

the government to

Bring Them Home

Now

 

 

 

Painting

of

giant

Earth

Ball.

 

2:00 – 3:00

PM

Group healing / rejuvena-tion

 

3:00-4:00

PM

Open

Silent

Meditation

 

4-5:30 PM

 

AFTER-

NOON

ACTION

 

Panel Discussion –

How the U.S.

anti-war/Peace

and Justice

movements can

support

reconciliation and

Peace in Iraq

and the greater

Middle East:

Gael Murphy,

Raed Jarrar,

Antonia Juhasz,

Michael

McPhearson

 

 

 

 

 

4:00 to 5:00

PM

 

Spiritual

chanting

5:30

to 7:00 PM

Dinner

(Reflections and

Discussion:

Food and Ideas

Digestion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:30

- 9:30 PM

 

Panel

Discussion

 

Panel and Ground

Truth Documentary:

Post Traumatic

Stress Disorder

and the Hidden

Cost of War

 

 

 

 

Painting

of

giant

Earth

Ball.

 

 

9:30-

11:00 PM

 

EVENING

CONCERT

 

Joint concert

Featuring

 

Anne Feeney

and

Emma's Revolution