Pax Christi IL Upcoming Events
Anti-War Rally in Chicago
HUGE Chicago Peace Rally THIS Saturday !
Those coming from the west suburbs:
We have buses lined up at the following sites: Lombard, Wheaton, La Grange, Elgin and DeKalb. Click on the link for details about each bus.
To reserve a seat on one of the buses, simply contact:
America wants peace & justice,
not war and more wars!
Join Us in Chicago! Saturday, October 27th:
1:30 p.m. Union Park Rally
2:30 p.m. March to Loop
4:00 p.m. Federal Plaza Rally
To call upon our government to:
BRING ALL OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!
STOP THE VIOLENCE AT HOME & ABROAD; NO WIDER WARS!
DEFEND OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!
FUND HUMAN NEEDS, NOT THE WAR!
- Why will we take a stand?
- "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. ...Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."--Frederick Douglass
- Who is going to be there?
- People who are in groups like African American Alliance for Peace & Justice, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Jobs with Justice, Protestants for the Common Good, Women for Peace, United Electrical Workers Union, Centro Sin Fronteras, American Friends Service Committee, Code Pink, The Woodlawn Organization, Teachers for Social Justice, SEIU, Campus Antiwar Network, Familias Unidas, Christian Peacemakers, NAACP, National Organization for Women, Alliance for Retired Americans, Adapt, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Citizen Action, Green Party, Progressive Democrats of America, Healthcare for All Illinois, Pax Christi, South Austin Coalition, United Auto Workers Union, Vets for Peace, Faculty Against War, Women for Democracy and Fair Elections, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Peace Action, Potluck Democracy, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, ANSWER, World Can't Wait, IBEW, Illinois Coalition of Refugee & Immigrant Rights, Progressive Democrats o! f Ameri ca, Students for Social Justice, UNITE-HERE, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, U.S. Labor Against the War, AWARE, Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, DSA, Fellowship of Reconciliation, UFPJ, Women's Action for New Directions, and many, many more INCLUDING innumerable Ward Organizations, neighborhood groups, interfaith organizations, suburban groups, school groups, individual churches from all around Chicago AND a large number of similar groupings from Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Downstate Illinoiis.
- Who will be speaking?
- Confirmed so far: Rev. Ra Chaka, African-American Alliance for Peace & Justice, Project Organizer; Rep. John Conyers, Detroit, MI, Congressman; Rep. Danny Davis, 7th CD, IL, Congressman; Joan Davis, VVAW, Member; Rev. Leon Finney, The Woodlawn Organization, President; Dennis Gannon, Chicago Federation of Labor, President; Sheilah Garland-Olaniran, National Nurses Organizing Committee, Midwest Collective Bargaining Coordinator; Rep. Luis Gutierrez, 4th CD, IL, Congressman; Stacey Hafley, Military Families Speak Out-Midwest (MO, KS, OK, SIL), Chairperson; Rick Harris, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, President; Raed Jarrar, Iraqi Political Analyst, Iraq Project Director, AFSC; Emma Lozano, Familias Unidas, Centro Sin Fronteras, President; George Martin, United for Peace & Justice, National Co-Chair; Michael McPhearson, Veterans for Peace, Executive Director; Joe Moore, 49th Ward, Alderman; Imam Malik Mujahid, Council of Islamic Organization! s of Gr eater Chicago, Chairperson; Jorge Mujica, March 10 Immigration Rights Mobilization, Organizer; Rick Munoz, 22nd Ward, Alderman; David Newby, AFL-CIO State Council, Wisconsin, President; Camille Odeh, Southwest Youth Collaborative, Executive Director; Jorge Ramierez, Chicago Federation of Labor, Secretary-Treasurer; Cynthia Rodriquez, SEIU Local 73, Vice-President; Lynn Talbott, UNITE-HERE, International Vice-President.
- How can we participate?
- We're coming as ourselves. If we are union members, we'll wear our union jackets. If we are businesspeople, we'll wear a suit. If we are hospital workers, we'll wear our lab coats. We'll carry signs that say whatever we have to say and identify ourselves however we want to identify ourselves. Well take trains, buses, and cars (arrival and parking info below under Details & Tips.) We can endorse as a group, or just show up as an individual. We can gather our neighbors together and come up with a theme of our own.
Details & Tips
Parking information is available on our website (upper left hand corner, under Resources, click on the appropriate maps.) To find parking places downtown you can go to www.chicagoparking.com or www.grantparking.com.
Union Park is at 1501 W. Randolph. It borders Lake and Ashland Streets ([plus Washington, Ogden and Randolph). That intersection is served by the Green Line CTA train.
March distance is 1.7 miles. If you are unable to march, you can take the Green Line CTA train back downtown along with many others from the rally.
CTA information is available at www.transitchicago.com. That website includes information about accessibility and phone numbers you can call to confirm that accessibility elevators are functioning.
Federal Plaza is downtown at Adams and Dearborn. The plaza is located near the blue line subway. The event ends at 6:00 p.m.
You could bring water, pocket snacks, a cell phone and the cell phone numbers of others in your group. Your group might plan a place to meet at the end of the event in case you are separated. The police do not like it when you put your signs on poles that could be used as a weapon. Slat wood (like that used in snow fencing) is fine.
Endorse the event by contacting us at oct27chicago@gmail.com or call us at 773-384-5799 . A $50-100 contribution is encouraged (more if you can afford it.) Checks should be made to CAWI/Oct.27 and mailed to 3411 W. Diversey, #3, Chicago, IL 60647. Or you can make a secure contribution using the 'Donate' button on our web site.
Additional information & updates can be found at our website: www.oct27chicago.org.
SEE YOU THERE!
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