March 19, 2005

Bands Scheduled to Perform Ramona Quimby [listen]     [website] Gainesville Liberation Orchestra [listen]     [website] Two Term Nightmare Bob Howes Critical Resistance The Refuge Band

31 Groups Scheduled to Table Alliance of Concerned Students (USF) Atheists of Florida Buddhist Peace Fellowship Christian Peacemaker Teams Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting in Florida Coalition of Immokalee Workers Code Pink of Tampa Bay ¡Cuba Vive! of Tampa Bay Democracy for America Earth Charter Florida for Amnesty International USA Friends for Human Rights Libertarian Party Mid-Pinellas Homeless Outreach Nat'l Lawyers Guild of Tampa Bay NatureCoast Coalition for Peace & Justice Orlando Direct Action Orlando Food Not Bombs Pinellas County Democratic Party Pirate Radio Network The Refuge St. Pete Critical Resistance St. Pete Food Not Bombs St. Petersburg Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) St. Pete for Peace Tampa Bay Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Tampa Bay Veterans for Peace Tampa Food Not Bombs Tampa Hemp Society Tampa Indy Media The Tampa Bay Readers Club of The Peoples Weekly World Invitation to Table at the Event (click here)

Details
Answer the call for peace and justice on the two-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq! Please join St. Pete for Peace and St. Pete Food Not Bombs on Saturday, March 19, as we take a stand against imperialistic wars and celebrate our solidarity with oppressed people both at home and abroad.

We’ll be speaking the truth to power and building community all afternoon with music, tabling, an open mic and a march in downtown St. Petersburg. We will also be creating an open letter/mural which will depict, in both words and pictures, our thoughts and feelings about war and occupation. Please be prepared to add your own words, pictures or photographs to this community anti-war expression. It will be delivered to Senator Bill Nelson’s Tampa office with an associated press conference in the days following the event to let him know that we disapprove of his cooperation with the Bush administration with respect to the continued occupation of Iraq and funding of the U.S. war machine.

Bring a friend, bring your family, bring your drum circle or bring your affinity group. And if you are a member of a local activist organization, please be sure to bring literature to share. All are welcome – this will be a great opportunity to network with other groups and individuals and to find out how you can support progressive causes in the Tampa Bay area.

Where:  Williams Park, 2nd Avenue N and 4th Street in downtown St. Petersburg [map]
When:  Noon-5PM
What:  March and Rally