<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Lauren Weiner <<a href="mailto:Weiner@americansunitedforchange.org">Weiner@americansunitedforchange.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">December 15, 2011 2:25:45 PM CST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Lauren Weiner <<a href="mailto:Weiner@americansunitedforchange.org">Weiner@americansunitedforchange.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>FYI: Activists From Across the Nation to Gather in Chicago--Friday, 12/16 10:30 am</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">FYI</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img width="672" height="63" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCBB15.128D4FE0"><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none; "> </span></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 16pt; ">NEWS ALERT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Marilyn Katz<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><img width="540" height="72" align="left" hspace="12" alt="WHAT: Anti-war leaders from across the nation gather to mark end of Iraq War WHERE: Federal Plaza, site 2002 Rally; Adams and Dearborn, Chicago WHO: Original Rally organizers, anti-war leaders from across the nation WHEN: Friday, December 16; 10:30 a.m. " v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" src="cid:image003.png@01CCBB3D.D0902AD0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">MK Communications<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">312-822-0505<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">312-953-1225<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><a href="mailto:mkatz@mkcpr.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">mkatz@mkcpr.com</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none; "> </span></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; ">Activists From Across the Nation to Gather in Chicago at<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; ">2002 Rally Site to Mark Iraq War End<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><i>Determination of a few can change the world</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">(CHICAGO) Nine years and two months after the first large protest against the then impending war in Iraq, organizers of the now-famous rally will return there with anti-war leaders from throughout the nation to mark the end of what they predicted to be and has turned out to be an ill-conceived and costly war.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">On October 2, 2002, said Marilyn Katz, to the surprise of themselves and a nation still reeling from the events of 9/11, thousands of people gathered in Federal Plaza to voice our opposition to an impending war that we felt was built on lies and would cost both the people of Iraq and America thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Among the speakers that day was a relatively unknown state senator Barack Obama, who added a strong voice in opposition when it was not yet a popular position.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">What began as a few thousand people in Federal Plaza and places like it grew to a movement of millions who opposed a war and became a critical force in electing a president who promised to end the war he had long opposed. That movement has continued. The promise has been kept. We return to Federal Plaza to mourn the losses all have endured and to celebrate the difference that citizen action can make in creating and changing history and to honor those whose word is their promise.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Among those joining Among those joining<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bettylu Saltzman</b>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Marilyn Katz</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and others who founded Chicagoans Against War and Injustice (CAWI), the group that called the demonstration, will be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle</b>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Alderman Joe Moore</b>, president of Cities for Peace; labor leader<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Tom Balanoff</b>, SEIU; anti-war stalwart<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Tom Hayden</b>, Progressive Democrats of America;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Chuy Garcia</b>, commissioner, Cook County Board;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bill Zimmerman</b>, media consultant to MoveOn.org and author of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Troublemaker</i>, a memoir of the Vietnam antiwar movement;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ryan Canney</b>, Move On.org;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Juan Andrade</b>, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Julie Hamos</b>, director, state of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>David Cortright</b>, Win Without War;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bill MacInary</b>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Lynda Deforge</b>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>William McNary</b>, Citizen Action;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Carl Davidson</b>, Progressive Democrats for America;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Adele Simmons</b>, former president the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; representatives from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>VetVotes</b>; and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ilya Sheyman</b>, candidate for U.S. Congress.<o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; ">###<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>