[Peace-discuss] National Week of Campus Action

[C. G. Estabrook]

[At last Sunday's meeting we spoke about outreach activities
to the campus.  This could be a focus for such a working
group.  --CGE]


Join Cindy Sheehan, Camilo Mejia, Kathy Kelly, and students
who've fought repression and won at Berkeley, SFSU, CCNY, HCC,
GMU, Kent State, Hampton, and Madison, in supporting...

  NATIONAL WEEK OF CAMPUS ACTION
  Week of March 13-17
  Students Say NO to War in Iraq!
  College Not Combat, Troops Out Now!

On March 13-17*, students will hold events at high schools and
colleges around the country demanding an immediate end to the
occupation of Iraq and money for young people's education, not
military recruitment. This week of action leads into the
global days of protest on March 18-19, where students will
join many others in marking the anniversary of the invasion of
Iraq and demanding to bring the troops home now!

(*Spring break alternative: Schools on spring break during
March 13-17 will hold events the week of March 20)

Student week of action coordinated by the
Campus Antiwar Network
http://www.campusantiwar.net

RecruitersOut at yahoo.com
[Full endorsement list below]

WHY YOUTH & STUDENTS NEED TO STAND UP:
The illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq has taken the
lives of over 2,000 American soldiers and more than 100,000
Iraqis. It has destroyed the lives of countless more. This war
affects young people everywhere, at home and abroad. Iraqis
are faced with the brutality of occupation, under threat of
bombs, guns, and torture. In the United States, we see
our educational prospects diminished and recruitment to the
military held up as our only viable future.

Now is the time for young people to stand up. And we are
joined by a growing majority that sees the lies, the torture,
the chemical weapons, and the corruption and arrogance of our
politicians and says NO MORE.

There is a student movement bringing this message to campuses
around the country: kicking military recruiters off of a dozen
schools, defending free speech in the face of repressive
administrators and government spying, bringing grassroots
relief to New Orleans and the truth about the occupation to
our schools. On the third anniversary of the war in March
2006, this movement's voice will be heard!

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Email RecruitersOut at yahoo.com to:
- Endorse this day of action
- If you're a student: let us know about an action being
planned at your school, or ask us to put you in touch with
other students near you
- If you're an activist off-campus: Help organize massive
protests on March 18-19. We will put you in touch with the
anti-war student groups nearest you to facilitate grassroots
coordination.

COLLEGE NOT COMBAT! TROOPS OUT NOW!
Campus Antiwar Network
http://www.campusantiwar.net

ENDORSED BY:

Organizations: AfterDowningStreet, Bay Area United Against
War, International Socialist Organization, Progressive
Democrats of America, San Juan Peace Network, Stop the War
Coalition (UK), Texans for Peace, Traprock Peace Center

Individuals: (*all affiliations for identification only)
ANTHONY ARNOVE, author, "Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal,"
co-editor with Howard Zinn, "Voices of a People's History of
the US";
CAMILO MEJIA, war resister who spent six months in military
prison for refusing to return to Iraq;
CHARLES JENKS, Chair of Advisory Board, Traprock Peace Center;
CHARLES PETERSON, Holyoke Community College assaulted by
security for peaceful protest;
CINDY SHEEHAN, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace and
mother of Casey Sheehan, who died in Iraq;
DANIEL LEWKOWICZ, National Youth Organizer, Hip Hop Caucus,
and President, Community Roots at UMD;
DAVID ROVICS, progressive songwriter and musician;
DAVID SWANSON, co-founder, AfterDowningStreet.org;
DENNIS KYNE, Gulf War veteran and activist;
FRANCES CROWE, founder of Northampton Draft Information Center
in 1968 and co-founder of Traprock Peace Center and Western
Mass AFSC;
JUSTINO RODRIGUEZ, HADAS THIER, and NICK BERGREEN of the "City
4," arrested and banned from campus for peaceful protest;
KATHY KELLY, Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence;
MICHAEL HOFFMAN of the "SFSU 3," who faced campus repression
for peaceful protest;
NATYLIE BALDWIN, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center:
NORMAN SOLOMON, author, "War Made Easy: How Presidents and
Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death";
PAUL PRYSE, Madison student threatened with expulsion for
peaceful protest;
PHIL GASPER, Chair, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Notre
Dame de Namur University
SNEHAL SHINGAVI, RACHEL ODES and MICHAEL SMITH (the Berkeley 3);
STAN GOFF, Master Sergeant Retired, US Army;
TARIQ KHAN, George Mason University student and Air Force vet
assaulted and arrested for peaceful protest;
TIM CARPENTER, Director of PDA;
TODD CHRETIEN, Green Party Candidate for U.S. Senate, California;
WARD REILLY, SE National Contact - Vietnam Veterans Against
the War, Veterans for Peace, Baton Rouge

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Charles Jenks
Chair of Advisory Board and Web Manager
Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
413-773-7427
fax 413-773-7507
http://www.traprockpeace.org