[Peace] FW: Court Support Vigil for NATO Protesters and Resistance Retreat Update

Tue May 15 17:17:05 UTC 2012

 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:35 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Court Support Vigil for NATO Protesters and Resistance Retreat Update
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From: White Rose Catholic Worker <whiterosecw at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Subject: Court Support Vigil for NATO Protesters and Resistance Retreat Update
To: White Rose <whiterosecw at gmail.com>

Updates on Catholic Worker Resistance to NATO-G8 (please distribute as you see fit)

1) Court Support of Arrested Catholic Workers: TODAY!
2) Report back on Catholic Worker Resistance Retreat

3) Media Coverage of Catholic Worker Direct Action Against NATO

4) Join the Catholic Worker Affinity Group for upcoming NATO protests

5) Appeal for Support

TODAY: COURT SUPPORT FOR NATO PROTESTERS

Five Catholic Workers will appear in misdemeanor court at 2:30pm this afternoon at 2452 West Belmont, Chicago, IL 60618.  There will be a vigil and press conference held at 2:00pm for the NATO protesters who were charged with trespassing at the Obama Campaign Headquarters in the Prudential Building yesterday.  Come out and support us!

Report Back

We've had an incredible weekend here at
 the convent at 1447 W. Superior!  After welcoming about 100 Catholic 
Workers from around the nation, we dove into NATO analysis with Kathy 
Kelly on Saturday morning and a spokescouncil to clarify our 
understanding of integrative resistance in the afternoon.  Ken Butigan 
of Pace e Bene joined us in the evening following a rousing (and 
hilarious!) liturgy presided over by St. Louis' Carl Kabat.  

But we never could have anticipated the strikingly 
beautiful action that unfolded this morning in front of Obama's campaign
 headquarters.  Hoping to set the stage for  peaceful dissent against 
the systems of violence and oppression being represented in Chicago this
 week, we decided to host a celebration of performing the works of mercy
 outside of Prudential Plaza.  Dancing and singing filled the 
sidewalk, along with invitations to break bread together, until we 
gathered for a moment of silence and made our way into the building (from Jerica Arents).  

"Come to the table of community instead of the table of war."
That was the message that 125 Catholic Workers brought to Obama's 
campaign headquarters in Chicago, IL this morning. The demonstrators 
came to invite  President Obama and NATO leaders to break bread and 
discuss ending the occupation of Afghanistan. After singing, dancing, 
and sharing breakfast with passers-by on the sidewalk, demonstrators 
entered the atrium to read their statement and continue to sing and 
dance. A smaller group continued upstairs in an attempt to reach the 
Obama campaign office with their invitation, but could not get farther 
than the second floor, as the building's elevators had been shut off as 
soon as the group entered the building. After approximately 15 minutes 
police officers instructed demonstrators to leave, and arrested eight 
who instead attempted again to go upstairs (from Robyn Haas as she wrote in NCR).
This morning's gathering was the final event of the 2012 Midwest 
Catholic Worker Faith & Resistance Retreat, a weekend of discussion, 
reflection, prayer, and action that drew activists from as far away as Massachusetts and California.
Media Coverage of Direct Action:
>From Plato to NATO (updated blog on NATO protests): http://fromplatotonato.blogspot.comWaging Nonviolence: http://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/05/catholic-workers-just-say-no-to-nato/#more-17160

Reuters: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFBRE84D14A20120514

MSNBC: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11699629-catholic-worker-gr...

Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/14-7
Chicago Sun-Times:http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/12523397-418/8-protesters-arrested-at-obama-campaign-hq-in-chicago.html

Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/natosummit/chi-protesters-march...

ABC News Channel 7 in Chicago: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8660930

CBS Chicago: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/14/police-arrrest-protesters-inside-prudential-building/

Join the Catholic Workers at the NATO protests 
CW Affinity Group for Sunday, May 20th Rally Downtown and other actions

Join
 us for this historic event!!!  Will you join us in a nonviolent protest
 to injustice, war-making, and ecological destruction?!  We
 are organizing a group to go downtown for the CANG8 Rally on May 20th 
to protest the NATO Summits in Chicago. We will meet at Holy Innocent's 
Convent (1447 W Superior) at 9am for a breakfast and some last minute 
coordinating and then head downtown. Please join us at the convent if 
you would like to be apart of our affinity group.  All ages welcome to 
join us!

The Rally starts at Jackson and Columbus at Noon and the march kicks off at 2pm.

You can contact Marie for more information at marieshebeck at yahoo.com or 901.201.1151. Let us know if you have questions or want to get involved!  Please help spread the word!  There is housing available.

Appeal for Support

While we are doing the best we can to stretch our limited resources by living simply, re-using things, and begging for donations such as food, we have incurred some significant financial costs in preparing the resistance retreat as well as our NATO protests.  Please consider making a donation, if you are able, by sending them to the White Rose Catholic Worker.  Checks can be made out to the "White Rose Catholic Worker" and mailed to 2127 W. Devon, Chicago, IL 60659. [Phone: 773.856.0315]

Online donations can be made and contact Jerica Arents <jerica.arents at gmail.com> for more information.

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Chicago, IL 60659
whiterosecw at gmail.com

773.856.0315

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