May 27 - Third Annual Memorial Week Vigil and Press Conference
Please join military families, veterans and local activists at the
3rd Annual Memorial Week Vigil/press conference
(198th Consecutive Wednesday Vigil) on May 27, 2009 from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. The Vigil will take place at the National Guard Armory located at Teaneck Road and Liberty Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
Please bring food and baby supplies for the
Family Assistance Center at the National Guard Armory.
Demand that President Obama and Congress: End the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! Bring all of the troops home NOW! Keep the New Jersey National Guard in New Jersey for New Jersey. Take care of the troops veterans. Bring the billions of dollars home to use for our communities - for health care, housing, jobs, and education.
Sponsored by:
Military Families Speak Out, Bergen County Chapter
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21 NJ
Teaneck Peace and Justice Coalition
NJ Peace Action
Please bring peace cranes (origami or signs with cranes) with messages for the President. Congressman Rothman will help us get the cranes to the White House. Involve your school, youth group, senior program, veteran, religious, labor or other group in making the cranes and writing messages. Perhaps you will want to read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr and in the tradition of Sadako, speak out to prevent war. (This website has animated instructions for making paper cranes. http://origami.org.uk/origamicrane ). You can google directions for peace doves if the crane is too complicated. Or, young children may just want to draw peace birds.)
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