NOTE: These events are completely autonomous of the "Saying No to War" Teach in and March at Portland
State University.
Peace and Justice Works is not involved in the planning of any of them, nor should this information be taken as an
endorsement.
This is being provided for informational purposes only.
OTHER ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20, 2005,
THE IRAQ INVASION TWO YEARS LATER
Forum
Matters of Conscience and War
The Journey to Moral Opposition to War
First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th, Main St. Sanctuary
Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:30 pm (Doors open 6:45)
Suggested donation: $5.00 -$10.00 No One Turned Away
On the eve of the second anniversary of the US invasion of
Iraq, Living Earth is presenting public forum on conscientious
objection and opposition to war—to the American war
on Iraq and to war as a strategy, as a foreign policy, and
as a means to achieve political and nationalistic ends.
Portland author Kim Stafford will share writings of Oregon's
beloved poet laureate William Stafford on the subject of
conscientious objection to war. Combat veterans, conscientious
objectors, and families who have lost loved ones in war will
be on hand to share the journey that has shaped their moral
opposition to war.
To shift out of the escalating expansion of military actions,
we must face the deep moral dimensions of war and our willingness
to expend vast wealth and human life in this barbaric and
brutalizing practice. As we re-assess our personal and societal
commitment to peace we can begin the hard work of developing
a full range of pro-active, creative, non-militaristic responses
to geopolitical crises.
List of endorsers includes:
VFP Ch 72, Gold Star Families, Christ the Healer UCC, First Unitarian Peace Action Committee, Portland Catholic
Worker, War Resisters League, PDX Chapter, Portland Insight Meditation Community, Pax Christi Portland
For more information, call Living Earth at 503.788.7311 or http://www.livingearthgatherings.org.
Interfaith memorial and procession
The Cost Of "Security"
An Interfaith Memorial Service, Procession and
Installation
of a temporary "Arlington" Memorial for all of the dead
Sunday, March 20, The Second Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
Beginning At 2 p.m.
First Congregational United Church of Christ
1137 SW Broadway, Portland
Followed by a solemn processional carrying 1500+ grave markers
to be installed in a temporary Iraq war memorial in the south park blocks.
Words of remembrance from Congressman Earl Blumenauer (invited)
and The Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Allen Temple CME
Sponsored by Military Families Speak Out, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Oregon Peace Works and
participating faith communities including Christ the Healer UCC, First Congregational UCC, St. Luke Lutheran
Church, Metanoia Peace Community UMC, First Unitarian Church, West Hills Unitarian Fellowship‹Social
Action Committee, Portland Catholic Worker, Milwaukie Presbyterian Church, Portland Churches of Scientology,
Bridgeport UCC, Tikkun Olam of P'nai Or, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, First Congregational UCC
Vancouver, WA, and Damascus United Methodist Church
For more information, to donate, or to volunteer, contact:
CtH UCC, POB 219141, Portland, OR 97225, 503-650-4447
http://www.cthgathering.org
STATE-WIDE EVENTS:
Click here for Oregon PeaceWorks' list of March 19/20 events in Oregon
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