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July 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

BLOOMINGTON PEACE ACTION COALITION
Monthly organizing meeting

We are the Ones who must work for Peace!

Help strengthen and expand the Peace Movement by your participation.

Everyone is welcome and needed! Join us!

Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Monroe Co. Public Library, Room 1-C
303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington

 

Wednesdays, July 1 & 15, 2009
(1st & 3rd Wednesdays of every month)

“Peace for Iraq!” Demonstration

Nonviolent public demonstration to end the U.S. military occupation of Iraq on Wednesdays (since January 2002) from 5 to 6 p.m. in downtown Bloomington.

Join us! The time is NOW!

Between 100,000 * and over one million Iraqi civilians have been killed;
4,299 ** U.S. soldiers dead; and more than 43,000 ** U.S. military personnel wounded since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.

This illegal, immoral war and military occupation in Iraq MUST END NOW!

* see http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ ** see http://icasualties.org/oif/

"Bring All U.S. Troops Home from Iraq Now! "

Banners, signs, and literature provided. Or bring your own signs with messages of Peace and ending war and military occupation.

Join us at the Square!

Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Monroe County Courthouse Square
intersection of Kirkwood Ave. and Walnut Street, Bloomington, Indiana

A Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq

~ "The Way Out of War"
A blueprint for leaving Iraq now
by George McGovern and William Polk
(Harper's Magazine - October 2006)

Send calendar info to BPACpeace@hotmail.com

If your announcement is
for immediate release, please put 'Peace Alert'
in the subject line.
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Regularly scheduled BPAC meetings and events:

Monthly BPAC Meeting:
3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm
BPAC meeting in
Room 1-A of the Monroe County Public Library,
303 E. Third Street, Bloomington, Indiana

1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month at 5:00 pm ~ Peace Vigil at the Monroe County Courthouse Square, Bloomington, Indiana

Related events:

every Saturday - 6:00 pm Peace Vigil at the Nashville, Indiana Courthouse.

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Sept. 24 - 26, 2005 -
The D.C. Mobilization to "End the War on Iraq!"
was historic as The People marched, spoke out, lobbied, and acted against war. With approximately 300,000 people involved, the "End the War on Iraq!" national mobilization was Washington D.C.'s largest anti-war demonstration since the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
See details of the weekend at D.C. Mobilization.

See News Coverage of the "End the War" Mobilization
Feedback, stories, photographs, and assessment from activists and organizers are available at
Mobilization Reports .