Yesterday we featured the peace concert being planned by Nation reader and bassist Brandon Kwiatek in Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 19, which will conclude a series of antiwar vigils scheduled across the Lehigh Valley that day.
Continuing our countdown to the second anniversary of Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the nationwide series of rallies, marches, nonviolent civil disobedience and creative expressions of antiwar sentiment that are expected to meet the occasion, we wanted to highlight another event being organized by a Nation reader–Jacob Flowers–in Memphis, Tennessee.
Sponsored by the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, an interfaith, inter-racial organization dedicated to education and advocacy for peace and justice issues operating in Memphis since 1982, the group asks people to join them at a rally at 12:00 noon on March 19 at the First Congregational Church, to be followed by a march to Veterans Plaza in Memphis’s Overton Park, where they’ll be music, food and more speakers. Flowers asks Nation readers to “help make this the largest antiwar demonstration this city [Memphis] has ever seen.” Click here for more info on the event and the Center itself. And if you’re in the Memphis area, click here to download a flyer and help get the word out.
As the antiwar coalition UFPJ reports, last year on the first anniversary of the invasion, there were at least 319 antiwar events in cities and towns across the United States. This month, they’re looking to increase that number after a disastrous year of continued body counts and billions of dollars wasted on an illegal and immoral occupation.
Watch this space for more info on antiwar events around the country, click here to let us know about any events, and check out the UFPJ website for a complete calendar of nationwide happenings.
