Coalition for Peace & Justice in the Middle East:
MARCH OF THE DEAD
Saturday, 3:00pm
January 17, 2009

Rally @ Pitt Student Union
March to the SEI building (5th+Craig)

In the past two weeks at least 888 Palestinians have been killed and 3,700 injured.  March with us to END THE WAR ON GAZA and to commemorate the innocent lives taken. We will provide white masks and encourage everyone to dress in BLACK.

Sponsored by: American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Black Voices for Peace, CAIR PA Pgh, CMU Muslim Student Association, International Solidarity Movement, Middle East Peace Forum, OPTICS (Organizing Pittsburgh to Increase Community Solidarity), Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Students for Justice in Palestine, Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians, Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Association and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

1. Vigil in Oakland
2. Palestine Photo Exhibit Opening Reception
3. National Call for Action (D.C.)
4. Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians - Memoirs of NonViolent Resistance

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1. THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 5PM
EMERGENCY GAZA VIGIL

As Israel continues its massacres in Gaza, come Stand in Solidarity with the
people of Gaza and make their voices heard!

WHERE: Corner of Forbes and Bigelow, near the Hillman Library

Bring candles, Palestinian flags, posters, pictures, and leaflets as we share
with the folks at rush hour the truth about what is happening in Gaza.

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2. FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 8PM
HOPE UNDER SIEGE
PALESTINE PHOTO EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION

WHERE: Kimbo Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, First Floor of William Pitt Union
WHEN: Opening Reception with live music, poetry, food, and so much more:
Jan 9, 2009 8:00pm. Exhibit runs from Jan. 9-19, 2009

A table will be available to recruit for the DC march and the Pittsburgh march
on Jan 10.

This event is a fundraiser for the Free Gaza Movement

More info for this event here: http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html*

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3. SATURDAY, JAN. 10
NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
:::::: LOCAL VIGIL, NOON, OAKLAND :::::::

WHERE: For those who will not be able to make it to DC, we will have another
Vigil/Leafleting Day in Oakland at the corner or Craig and Forbes, starting at
12pm. Please bring candles, flags, posters, images, leaflets, etc.

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4. SUNDAY, JAN. 11, 7PM
MULTIMEDIA EVENT & FUNDRAISER

The Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians – Memoirs of NonViolent
Resistance

WHERE: University of Pittsburgh, Room G24, Cathedral of Learning

This is an interactive, multimedia event at Pitt, raising money for the Free
Gaza Movement and the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall.

More info for this event here: http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html

Endorsements in Alphabetical Order:
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee – Pittsburgh Chapter (ADC)
Arab American Community Center of Greater Youngstown (AACC)
Coalition for Peace in the Middle East (CPME) Youngstown
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – Pittsburgh Chapter
Code Pink – Pittsburgh chapter
Human Rights Coalition–Fed Up! Chapter
Iranian Workers Solidarity Network
Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East (IFCPME) Cleveland
Islamic Council of Greater Pittsburgh
Masjid Nur Uz Zamaan
Muslim American Society – Pittsburgh chapter
Middle East Peace Forum – Pittsburgh (MEPF-P)
Peace Action Youngstown (PAY)
PFOI- Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants
Pitt Muslim Students Association
Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC)
Students for Justice in Palestine
The Thomas Merton Center AWC
Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East
Valley Coalition for Peace and Justice (VCPJ) Mahoning-Trumbull Cos. OHIO
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Workers International League

Call initiated by the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee and others…
. . .
PLEASE write or call the Whitehouse and your Senators and Congressmen TODAY!
Please sign an Open Letter to President-Elect Obama.