EMERGENCY PROTESTS TO STOP THE ATTACKS ON GAZA
Below the list of events is our action alert with suggested steps that you can take to protest these attacks.
ARIZONA
Tucson
Tuesday, December 30, 5:00PM-6:00PM
Vigil in front of the Israel Center, 3822 E River Rd
Contact: Racheli Gai racheli@sonoracohousing.com
Tuesday, December 30, 4:30 pm
Israeli Consulate: 6380 Wilshire Blvd.
Contact: 213-251-1025, answerla@answerla.org
San Diego
Tuesday, December 30, 4PM
Federal Building, Broadway and First, Downtown
San Francisco
Tuesday, December 30, 5:00PM
Israeli Consulate, 456 Montgomery St
Powell and Market
Contact: 415-821-6545 answer@answersf.org
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 4:30PM-5:30PM
Protest, Acacia Park, corner of Nevada Ave and Bijou St
Sponsored by: Colorado Antiwar Coalition and CSaction.org
Contact: info@protestcolorado.org, 719-460-2836
Denver
Meet on the West side of the Capitol
Contact: Rima, 303-829-5848
New Haven
Federal Building, 141 Church St (between Chapel and Elm Sts.)
Sponsored by Middle East Crisis Committee, ANSWER-CT and other local organizations
Contact: 203-606-0319, connecticut@answercoalition.org
Washington, DC
Tuesday, December 30, 4:30 pm
State Department: 22nd St & C St NW
Contact: 202-544-3389 x14, dc@answercoalition.org
Friday, January 9, 12:00PM
Lafayette Square and march to Upper Senate Park
Contact: National Association of Muslim Women, namaw01@gmail.com
Fort Lauderdale
Tuesday, December 30, 5:00 pm
Federal Building: 299 E. Broward Blvd.
Contact: 954-707-0155, FtLauderdale@answerfl.org
Tuesday, December 30, 12:00 pm
Cather near the Ocala Lockheed facility, located in the SE quadrant of the county just off Maricamp Road (Rte 464) near Emerald and Oak
Sponsored by: Marions for Peace, CFCC students and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
Contact: Marions for Peace, Delphine Herbert, MarionsforPeace@gmail.com
N Dale Mabry Hwy and W Spruce St
Atlanta
Outside the Israeli Consulate, 1100 Spring St. NW
Organizers: Emory Advocate for Justice in Palestine and other local groups
Contact details:Saba Khalid, 770-597-0276, skhali3@emory.edu
Honolulu
At the Federal Building (along Ala Moana Blvd.), 300 Ala Moana Blvd
Initiated by Friends of Sabeel Hawaii, with support from World Can’t Wait-Hawaii, and others.
Contact details: Margaret Brown, mbrown@lava.net
Contact: 773-463-0311, answer@chicagoanswer.net
Friday, January 2, 2009, 3:00PM
Tribune Plaza, 435 N Michigan
IOWA
Cedar Rapids
150 1st Ave. NE, Wells Fargo Building
Contact: Jeremy J. Brigham, 319-363-7675
Baltimore
Tuesday, December 30, 4-5PM
War Memorial Plaza
N. Gay and E. Lexington
Contact: Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 410-366-1637
Columbia
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 3:30PM
Howard County Central Library (Little Patuxent Pkwy and South Entrance Road)
Contact: Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (HCCEIO), Joanne Heisel, joanne_kh@usa.net
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Wednesday, December 31, 2:00PM
Copley Square
Contact: Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, info@bcpr.net, (617) 491-2313
Details to be announced
Contact: 857-334-5084, boston@answercoalition.org
MICHIGAN
Tuesday, December 30, 4PM
Human Chain Protest
Gathering at corner of Warren and Chase in Dearborn. Following the protest a memorial service will be held at Byblos Banquet Hall, 7258 Chase Road in Dearborn at 5:15 PM. Program will end at 6:30 PM.
Contact: Congress of Arab American Organizations, Osama Siblani / 313.505.4889
Kalamazoo
Tuesday, December 30, 4PM
Michigan Ave in front of the Federal Building
Lansing
Friday, January 2, 2009 – 12:00-1:00PM
In front of the State Capital Building, Michigan & Capital Aves.
Vigil for Peace
Contact: Michigan Peace Team, 517-484-3178,
www.michiganpeaceteam.org
MINNESOTA
Protests at Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Keith Ellison’s offices
10 am-closingNo “holding their feet to the fire” but instead hold them accountable.U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Office of Senator Klobuchar Minneapolis
1200 Washington Avenue South, Suite 250
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Main Line: 612-727-5220
Main Fax: 612-727-5223
Toll Free: 1-888-224-9043
1134 7th Street NW
Rochester, MN 55901
Main Line: 507-288-5321
Fax: 507-288-2922
121 4th Street South
Moorhead, MN 56560
Main Line: 218-287-2219
Fax: 218-287-2930Iron Range Office
Olcott Plaza, Suite 105
820 9th Street North
Virginia, MN 55792
Main Line: 218-741-9690
Fax:218-741-3692
2100 Plymouth Ave North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
For directions you can call our office, 612-522-1212
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord
Tuesday, December 30, 3PM
In front of the State House
Contact: New Hampshire Peace Action, 603-228-0559
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick
Tuesday, December 30, 4-6PM
Corner of Albany and George Sts.
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Tuesday, December 30, 12-2PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Rd, NW (in Old Town)
Contact: Called by Stop the War Machine, 505-401-4808,
stopthewarmachine@comcast.net
Candlelight vigil in front of the Federal Courthouse (near Lomas and 3rd St.)
Contact: Middle East Peace and Justice Alliance, Katherine Hughes- Fraitekh 480-9008, kcelav@aol.com
Buffalo
Tuesday, December 30, 4:30PM
Corner of Elmwood and Bidwell Aves.
We welcome you to join us and we encourage other organizations to choose their own flyering locations and then to join the procession.
Tuesday, December 30, 4:00PM-5:00PM
Demonstration in front of Federal Building
Contact: Mike Connely, 271-2678
Toledo
Tuesday, December 30, 5-7PM
Secor and Central
Contact: Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Demonstration
In front of the Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 125 Market St
Contact: Arab American Community Center, 330-759-9186
Portland
Tuesday December 30, 2008
Gather at 4:30 and Rally 5:00 pm
Where: Federal Building, Downtown Portland, SW 3rd & Madison
Organized by: Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Portland
Peaceful Response Coalition, and others. Contact: (503) 344-5078
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh
Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 4:00PM-6:00PM
Rally at the Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Ave
Sponsors: Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East,
Muslim American Society – Pittsburgh Chapter, CAIR Pittsburgh Chapter,
Middle East Peace Forum – Pittsburgh
Contact: Kate, pittsburgh-psc.org, 412-614-0264
RHODE ISLAND
Contact: Martha Yager, AFSC-SENE, 401-521-3584 or MYager@afsc.org
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia
Wednesday, December 31, 5-6PM
In front of the State Capitol Building
Gervais and Main St.
Contact: Women in Black, 803-446-2772
TEXAS
Dallas
In front of JFK Memorial on the Grassy Knoll
Dallas Forth Worth Protest, Earl Cabell Federal Building, 1100 Commerce St
Contact: Suha Suleiman, drsuha@tm.blackberry.net
Gather at Mandell Bridge (Mandell St at Highway 59)
Contact: rwcsr1@yahoo.com
Tuesday, December 30, 6-7PM
Candle Light Silent Prayer Vigil for Peace
Around the Peace Pole in front of the Brackenridge Village, University of the Incarnate Word, enter at 4301 Broadway You are invited to bring candles.
VERMONT
Main St. Landing, Burlington
1 Main St.; corner of Main & Battery Sts.)
Welch’s, Senator Leahy’s, and to Senator Bernie Sander’s offices, to
arrive at the top of Church St. at 5pm to stand in solidarity with the
vigil opposing further war profiteering and war crimes–the US Occupation of Iraq.
This march is endorsed by Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel
(VTJP), Peace and Justice Center, and the International Socialist Organization (ISO).
hilarymartin@riseup.net or gypsy7@riseup.net
Tuesday, December 30, 4:30PM
Vigil in front of City Hall on Main St
Contact: Debra, 802-476-3154, debra@vtlink.net
VIRGINIA
Norfolk
Tuesday, December 30, 4:30-6:30PM
St. Paul’s Blvd. and City Hall Ave. across from the old St. Paul’s Church
Contact: Christine Hoppe, 757-628-8279, cthoppe10@yahoo.com
WASHINGTON
Bellingham
Tuesday, December 30, 12 Noon
Federal Building, corner of Magnolia and Cornwall
Contact: Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
Saturday, January 3, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Westlake Park: 4th and Pine
Initiated by Voices of Palestine
Contact: general@voicesofpalestine.org
Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 5:00pm
In front of the Courthouse at Pacific Ave and 19th St
As of this writing, Israeli Air Force attacks today on the occupied Gaza Strip killed an estimated 200 or more people and injured hundreds more. These Israeli attacks come on top of a brutal siege of the Gaza Strip, which has created a humanitarian catastrophe of dire proportions for Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinian residents by restricting the provision of food, fuel, medicine, electricity, and other necessities of life.
In short, Israel’s lethal attack today on the Gaza Strip could not have happened without the active military and political support of the United States. Therefore, we need to take action to protest this attack and demand an immediate cease-fire.
1. Contact the White House to protest the attack and demand an immediate cease-fire. Call 202-456-1111 or send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov.
2. Contact the State Department at 202-647-6575 or send an email by clicking here.
3. Contact your Representative and Senators in Congress at 202-224-3121 or find contact info for your Members of Congress by clicking here.
6. Sign our open letter to President-Elect Obama calling for a new U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine and find out other steps you can take to influence the incoming Administration by clicking here.
