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| FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND CELEBRATION - JULY 3 & 4 3 Sunday, July 3, 2005 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. PIONEER PARK, AIRPORT WAY & PEGER RD. FAIRBANKS, AK [click for map] | Contact: KAREN PARR 907 488-2555 fbordc.org |
| Thousands from the town of Fairbanks will turn out on Sunday, July 3, and Monday, July 4, at Pioneer Park for an enormous Fourth of July Celebration with speakers, food and music. The Fairbanks Bill of Rights Defense Committee plans to have a booth at the Centennial Center for the Arts (the big round gold building), with buttons, bumperstickers, t-shirts, and information about current legislation designed to protect the Bill of Rights from the Patriot Act. | |
| PATRIOT DAY OF ACTION 1 Sunday, July 3, 2005 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 1023 NORTH ST. WOODLAND, CA [click for map] | Contact: SAMINA FAHEEM samina_faheem@yahoo.com 650 387-1994 www.amuslimvoice.org |
| The American Muslim Voice, American Civil Liberties Union and other groups speak out about the FBI harassment and persecution of Muslim people in Lodi recently. Speakers will show how the current administration has used the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism measures to profile and intimidate Muslim people since 9/11. People in the Sacramento Valley and across the USA are organizing to stand up to this intimidation. They are building alliances and forming lifelong friendships with ally groups and individuals. Participants will be urged write letters to their Congressional representatives in the days following the Fourth of July, and to hold in-district meetings with legislators to reinforce their concerns about the Patriot Act, and other methods of threatening Muslims since 9/11. Speakers include: Mr. Kahlid Saeed, Northern California Director of the American Muslim Voice/ACLU, Mr. Norbie Kumagai, Japanese Community leader / ACLU Sacramento Chapter, Mr. Dean Johansson, Esq / ACLU Sacramento Chapter, Mr. James Schwab, ACLU Sacramento Chapter, Ms. Samina Faheem Sundas, Founding Director of the American Muslim Voice. Learn what you can do at www.amuslimvoice.org. | |
| ALL AMERICAN PARADE 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon P.O. BOX 423 ROSEVILLE, CA [click for map] | Contact: LARRY DUBOIS lardubois@aol.com 916-660-9411 www.placerdemocrats.com |
| This is our entry in the city's annual parade with the same trappings that we have used the two previous years focusing on the Patriot Act and our need for the freedoms guaranteed us by the Constitution. | |
| 'SUNSET THE UPA' - DISTRIBUTED DEMONSTRATION 1 Friday, July 8, 2005 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. SANTA ROSA, CA [click for map] | Contact: ANN TOMPKINS scpia@roadtaken.com 707-542-3037 www.roadtaken.com/scpia |
| Our "distributed demonstration" will consist of Teams of four or more demonstrators stationed at strategic locations (e.g., busy street corners) throughout Sonoma County cities at the hours of 5:30 - 7:30 PM on Friday, July 8th. Each team will be provided with an eye-catching 3' by 4' standardized sign to hold and materials to distribute. The purpose of this distributed demonstration is to show that there is a swell of organized activity and concern in the county for restoring those Constitutional rights diminished by the USA PATRIOT Act. | |
| GLENDALE CRUISE NIGHT 5 Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. LEXINGTON AND BRAND BLVD GLENDALE, CA [click for map] | |
| We will have either a booth or a table or two at the event upon which we plan to have flyers about BORDC, the Patriot Act, and the War in Iraq with emphasis on our local Peace Vigil which has been ongoing for over two years. We will also have a game featuring the Constitution of the US, the Bill of Rights, the Patriot Act, the First Amendment, etc. We hope to have several people in attendance to help distribute flyers and other material. |
| BOULDER FIREWORKS DISPLAY 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 6:30 p.m. FOLSOM FIELD, ON COLORADO AVE. / 18TH & FOLSOM BOULDER, CO [click for map] | Contact: BETTY BALL bball116@juno.com |
| We will be leafletting as people gather for Boulder's Fireworks Display. We will give out information about the 16 sunset provisions of the Patriot Act, which are coming up for Congressional vote later this summer. | |
| TABLE AT CITY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 12:00 noon - 6:00 a.m. CIVIC CENTER PARK, CORNER OF LAPORTE AND HOWES FORT COLLINS, CO [click for map] | Contact: KEVIN CROSS strengththroughpeace@yahoo.com (970) 419-8944 www.cjpe.org/stp |
| We will have information at our table on how the USA PATRIOT Act conflicts with the Bill of Rights, together with postcards for our Senators and Representatives asking them to allow those portions of the Act scheduled to expire in 2005 to sunset. | |
| INDEPENDENCE WEEK EVENTS 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2005 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. WEST HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, 20 SOUTH MAIN STREET WEST HARTFORD, CT [click for map] | Contact: KATHY HUCKS kath4cats@hotmail.com 860-561-8401 |
| On Tuesday, July 5, West Hartford Citizens for Peace & Justice will celebrate our Bill of Rights by showing the film "Unconstitutional: The War on Civil Liberties" by Robert Greenwald. Free admission, stay for discussion. Bring snacks, we will provide beverages. Lawn signs, buttons, bumperstickers and books will be available for purchase. | |
| BILL OF RIGHTS READING 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. 770 SYLVAN STREET BOISE, ID [click for map] | Contact: GWEN SANCHIRICO idahopatriots@cableone.net 208-388-4549 myweb.cableone.net/bembexia |
| Boise Patriots will read the Bill of Rights on July 4 at noon outside Boise City Hall. A different representative from some of the organizations in the coalition will each read an amendment. Please join Boise Patriots in reminding everyone of the rights this nation was built on and how they are rapidly eroding. Show your support for our rights and holding on to them! The event should last no longer than half an hour. July 4th also marks the 2-year anniversary of the formation of Boise Patriots and celebrates its success in passing a resolution in opposition to the Patriot Act in Boise. Idaho Patriots in other parts of the state went on to pass resolutions in Bonner County, Idaho County, and Moscow. Earlier this year, Idaho became the sixth out of seven states to pass statewide sentiment against the Act when the legislature passed a Joint Memorial in support of encouraging passage of the SAFE Act (which would rescind the four most egregious parts of the Act). | |
| A RAINBOW OF RIGHTS 5 Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:00 noon HALSTED AND DIVERSY CHICAGO, IL [click for map] | Contact: BRENT MESICK brentmesick@yahoo.com www.ccclr.org |
| A PRE- PATRIOT DAYS EVENT: Join the "Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade" and march for your rights! CCCLR will march behind their "Defend the Bill of Rights - Repeal the Patriot Act" banner handing out "Got Rights?" flyers. | |
| FIGHT FOR THE 4TH: PATRIOTS RECLAIM THEIR RIGHTS! 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 12:00 noon EVANSTON, IL [click for map] | Contact: BRENT MESICK brentmesick@yahoo.com www.ccclr.org |
| CCCLR joins the Evanston 4th of July Parade to reclaim their rights! They will march behind their banner "Defend the Bill of Rights - Repeal the Patriot Act!" and hand out educational flyers. | |
| FLYERING AT THE FED! 1 Tuesday, July 5, 2005 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. FEDERAL PLAZA CHICAGO, IL [click for map] | Contact: BRENT MESICK brentmesick@yahoo.com www.ccclr.org |
| Rush hour! Flyers! A match made in heaven - well, Chicago anyway. Be at Federal Plaza while we pass out educational "Got Rights?" flyers to people as they make their mad dash from work. | |
| STANDING UP AGAINST THE PATRIOT ACT 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2005 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 3148 WEST 63RD STREET CHICAGO, IL [click for map] | Contact: SUZANNE ADELY s_adely@yahoo.com 773-436-6060 X105 |
| Join us for a Community Meeting and Workshop! 5:00pm-7:00pm: Youth Workshop; 7:00pm-9:00pm: Teach-In and "Action Towards Change" Workshop. Presentations will include: Mariam Salah - Speaking on the Case of Mohammad Salah; Muslim Civil Rights Center - The Affects of the Patriot Act on our Communities; CAIR - Legal Updates: What are our rights and how can we protect them?; Arab American Action Network - Taking Action Towards Change. Arabic/Spanish Translation and Childcare will be available. Co-sponsored by CAIR-Chicago and the Latino Organization of the Southwest. | |
| FILM DISCUSSION: STATE SECRETS 1 Friday, July 8, 2005 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CHICAGO FILMMAKERS: 5243 N. CLARK AVE. CHICAGO, IL [click for map] | Contact: BRENT MESICK brentmesick@yahoo.com www.ccclr.org |
| State Secrets is a documentary highlighting the USA PATRIOT Act, changes to FBI investigative guidelines, the Bush Administration's "enemy combatant" policy, and the increasing concentration of power in the Executive Branch. After the film, CCCLR will lead an open discussion. | |
| TOWN HALL MEETING WITH REP. JAN SCHAKOWSKY 4 Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. BREMNER LOUNGE,CENTENNIAL FORUM,1125 W LOYOLA AVE CHICAGO (LOYOLA U.), IL [click for map] | Contact: CAIR-CHICAGO gov.relations@cairchicago.org 312-212-1520 www.cairchicago.org |
| The Civil Liberties Coalition of Illinois will hold a Town Hall meeting with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) on July 17. The purpose of the meeting is to shed light on the sections of the USA PATRIOT Act that are the most deleterious to the civil rights and liberties of all Americans and to engage the public of the 9th congressional district of Illinois in a frank discussion with its elected Congresswoman on these same provisions. Member organizations of the CLCI include the American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Cook County Bar Association, Council on American-Islamic Relations—Chicago, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Japanese American Citizens League, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Muslim Bar Association, Muslim Civil Rights Center, and National Lawyers Guild. | |
| CELEBRATING THE BILL OF RIGHTS: AMHERST PARADE 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 3:00 p.m. HITCHCOCK RD & S PLEASANT ST, AMHERST COLLEGE GYM AMHERST, MA [click for map] | Contact: SUSAN OR RENE THEBERGE 413-253-2161 |
| SAGE, a local group committed to peace, social justice, and civil liberties, will march in Amherst's annual Fourth of July parade to honor the birth of our nation and its ideals. We will carry banners and signs displaying the Bill of Rights and U.S. Constitution. We will meet at the above address at 2pm, the parade starts at 3pm. | |
| SAVE FREEDDOM IN 05 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon ELDREDGE PARKWAY THRU ORLEANS CENTER AND RETURN ORLEANS, MA [click for map] | |
| Revolutionary War soldiers will march, signs will state "They Fought for Your Freedoms. Your turn" and other messages, fife and drum or other music is planned. |
| USA PATRIOT ACT: REPAIR IT OR REPEAL IT 1 Thursday, July 7, 2005 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. JOHN B. DAVIS LECTURE HALL, MACALESTER COLLEGE ST. PAUL, MN [click for map] | Contact: ISAAC KAUFMAN isaac_kaufman@yahoo.com (612) 270-2856 www.mn-billofrights.org |
| We are screening Matt Ehling's award-winning documentary, "Security and the Constitution". The film will be followed by a panel discussion with local civil liberties and community leaders. | |
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY CELEBRATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 5:30 p.m. PHELPS GROVE PARK SPRINGFIELD, MO [click for map] | |
| Peace Network of the Ozarks will be passing out literature and getting signatures on petitions to send to our Congressional delegation, urging them not to extend the 16 provisions of the Patriot Act. There will be hot dogs, balloons, games, and speeches. Look for the Peace Network of the Ozarks booth, and help us distribute information about our Bill of Rights! |
| CARRBORO COMMUNITY 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CARRBORO TOWN HALL GROUNDS, 301 WEST MAIN STREET CARRBORO, NC [click for map] | Contact: PEGGY MISCH (Orange County), JOAN WALSH (Durham) mmisch@earthlink.net, walsh@intrex.net Peggy: 919-942-2535 |
| The Orange County and Durham Bill of Rights Defense Committees will take part in Carrboro's annual Independence Day celebration to educate community members about civil liberties concerns. We will distribute literature on the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, and NC Constitution, along with information about current efforts to protect residents of NC from loss of civil liberties. A petition to urge NC Congressman David Price to cosponsor the SAFE Act will be available for people to sign, and there will be an opportunity for people to purchase buttons and bumper stickers advocating personal freedoms. | |
| UNCONSTITUTIONAL: THE WAR ON CIVIL LIBERTIES 2 Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:00 p.m. 6300 A STREET LINCOLN, NE [click for map] | Contact: TIFFANY LOPEZ sonrisa8@yahoo.com |
| Free screening of the documentary, "Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties" at the Unitarian Church. Learn more about post-9/11 attacks on the Bill of Rights, and what you can do locally to protect our basic rights! | |
| FLAG DAY CELEBRATION OF OUR LIBERTIES 1 Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m. MARKET SQ. PORTSMOUTH, NH [click for map] | |
| A group of concerned citizens will be reading about the freedoms and perils to the freedom of Americans. We will read from a variety of texts, including The Bill of Rights, The Declaration and other Jefferson writings, and many others. After each reading, we will read the news article that states that Bush wants to expand the Act and eliminate judicial oversight. We invite people to come, listen, and think on Flag Day. |
| 4TH OF JULY BILL OF RIGHTS BOOGEY 2 Monday, July 4, 2005 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. KIT CARSON PARK,PASEO DEL PUEBLO NORTE,TAOS, NM TAOS, NM [click for map] | Contact: STEPHANIE LEE stephanielee72@hotmail.com 505-770-4004 vigilantemusesociety.com |
| 4 pm: a reading of the Bill of Rights; 5 pm: Psycho politico, kamikaze comedy, singer/songwriter Stephanie Lee; 6 pm: Peter Barbeau's "POCIT" Afro Cuban singing drumming dance troupe. | |
| PATRIOTIC AD CAMPAIGN 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 8:00 a.m. LAS VEGAS, NV [click for map] | Contact: NATL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST /POLITICAL REPRESSION 702 382-5344 www.ncdpa.org |
| The Nevada Campaign to Defeat the Patriot Act has teamed up with the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression to place two advertisements in their local newspapers. On July 4, an ad will run in the Las Vegas Review Journal, asking for support for the Nevada state Resolution, currently being considered by the state legislature, as well as support for a civil liberties resolution in Las Vegas. A second advertisement will run in the local Spanish-speaking newspaper "El Mundo" on July 8. By taking local action, we will have an effect on national policies! | |
| A FOURTH FLYER FEST ! 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 mid GREENPOINT / WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN, NY [click for map] | Contact: GLENN DEVITT glenn@isotopemedia.com |
| Make the most of the holiday by helping to educate your fellow Brooklynites about their rights -- and the threats to them. As people flood the East River shoreline to watch the fireworks, we'll hit the streets to hand out BORDC materials and recruit new people to the cause. And we can make it a social event, too. Join us in the afternoon for casual BBQ and then watch the fireworks on our roof. Address will be provided upon RSVP. | |
| NYC READING OF GUANTÁNAMO TESTIMONIES 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 34TH STREET AND 6TH AVE. NEW YORK, NY [click for map] | Contact: CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS www.ccr-ny.org/v2/gac/shut_down_guantanamo.asp |
| Eve Ensler, Gloria Steinem, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Code Pink, The Culture Project, Not in Our Name, United for Peace and Justice, and WEDO will come together to read from testimonials of Guantánamo detainees, their families, and their lawyers. Join us to tell the Bush Administration to shut down Guantánamo. | |
| PATRIOT ACT-SHUN! 1 Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:00 noon NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, 41ST ST & 5TH AVE NEW YORK, NY [click for map] | Contact: NEW YORK CITY BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE CAMPAIGN info@nycbordc.org 212-344-3005 www.nycbordc.org |
| Join the New York City Bill of Rights Defense Campaign, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and People for the American Way for a Patriot Act-SHUN rally and news conference featuring creative street action to call on Congress to fix the flaws of the Patriot Act. Activists, political leaders, actors, writers and performers will use humor, irony, and perhaps even some music, to raise awareness about the threats the Patriot Act poses to our rights and the need to reform it. | |
| CHRIS OWENS PEACE RALLY 8 Monday, September 11, 2006 6:00 P.M. 30 THIRD AVENUE (AT ATLANTIC) BROOKLYN, NY [click for map] | Contact: www.voteowens.com |
| Join Members of Congress John Conyers, Lynn Woolsey, Bernie Sanders, Dennis Kucinich & Major Owens and Chris Owens at the YWCA 30 Third Avenue (at Atlantic) | |
| NUMBER THE DEAD 9 Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. FIFTH AVE FROM 8TH ST TO 98TH ST NEW YORK, NY [click for map] | Contact: ANNIE CARROLL numberthedead@mac.com www.numberthedead.com |
| On September 17, 2006, we are organizing roughly 2700 people to stand on the east sidewalk of 5th Avenue, from 8th Street to 98th Street at 10AM. The number of participants will correspond to the number of US soldiers that have died in Iraq. Each person will hold a poster board with the name, age and hometown of every fallen US soldier written on it. In addition, we will have someone holding a poster board on each block, marking the number of Iraqis who have been killed as a result of this war. Each block will represent 1,000 Iraqis. From 10-11AM we will stand together in a silent demonstration and vigil. To participate in the line on 5th Ave, please e-mail us. | |
| PUBLIC READING "GUANTANAMO, HONOR BOUND TO DEFEND" 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. LAKEWOOD PARK, 14532 Lake Ave CLEVELAND, OH [click for map] | Contact: Not in Our Name Cleveland no_more_war_us@yahoo.com www.nioncleveland.org/events |
| As part of an anti-war potluck/picnic, ordinary citizens are mobilizing to read from testimonials of Guantánamo detainees, their families, and their lawyers this July 4th in a show of support for the laws under which this country was founded. Join us for this public reading of "Guantanamo, Honor Bound to Defend Freedom." People will be gathering at 10am, exact reading time tba. When you come to Lakewood Park, bring chairs, food, games. Adult swimming: $4.50; volleyball courts; fireworks in the evening. Get there early! | |
| HELP SHUT DOWN GUANTANAMO! 4 Tuesday, July 5, 2005 CLEVELAND, OH [click for map] | Contact: Not in Our Name Cleveland no_more_war_us@yahoo.com www.nioncleveland.org/events |
| This Independence Day, American flags declaring: "*Torture Is Immoral and Unpatriotic, Shut down Guantánamo*" will be distributed across the country and displayed in a show of support for the democratic values outlined in our United States Constitution. We will be gathering signatures for a petition to Congress, and following up on Tuesday, July 5th, with a massive telephone and online campaign to members of our Congress to call for an end to torture and the closing of all offshore, illegal detention centers. | |
| ASHLAND INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 9:00 a.m. ASHLAND, OR [click for map] | Contact: BRENDA pacificmadrone@hotmail.com www.medfordcpj.org |
| We've joined a progressive coalition and our parade application approval is pending with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, so please check CPJ website for update on approval, exact time and where we'll meet. We plan to march for peace and justice and handout BORDC bookmarks. | |
| CORVALLIS FOURTH OF JULY PARADE 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon BALLERINA STATUE IN PARK BLOCKS ON MADISON CORVALLIS, OR [click for map] | Contact: ALEITA HASS-HOLCOMBE aleita@cmug.com 541 753-8267 |
| The Benton County Bill of Rights Defense Committee will hand out Bill of Rights scrolls and carry Burma Shave style posters about upholding our rights during Corvallis' annual 4th of July parade. Please meet at the ballerina statue in the Park Blocks on Madison Ave. at 10 a.m. to coordinate with the BCBORDC. Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. | |
| PATRIOT DAYS OF ACTION 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. HAINES PARK HAINES, OR [click for map] | Contact: BRUCE RAFFETY bbraf@dialoregon.net 541-523-2551 |
| Booth with free handouts; cars in the parade | |
| FILM SHOWING: "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" 1 Wednesday, July 6, 2005 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ODDFELLOWSHIP HALL, 223 SW 2ND ST. CORVALLIS, OR [click for map] | Contact: ALEITA HASS-HOLCOMBE aleita@cmug.com 541 753-8267 |
| Showing of the film "Unconstitutional" by Robert Greenwald. This documentary details the shocking way that civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants alike have been infringed upon since 9/11 and passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. | |
| BENEFIT BBQ 2 Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. PENINSULA PARK, N ALBINA AND PORTLAND BLVD. PORTLAND, OR [click for map] | Contact: info@nwcrc.org 503-295-6400 www.nwcrc.org |
| The WHOLE FAMILY Is welcome as we Celebrate Constitution Day! Eat Good FOOD, Listen to MUSIC, Play GAMES, and Support the Work of the NW Constitutional Rights Center. What better way to get to know the NW Center and the PDX Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild than at a BBQ!! Attendees will be asked to make a pledge of support. Please RSVP (contact info listed above). | |
| 4TH OF JULY 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. BETHLEHEM, PA [click for map] | Contact: BARBARA DIAMOND 610 691-8269 |
| Members of our organization will be dressed in costume (Betsy Ross, Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam, etc.) and hand out flyers and letters for signature that focus on encouraging people to write to Sen. Specter to reform the Patriot Act and tell our City Council to pass a resolution. | |
| 4TH FEST 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. STATE COLLEGE STADIUM STATE COLLEGE, PA [click for map] | Contact: NANCY KRANICH crbordc@adelphia.net 814-234-0777 www.aclupsu.com |
| Petition signing and flyer handout about the USA PATRIOT Act and local resolutions. | |
| ARTS WEEK 1 Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. SOUTH ALLEN STREET STATE COLLEGE, PA [click for map] | Contact: NANCY KRANICH crbordc@adelphia.net 814-234-0777 www.aclupsu.com |
| Show film Unconstitutional. Petition and hand out flyers. Air song: FREEDOM. | |
| RALLY TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION! 4 Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:30 P.M. - 4:30 A.M. 5TH & MARKET PHILADELPHIA, PA [click for map] | Contact: info@aclupa.org 215-592-1513 www.aclupa.org |
| Rally to Defend the Constitution, featuring John Dean, former White House Counsel and author of Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush; Angel Ortiz, former Philadelphi City Council person and sponsor of city\'s anti-PATRIOT Act Resolution., and Michael Coard, host of Radio Courtroom on 1340 AM. Will also feature readings from poetry written by Guantanamo Bay prisoners. | |
| JULY 4TH 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 6:30 p.m. AUSTIN, TX [click for map] | Contact: MAC MCKASKLE aaw@austinagainstwar.org austinaginstwar.org |
| Will be distributing flyers and discussing Patriot Act with people as they come down to Town Lake for Fire Works display. Email aaw@austinagainstwar.org for detailsl | |
| DEFENDING LIBERTY 1 Friday, July 1, 2005 4:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. AT THE CORNER OF CENTER , UNIVERSITY AT COURT PROVO, UT [click for map] | Contact: SHAWN shawn_loura@yahoo.com |
| The demonstration against the U.S. "Patriot Act" will take place outside the court house and Senator Orrin Hatch's office. The event is being put on by an active mormon. There will be speakers, patriots, and activist alike. We hope to get petitions signed and present a resolution before the City of Provo. Bring signs, specificly against different aspects of the U.S. "Patriot Act." We ask that signs relate to the protest and no others; however, we will not intrude on your right to express yourself. We plan on having media present. | |
| FREE FILM: "A PATRIOT ACT" 1 Friday, July 1, 2005 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 2144 SOUTH HIGHLAND DRIVE SALT LAKE CITY, UT [click for map] | Contact: DEANNA TAYLOR gpu@gput.org 801-631-2998 www.gput.org/films.shtml |
| "A Patriot Act" is a chilling indictment of the Bush administration's stealth movement to subvert the US Constitution. Featuring renowned media critic Mark Crispin Miller - author of "The Bush Dyslexicon" and "Cruel & Unusual:Bush/Cheney's New World Order". | |
| FREE FILM: UNCONSTITTUTIONAL" 1 Friday, July 8, 2005 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 2144 SOUTH HIGHLAND DRIVE SALT LAKE CITY, UT [click for map] | Contact: DEANNA TAYLOR gpu@gput.org 801-631-2998 www.gput.org/films.shtml |
| Get the real story behind the USA PATRIOT Act and other administration policies and the gut wrenching stories behind those affected--from law-abiding store clerks to United States Olympians unable to travel. It'll remind you of what America used to stand for and what it seems we're falling for now. In short, this one-hour film will affirm why you're angry and give you a tool to help others join your ranks. Brought to you by the same producer of the films, Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election and Uncovered: The War on Iraq, the film Unconstitutional, The War on Our Civil Liberties provides the facts and stories that illuminate administration lies, wrongheaded policies, and the real victims of these actions--the American people. | |
| AN OLD-FASHIONED INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION 3 Monday, July 4, 2005 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CHETZEMOKA PARK, JACKSON & BLAINE STS. OFF MONROE PORT TOWNSEND, WA [click for map] | Contact: PAT PERREAULT perreau@olypen.com |
| An Old-Fashioned Independence Day Celebration is a picnic with music, Patriot Appreciation Awards, and speakers (including descendents of signers of the Declaration of Independence) plus time for the people gathered to have their say about the meaning of independence and freedom. There will be handouts on the Patriot Act and the SAFE Act, plus copies of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and bookmarks of the Bill of Rights. | |
| "END DEPENDENCE DAY" CELEBRATION 2 Monday, July 4, 2005 9:30 p.m. CONTOUR, 807 1ST AVE (1ST & COLUMBIA) SEATTLE, WA [click for map] | Contact: DRED.I dredimusic@yahoo.com 206.600.1307 |
| On July 4, DJ Roc'phella presents: "End Dependence Day" Celebration, featuring Sean G and Che Blak; dRED.i Movement; Twin G; Certified; Mr. Business; Lac of Respect; Dante; and Savvy & Snook. Come hear political Hip-Hop this Independence Day. Information about post-9/11 threats to civil liberties and the National Week of Action will be distributed. | |