[KWPeace-groups] Int Day No War Against Iran Jan 25 / Will KW Peace be local lead organizer?

[Bob Jonkman]

I'm good with that! 

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On January 7, 2020 7:04:56 PM EST, laura at divestwaterloo.ca wrote:
>Tamara, thanks for organizing!  I think it would be great if KW Peace
>was listed as the organizer, and I suspect that lots of us will want to
>support your efforts and help out as we can.  I agree with Cathy - we
>don't really have a spokesperson - so rather than having us all chime
>in
>(likely in agreement...filling our in-boxes) - how about we give it 24
>hours for anyone to express concern with this  - and if no concerns are
>expressed by this time tomorrow, then please list KW Peace as the
>organizer.   
>
>Bob does that sound OK with you?   
>
>laura 
>
>On 2020-01-07 18:20, Cathy Scott wrote:
>
>> Hi, Tamara
>> Thanks for organizing this rally.  Jan. 25 at 2 is fine with me or
>most any
>> other time is ok too.
>> I will be there.
>> I represent FairVote in the KWPeace group, but I don't know whether
>there
>> is a spokesperson who can speak for the group
>> Cathy Scott
>> On Tue., Jan. 7, 2020, 9:11 a.m. Tamara Lorincz, <tlorincz at dal.ca>
>wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello KW Peace!
>>> 
>>> I'm going to organize another rally Peace With Iran/No War Against
>Iran on
>>> Saturday January 25 to join the Global Day of Action. Please see the
>call
>>> out below.
>>> 
>>> I am wondering if KW Peace would be comfortable being listed as the
>local
>>> organizing organization. I can do most of the work and another
>person at
>>> Conrad Grebel will help me.
>>> 
>>> I have emailed some of the Iranian community to find it what time on
>>> January 25th works for them. I suggested 2pm again so people can
>sleep in,
>>> go to the market etc. What do you think?
>>> 
>>> The rally this past Saturday went well. About 25 people showed up. A
>few
>>> of the Iranian-Canadian community and a couple of Iranian students
>from UW.
>>> One of the students said when she arrived at the public square and
>saw that
>>> there were people there she teared up. they are very worried about
>their
>>> families back in Iran. After the rally, a few of Iranian women,
>Sandy and I
>>> went out for coffee it was very nice to chat with them.
>>> 
>>> You can see some of the photos below:
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/tlorincz/albums
>>> 
>>> Please let me know.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tamara
>>> 
>>> From: mailto:unac-request at lists.riseup.net <mailto:
>>> unac-request at lists.riseup.net> On Behalf Of UNAC
>>> Sent: January 7, 2020 6:24 AM
>>> To: mailto:unac at lists.riseup.net
>>> Subject: [unac] Global Day of Protest, Saturday January 25
>>> 
>>> Join the Global Day of Protest, Saturday January 25:
>>> No War on Iran!
>>> 
>>> No War on Iran!
>>> 
>>> U.S. aggression against Iran threatens to begin yet another
>disastrous,
>>> bloody war. The people of the world must fight back and demand: No
>war on
>>> Iran!
>>> On Saturday, January 25, actions across the world will oppose a new
>war in
>>> West Asia. Now is the time for all those opposed to war to speak up.
>Please
>>> join
>>> 
>>> Initiators for this call include  United National Antiwar Coalition
>>> (UNAC),the International Action Center, ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK,
>Popular
>>> Resistance, Black Alliance for Peace, National Iranian-American
>Council
>>> (NIAC), Veterans For Peace, US Labor Against the War (USLAW),
>Women's
>>> International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Pastors for
>>> Peace/Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO),
>>> International Workers Solidarity Network, United For Peace and
>Justice,
>>> FIRE (Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere), Alliance For
>Global
>>> Justice (AFGJ), December 12th Movement, World Beyond War, Peoples
>>> Opposition to War Imperialism and Racism (POWIR), Dorothy Day
>Catholic
>>> Worker, Dominican Sisters/ICAN, Nonviolence International, No War on
>>> Venezuela, Food Not Bombs, No War on Venezuela and many other
>anti-war and
>>> peace organizations.
>>> 
>>> See: https://www.codepink.org/01252020
>>> 
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