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Schedule of Events for "A22 Week" Protests in Washington, DC

Schedule of Events for "A22 Week" Protests in Washington, DC

Tuesday 16 April 2002

Public Citizen, Nuclear Information & Resource Service, Alliance for
Nuclear Accountability Rally & Press Conference Opposing the Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump, 11am-12:30pm -- West side of the Capitol.
Contact Lisa Gue, Phone: 202.454.5130; Email: lisa_gue@citizen.org; Website:
anarchist resistance. Email:
mutual aid

Wednesday 17 April 2002

Anti-Capitalist Convergence (ACC) Resisting Capitalist Globalization
Panel Discussion, 6pm - National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle
NW (off 14th St, between N & Massachusetts -- please enter in the back,
through the parking lot). McPherson Square Metro. Free. Website:
abolish the bank 703.276.9768, Email: abolish the bank

Thursday 18 April 2002

"From Engagement to Protest," A Public Forum on Citizens' Challenges to
the World Bank, 1:30-5:30pm; Reception, 5:30-7pm -- The Rosslyn Spectrum,
1611 North Kent Street, Rosslyn. A 3-minute walk (follow the signs)
from the Rosslyn Metro (one stop from Foggy Bottom) on the Blue & Orange
Lines. Organized by The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review;
International Network (SAPRIN); The Development GAP; The 50 Years Is
Enough Network; International Rivers Network; & the Heinrich Boell
Foundation. For info & updates, Websites: saprin;
development; 50 years; irn.

DC IndyMedia (IMC) Multimedia Show, 7pm-12:30am -- Cada Vez, 1438 U St
NW. Will feature the film "Up-Rising from the Streets of Argentina",
improvisational theater, spoken word, and top DJs from NYC and DC. Website:
cada vez. Phone: 202.667.2500, Email: cada vez.

United We March Coalition nonviolence skills training and legal
training, 7:30-10:30pm -- Location TBA. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

Friday, 19 April 2002

"From Engagement to Protest," A Public Forum on Citizens' Challenges to
the World Bank, 8:45am-5:30pm -- The Rosslyn Spectrum, 1611 North Kent
Street, Rosslyn. A 3-minute walk (follow the signs) from the Rosslyn
Metro (one stop from Foggy Bottom) on the Blue & Orange Lines.
Organized by The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review;
International Network (SAPRIN); The Development GAP; The 50 Years Is
Enough Network; International Rivers Network; & the Heinrich Boell
Foundation. For info & updates Websites: saprin;
development; 50 years; irn.

Colombia Mobilization Lobby Briefing, Skills & Nonviolence Training,
9-10:20am -- Location TBA. (Call ahead to schedule an appointment with
your Congressional member. For a listing of your State Representative
or Senator, visit house or senate).
Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

United We March Coalition Lobby Briefing to Stop the War at Home &
Abroad, 9am-Noon, Location TBA. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

United We March Coalition Educational Workshops & Nonviolence, Legal,
Media & Anti-Oppression Trainings, 9am-7pm - Location TBA. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

Colombia Mobilization Vigil & Lobbying, 11am-5pm -- Upper Senate Park,
North Side of US Capitol on Constitution Avenue, NW (between New Jersey
& Delaware Avenues, NW -- Red Line to Judiciary Square or Union Station
Metro) Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Mini-Conference/Teach-In
on the Palestinian Struggle & Building Solidarity in the US, 1-5pm --
American University (Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves, NW). Website: sustain campaign.

Critical Mass Ride to Fight State Terrorism, 4-5pm Converge -- Upper
Senate Park (Constitution & New Jersey Avenues) at the Capital; ride
will start at 5pm. Bring your noisemakers, flags, chants, & energy.
Don't have a bike or need a tune-up? Come to the Bike Library, 725 6th
St. NE (in the back) on Thursday 3-7pm & Saturday 12-4pm.
Website: dc indymedia. Contact Globalize the Struggle, email: globalize the struggle

Forum: Challenging Empire's Story & Creating Our Own, 4-6pm -- Josephine
Butler Park Center, 2437 15th Street, NW

Spirithouse & the Foundation for Peace & Justice Teach-In, 5-7:30pm --
The Potter's House (1658 Columbia Rd., NW). Learn about the USA-Patriot
Act & the trial of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, also known as H Rap Brown.
Contact Ruby Sales, Phone: 202.548.7640, Email: Spirit House DC.

Positive Force Benefit for the Community Programs of Casa Del Pueblo,
6pm -- Sanctuary Theatre, 1459 Columbia Road NW (1 block from the Wilson
Center; Green Line Columbia Heights Metro). The final Crispus Attucks
show, with Del Cielo; 1905; Virginia Black Lung; & Striking Distance.
$5, all ages. Website: Positive Force DC. Phone: 703.276.9768; Email: patrick@doityourself.com>do it yourself.

Witness for Peace Reunion, 6-9pm -- Location TBA. Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Open Mike for Poets & Song Writers, 7-10pm -- The Mitch Snyder Arts &
Entertainment Center, 117 D Street, NW.

The Black Radical Congress Youth Caucus, in collaboration with the Young
Communist League, & the National Youth & Student Peace Coalition "Hip
Hop/Open Mic Festival," 7pm - La Cada Vez Skylight Room (14th & U
Streets). Small scale hip hop festival specifically for local DC youth
interested in rallying on Saturday against the US military activity &
its domestic effects. Drop the word about unfair military recruitment
in our high schools and economic disaster relief for us and our parents
who were laid off! Get information on local organizations! Make
posters & banners for Saturday's march and rally! Hear local hip hop
phenomenon BLACK LUNG among other local artists. Damage: $10 to get
in, but we won't turn anyone away; $20 if your organization wants to
table. Website:
cada vez. Phone: 202.667.2500, Email: cada vez.

United We March Coalition Stop The War At Home & Abroad Plenary Panel --
kick off to weekend of resistance, 7-9pm -- Location TBA. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

Spirithouse & the Foundation for Peace & Justice Open Mike Concert, 8pm
-- The Potter's House (1658 Columbia Rd., NW). Artists can sound off
about the war, racism, & other social justice issues. Share your poetry
or music or come to listen as we prepare for the march the next day.
Contact Ruby Sales, Phone: 202.548.7640, Email: Spirit House DC.

United We March Coalition Stop The War At Home & Abroad Evening
Solidarity Concert! Time & Location TBA. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

Saturday 20 April 2002

Colombia Mobilization Teach-In, Skills & Nonviolence Training, 10am-5pm
-- Location TBA. Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

United We March Coalition Stop The War At Home & Abroad Rally, March,
Joint Convergence, & Finale, 10:30am -- Gather at Sylvan Theatre, (SW
side of Washington Monument); 11am -- Rally: Speakers & Musicians from
across the country & around the globe; 1pm -- March: Washington
Monument, north on 15th Street, southeast on Pennsylvania Avenue, joint
mobilization convergence at Freedom Plaza. Websites: united we march &/or
stop the war.

Mobilize for Global Justice Rally at the IMF/World Bank buildings (18th
St/H St NW), 11am-12:30pm; then join the A20 Student Mobilization March
at Freedom Plaza at 1pm. Website: globalize this.

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Palestinian Solidarity
Feeder March, 11am -- from AIPAC Conference at Washington Hilton
(Connecticut & T Sts, NW) to MGJ Rally at IMF/WB (18th St/H St NW); 1pm
-- Continue on to Freedom Plaza with MGJ to join the "Stop the War"
mobilization; 3pm - March to Capitol for Final Rally on the Mall
(between 3rd & 4th Streets). Website: sustain campaign.

Marches converge at the National Mall (3rd Street facing the Capitol
Building), 3pm. Website: dc indymedia

A.N.S.W.E.R. National March on Washington Against War & Racism
(permitted), 11am -- Assemble at the White House; march down Pennsylvania
Avenue to end with a rally at the Justice Department. Website: international answer

Colombia Mobilization Solidarity Concert, 7-10pm -- First
Congregational United Church of Christ, 10th & G Streets (Metro Center
or Gallery Place Metro). Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

DC Asians for Peace & Justice performance event, 7:30pm: featuring
local Asian & Asian American musicians, dancers, drummers, & spoken
wordartists. St. Stephen's Church (16th & Newton NW)
Website: DC Asians for Peace and Justice

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Fundraising Party for
the Int'l Solidarity Movement & Palestine Indymedia, 8pm -- Location TBA. Website: sustain campaign.

Sunday 21 April 2002

Colombia Mobilization Interfaith Service, 10-11am -- First Congregational
United Church of Christ, 10th & G Streets (Metro Center or Gallery Place
Metro). Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Mobilize for Global Justice Meet & Greet the Delegates at the IMF/World
Bank buildings (18th St/H St NW), 8:30-10:30am; then march to join the
Colombia Mobilization Festival of Hope & Resistance at Sylvan Theater
(SW side of Washington Monument) Website: globalize this.

Colombia Mobilization Rally: Festival of Hope & Resistance, 11am-5pm --
Sylvan Theater (SW side of Washington Monument -- Blue/Orange Line to
Smithsonian Metro). Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Palestinian Solidarity
Information Tent/Tabling, 11am-5pm at Colombia Mobilization's Festival
of Hope & Resistance at Sylvan Theater (SW side of Washington Monument). Website: sustain campaign.

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Creative Actions (Street
Theater, Puppets, Projection, & Direct Action), Evening -- Location TBA. Website: sustain campaign.

Anarchist Resistance Legal Defense Fund (ARLDF) Benefit, 6pm -- The
Disarm House, 723 Euclid Street, NW (Green Line Howard/Shaw & Columbia
Heights Metro). DIY Folk & Art Show, House Party & Vegan Potluck - A
night of Political Music & Performances: David Rovics (Politcal
Folksinger from Boston); Anne Sweeny & Chris Chandler (Folk/Poetry Duo);
Hartbeat (Political Theatre Troupe); Gretchen McMahon (Pagan Cluster
Activist Singer/Musician from Texas). $5 donation (no one turned away
for lack of funds) & a vegan dish to share. Contact Ryan, Phone: 202.462.7475; Email: BLaTass@aol.com>BLaTass; Website: anarchist resistance.

Colombia Mobilization Coordinating Meeting for Monday Action, 7-10pm --
Washington City Church of the Brethren Sanctuary, 337 North Carolina
Avenue, SE (Between 3rd & 4th Streets, SE - Blue/Orange Line to Capitol
South Metro).. Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Monday 22 April 2002

Colombia Mobilization Solidarity March (Unpermitted) & Nonviolent Direct
Action, 7?9am - Gather at Washington Monument (Blue/Orange Line to
Smithsonian Metro); March to US Capitol. Websites: school of the americas watch &/or
colombia mobilization.

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Press Conference outside
of AIPAC at Washington Hilton, 4pm; Creative Actions around Washington
Hilton, 4:30pm; Begin gathering around Washington Hilton at 6:30pm for
Rally/Picket during Sharon's address at 7:30pm. Website: sustain campaign.

A.N.S.W.E.R. Protest Ariel Sharon & George Bush, 7pm at the annual
conference of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) --
Location TBA. Website: international answer.

Tuesday 23 April 2002

Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN) Jail Solidarity, AM --
Location TBA. Website: sustain campaign.