Rally and Silent March to Stop the War NOW .. Restore Peace and Justice

Meet Saturday, October 26, 2002, Augusta, 12 noon next to the Buker School parking lot, opposite the National Guard Armory on Western Avenue. We will march in silence to the Samantha Smith Statute in front of the State Library, along the State Capitol, where the rally will begin at 1:30.
Transportation/Carpooling from Portland, Bath/Brunswick/Topsham,
and Belfast areas.

Bring signs, banners, and prayer flags that express your opposition to the war in Iraq and US involvement in global conflicts. Support creating a culture of nonviolence on the anniversary of President Bush's signing of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Downloads

The Call: As US citizens, we acknowledge the escalating violence in our own culture and around the world and its destructive effects on our children, families, communities, health, the environment, and upon human dignity. We see national rejection of progress that was being made toward reducing reliance on nuclear weapons. We see use of the September 11 tragedy to increase military might at the expenses of needed social, educational, environmental, and other programs. We oppose military responses to political and economic problems. We want to find personal, spiritual, economic, and social alternatives to this pattern.

Individuals, groups, and organizations across the state of Maine are invited to join together to plan, endorse, and participate in this important rally. The date, October 26, marks the one-year anniversary of the signing of the USA PATRIOT Act, which limits many civil rights and basic freedoms in the name of stopping terrorism.

Rally will be held rain or shine, whether the invasion has happened yet, or not.

Contact Information: Peace Action Maine, PO Box 3842, Portland ME 04104 (207) 772-0680, e-mail peaceactionme@peaceactionme.org and Tony Aman, (207) 326-9574.

Donations of any amount welcome! Make checks payable to: Maine Council of Churches-Stop the War, and mail to: Maine Council of Churches, 15 Pleasant Avenue, Portland, ME 04103

If you would like to download the flyer for printing and posting, use this link. Its a pdf file at 290k. The image on the left can be downloaded as a PDF file and printed. It comes from National Peace Action and they say it is 11 by 17 inches but Adobe Acrobat re-sized it to print well on a 8.5 by 11 piece of paper, for me. It should open in a new browser window.

Transportation/Carpooling People going to the October 26th rally in Augusta (from Portland area) should gather at the parking area across from the Whole Grocer and next to the skateboard park on Marginal Way at 10:00am It would be great to have a feeling of solidarity when we leave Portland. We can caravan to Augusta!. Most importantly, this will be the place for people to hook up for transportation. There may be many folks who need rides so if you are driving and have empty spaces, come and carpool. We have also planned to have a vehicle there that holds 10-12 people available. If you have any questions or just to let us know that you will be needing a ride, please call Marga Huntington, transportation coordinator, at 883-1505 or email her at: mhuntin1@maine.rr.com Re. from the Bath/Brunswick/Topsham area: Folks traveling from Bath/Brunswick/Topsham will meet to carpool to Augusta at the Park &f Ride area in the Topsham Fair Mall at 11 am. We'll caravan to Augusta with signs in our windows. People traveling from the Belfast area will meet at 10:30 AM at the public parking lot on lower Main Street in Belfast, behind Dudley's Diner. See you in Augusta!!!! Back