**COUNTDOWN TO ANTI-WEF PROTESTS**
The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition's logistics team in NYC has put together a list of things YOU can do in the last week to help make Feb. 1-2 protests in New York City vs. the World Economic Forum a resounding success! (ALSO: check out the calendar at the bottom of this post listing ANSWER-sponsored NY area events to participate in this coming week. Other events, including those outside NYC are listed at: http://www.internationalanswer.org/calendar/index.html)
1) COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN FOR THE PROTESTS???
Plan for your housing needs NOW. Space is fillng up, so check out our lists of hostels and inexpensive hotels at-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/logistics.html#housing
Plan for group housing by filling out the Housing registration form (deadline
for requests is Sunday, Jan. 27!!!)-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/housingreg-need.html
Register early for the Feb 1 all-day teach in at Community Church-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/teachin-reg.html
Spread the word to other people in your area. Download posters, flyers and
palmcard/stickers-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/download.html
Contact others in your area or volunteer to be a contact for your area-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/contacts.html
Also, contact the folks in New York who are organizing these logistical areas to
let us know if you or your group can help out when you get here:
Puppets/Banners/Signs - email: arts (at) internationalanswer.org">arts (at) internationalanswer.org
Event Setup - email: events (at) internationalanswer.org">events (at) internationalanswer.org
Food - email: antiracist (at) revolutionist.com">antiracist (at) revolutionist.com
Medical - email: med (at) internationalanswer.org">med (at) internationalanswer.org
Legal Observers - email: legal (at) internationalanswer.org">legal (at) internationalanswer.org
Housing - email: antiwefhousing (at) yahoo.com">antiwefhousing (at) yahoo.com
There will be ongoing workshops and
work sessions during the week before the protests. Call (212)633-6646 or email answer (at) afgj.org">answer (at) afgj.org
to find out more!!!
2) ALREADY IN NEW YORK AND WANT TO HELP OUT???
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE consider providing housing for out-of-towners, by filling out the form at-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/housingreg-provide.html
Register early for the Feb 1 all-day teach in at Community Church-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/teachin-reg.html
Spread the word to other people in NYC. Come by the mobilization office (39 w 14
st NY NY) to get leaflets and posters or download posters, flyers and palmcard/stickers-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/anti-wef/download.html
Come to the next (and final) mobilization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 29 @ 6:30 pm,
39 W 14th St, NY NY (near F-train and Union Sq subwy)
Help out during worksessions, making banners and signs, phonebanking, organizing
materials, etc... Call 212-633-6646 or email answer (at) afgj.org for more details!
3) REMEMBER THIS MOBILIZATION DEPENDS ON ALL OF US HELPING OUT TO MAKE IT A BIG
SUCCESS!!!
Give generously of your time! Or if you can't please make a donation to help
cover the costs of all the materials that go into the protests, donate at-
http://www.internationalanswer.org/donate.html
For more info about the events being coordinated by the ANSWER coalition and
lists of other concurrent events that are part of the anti-WEF protests in New
York City, visit http://www.internationalanswer.org
Much solidarity from the The ANSWER logistics team
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ANSWER coalition calendar:
PROTEST THE NYC MEETING OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM!
As part of the week of action against the WEF -- join these activities:
- Saturday, January 26 - The Impact of War on Children, a day-long conference
- Tuesday, January 29 - worksession / last volunteers meeting before Feb. 2
- Wednesday, January 30 - Protest 'Black Hawk Down' (second NY action!)
- Friday, February 1 - 'The People’s Agenda vs. the World Economic Forum' teach-in and evening indoor rally
- Saturday, February 2 - 'The People’s Struggle vs. the World Economic Forum' -- mass rally at 50th St. and Park Ave.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 :
THE IMPACT OF WAR ON CHILDREN
The widening spiral of U.S. military intervention and economic sanctions has had
a devastating impact on the lives and future of children in the Middle East,
Asia, Africa, the Balkans and Latin America. Today, in Iraq and Afghanistan more
than a third of the children are chronically ill and malnourished.
Infrastructures for clean water and health care have been destroyed and schools
are barely functioning. Again and again U.S.-sponsored wars have targeted vital
civilian infrastructure.
Saturday, January 26
The United Nations Church Center
777 UN Plaza (44 St. & First Ave.) NYC
11 am - 4 pm Speakers and Panels
10 am Refreshments and Exhibit of Iraqi Children’s Art
An international panel of women authors, poets and human rights activists will examine the human consequences of these continuing U.S. wars.
SPEAKERS:
- Rosalie Bertell, recipient of the International Peace Bureau Sean MacBride
Peace Award
- Mary Diaz, Ex. Dir. of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
- Jennifer Klot, UNIFEM, Senior Governance Advisor at the UN Development Fund
for Women
- Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center
- Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia
- Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness
- Kindra Dunbar, Activist for US Children of Poverty
- Samia Halaby, Palestinian Artist & NY/NJ Al Awda Palestine Right of Return
Coalition
- Barbara Nimri Aziz, journalist and radio commentator on the Middle East
- Asha Samad Matias, Dir. of Women’s Studies & Prof. of African Studies,
City College of NY
- Nadia Ahmad, Natl. Director of Students for International Peace and Justice
- Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission/Congress for Korean Reunification
- Lenora Foerstel, author and North American Coordinator for Women for Mutual
Security
- Debbie Daniels, Doctors for Global Health
- Jennifer Wager, IFCO/Pastors for Peace
- Gloria Quinones, Todo el Barrio con Vieques
Hear updates and action plans for protests vs. World Economic Forum Feb. 1-2,
New York City
Iraqi children’s art exhibit A Friendly Bond - A Joyful Connection A
child-to-child art exchange - 45 pieces of Iraqi childrens art 5,000 Iraqi
children die each month from U.S. sanctions.
Introduced by: Claudia Lefko & Kathleen Winkworth, organizers of Iraqi
children art exhibition.
For information, call 410-730-7483 or 212-633-6646, or see www.iacenter.org
Program Organizers: Women for Mutual Security and the International Action
Center; Sponsors: Women Strike for Peace, Al Awada Palestine Right of Return
Coalition, Voices in the Wilderness, Students for International Peace &
Justice, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Congress for Korean Reunification, Doctors for
Global Health, Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia. (Special thanks to
General Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church, particularly to
Elizabeth Calvin, for the funds that made this program possible.)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29
Hear final updates about the Feb. 1 teach-in and Feb. 2 protest against the
World Economic Forum & help make signs, banners and more!
@ 7 pm
39 W. 14th St., Room 206, NYC
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 : SECOND NY PROTESTS AGAINST "BLACK HAWK DOWN" -
No new war in Somalia!
Wednesday, January 30 @ 6 pm
Union Square Theater: 13th St. and Broadway, NYC
This movie is a blatantly racist attempt to create support among the U.S. public
for a new war against Somalia. According to the Bush Administration, Somalia is
at the top of the Pentagon's list of countries to be the next major target of
the so-called "war against terrorism."
In his review of "Black Hawk Down," New York Times movie reviewer
Elvis Mitchell wrote that the movie "converts the Somalis into a pack of
snarling dark-skinned beasts … it reeks of glumly staged racism."
All those who believe in justice for the people of the world must take a stand
against U.S. threats against Somalia, Sudan, the Philippines, Iraq
Called by NY A.N.S.W.E.R.
Call 212-633-6646 or email ANSWER (at) afgj.org for info.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
See http://www.internationalanswer.org
for information about February 1 teach-in and mass indoor rally and the February
2 mass PERMITTED protest at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
ALSO: please take a moment to check out all the other events, including those
outside NYC that are listed here: http://www.internationalanswer.org/calendar/index.html
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