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The Defenders provide this Web page as a courtesy to the Virginia
Anti-War Network.
The Virginia
Anti-War Network (VAWN)
... is a statewide alliance
of 22 anti-war, community and labor organizations, plus many individual activists. Founded on Jan. 8, 2005, VAWN is dedicated
to supporting the right of all oppressed peoples to self-determination, as well as uniting the movement against U.S. wars and interventions with the struggles for
justice here at home.
If you agree with our Principles
of Unity (The Green Sheet) and would like to work to make them a reality, we invite
you to join us. Together, we can make this a better world for all its peoples.
"IRAN: STOPPING THE NEXT
WAR BEFORE IT STARTS"
The 20th anniversary of the
day the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian civilian airbus in the Persian Gulf, killing nearly 300 men, women and children.
We will rededicate ourselves to working to prevent any U.S. military attack or sanctions against Iran. Presentation - A group-reading of a letter written to Capt. Will Rogers
of the USS Vincennes by Capt. Habib Ahmadzadeh of the Iranian Navy on the 10th anniversary of the Iran airbus disaster. Members
of the People’s Peace Delegation to Iran met Capt. Ahmadzadeh during our journey to Iran. He asked us to share his letter
with the people of the United States, in the hope that it would lead to a world in peace, not war. Video:
‘BAM 6.6’ — In 2003, a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 leveled
the southern Iranian city of Bam, killiing more than 30,000 people. "Bam 6.6" explores the aftermath of this disaster through
the story of two California tourists, one of whom is Jewish. The film strips away cultural and religious differences to provide
a glimpse of the deep humanity of the Iranian people. Introduced by Rostam Pourzal, U.S. President, CASMII.
7 p.m., Asbury United Methodist
Church, 324 N. 29th St.
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THE PEOPLE'S PEACE DELEGATION
TO IRAN
Co-sponsored by the Virginia
Anti-War Network &
The Richmond Defender
newspaper
July 20-30, 2007
Tehran - Shiraz - Yazd
- Esfahan - Qom
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Bring the Troops
Home Now!
Money for Jobs & Education,
not for Wars & Occupations!
Wednesday,
March 19
5th Anniversary
of the
U.S.-led Invasion
& Occupation of Iraq
At its Jan. 20
Steering Committee meeting, VAWN members and affiliates decided to hold a Protest and Public Forum in Richmond
to mark the 5th anniversary
of the war in Iraq.
VIGIL: 5:30 p.m., Broad
Street side of Richmond City Hall - Sponsored by the Virginia Anti-War Network and Richmond Peace Education Center
PUBLIC FORUM:
7:00 p.m., Asbury United Methodist Church, 324 N. 29th St. in the Church Hill neighborhood of East Richmond - Sponsored by
the Virginia Anti-War Network
"Stop the War at Home and Abroad: How Our Struggles Here at Home are Affected by the War"
Featuring a panel of community and labor activists:
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LILLIE BRANCH-KENNEDY - Founder & Director, Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
(R.I.H.D.), a Richmond-based prisoner advocacy organization;
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JOANNE DAVIS - City Worker & Union Organizer with the Petersburg City Employees Association - UE Local 160;
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DIEYAH RASHEED - Richmond-based Community Organizer with the Defenders for Freedom, Justice
& Equality;
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SIMIN ROYANIAN - Former Union Official & Co-founder of Women for Peace & Justice in
Iran (Fairfax);
and
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TERECITA JACINTO – Member of immigrant rights organization Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Prince William County).
The Public Forum is free.
Children are welcome and the church is wheelchair-accessible.
For more information, please e-mail
the VIRGINIA ANTI-WAR NETWORK (VAWN) at VAWN@mattaponi.com or call (804)
644-5834 (phone contact is for this meeting only). Also, log onto: www.vawn.org.
download Mar. 19 event flier
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| Carlos Arredondo with his mobile shrine to his son, Lt. Alexander Arredondo, Richmond VA, 7/21/07. |
Cindy Sheehan Impeachment Caravan in Richmond
Carlos Arredondo, who lost his oldest
son to a sniper in Iraq, peers through the window of his mobile shrine to his son - a pick-up truck outfitted with a flag-draped
coffin, his son's military portrait, his boots and dogtags, as well as a waffle (his son's favorite food) and a small pile
of stones, representing the power of the small and determined over the large and seemingly inconquerable. Mr. Arredondo was
traveling with the Cindy Sheehan impeachment caravan which stopped in Richmond Va on July 21, 2007.
Click here to read an analysis of the counter-demonstration at the March 17, 2007, March on the Pentagon.
VAWN takes a stand against U.S.-Israeli aggression in Lebanon -- click here for flier for Aug. 12 march in D.C.
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Sep. 24, 2005 March & Rally in DC
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Organizations
that have formally affiliated with VAWN
Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice
Black Campus Progressives (Hampton University)
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) Charlottesville Center
for Peace & Justice
Coalition for Justice (Blacksburg)
Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality (Richmond)
Green Party of Virginia
Hampton Roads Indy Media Coalition
Hampton Roads Peace & Justice Coalition
Little Flower Catholic Worker (Louisa
County)
New River Independent Business Association (Blacksburg)
Pax Christi - Richmond
The People United
Plowshare Peace Center (Roanoke)
Prosser-Truth Division #456 UNIA-ACL (Richmond)
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged (R.I.H.D.) (Richmond)
Richmond Food Not Bombs
Richmond Independent Media Center
Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project
Tidewater Peace Alliance
United Electrical Workers Union Local 160 (statewide)
United Parents Against Lead National, Inc. (Richmond based)
VAWN Steering Committee Members
Junaid Ahmad, Hampton Roads Amnesty International, Yorktown *
Seamus Allman, Twin Oaks Community, Louisa *
Margaret Breslau, Blacksburg Indy Business Association, Blacksburg
Rain Burroughs, Richmond Green Party, Code Pink * Gary Sandman, Plowshare Peace Center, Roanoke Thomas
Cleary, Pax Christi Richmond, Chesterfield County
Ana Edwards, Chair, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, Defenders
for Freedom, Justice & Equality, Richmond
Muna Hijazi, Richmond Independent Media Center, Richmond
Jonathan Hutto, Appeal For Redress, Norfolk
Ruth Kaufman, Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice, Staunton
Jen Lawhorne, Richmond Independent Media Center, Richmond
Allen Layman, President, UE Local 160 and Western State Hospital Chapter, Staunton
Linda Lisanti, Code Pink: Women for Peace *; Charlottesville Center for Peace & Justice
Tyla
Matteson, Board Member, Richmond Peace Education Center *; Conservation Chair, Virginia
Chapter of the Sierra Club, Richmond *
Marian Mollin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg *
Tom Palumbo, Veterans for Peace *, WildGrassroots Collective/RegimeChanger.com, Norfolk *
Rostam Pourzal, U.S President, Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention
in Iran (CASMII)
Jerry Tenney
Representative, Prosser-Truth Division #456 UNIA-ACL, Richmond
Garrie Rouse, Unitarians for Peace and Justice, Aylett *
George Waksmunski, Organizer, UE Local 160, Waynesboro
Phil Wilayto, Editor, The Richmond Defender
Ann Williams, Hampton Roads Indy Media Coalition, Hampton Roads Peace &
Justice Coalition, Virginia Beach
* Organization listed for identification purposes only
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