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DESCRIPTION:Join us on the biggest shopping day before Christmas at Union Square to 
 Protest the Occupation of Palestine. Wear Black. Bring a drum if you have 
 one.\n\nTo all Bay Area Women in Black,\n\nBay Area Women in Black will 
 hold our fourth annual silent walking \nvigil on Friday, November 26, the 
 busiest shopping day of the year, at \nnoon at Union Square in San 
 Francisco.\n\nWe will assemble at the Bank of America across from the 
 Powell Street \nBART station at 11:50, then walk single file and silently 
 for about an \nhour along a designated route. Please come dressed entirely 
 in black. \nIn case of rain, please bring a black umbrella. Instruments and 
 signs\nwill be provided.\n\nWe need your help. As we assess the dangerous 
 consequences of this \ndisastrous election, we want to expand our outreach 
 so that our vigil \ncan be as large as possible. Please help us get the 
 turnout necessary \nto register a strong protest and raise public 
 consciousness. Each of us \ncan resist this turn towards an imperial 
 presidency and a war-- a war \nnot against terrorism but against dissent, 
 by enacting both small and \nlarge acts of conscience.\n\nWe are living in 
 an historic time, perhaps the most ominous period of \nour lives. This is a 
 moment where both history and the future call us \nto act with insistence, 
 with compassion and with courage. It is \ncritical that we persevere even 
 when it is easy to become disheartened \nby the war-driven trajectory of 
 the American government. This is a time \nto settle in for the long haul, 
 to persist in making the voices of \nreason heard and to coalesce in 
 community building.\n\nPlease let us know if you are willing and able to 
 place flyers in your \nlocal cafes, bookstores, etc., in your neighborhood 
 and elsewhere. We\nare not able to advertise (too expensive), but we can 
 have thousands of \nflyers out there if you are willing to help. We always 
 need help \ntransporting and returning the puppets and signs from the East 
 Bay, as \nwell as spreading the word about our work to your friends, 
 colleagues \nand neighbors. If there are newsletters at your place of that 
 work or \nin your community organizations, please put our notice of the 
 vigil so \nit reaches a wide and broad network of people. Further, if there 
 are \nemail lists that you use in your political or community organizing, 
 \nplease consider allowing us one time use to give individuals the chance 
 \nto sign onto our list after that first contact and incorporate them 
 \ninto our now nearly 1000 names.\n\nWe are also looking for women 
 drummers. All that is needed is that you \nbring a drum and hold a simple 
 beat with the other drummers. We want to \nmobilize our broad support base 
 and expand our numbers, our efforts and \nour impact.  Please help! In 
 these perilous times, we feel that taking \naction is crucial. Everyone is 
 welcome. Please join us.\n\nThank you.\n\nBay Area Women in Black\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/19/52423.php
SUMMARY:Bay Area Women in Black Union Square Vigil
LOCATION:Union Square
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/19/52423.php
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