Friday A4 SF INTERFAITH SERVICE and CD at SF FEDERAL BUILDING

from David Hartsough:

Dear Friends,
I would like to invite you to join me at the Interfaith Worship service at
the Federal Building in San Francisco Friday morning at 9am followed by
Civil Disobedience for those whose Spirit leads them to do so. We must
continue resisting this horrendous, immoral and illegal war as we work to
help create a positive alternative, the Nonviolent Peaceforce. A flyer
about the Witness is attached. Please invite your friends and spread the
word with others. For those of you who would like to see some of the first
hand reports from members of the Iraq Peace Team in Iraq, see their website
http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org
Keep Hope Alive!

Hope to see you Friday.
Peace,
David

> Last Friday's Interfaith service at the Federal Building was a rousing
> success!
> Over 250 came for a service of wide-ranging backgrounds, 83 were moved to
> get "arrested" although charges were abruptly dropped a couple of hours
> later.
> And many joined with the Muslim prayers later at noon. And, of course,
> many
> of you picked up on the varied media coverage. To all of you who come:
> Thanks.
>
> THE INTERFAITH SERVICE SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME A WEEKLY EVENT.
> Please help us to circulate this announcement and get the word out.
> Following are an announcement formatted for email and an attachment in
> word
> that will give you a flyer to send and give out. The theme is,
> understandably:
> a commemoration of the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther
> King, Jr.
> There will be no training session this week.
> It will start at 9 AM at the Federal Building with (optional) CD at 10.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: the day and hour may be changed beginning next week so stay
> in touch! We are trying to make space for the Muslim and other
> communities.
> ...a
> . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE ...
> TO MOURN THE WAR & LOSS OF LIFE
> COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,
> Jr.
>
> at the SF FEDERAL BUILDING
> 450 Golden Gate Avenue
> FRIDAY, APRIL 4th 9-10 am
> (those who are moved to do so will participate in civil
> disobedience at 10)
>
> SPONSORS: American Friends Service Committee, Bay Area United for Peace
> and Justice, Buddhist
> Peace Fellowship, EPI/CALC, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Franciscan
> Affinity Group, Interfaith Witness
> for Peace in the Middle East, Jewish Voice for Peace, Tikkun Community,
> United Muslims of America.
>
THe nonviolent guidelines for the vigil and witness are:

1) Our attitude will be one of openness and respect toward all we
encounter in our actions.
2) We will use no violence, verbal or physical, toward any person.
3) We will not destroy or damage any property.
4) We will carry no weapons.
5) We will not bring any drugs or alcohol, other than for medicinal
purposes.
6) We will not run or resist arrest; we will remain accountable for our
actions as a means of furthering our witness to the injustice of this
war.
for information: (415) 565-0201 or mepeacesf [at] afsc.org
....................... please join with us


Peaceworkers/Nonviolent Peaceforce
721 Shrader St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 751-0302
peaceworkers [at] igc.org
See our proposal, list of international endorsers, and updates at
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.

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Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of humankind.
--
M.K. Gandhi