Join Our Local Troops Home Fast Vigil outside Feinstein's Office!

Join the SF Troops Home Fast outside Sen. Feinstein's office this week from 8 am to
8 pm at the corner of Post and Market!

Culminating Ceremony
Wed Night at 5 pm.

July 10, 2006

Troops Home Fast in San Francisco is on!!

We are fasting outside Senator Dianne Feinstein's office in downtown SF for one
week, and we continue our fast from 8 am to 8 pm today, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Our
fast will culminate with a ceremony on Wednesday evening at 5 pm in front of Senator
Feinstein's office at One Post and Market.

Troops Home FastTomorrow will be the 7th day of fasting for our sisters in DC, and
for some of us here in SF. Last week on Wednesday night we started a week-long
rolling fast outside the new home of our Senator, Dianne Feinstein, in Pacific
Heights. We camped out in the public garden that affronts Feinstein's new mansion
and early the next morning we moved the fast in front of Feinstein's office where we
have maintained a strong, steady energy of encouragement for our Senator or her aide
to speak with us. The fast has continued for the past four days. On Saturday, our
fast spread to Davis, and a group will be fasting outside our state capitol in
Sacramento every day this week.

If you are in the North Bay, you can join Leslie (leslieangeline [at] yahoo.com)
Monday-Wednesday from 8-10 am in Santa Rosa (1101 College Avenue) to fast outside
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey's office in support of her work to bring our troops home
and urging other elected officials to do the same.

FeinsteinWhy Dianne: We have voiced a daily invitation for the Senator to hear our
concerns of the current occupation in Iraq and the number of deaths that are taking
their toll on our hearts daily. We have yet to hear from her in spite of numerous
phone calls made daily. Two weeks ago, our senator stated, ?The time has come for a
phased redeployment to finally begin. In my view, an open-ended commitment is no
longer sustainable in Iraq.? We are eager for Feinstein?s actions to support her
verbal support for demobilization of the troops. We acknowledge Feinstein?s voting
record, which shows again and again her support for the war, most recently when she
voted against Kerry?s bill for troop withdrawal, and we urge her to change this
pattern and start voting for peace.

Culminating Ceremony: On Wednesday, July 12, at 5 pm outside Feinstein's office we
conclude this portion of events with a ceremony with music by Augusta Lee Collins.
Our guest speakers will include Nadia McCaffrey, A Gold Star Mother whose son was
killed in Iraq; Barbara Becnel, who campaigned for Governor of California; Eli
Painted Crow, a Native American soldier who served in Iraq with 22 years in
military; Fred Jackson, a Vietnam Veteran and; and Sureya Sayadi, a Kurdish Iraqi
mother whose family currently resides in Iraq.

FastersContact us at (415) 994-1723 or codepinkbayarea [at] riseup.net with questions, to
let us know that you'll be joining us for a specific time at our fast vigil, or to
volunteer to help with the action coordinating for Wednesday night. Please visit
http://www.troopshomefast.org for tips on fasting, a list of our demands, and updates from
the DC and other national fasts. This a rolling fast, so please don't think you need
to be involved for the entire time to make an impact. Show up for as long as you are
able. We've had lots of press coverage so far, and our action Wednesday night
promises to garner further public attention.

Hope to see you soon!

Hungry for peace,

CODEPINK Bay Area

Local endorsers include:
Immigrant rights lawyer and organizer, Renee Saucedo; Performer & Musician,
Francisco Herrera; Father Louie Vitale; Will Durst, Political comic, columnist and
talk show host; Colonel Ann Wright; Iraq veteran Geoffrey Millard; former CIA
analyst Ray McGovern; Lt. Ehren Watada, Iraq war refuser; San Francisco Public
Defender Jeff Adachi; San Francisco City Supervisors Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi;
Veterans for Peace Chapter 69; American Muslim Voice; Queers for Peace and Justice;
Bay Natives for Peace; Oakland Community Action Network; and more!

We need your help to make the Troops Home Fast a meaningful and effective action!

With your help, the Troops Home Fast will be an effective nonviolent resistance
action that will galvanize public support--and make legislators take action--to stop
the war in Iraq!

Declare Independence from War every day this month: Please continue to support the
ongoing Troops Home Fast by joining the SF Troops Home Fast vigil.

Voters for Peace Campaign: Build the peace movement by gathering signatures on the
Voters for Peace Pledge. Click here to download a printable Voters for Peace sign up
sheet. Collect signatures, mail them to our office, and grow our peace activist
list!

Contact Us: If you have questions or ideas about the Troops Home Fast, let us know!
Call or email us at (415) 994-1723 or rae [at] codepinkalert.org.

P.S. In mid-August, the Troops Home Fast will follow Bush to his vacation ranch in
Crawford, Texas where we'll create Camp Casey. Join us at Camp Casey in August!
After Camp Casey, join us at the first ever National CODEPINK Women's Retreat which
will be held August 24-27 at the Crossings in Austin, Texas. Find out all about the
retreat by clicking here. Outstanding trainers and facilitators include Cindy
Sheehan, Anne Lamott, Diane Wilson, Nina Utne, Eisha Mason, Rhiannon, Ann Wright,
and Rachel Bagby. Together we can make this a powerful summer of resistance!