Philly Plans 5th Anniversary Peace Event Near Sen. Specter's Home, 3/16/08, 2-4 PM

Mark your calendar and save the afternoon! A coalition of anti-war activists plans to peacefully assemble on March 16, 2008 from 2 PM to 4 PM near Senator Arlen Specter's home on West Schoolhouse Lane (between Henry Avenue and Gypsy Lane) in East Falls, Philadelphia PA 19129.

On the fifth anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, 24 peace groups (including Northwest Greens) will demonstrate. They want Specter to author a bill that will cut off funding, except what is needed to withdraw our troops safely.

The endorsing organizations are:

• Brandywine Peace Community,
• Bucks for Progress,
• Catholic Peace Fellowship,
• Chester County Peace Movement,
• Code Pink Philadelphia,
• Communist Party of Eastern PA and DE,
• Delaware Valley Veterans for America,
• Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia,
• Green Party of Montgomery County,
• Green Party of Philadelphia,
• Military Families Speak Out,
• Northwest Greens,
• Northwest Peace and Justice Movement,
• Northwest Peace Coalition,
• Peace Action of Delaware Valley,
• Philadelphia Buddhist Peace Fellowship,
• Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network (PRAWN),
• Philadelphia War Resisters League,
• Physicians for Social Responsibility,
• Saint Vincent's Peace and Justice Ministry,
• Suburban Philadelphia Greens,
• Turn Around America,
• Veterans for Peace Chapter 31, and
• Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (Philadelphia Branch)

For more information, please contact nwgreens@yahoo.com or 215-843-4256.