Florida March for Peace....
3/28, 2pm, ....Melbourne.., ..FL........
Activists Plan to Feed the Hungry and Homeless at Demonstration Site ....
50 Organizations Endorse Demonstration....
..MELBOURNE.. - On Saturday, March 28 Patriots for Peace and Humanists for Peace will lead a mass march calling upon elected officials to demilitarize the budget, bring the troops home from ..Iraq.. and ....Afghanistan...., and to fund human needs including housing, jobs, and healthcare.
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The statewide march is being held in solidarity with national protests on March 21 in ..Washington.. ..DC.. (ANSWER Coalition) and April 4 in ....New York City.... (United for Peace and Justice).
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The march starts at 2pm. Protestors will march from Front Street Park ( ....2205 Front Street.... ) in Melbourne to Melbourne City Hall to hear a variety of speakers and artists from around the state.
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Current march endorsers include national groups such as CodePink, World Can’t Wait, Courrage to Resist; state groups such as The Green Party of Florida and The Florida Socialist Party USA; and multiple chapters of Veterans for Peace (South Florida, Central Florida, ..Gainesville.., and ....Tallahassee....). In total, nearly 50 groups have endorsed the march. Participants plan to caravan from cities including Miami, Tampa, St. Pete, Orlando, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Ft. Myers, Palm Beach, and Broward. (Complete list of endorsers below.)
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The March 28 protest will bring together a variety of activists and their peace and social justice issues. Protestors demand that the Obama administration and ....Florida....’s Senators and Congresspersons:
1. Bring an end to ..U.S... foreign wars in ..Afghanistan.. and ....Iraq....
2. Stop attacks inside ....Pakistan.... – diplomacy not warfare
3. Close all ....U.S..... operated military prisons around the world
4. Utilize diplomacy to relieve tension with ..Iran.. and Latin American nations including ..Cuba.. , ..Bolivia.. , and ....Venezuela....
5. Pressure ....Israel.... to end its occupation of Palestinian territory
6. And reduce military spending in favor of domestic spending on health, infrastructure, education and jobs.
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Organizers say that the issues of militarism, poverty, and racism, which Rev. MLK called the triple evils, are interrelated. As such chapters of Food Not Bombs will serve food to the homeless, foreclosed, needy, and hungry. Food donations will also be collected to assist Food Not Bombs’ effort of providing healthy meals to those in need around ....Florida.........
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For more info contact Jeff Nall at 321-368-5093, sablietde@yahoo.com or Bill Burton at 321-727-1083, wburton444@aol.com Go to www.HumanistsforPeace.com for up to the minute information on the march including info on area accommodations, speakers, post-march party, and new endorsers.
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Endorsers Include:....
v Patriots for Peace (march initiator)....
v Humanists for Peace (march initiator)....
v World Can’t Wait ....
v Courage to Resist ....
v CodePink (national)....
v AfterDowningStreet.org ....
v David Swanson ....
v The Green Party of ....Florida........
v The ..Florida.. Socialist Party ....USA........
v CodePink ....Florida........
v ..Central Florida.. Veterans for Peace....
v St Pete for Peace....
v Rise Up ....Tampa.. ..Bay........
v ..St... Augustine People for Peace and Justice....
v StopWaronIran.org....
v Broward Antiwar ....
v ....Miami.... for Peace....
v ....Tampa.... 911 Truth....
v Veterans for Peace chapter 14, ....Gainesville.... ....
v Veterans for Peace, Chapter 15 ....
v ..South Florida.. Veterans for Peace Chapter 32....
v Progressive Democrats of IRC....
v CODEPINK of East ..Central Florida.. ....
v ..Palm Beach.. ....County.. ..Green.... Party....
v ..Arlington.. South ( ....Naples.. , ..FL.... )....
v ..Vietnam.. Veterans Against the War, ....Tallahassee.... ....
v Humanists of Greater ....Fort Walton Beach.... ....
v Environmental and ....Peace.. ..Education.. ..Center........
v Mark Weaver (progressive blog/radio) ....
v R&B vocalist, Benny S and hip-hop group, Da Tribe....
v Social Concerns Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of ....Key West.... ....
v NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice ....
v ....Miami.... May Day Coalition ....
v Dr. Stephen Blythe, family physician and 2008 Democratic candidate for U.S Congress (FL-15)....
v UninsuredinAmerica.org ....
v ....Marions.... for Peace....
v Jews for Justice ....
v Bail Out the People ....
v ....Tallahassee.... Network for Justice and Peace ....
v The Patriots ....
v Lt. Col. Robert M. Bowman, Ph.D. USAF, ret., Chairman....
v ....St. John.. ..XXIII.. ..Church.... ....
v Refuge Ministries....
v The Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign(....Tampa.. ..Bay.... Chapter)....
v Critical Resistance(....Tampa.. ..Bay.... chapter) ....
v ....Melbourne.... Drum Tribe....
v ....Melbourne.... Food Not Bombs....