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Summary
October
- October 8, 6:30 pm:
Letter Writing
@ SLC Roasting Co. - October 27, 11 am:
Nationwide
March
for Peace
@ UT State Capital.
November
- November
4, 3 pm:
Save Darfur
Candlelight Vigil
@ Gallivan Plaza
- November 12, 6:30 pm:
Letter Writing
@ SLC Roasting Co.
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Descriptions
 Nationwide March for Peace
(Oct. 27):
Build
Bridges Not Bombs
As a
part of the United
for Peace & Justice's National
Mobilization to End the War in Iraq
, join a plethora of social justice groups from
Idaho, Montana,
Colorado, and Utah who will unite in Salt Lake City on Oct. 27
and join
thousands of others marching for peace in cities around the United
States: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco,
Seattle.Join hundreds of others coming in from Idaoh, Montana, Colorado
and the thousands of others marching for peace in cities around the
United States
-Where:
Starts at Utah State Capital, then marches down the hill to Washington
Square
- When: 11am
- 3pm:
- 11am rally at UT State Capital
- 12pm
march to Washington Square
- 1pm rally at City County
Building at Washington Square
- For more info on
what is shaping up to be an
historic democratic activist event: read the photo attachment
"BridgesNotBombs-Oct27.jpg" or visit
www.oct27.org
- The
event will be filled with Music, Poetry, and speakers, including:
- Iraq
war veteran
- SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson
- Idaho
Peace Coalition
- Mormons for Equality and Social
Justice
- Military Families Speak Out
- Save Darfur Candlelight Vigil (Nov. 4):
To
remind China of its responsibilities, Dream for Darfur launched its own
Olympic torch relay starting in Chad. The torch will tour the world,
including the U.S., until it reaches China in December. The torch
will pass through Salt Lake City on November 4, 2007, in a highly
symbolic visit which will be commemorated with a candlelight vigil
hosted by Salt Lake Saves Darfur at the Gallivan Olympic Center. Please
join us -- listen to local luminaries, light a candle, and take a stand
against genocide.
- Where: Gallivan Plaza, SLC, UT
- When: 3 - 4 pm
- More Event Info:
www.savedarfur.org/page/group/SaltLakeSavesDarfur
 Film: The Devil Came on Horseback
- First-hand
account of the Darfur genocide
- Film Screening at
the Tower Theater
(876 East 900 South), for screening times
visit www.saltlakefilmsociety.org
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Screening from September 14 - 20th- September 22: Imagine Peace Festival
on International Day of Peace
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Festival time: 12 - 6 pm; includes film screening of The Peace Tree at
City Library Auditorium at 12 PM, presented by SLC Film
Center: www.slcfilmcenter.org/?id=98
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The One Voice Children's Choir will perform prior to screening
- Film
Website: www.sandalwoodproductions.com/peacetree
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International Day of
Peace website: www.internationaldayofpeace.org - Salt Lake Runs for Darfur -
Olympic Torch Relay
- To
draw attention to the world to the human atrocity ongoing in
Darfur, Sudan and to China's role in fueling it, come run with Save Darfur and
local and national celebrities carrying the Olympic flame.
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Salt Lake Runs for Darfur website: www.savedarfur.org/page/event/detail/4jvf9
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Save Darfur Salt Lake website: www.savedarfur.org/page/group/SaltLakeSavesDarfur - Monthly
Letter Writing / Community Building Session
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DATE CHANGE:
now on the 2nd Monday of each month
- Will begin again March 2007 at the Salt Lake Roasting Company
(320 East 400 South).
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Objective:
to take action through writing letters on behalf of prisoners of
conscious.
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When
space allows, we meet on first floor - look for the Amnesty
International USA logo (see above right) on the table.
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Amnesty
International-Utah 