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.

Descriptions

• Nationwide March for Peace (Oct. 27): 
  Build Bridges Not Bombs
  As a part of the 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

  
  -  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
  - Screening from September 14 - 20th

• September 22: Imagine Peace Festival on International Day of Peace
  - 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
  - The One Voice Children's Choir will perform prior to screening
  - Film Website: www.sandalwoodproductions.com/peacetree
  - 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.
  - Salt Lake Runs for Darfur website: www.savedarfur.org/page/event/detail/4jvf9
  - Save Darfur Salt Lake website: www.savedarfur.org/page/group/SaltLakeSavesDarfur

• Monthly Letter Writing / Community Building Session
  - DATE CHANGE: now on the 2^nd Monday of each month
  - Will begin again March 2007 at the Salt Lake Roasting Company (320 East 400 South).
  - Objective: to take action through writing letters on behalf of prisoners of conscious.
  - When space allows, we meet on first floor - look for the Amnesty International USA logo (see above right) on the table.