Community Vigil for Peace in Gaza
- Join ICPJ and Michigan Peaceworks for a candlelight vigil for a ceasefire in Gaza.
When: Thursday, 1/8/09, 6PM
Where: Corner of Liberty and Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Candles provided. Please bring signs that support a peaceful end to the conflict in Gaza.
How you can help:
- Download the flier and post it at your work, your school, your favorite coffee shop, or wherever you like. Or, better yet, contact Michigan Peaceworks to get a stack of fliers to hang around town.
- Tell your friends! Invite them to come out and join us;
- Volunteer to phone bank to invite others to attend. Contact chuck@icpj.net or call 734-663-1870 for details;
- Help hand out candles at the event. Show up at Michigan Peaceworks, 120 1/2 W. Liberty, at 5:40 on Thursday. Call (734) 761-5922 or email Michigan Peaceworks to sign up.
Statement on the crisis
In the midst of this crisis, Michigan Peaceworks and Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice issue the following statement:
- We mourn all death and deeply want the violence to stop for the sake of the residents of Gaza, Israel, and the world
- We call for an immediate ceasefire, and we encourage our government to press for a ceasefire and a resolution to the conflict
- The only way out of this violence is through a negotiated settlement to the conflict, we call on our government to be a active and honest
broker to promote a just and durable peace agreement - Israel must allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
- We call for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza
- We urge the U.S. to support European Union and other International initiatives to create peace in the entire Middle East
Co-Sponsored by Michigan Peaceworks, Interfaith Council for Peace and
Justice and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/Ann
Arbor/Ypsilanti Chapter.
Take Action
Call on your elected officials: Call your representatives to demand an
immediate ceasefire and an end to the blockade and embargo in Gaza.
- President Bush — (202) 456-1111 (comments@whitehouse.gov)
- President-elect Obama — (202) 540-3000 (http://change.gov/page/content/contact/)
- Senator Levin — (202) 224-6221 (levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm)
- Senator Stabenow — (202) 224-4822 (stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm)
- Representative Dingell — (202) 225-4071 (https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep)
- Representative-elect Schauer — (517) 373-2426 (SenMSchauer@senate.michigan.gov)
- To find your Representative and Senators in Congress, call 202-224-3121.
