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Program
| Opening
Rally | The
March | Reflecting
on War | Closing
Rally
The March 20th, 2004
San Jose March & Rally to
End the Occupation of Iraq!
Program
THE
PROGRAM
| |
The
Opening Rally |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Recorded
music |
| 12:30-12:40 |
Live
music - Clx 2 (hip hop) |
| 12:40-12:45 |
Shishir
Thadani, South Bay Mobilization |
| 12:45-12:49 |
Paul
George, Peninsula Peace & Justice Center |
| 12:49-12:53 |
Phaedra
Ellis-Lamkins, South Bay Central Labor Council |
| 12:53-12:57 |
Fred
Hirsch, Laborer's Union |
| 12:58-
1:06 |
Raul
Cabrera, Comite Cesar Chavez |
| 1:09-
1:15 |
Students
for Justice, Californians for Justice,
and Bagong Bayan (introduced by Raj) |
| 1:15-
1:20 |
Raj
Jayadev, Silicon Valley DeBug (speech plus march logistics) |
1:30- 2:30
|
The March
|
|
The Closing
Rally
|
| 2:30-
2:45 |
Live
music - Somos (Latin, start playing when first
marchers start to arrive back at the park) |
| 2:45-
2:48 |
Scott
Wagers, Community Homeless Alliance Ministry |
| 2:54-
3:04 |
As'ad
AbuKhalil, Prof., Cal State Stanislaus, Angry Arab,
author |
| 3:04-
3:09 |
Pierre
Labossiere, Haiti Action Center |
| 2:48-
2:50 |
Samina
Faheem, American Muslim Voice |
| 2:50-
2:54 |
Riva
Enteen, National Lawyers Guild, Pacifica Radio Board |
| 3:06-
3:09 |
Steve
Patt, South Bay Mobilization (fund raising) |
| 3:09-
3:14 |
Maad
Abu-Ghazalah, Palestinian-American Peace Activist |
| 3:17-
3:22 |
Ofer
Shorr, Israeli Refusenik |
| 3:28-
3:30 |
Shishir
Thadani, South Bay Mobilization (wrap up, next event) |
| 3:45-
4:00 |
Live
music - Somos |
SPEAKERS (Alphabetical listing)
Maad
Abu-Ghazalah
Palestinian-American peace activist. Ran for U.S. Congress
twice against
war hawk Tom Lantos on a platform of preventing the invasion
of Iraq,
then of ending the occupation of Iraq. (www.maad4congress.org)
Former President of the ADC-Bay Area (American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee) (www.adcsf.org)
Prof.
As'ad AbuKhalil
Professor of Political Science, Cal State University, Stanislaus
Visiting professor, U.C. Berkeley
Author:
Saudi Arabia and the U.S.: The Tale of the Good Taliban
Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism"
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon
Numerous chapters and articles
Media Appearances:
Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein, CNN, Newshour,
Politically Incorrect, Al Jazeera
Daily blog: The Angry Arab News Service
http://angryarab.blogspot.com
Bagong
Bayan
Filipino organization
Raul
Cabrera
Comité Cesar Chavez
Californians
for Justice
(www.caljustice.org)
Phaedra
Ellis-Lamkins
Executive Director, South Bay Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
(www.atwork.org)
Riva
Enteen
National Lawyers Guild (www.nlg.org/sf)
Local Board Member, KPFA Radio (www.kpfa.org)
Samina
Faheem
Executive Director of the American Muslim Voice (www.amuslimvoice.org)
Member of the steering committee of the Blue Triangle Network
(organization formed to stop repression against Muslim,
Arab, and
South Asian Immigrants - www.bluetriangle.org)
Paul
George
Executive Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
(www.peaceandjustice.org)
Founding member of the National Network to End the War Against
Iraq
A leading Bay Area figure in the movement to lift economic
sanctions
against Iraq as well as the protests against the Gulf War
and the
most recent war.
Fred
Hirsch
Vice-President, Plumbers and Fitters Local 393
(www.sbaypipe.org/local393/)
Co-founder, South Bay Labor for Peace & Justice
(http://www.southbaylaborforpeace.org)
Delegate to the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council
Long time San Jose activist in the labor movement and in
the community
against racism, for international labor solidarity, and
for peace.
Raj
Jayadev
Silicon Valley De-Bug (http://www.siliconvalleydebug.com/)
Pierre
Labossiere
Director, Haiti Action Center (www.haitiaction.net)
Ofer
Shorr
Israeli Refusenik
Students
for Justice
(www.studentsforjustice.net)
Shisir
Thadani
South Bay Mobilization (www.southbaymobilization.org)
Scott
Wagers
Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (www.cham-ministry.org)
Plus
live music from...
Somos (www.somosmusic.com)
CLX2 (www.clx2.com)
