Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:42:54 EST
From: freemanaz@aol.com
Subject: [azpeace] Florida Peace Rally press release
To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com
Cc: azpeace@home.com
Reply-To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Concerned Floridians to Hold Statewide Peace Rally at MacDill AFB

What: Peace Rally
When: Saturday, January 19th, 1:00pm
Where: Gasden Park, adjacent to MacDill AFB, Tampa
Contact: Sandy Thompson, (727) 698-3092, media@macdillpeacerally.org

On Saturday, January 19th, 2002, the newly formed Florida Alliance for
Peace and Social Justice will hold a Peace Rally, beginning at 1pm at
Gasden Park, adjacent to MacDill Air Force Base. MacDill is the U.S.
Central Command Headquarters for the war in Afghanistan, as well as for
all present and presumed impending U.S. military operations throughout
Central Asia, the Middle East and much of Africa.

A broad spectrum of individuals and organizations throughout Florida
have formed the Florida Alliance for Peace and Social Justice in order
to raise public awareness of, and opposition to, the Bush
administration's war in Afghanistan and the dismantling of civil
liberties with the U.S. The groups, listed below, operate upon the
following principles of unity:
1) Support peace; oppose war,
2) Support social justice in the U.S. and around the world,
3) Support civil liberties, oppose racial and religious attacks and
bigotry,
4) Support the universal human rights of all people,
5) Oppose all forms of terrorism,
6) Respect the ideological and political beliefs of the members within
the alliance, and
7) Conduct Alliance activities in adherence with the principles of
non-violence.

The Florida Alliance for Peace and Social Justice was formed in December
of 2001 in order to organize the January 19th, 2002 Peace Rally at
MacDill AFB. It is currently made up of organizations including the
Florida American Indian Movement, the Tampa Bay Area-based Coalition for
Peace and Social Justice, the state-wide Florida Coalition for Peace and
Justice, the International Pople's Democratic Uhuru Movement,
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Umbrella for Justice
(PB County), Reality News Network, the Broward Anti War Coalition, and
the Student/Farmworkers Alliance. Participants involved in organizing
the MacDill Peace Rally also include members of the Quakers, the Green
Party, the National Coalition Building Institute, Soulforce and Gulf
Coast Women in Black.

The group has launched a web site to assist those interested in
supporting the mobilization, at www.macdillpeacerally.org

For more information, contact the Florida Alliance for Peace and Social
Justice at (727) 826-6960.


FORWARDED BY:







Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP)
PMB 297,  177 U.S. Hwy #1,  Tequesta, FL  33469
800-973-6548    < http://www.cuadp.org >    <abe@cuadp.org>




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