Last updated: 8:30 PM EST, 20 Mar 2003
"Action" means you might get arrested; "protest" means you probably won't.
More information: youth_pawr@yahoo.com
ACTION: 7:30a, 4th & Arch Streets [map]. Civil disobedience at the Federal Building; meet at Arch Street Meetinghouse to proceed to 6th & Market Streets [map]. Sponsored by the Iraq Pledge of Resistance; brandywine@juno.com or 610.544.1818.
PROTEST: 7:30a, 6th & Market Streets [map]. Support civil disobedience at the Federal Building; gather on the sidewalk across the street from the building to ensure that you aren't arrested. Sponsored by the Iraq Pledge of Resistance; brandywine@juno.com or 610.544.1818.
PROTEST: 10:00a, City Hall (15th & Market Streets) [map] (Room #696). Support a resolution repealing the USA-PATRIOT Act in Philadelphia by creating a "civil liberties safe zone." Sponsored by Unite for Peace and others; uniteforpeace@afsc.org or 215.241.7003.
PROTEST: 12:00p, City Hall [map]. Vigil for peace. Sponsored by Brandywine Peace Community; brandywine@juno.com or 610.544.1818.
PROTEST: 4:00p, City Hall [map]. Student demonstration. Sponsored by Not In Our Name; philly4nion@yahoo.com.
ACTION: 4:00p, City Hall [map]. Bikes for peace take the streets. Sponsored by Critical Mass.
PROTEST: 4:30p, City Hall [map]. "Loud and disruptive" demonstration against the war. Sponsored by Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network; info@phillyprawn.net or 215.701.7341
PROTEST: 4:30p, 6th & Market Streets [map]. Rally at the Federal Building against the war. Sponsored by Philadelphia ANSWER; philanswer@hotmail.com or 215.724.1618.
PROTEST: 7:00p, City Hall [map]. A candlelight vigil will proceed to 6th & Race Streets in a funeral procession in acknowledgement of lives to be lost and to support those arrested in the Iraq Pledge of Resistance. Sponsored by Not In Our Name; philly4nion@yahoo.com.
PROTEST: 12:00p, 1600 Callowhill Street [map]. Protest INS special registrations; wear a blue triangle in solidarity with Arab, Muslim and South Asian immigrants who are being targeted. Sponsored by Refuse & Resist; phillyrnr@hotmail.com or 215.552.8548.
PROTEST: 12:00p, City Hall [map]. High school and college student walkout converging at noon. Sponsored by Not In Our Name; philly4nion@yahoo.com.
ACTION: 4:00p, City Hall ("The Clothespin") [map]. Protest the war; demand peace through social and economic justice; reparations and liberation for African, Arab and all oppressed peoples. Sponsored by the Uhuru Movement; uhuru99@critpath.org or 215.724.3535.
ACTION: 5:00p, Market East Station (12th & Market Streets). Traffic-blocking direct action. Contact for further information. Organized by Why War?; mlouisr1@swarthmore.edu or 610.742.4417.
PROTEST: 5:30p, Independence Mall (5th & Market Streets) [map]. Rush hour rally at the Liberty Bell; bring a candle or drum or whatever form of protest enlivens you; plenty of signs available. Organized by various citizens; lpearthree@comcast.net or 215.238.1860.
We're a coalition of high school, college, and university students organizing against war in Iraq. We're planning a day of student networking, learning, and brainstorming on the war on April 5 — e-mail activation2003@riseup.net for more information. Our planning meetings are every Tuesday at 6:30 at the Friends Center (15th and Cherry Streets [map] in Center City Philadelphia, just a few blocks north of 15th Street/Suburban Station). All youth activists are invited to attend.