[antiwar-van] *WEDNESDAY* MAWO General Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Actions

[Kira Koshelanyk]

* Please Forward Widely *
 
Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
Tuesday March 3rd, 2009
Vancouver, BC
 
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ACTIONS ORGANIZED BY MAWO
 
* * If you are interested in the Saturday February 28 MAWO/ICAW rally in Vancouver, click this link to see the international media coverage.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=87139&sectionid=3510301 
 
((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY March 4 ~ MAWO Bi Monthly General Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) MONDAY March 9 & WEDNESDAY March 11 ~ Public Forum Series on Women’s Rights in the New Era of War & Occupation
((( 3 ))) WEDNESDAY March 18 ~ MAWO Bi Monthly General Organizing Meeting
((( 4 ))) March 16 to 20 ~ MAWO 10th Student Week Against War & Occupation (SWAWO)
((( 5 ))) SATURDAY March 21 & SUNDAY March 22 ~ International Weekend of Action: Washington, U.S. Antiwar Rallies and Marches 
((( 6 ))) WEDNESDAY March 25 ~ MAWO Public Forum on Pakistan, the New Frontier of War and Occupation
((( 7 ))) THURSDAY March 26 ~ MAWO Canada Out of Afghanistan Picket Action
((( 8 ))) SATURDAY March 28 ~ MAWO Antiwar Cultural Night
((( 9 ))) Events Endorsed by MAWO
 
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((( 1 ))) MAWO BI MONTHLY GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
WEDNESDAY March 4
6:30pm 
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr
 
Join MAWO to plan and organize antiwar events and actions. The first 30 minutes of the MAWO meeting will be a screening of multimedia and film clips about the current situation of war and occupation.
 
((( 2 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM SERIES:
Women’s Rights at Home and Abroad in the New Era of War & Occupation
 
MONDAY March 9
6:30pm
Whalley Public Library ~ 10347 - 135 Street
beside Surrey Central Skytrain
Surrey, BC
 
WEDNESDAY March 11
6:30pm
Joes Cafe ~ in the large North Hall 
Commercial Drive at William Street
Multimedia, speaker and discussion
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090309_11forum.pdf 
 
((( 3 ))) MAWO BI MONTHLY GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
WEDNESDAY March 18
6:30pm 
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr
 
((( 4 ))) MAWO 10th STUDENT WEEK AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION (SWAWO)
MONDAY March 16 to FRIDAY March 20
 
BE AN ANTIWAR ACTIVIST!
5 Years... Haiti
6 Years... Iraq 
7 Years... Afghanistan 
60 Years... Palestine
500 Years... Indigenous Land
End the Occupations Now!
 
For the tenth time, MAWO is organizing a week of forums, film showings, and outreach in coordination with campus groups and student unions. Events are happening at university, college and high school campuses across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Updates for events on all campuses coming soon. 
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/SWAWO10.pdf 
 
((( 5 ))) INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND OF ACTION ~ ANTIWAR MARCH & RALLY
 
On the 6th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, MAWO will be joining rallies and marches organized in Washington, U.S. to demand:
 
US/UK Out of Iraq! 
US/Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan!
Self Determination for Palestine!
US Hands off Iran!
US/UN/Canada/France Out of Haiti!
 
SATURDAY March 21
TACOMA, Washington, U.S.
Sponsored by: Tacoma Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
 
SUNDAY March 22
SEATTLE, Washington, U.S.
Sponsored by: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), IVAW 
 
MAWO is organizing buses and carpooling from Vancouver to the rallies in Washington. Please reserve your seat now!
604-322-1764 | info at mawovancouver.org 
 
MAWO and ICAW have endorsed the call to action from ANSWER and the National Assembly in the U.S. to End the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars & Occupation.
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090321_22rallies.pdf
 
((( 6 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
WEDNESDAY March 25
6:30pm
Joes Cafe ~ in the large North Hall 
Commercial Drive at William Street
 
After Afghanistan and Iraq ~ Pakistan, a New Frontier for War and Occupation
Multimedia, speaker and discussion
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090325forum.pdf  
 
((( 7 ))) MAWO CANADA OUT OF AFGHANISTAN PICKET ACTION
THURSDAY March 26
4:00pm
620 Royal Avenue (near 6th Street, beside Douglas College)
New Westminster
 
U.S./Canada/ NATO out of Afghanistan NOW!
Independent Public Inquiry into the Government of Canada’s War Drive in Afghanistan!
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090326picket.pdf 
 
((( 8 ))) MAWO CULTURAL NIGHT & FUNDRAISER ~ REDEMPTION SONGS
SATURDAY March 28
Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8:00pm
El Rancho Restaurant
112 Kingsway at Broadway
 
For poster click here:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090328cultural.pdf 
 
((( 9 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO
 
>>> Israeli Apartheid Week at UBC (University of British Columbia)
Monday, March 2 to Sunday, March 8
Student Union Building (SUB) of UBC
6138 Student Union Boulevard
For event info go to: http://vancouver.apartheidweek.org/

Organized by SPHR-UBC (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights – UBC) 
604.780.8463 | sphr.ubc at gmail.com 
 
>>> Celebrate International Women’s Day! Unite for Women’s Rights!
Saturday March 7
6:00pm
Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House ~ 800 E Broadway
 
Organized by Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America (SCULA)
scula_van at yahoo.ca 
 
>>> Picket Action Demanding Free the Five Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails
Thursday March 12
4:00pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 West Pender Street, Downtown Vancouver
 
Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee ~ Vancouver
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html 
 
>>> Monthly Cuba Cultural Night & Hurricane Relief Fundraiser
Thursday March 12
6:30pm
La Zuppa Restaurant ~ 1544 Lonsdale Ave 
North Vancouver
 
Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com
Call 778.882.5223 for tickets
 
>>> Grand March for Housing
Saturday April 4
10:00am to 1:00pm
Vancouver, BC
 
Next Organizer Meeting:
Thursday March 12
7:00pm to 8:30pm
10th Church, (11 West 10th Avenue)
 
Organized by the Citywide Housing Coalition
http://www.citywidehousingcoalition.org 
 
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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG 
info at mawovancouver.org 
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763


 
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