Midwest Peace Summit
Friday, March 18th 2005 11:00
Recurring Event
SPII, Students for Peace in Iraq, will sponsor the first regional "Midwest Peace Summit" to be held on the urban campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana, Friday to Sunday, March 18 to March 20. Renowned author Michael Parenti will be the keynote speaker on Saturday afternoon. Everyone's favorite protest comedian and folksinger, Dave Lippman, will be on hand to perform his antiwar hits and "George Shrub" schtick. The three-day regional event will host a diverse array of progressive workshops, seminars, musicians, artists, scholars, and antiwar and civil libertarian activists. Michael Parenti will speak again on Sunday, March 20, at noon, from Monument Circle, at an "End the War in Iraq NOW!" rally held on Monument Circle, intersection of N. Meridian and Market Streets in downtown Indy. The rally is co-sponsored by Students for Peace In Iraq, the Indiana Peace and Justice Network (IPJN) and the (IPOR) Indiana Pledge of Resistance. Both the rally and a civil disobedience/resistance are being held in solidarity with world-wide protests that weekend on the second anniversary of the Iraq war and US occupation.

Rally at the Midwest Peace Summit: "US Out of Iraq NOW!"
Sunday, March 20th 2005 11:00
The regional "Midwest Peace Summit" on the campus of IUPUI from March 18 - 20 will culminate in an "End the War in Iraq NOW!" rally on Sunday, March 20, on Indianapolis' Monument Circle. The rally will coincide with the national day of protest sponsored by UFPJ and is sponsored by Students for Peace In Iraq (SPII) and the Indiana Peace & Justice Network. The rally will feature keynoter Michael Parenti and other speakers from peace and justice organizations throughout the region. There will be a regional critical mass bike ride to coincide with the rally.

RSVP • Nonviolent Civil Disobedience to End the War in Iraq NOW!
Sunday, March 20th 2005
There will be a nonviolent civil resistance on Sunday, March 20, following the end of the Midwest Peace Summit, which will be held in Indianapolis from March 18 - 20. Please consider forming affinity groups and join with activists from Indiana, Chicago, Champaine Urbana, Gary, Louisville, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, to say 'END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ' 'TROOPS OUT NOW!' A nonviolent CD/CR training workshop will be held at the Midwest Peace Summit on Saturday, March 19. Pre-registration is advised. Action will be held following a rally on Monument Circle, intersection of North Meridian and Market Streets, Indianapolis, IN.