Join the majority of Americans and the world to REPUDIATE PRESIDENT OBAMA’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. Come to Acacia Park on TUESDAY at 5PM for Barack Obama’s address to the nation. We must offer local TV news cameras a firm second opinion. Read our lips, you unchanging politicians! NO MORE WAR!
Please put the word out to your like-minded friends. No matter the affiliation, we must make a showing for peace, morality and intelligence. This will be a nonviolent demonstration of our desire for a cessation of warfare and occupation.
Meet anytime before 5pm at the SE corner of Acacia Park downtown. We’ll hold banners through the duration of President Obama’s address to the nation. If he announces an unconditional withdrawal, we’ll give an enthusiastic cheer. If he announces otherwise, we’ll be prepared to show the escalation of our resolve.
Feel free to circulate the following 1/4 page size flier:
All manner of antiwar messages are welcome.
December 1 press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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Contact Person: Eric Verlo
Company Name: Coloradans For Peace
Address: 29 East Bijou, Suite 22
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Telephone Number: 719.460.2836
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Email Address: contact@coloradansforpeace.org
Web site address: http://www.coloradansforpeace.orgColorado Springs peace community urges President Obama to chose withdrawal from Afghanistan over escalation
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 12/1/09 — Coloradans For Peace (CFP) will gather with area community activists on Tuesday, December 1, at 5pm, in Acacia Park downtown, to urge President Barack Obama: NO ESCALATION OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
The nonviolent assembly in Acacia Park will be part of nationwide peace demonstrations in response to President Barack Obama’s forthcoming announcement about a new US strategy in Afghanistan. National organizers include CODE PINK, UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, ACT NOW TO STOP WAR AND END RACISM (ANSWER), and many others.
Speculation has been rising that our president intends to increase US troop levels in Afghanistan, but CFP remains hopeful that President Obama will make a decision in the spirit of his presidential campaign. We will assemble in Acacia Park in advance of the televised presidential address, in unison with other US cities, to remind the president of the electorate’s call for an end to our nation’s military conflicts.
The CFP believes the unprecedented turnout for the 2008 election was strongly motivated by the American public’s alarm over the ongoing foreign wars. We believe President Obama would be ignoring a profound mandate given him by his voters if he decided to expand the conflict in Afghanistan instead of bring it to a close.
In urging an end to America’s foreign occupations, citizens can show their true support for the troops. More than ever before, soldiers are contacting antiwar organizations to say that they support the peace efforts to bring them home.
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For additional information, contact: Coloradans For Peace, Eric Verlo, secretary. 719.460.2836, or contact@coloradansforpeace.org
History: Coloradans For Peace is a social activist collective based in Colorado Springs since 2008, dedicated to the advocacy of peace and social justice.
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