[WestMALocals] April 15 (Tax Day) -- Action at the Federal Building in Springfield

[Owen Broadhurst]

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From: "American Friends Service Committee" <afsc at crocker.com>
Subject: [rsumass] April 15 (Tax Day) -- Action at the Federal Building
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:52:53 -0400

> 
> Greetings Friends,  Planners, speakers, musicians, banner/sign 
> artists welcome.  Contact Cate Woolner  (catewool at comcast.net) or 
> AFSC (afsc at crocker.com).  Everyone is welcome! We hope to have a 
> strong action -- effectiveness, numbers of participants and spirit. 
>   Please forward this to friends and colleagues.  Peace, Jo
> 
> 
> ****
> April 15 (Tax Day) -- A Call To Action
> Our taxes fund war when they should fund childcare,
> affordable housing, jobs, education and health care.
> 
> Join us on tax day (Friday, April 15): be a living illustration of 
> the cost of war  -- economic and human -- to our local communities, 
> the US military and the people of Iraq.  Come together as a united 
> and strong community.
> 
> 8:15am (gather)
> Action: 8:30am to 9:15am Federal Building
> 1550 Main Street, Springfield
> "Die-in" (dramatization), speakers, music
> 
> The time is now. Congress is continuing to approve more money for 
> unending war. Using our bodies and voices we will demand a 
> reprioritization of federal spending and will focus attention on 
> the devastating consequences of diverting our tax dollars to 
> war-making.
> 
> JOIN US. EVERY BODY IS NEEDED.
> 
> ****
> 
> TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION:
> 
> If you can car pool, please do so.  Directions available from AFSC. 
>   We have 120 (round-trip) bus seats available. BUSES ARE FREE. 
> Donations welcome.
> Reservations required: call AFSC 413.584.8975
> 
> Bus #1: Haigis Mall horseshoe, UMass (7:30am),
> downtown Amherst at Peter Pan (7:40am),
> Mi Plaza Restaurant, 325 Main St, Holyoke (8:10am)
> 
> Bus #2: John M. Greene Hall, Smith College (7:30am),
> Arise for Social Justice, 94 Rifle Street, Springfield (8:10am)
> 
> There are many tax day events to choose from.
> Traprock will be in front of Greenfield's Market (beginning in the 
> morning) and Arise will be at the Springfield post office in the 
> afternoon.  The Global Women's History Project is also offering a 
> weekend-long conference at Westfield State College...lots to do.
> Jo Comerford
> American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts
> 140 Pine Street, Room 10
> Florence, Massachusetts 01062
> 413.584.8975 (W)
> 413.584.8987 (F)
> 413.695.6059 (C)
> afsc at crocker.com
> www.WesternMassAFSC.org
> 
> Peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice.
> ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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