[pjw] ACTION REMINDER "War Ships Are Not Family Fun" at the Rose Festival Sat 6/8/19 2 PM

[Peace and Justice Works]

Greetings Iraq Affinity Group supporters:

I have someone coming to help haul the Tower to the action site Saturday 
afternoon. If 1-2 people are going to be there early (1:30 ish) just to 
help us unload it, that would be great.

Remember, the flyer can be found here:

http://www.pjw.info/rose_festival0619flyer.pdf

and you can see the event listed on KBOO's calendar at
https://kboo.fm/community-event-calendar

By the way here are some details on the ships that are here/coming today, 
including an "Arleigh Burke-class destroyer."

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2019/06/portland-fleet-week-2019-begins-wednesday-what-you-need-to-need-to-know-about-bridge-lifts-ships-and-tours.html


Hope to see you Saturday!

dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

Peace and Justice Works
       Iraq Affinity Group
       PO Box 42456
       Portland, OR 97242
       (503) 236-3065 (Office)
       iraq @ pjw.info
       http://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html

    For immediate release         May 22, 2019

                        "War Ships Are Not Family Fun"

                     Visibility action at the Rose Festival
                            *Saturday, June 8, 2019*
                                 2:00 to 4:00 PM
        Waterfront Park, NW Naito at Couch (north of the Burnside Bridge)

The Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group is cosponsoring this
year's annual War Resisters League protest at the Rose Festival, which
calls attention to the warships docked at Portland's waterfront and the
various recruiting booths that come with them. The visibility action
will take place from 2-4 PM on Saturday, June 8 on the edge of
Waterfront Park at NW Naito Parkway and Couch Streets, just outside the
Rose Festival barricades.

The IAG pointed out the irony several years ago about the fact that the
fences around the warships at the supposedly family-friendly Rose
Festival are adorned with signs that say "No Trespassing-- US Navy
Restricted Area-- USE OF FORCE AUTHORIZED."

In addition to WRL and the Iraq Affinity Group, this event has KBOO
90.7 FM Community Radio as a media cosponsor.

For more information or to get involved contact the Peace and Justice
Works Iraq Affinity Group at 503-236-3065 (voice or text), email
iraq at pjw.info , or visit the website at http://www.pjw.info. A flyer is
available at http://www.pjw.info/rose_festival0619flyer.pdf .