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Article by g. kortes on August 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm Please come to protest Rep. Brian Baird's Town Hall, Monday, August 27, Ft. Vancouver High School, 5700 E. 18th St. Come to the west entrance about 6:15 pm. Bring IMPEACH and/or peace signs. We must be vocal with protest on his recent promotion of the Iraq War. He is a Republicrat with a one-sided view and turns my stomach. He must [...]
Article by g. kortes on June 23rd, 2007 at 9:17 pm Today I attended 3 workshops and an outdoor noon rally for the earth. UUA president Sinkford, Marilyn Sewalll, minister of Portland's 1st U Church were joined by several others, including including a Native American speak out under lovely sunny skies. What a thrill! The first presentation I saw was Rev. Bill Schultz and Dr. Sharon Welch on "The theology of Peacemaking." The room was [...]
Article by g. kortes on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (a meeting of UU congregations in the US) is meeting this week at the Portland Convention Center. On day 2 I attended 2 great workshops. 1) A dramatic reading about the 2003 death of an American activist in Gaza, "The Story of Rachel Corrie: A Death in Rafah," taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, her parents [...]
Article by g. kortes on February 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm About 6 of us stood outside with signs and flags, while 5 went inside. Read about it below. Vancouver was busting its image today for the Iraq War as Gen. Peter Pace came to speak at Hudson’s Bay High School. Under sunny skies about 6 of us stood below the school at the corner of Mill Plain and Reserve. We were told we could not be [...]
Article by g. kortes on February 15th, 2007 at 8:15 pm The General George C. Marshall Lecture Series will “star” General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wednesday, February 21, 11 a.m., Hudson’s Bay High School, 1206 E. Reserve. There is parking allowed in the two large students lots. The W and E entrances to the gym will be open on public entrances. There will also be parking along E. [...]
Article by g. kortes on January 25th, 2007 at 11:41 am Tonight, Jan. 25, Rep. Baird has a Town Hall at Ft. Vancouver H.S. auditorium, 5700 E. 18th St, 7 pm. Some of us will be out front at 6:30 pm with signs such as DEFUND THE WAR, OUT OF IRAQ. Show up and join us! gk. “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” –Emma Goldman “The real and lasting [...]
Article by g. kortes on January 9th, 2007 at 9:59 pm Rally across from Mill Plain Library Mill Plain and Ft Vancouver Way Vancouver, WA 98661 Thursday, 11 Jan 2007, 4:00 PM You can sign up for the event I’m coordinating here: Hope I’ll see you there Genny There’ve been two call-outs for street visibility this week on Thursday. One is to support the Code Pink group which is in Cuba to protest abuses at Guantanamo. The other call-out is to protest against [...] | |
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