Woodstock, NY: May 17th
Village Green
May 17, 2013
4-6pm
Signs will be provided
Seattle, Washington: May 17th
1:30-2:30PDT University of Washington HUB 238
A brownbag discussion with Zeke Johnson, Director of Amnesty International’s Security with Human Rights Campaign. Organized by Amnesty International UW
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El Segundo, California: May 17th
4-7PDT Meet at Mariposa station in El Segundo (on the green line)at 3:30pm *or meet downtown to carpool- look for thread below*
we will be marching a few blocks to the Raytheon and Boeing complex.
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Mexico City, Mexico: May 17th
6PM apoyar a lxs prtesxs de Guant+ànamo en su mya larga huelga de hambre….
k desparezka esa prisiòn global
ealizaremos una reuniòn para informarnos y si es posible planear alguna acciòn
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Albany, New York: May 16th-20th
373 Central Ave. Thursday, May 16th-Monday, May 20th we are joining Code Pink’s Global Hunger Strike: Justice for Guantanamo prisoners. We are inviting our Capital Region friends to join us. Organized by Capital Region. RSVP More info on Eventbrite
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New York City: May 17th and 18th
Join us on Friday, May 17 at 5pm at the Military Recruiting Center at Times Square to do a mass sing along of the Hunger Strike Song. We may do the song again on May 18 in Union Square and Times Square. Stay tuned! For details, Contact Jeremy Varon.
Washington DC: May 17th
Lafayette Square
Noon
We will deliver petitions with more than 350,000 signatures demanding that President Obama take immediate action to restart transfers and at last close Guantánamo. Flowers for each of the detained men will be placed at the White House gates, while leading activists and human rights organizations address America to denounce the prison.
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Chicago: May 17th
At Federal Plaza
Chicago folks will meet at Federal Plaza on May 17 at 4 P.M. for a brief rally and then hold a procession of people in orange jumpsuits and black hoods up State Street to Daley Plaza where they will read poems from Guantanamo prisoners and place the photos at the Eternal Flame.
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Amherst, Massachusetts: May 17th
Amherst Common Meet across from Hastings & Veracruzana
12-1pm
Sydney: May 17th
The Justice Campaign is holding a peaceful vigil at the American Consulate in Sydney, Level 59, MLC Centre19-29 Martin Place. We are meeting on Friday at 2pm at the entrance to the MLC building. Organised by Aloysia Brooks
London: May 18th
2-4pm, we will hold a solidarity demonstration outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London W1A.
Organized by the London Guantanamo Campaign.
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Boston: May 18th
Arlington Street MBTA station at 11AM. Some may be wearing an orange jumpsuit and black hood, you can definitely bring signs and sidewalk chalk. Please bring cameras to take pics and film.
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Hawaii: May 19th
Action to shut down Guantanamo on Sunday, May 19th at 11am-12noon at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival. Join a vigil in orange jump suits and leaflet the crowd. [Leafleters wearing orange jump suits will be circulating in the crowd throughout Saturday and Sunday.] For more information go to:Join the Event on Facebook.
Organized by World Can’t Wait-Hawai`i.
Toledo, OH: May 19th
From noon — 1:30 p.m. at the corner of Secor and Central for a Special Demo to support the hunger strikers and say CLOSE GITMO and end all acts of war and “intervention”, and to demand just policies that support real peace.
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WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE ROLLING FAST
Give up food for a day as part of Witness Against Torture’s ROLLING FAST. Over 200 people have participated by fasting for some period of time since the Guantanamo Hunger Strike began. Sign up for one day, or more.
Atlanta, Georgia: May 18th
11AM Piedmont Park 1320 Monroe DR NE
We’ll meet at the Charles Allen (Corner of 10th Street and Charles Allen Dr, across from Grady High School) entrance to Piedmont Park to pass out information on why this is a must. Organized by Amnesty Atlanta.
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PHONE CALLS & LETTER WRITING
We have generated over 500 calls since the Hunger Strike began. We are particularly focusing on calls to the U.S. Southern Command (where you will be able to speak to a person), but ask folks to call all of the numbers here: Call the White House (202-456-1111, 202-456-1414), U.S. Southern Command (305-437-1213) and Department of Defense (703-571-3343) to express concern over the hunger strike and insist on Guantanamo’s closing.
The Men in Guantanamo know of our efforts in response to their hunger strike and indefinite detention. Download and send this letter to a man detained in Guantánamo.
CONGRESSIONAL OUTREACH
We have begun to reach out to members of Congress to push for movement towards Guantanamo’s closure. Resources to use in your own lobbying will be available soon. Please call or e-mail your elected officials to express concern over what is happening at Guantanamo, and highlight Sen. Diane Feinstein’s letter urging the Obama Administration to transfer cleared Guantanamo prisoners.
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SAVE THE DATE / UPCOMING EVENTS
May 17 will mark the Day 100 of the Guantanamo Hunger Strike. We are working in a coalition with many other groups and will be announcing plans for May 17 / 18 very soon. We are also working with Change.org on a petition authored by Col. Morris Davis (former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo) that we will be asking folks to sign and circulate.
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WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Facebook page has been getting more and more traffic, and some weeks has reached over 100,000 people. This is only possible when people like, share, and comment on posts. Please ‘like’ us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/witnesstorture & Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/witnesstorture
Post any pictures of your local activities to http://www.flickr.com/groups/witnesstorture/, and we will help spread the word on http://witnesstorture.tumblr.com/
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DONATE
Witness Against Torture is completely volunteer driven and run. We have no paid staff, but do have expenses associated with our organizing work. If you are able, please donate here.
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