[AntiWarMN] upcoming events

Thanks for your support for Zero Recruitment Day. It was a huge success! We will send out a report about the success of actions throughout the state on Friday. In the meantime there are important upcoming events - including a new one for tomorrow for the MN Coalition for a People's Bailout - so here are upcoming events. Peace, the Anti-War Committee

Minneapolis City Council to vote on moratorium on foreclosures and evictions
Friday, April 24 @ 9:30 a.m. (try to be there at 9:15) @ Mpls City Council Chambers, room 317 City Hall
On Friday, April 24, 9:30 a.m., Room 317 of City Hall, the Minneapolis City Council will take action on a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. The language is modeled after the People’s Bailout Act of 2009, written by the MN Coalition for a Peoples Bailout. It will be brought forward by Councilperson Elizabeth Glidden.
The People’s Bailout Act housing bill (HF-2233) calls for a 1 to 2 moratorium on foreclosures. It also calls for letting tenants keep their leases when their building is foreclosed upon. The Minneapolis City Council’s consideration of this language is critical in our battle. Here are just a few reasons why a moratorium is needed now:
Save Our Homes - We keep hearing about programs in the pipeline to help people, BUT they aren’t taking effect yet. We NEED a 1-year moratorium so people and banks have time to get together to work out a deal.
Protect Innocent Renters - Renters need the option of keeping their existing leases. Many renters don’t even know their landlords are getting foreclosed on; they have been paying rent, assuming it was going to the mortgage. There are also cases where “landlords” take the security deposit and disappear! Let renters keep the leases.
Save Neighborhoods, the Tax Base, Housing Stock & Investments - When houses (or apartments) go empty, everyone suffers. Housing values go down and there are health and safety issues. Empty houses turn into trashed houses. Lower property values mean less $ for local governments. Trashed houses mean less money when the banks try to re-sell the house. Keep people housed, keep properties maintained, and even keep some money going to the lender.
At the capitol, powerful Democrats, like the banker and realtor Sen. James Metzen, have so far stopped the legislative progress of the bill. But the MN Coalition for a Peoples Bailout will use every means necessary to get it passed this year. We expect that the Minneapolis City Council will agree. Organized by MN Coalition for a People’s Bailout.

The Suppression of Dissent
Friday, April 24, 1-3pm @ the U of M, Minneapolis
Jules Boykoff, author of Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the
United States (AK Press) speaks at the University of Minnesota. Organized to support the RNC 8.
http://rnc8.org/2009/04/boykoff/

FIESTA TO BENEFIT KETZALCOATLICUE AZTEC DANCE GROUP
Friday, April 24TH, 5:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. @ El Colegio Charter School, 4137 Bloomington Ave. S., Minneapolis
The Aztec Dance Group Ketzal Coatlicue cordially invites you to join us for our fundraising event. We have an exciting night planned for you, including: Music by Sonido Conquistador Azteca, Clowns, Raffle, Silent Auction, And much more!
This event is intended to help the low-income youth in our group with the purchase of supplies needed to make their regalia. Your help will make it happen! Ketzal Coatlicue is a group of community members who work to preserve the culture and traditions of Mexico. Our group is open to the community, there are no fees to attend, and all the instructors are volunteers.

Palestine Day
Sunday April 26, 2009, from 4pm-8pm @ Robbinsdale Middle School. 3730 Toledo Ave N, Robbinsdale.
Directions: From Hwy 100, take 36th Ave E, turn right onto Regent Ave, turn left onto 38th Ave then turn left onto Toledo Ave. The school will be on your left hand side.
Featuring: Allah Made Me Funny, Sanabil-Alquds Dabka Group (Dance troupe from Milwaukee)m & Speaker: Br. Hussein Khatib. Refreshments and light meals will be served.

Protest and Press Conference to Stop Eviction of Rosemary Williams
Tuesday, April 28 8 am, Outside Hennepin County Government Center @ 5th St & 3rd Ave, Downtown Mpls (light rail/5th St side)
Organized by the MN Coalition for a People’s Bailout

Learn about the RNC 8 Case
Wednesday, April 29, 7pm @ Coffman Union 324 @ U of M, Minneapolis
Defend the RNC 8! Meet the RNC 8, family and friends, plus watch videos about the case. Sponsored by Socialist Alternative and Friends of the RNC 8. Details coming soon at http://rnc8.org

PROTEST AGAINST THE ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2009. 11AM TO 2 PM. NORTHROP MALL @ U of M
Members of the Al Madinah Cultural Center at UMN-TC along with members of the Students for a Democratic Society have organized a silent protest commemorating the Nakba, next Wednesday from 11:00am to 2:00pm. This protest is against the Hillel-sponsored Israeli Independence Day celebration which is taking place on Northrop Plaza at the same time. Our protest will line the Northrop Mall, so we attract people's attention with signs and blown-up pictures of the Gaza massacre and beyond as they approach the celebration. Please make a point to come out and protest the celebration of over sixty years of occupation, murder, humiliation, and deceit.

Protest for Immigrant Rights
Friday, May 1st @ 4pm @ Lake St. & 13th Ave., Festival from 5- 8 pm @ Nicollet Ave & 29th
We demand: Stop the raids & deportations! Legalization for all now! Pass employee free choice act! Drivers licenses for all! For more info: tcmay1solidarity@gmail.com or 612 389 9174. Organized by the MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (Mn.ImmigrantRights.net). Endorsed by the AWC.

Powderhorn Park May Day Parade
Sunday, May 3rd, Parade from 24th & Cedar over to Bloomington Ave and upto Powderhorn Park, Festival @ Powerhorn Park, S. Minneapolis
We'll post details later about where to meet us for the parade and/or where to find our table. This is a fun festival for the whole family, and a great chance to bring our anti-war message out into the community. Plan to join us!

Work a Day for Peace: Dinner Event
Tuesday, May 19 @ 6:30 – 8:30 pm @ Walker Church basement, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis
Want Peace? Work for Justice! The Anti-War Committee is asking supporters (and hungry people in general) to work a day for peace, and join us for a family-friendly thank you dinner event. Supporters will enjoy a delicious dinner of pasta, salad & dessert. We request that supporters donate a day's wages (or an hour's wage -depending on what you can afford) to cover dinner and support the Anti-War Committee. There will be a brief political and cultural program at the event. Money will go to support local peace organizing. For more information: antiwarcommittee.org, 612.379.3899, info@antiwarcommittee.org