MARCH 8TH AGAINST THE WAR

WHEN: March 8, 2008, Saturday

Answering the call to mark this year's International Working Women's Day as a day Against the War. (Please see call to action from Mariposa Alliance and GABNet.)

ACTIONS:

1) DEMONSTRATE in a location significant for you or to women’s history or symbolic of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (See other posts to see actions in your area).

2) wear RED as our color of unified resistance

3) have a STATEMENT (see ours here) and read or chalk it on the sidewalk or display it on a placard or hand it out on a leaflet or write it on the sky.

4) download a FLYER here to complete with your own details and handout to your family, friends, neighbors, classmates,…

5) PUBLISH your action on this site—reply to this post or email: taketothestreets08@gmail.com

6) We’re making our mark. Let’s DOCUMENT it! Remember to send us photos, videos, slideshows, audio, and/or testimonies about the day.

EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS:
Make Noise With Your Pots and Pans
Organize a March (see LA and SF posts)
Paint Your Face
Create Music
Write a Chant
Spit a Poem
Make a Sign
Chalk a Sidewalk
Light a Candle
Sit / Zen Meditate, for 20 minutes
Do Street Theatre

EXAMPLES OF PLACES:
Stand in solidarity and sisterhood at a Consulate or Embassy
Public Spaces (Parks, Markets, Malls)—check if you need a permit
Landmarks and Tourist Attractions
In front of Your building

On March 8th, 2008, wherever you are, you know that you have sister standing with and for you; sisters getting out of the kitchen, taking to the streets, saying no to war.