Connecticut Voting
Rights Coalition

Dear Sisters & Brothers:

We are inviting you to a Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Wednesday, August 3^rd, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 127,  Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven.

This is not only to mark the event, but to rally for the defense of its enforcement provisions that will sunset January 1, 2007.  There are calls to do away with those clauses preventing 16 designated States from changing election laws or redistricting without review by the Department of Justice or Federal Court to prevent gerrymandering eliminating minority representation; language other than English requirements and Federal investigation of voting complaints.

WE MUST COME TOGETHER TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY!

We have not forgotten the lynchings, the killings, the dogs, the demonstrations, petitions and marches.  Just 40 years ago, after hundreds of years, the right to vote for everyone was finally written into legislation.  Now after the elections of 2000 and 2004, still fresh in our minds, we cannot allow an assault on the Voting Rights Act!  This is not isolated from all the issues:  jobs, housing, the environment, civil rights and social security.  It is cut from the same cloth, all threads in the coat of democratic rights.

We are a coalition that has come together to work to make sure our Congressional delegation, all seven, vote to protect democracy.  We are encouraging other organizations and the community at large to join us in our efforts to ensure that our right to vote is not taken away.

Attached is more information on the Voting Rights Act.  For more information, please call Roger Vann of the ACLU of CT at (860) 247-9823, ext. 219.  Or log on to www.aclu.org/votingrightsact.

We need you!  We urge your attendance!

Immigrants are bringing life back to Danbury. But anti-immigrant forces, including Mayor Mark Broughton and Congresswoman Nancy Johnson, intend to intimidate immigrants, especially those from Latin America.

In Danbury, those who play volleyball have become the enemy. See news article below.

This is part of the national right-wing effort to scapegoat immigrants for broad economic and social problems for which they are not the cause but the victims.

The Peace Council organized a peace contingent to the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride rally in Queens two years ago now is urging people to attend the rally.

Contact us at 203-387-0370 for transportation to Danbury from New Haven.
 

March Details

Let’s show the world that Danbury is one community united by love, respect and celebration of our diversity!

· This will be a respectful, peaceful, silent march.

· You can bring a flag from your country of origin (no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches!).

· Please wear a WHITE t-shirt to share in the spirit of peace.

· To avoid congestion, please share a ride or walk to Kennedy Park.

· Signs and other banners must be pre-approved by DACORIM.

For more information go to www.dacorim.com or contact DANBURY AREA COALITION FOR THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS at 203-702-1443 or at info@dacorim.com

Or Contact Stacey at SEIU 203-733-0173

Estás invitado a la
MARCHA POR LA UNIDAD DE DANBURY
por solidaridad, tolerancia y respeto a la diversidad

¡Mostrémosle al mundo que Danbury es una comunidad unida por el amor, el respeto y la celebración de nuestra diversidad!

· Esta será una marcha respetuosa, pacífica y silenciosa.

· Puedes traer una bandera de tu país natal (¡no más grande de 8.5 por 11 pulgadas!).

· Por favor ponte una camiseta BLANCA para compartir el espíritu de paz.

· Para evitar el congestionamiento de autos, por favor comparte tu carro con alguien o camina al Kennedy Park.

· Avisos y pancartas para la marcha deben ser pre-aprobadas por DACORIM.

Para más información ve a www.dacorim.com o contacta a la COALICIÓN PRO-DERECHOS DE LOS INMIGRANTES EN EL ÁREA DE DANBURY al 203-702-1443 o a info@dacorim.com

Goals

Why are we marching?

4 Goals

1- Because we want Governor Rell, Congresswoman Johnson and Mayor Boughton to publicly retract the call to deputize police

2- Because we want our government to recognize our contribution to this community.

3- Because we want to live free of threats of persecution

4- Because we want the community united by solidarity and respect.

¿Por qué estamos marchando?

4 Puntos:

1- Porque queremos que el Gobernador Rell, la Congresista Johnson y el Alcalde Boughton retracten públicamente el llamado de la policía para que actuén como agentes de inmigración.

2- Porque queremos que nuestro gobierno reconozca nuestra contribución a esta comunidad.

3- Porque queremos vivir libres de amenazas de persecución.

4- Porque queremos la comunidad unida por la solidaridad y respeto.

 

See article from the News-Times:

Rell says immigration a federal problem
Governor calls on Washington for better policy
By Fred Lucas

THE NEWS-TIMES

DANBURY - Illegal immigration is a problem, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said, but it is up to the federal government to provide the solution.
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IRAQ INVASION:
"Unconstitutional, violates ten principles of the U.N. charter, and morally indefensible."

NUCLEAR WAR:
"The use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is illegal in any circumstances whatsoever."

Judge Christopher
Weeramantry
International Court of Justice, Ret.


Keynote Address
Yale Journal of International Law
2005 Young Scholars Conference
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2005
1:15 PM
Yale Law School, High and Wall Streets
Public Invited

     The paraphrase and quote above derive from Judge Weeramantry's recent book Armageddon or Brave New World? on the war on Iraq and his impassioned dissent to the Court's decision in the Case Concerning the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons.
      Judge Weeramantry is speaking in several Northeast cities in advance of the review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty taking place at the UN in May. The United States government and other nuclear signatories are violating that Treaty's Article VI, which calls for negotiations toward complete nuclear disarmament. In support of the Treaty, a Peace Train will transport people from New Haven to a major international antiwar and nuclear disarmament rally in New York's Central Park on May 1st.
       The Judge is President of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and founder of the Weeramantry International Centre for Peace, Education and Research, Colombo, Sri Lanka. C. G Weeramantry was a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 2000 and Vice-President of the Court from 1997 to 2000.
      Talk sponsored by the Yale Journal of International Law, the Greater New Haven Peace Council, the Quinnipiac School of Law International Law Society,
and the University of Connecticut Law School.

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Statewide Conference

Saturday 20 November

End The Occupation of Iraq
Bring the Troops Home Now
Address Human Costs of US Wars in the Mid-East

Keynote, Bill Fletcher, Jr. 
President Transafrica

CCSU Student Center

New Britain

10am-7pm

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Saturday November 13
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.

This conference will explore the implications of these new policies in the context of the 45-year drive by the U.S. government against the Cuban revolution and the ongoing struggle to end the trade embargo and restore normal diplomatic relations.   

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Candlelight Vigil For Peace

Monday, November 1 AT 7:00 P.M.
Temple and Elm streets
Across from NH Public Library

The following day is election day. Our presence will dramatize our demands. Bring signs.

Bring our troops home!  From Iraq and Afghanistan!

Repeal the patriot act! Stop the assault on our civil liberties!

Protect immigrant rights!

Homeland security means jobs, education, health insurance, housing!

Abolish nuclear weapons! Drastically reduce military budget!

Dismantle foreign bases! End the policies of empire!

Lift the restrictions and sanctions on Cuba!

For further information 203-387-0370.

Nuclear Weapons and the Expansion of the American Empire

Abundant time for Questions & Answers.

• How does the development of new forms of "usable" nuclear weapons and space-based armaments threaten freedom and security everywhere?
• How has U.S. repeal of existing nuclear weapons treaties and military attacks on non-nuclear nations fueled the determination of other nations to acquire nuclear weapons?
• What is the International Mayors for Peace Campaign and how can we work with it to abolish nuclear weapons?

For answers to these and other questions about the role nuclear weapons have played in establishing American global authority join us on October 9 th .

Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, the Greater New Haven Peace Council, the New Haven Peace Commission, Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, Pax Educare, Culture of Peace News Network.

Get on the Train and join the
Large protest at Republican National Convention 
August 29th

RALLY to Say NO! to the Bush Agenda 

Call (203) 387-0370

or email info@beatbushtrain.org

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Protest Another LIE!

Call to All Opposed to the U.S.-led war on Iraq

Turning Power over to the Iraqis on June 30 is still Another LIE!

June 26, 2004
New Haven Green
1 to 2:30pm
followed by a march to the Dwight/Whalley/Goffe/Dixwell neighborhoods of New Haven and back to the Green.

• Stop Torture from Iraq to the USA

• End the Occupation of Iraq, Now

• End US Aid to Sharon's War Machine

• Reparations to the Iraqis

• Money for Peoples Needs Not the Pentagon and the Prisons
  

Contacts:

Stanley Heller, MECC - mecc@comcast.net

Marge Van Cleef - ctpeacecoalition@hotmail.com

Meg Scata CT United for Peace - megscata@yahoo.com

Chris Gauvreau - gauvreau@aol.com

Mother's Day Candlelight Vigil on New Haven Green

Mother's Day
7 pm, corner Elm and Temple.

Mother's Day is a Peace Day.
In the 1870's Julia Ward Howe's Proclamation called for a Mother's Day devoted to the advocacy of peace. In 2003, New Haven created a giant Mother's Day Peace Card filled with flowers for the mothers of Iraq and peace advocates displayed it on the Green. This year, the call for peace must be no less urgent. Bring flowers.

Last Year

Honor the Mothers

Vigil from Last Year

No More Nuclear Excuses 
for War!

Rally and Peace Train
Saturday, May 1st at 1:00 p.m.
New York City Bryant Park
42^nd and Fifth Avenue
Contact GNHPC for Train times

It is time to disarm America.  As noted on the May 1st 2004 website, "April 26th to May 7th, 2004, the governments of the world will gather at the United Nations to discuss the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Treaty - NP&DT). In the NP&DT, the nuclear weapons states promised to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. Instead, the US hypocritically manipulates the treaty as an excuse to bomb or threaten other countries - starting with Iraq, Iran, and North Korea - said to be seeking nuclear arms, while totally ignoring its own promise to get rid of its massive arsenal and adding new 'usable' nuclear bombs."

"Let us take to the streets- nonviolently- united in our opposition to the growing threat of nuclear war. It's time to rid the world of all nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and to create genuine security for future generations."

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The Threat of Nuclear War!

A Talk by Regina Hagen
Sunday, April 18^th at 2:00 p.m.
New Haven Public Library
Elm and Temple Streets

Regina Hagen will talk on the threat of Nuclear War and the weaponization of space at this informative talk.  Ms. Hagen is Coordinator of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation, Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany. A specialist on issues related to nuclear disarmament and space weaponization, Ms. Hagen has translated and co-edited several books, including “Space Use and Ethics,” and “Fast Track to Zero Nuclear Weapons.” Linking the scientific community with the grassroots peace movement, Ms. Hagen serves on the Board of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, on the Global Council of Abolition 2000, and as Vice-Pres-ident of the NGO Committee for Disarmament in Geneva.

Sponsors:  Greater New Haven Peace Council, Guilford Peace Alliance, City of New Haven Peace Commission, UN Association of Greater New Haven

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Momentum is building for the Global Day of Action against War and
Occupation on March 20, 2004—the one-year anniversary of the U.S.
invasion of Iraq.  On that day people all around the globe will take to the
streets to say YES to peace and NO to pre-emptive war and occupation.
Joining with growing numbers of military families and soldiers, we will call
for an end to the occupation of Iraq and Bush's militaristic foreign
policies. March 20 will be the first time the world's "other superpower" will
take center stage since Feb. 15.

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