Last updated: August 30, 2012
ACTIVITIES FOR MPJD CARAVAN FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON, DC
SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2012
Monday, September 10
Caravan travels from Baltimore to DC at 11 AM
1-3 PM: Lobby Day Training at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church for Caravan participants
4:00 – 6:00 PM: Welcome Reception for Caravan Participants and local organizers at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (Not a public event)
6:00pm – 7:00pm Walk from AFL-CIO to Freedom Plaza
Gather in front of AFL-CIO building 815 16th Street NW (btw H and I)
March past White House to Freedom Plaza
7:00 pm Rally at Freedom Plaza
Welcome the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity to Washington, D.C. ( Freedom Plaza: Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, NW)
Tuesday, September 11
8:30-10 AM: Sponsored by the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center Mexico Institute Event:
The Peace Movement in Mexico: Efforts to bring justice to the victims of violence in the country
- Speakers: Javier Sicilia, 2 MPJD Caravan Participants, Joy Olson (WOLA), and Sergio Aguayo (Professor, El Colegio de Mexico)
- More info: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-peace-movement-mexico-efforts-to-bring-justice-to-the-victims-violence-the-country-0
12-2pm Panel with Members of the Caravan for Peace Sponsored by the American University Kay Spiritual Life Center (4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest)
1:00 pm Press conference (following major Fast and Furious Congressional hearing)
Javier Sicilia, WOLA, and other Caravan participants
Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol Street)
4:30 PM- 6:30 PM: Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity: A Bi-national Initiative
Panel sponsored by WOLA and the Latin American Studies at George Mason University (George Mason University Johnson Center Room D, Third Floor)
6 PM -7:30 PM: U.S. Guns and Violence in Mexico: A Bi-national Call for Solutions.
Sponsored by LAWG, the Washington Office on Latin America, and the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University (1957 E Street NW, Lindner Family Commons) To RSVP, please click here.
- Speakers: Javier Sicilia, 2 MPJD Caravan Participants, Joy Olson (WOLA), and Tom Diaz (Violence Policy Center)
Wednesday, September 12
11am – 4pm: Create posters and other visuals for Vigil (site: St Stephens Church)
Noon – 1:30pm: Briefing in House of Representatives—2226 RHOB
2:30pm – 4:00pm: Briefing in Senate—Russell 385
5:30- Welcome at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church (1525 Newton St. NW
5:30 PM-9 PM: Vigil/ Procesión de la Paz
- 5:30pm Meet up and speakers at St Stephens Church (1525 Newton Street, NW)
- Closest Metro: Columbia Heights (green line)
- 6:30 procession begins from St Stephens Church (strings & drums in front, thousand candles)
- 7:30pm – 9 pm: Vigil and comments by Caravan and DC area allies at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park (16th and Euclid Streets, NW)
