Pro-Peace March and Rally  

On Saturday, September 24th, the Summit County Progressive Democrats are sponsoring an anti-war rally and march to coincide with the massive march planned in Washington D.C.  They are inviting us to join them in this peaceful protest.  Below is the letter I received from them asking for our participation.  Please contact me if you would like to go.  It would be good if we could carpool....perhaps we could meet in the parking lot of Buehler's River Styx that morning and go over in several cars.  Let's have a good showing from Medina County

Pam Miller

Contact Pam by calling 330-725-7487 or emailing her at:  pam450@bright.net

One of the most massive civic demonstrations in recent history is being planned to take place in Washington, D.C. this month.  On September 24th, millions of patriotic Americans will gather on the mall in the nation’s capitol, to voice their dissatisfaction with the Bush Administration’s ‘pro–war, no–exit’ strategy in Iraq. 

Simultaneous demonstrations will be held all over the country in hundreds of cities.  This letter is addressed to fellow northeast Ohioans who love their country, but cannot travel to Washington to express their opposition to this senseless, illegitimate war.

As a chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America, the Summit County Progressive Democrats are organizing a local demonstration in Akron, to be conducted simultaneously with the Washington peace march.  We are writing you now to ask for you assistance, your presence, and your voice.  We are asking you to join us in a visible, vocal, insistent, but peaceful demonstration to demand that the architects of this war offer a plan to bring it to an end.

Our rally will begin at Grace Park in downtown Akron at 11 AM.  There will be featured speakers to address the crowd.  After a mile march through the streets of Akron, we will reassemble at Grace Park, where spokespersons for participating organizations will be given the opportunity to address their fellow pro-peace, anti-war activists.

This is a call to anyone who believes the war in Iraq is a national disaster.  It is a call to Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.  It is a call to people of faith who believe this crusade is misguided, unjust, and immoral. It is a call to patriots who love their country, to veterans whose own experience tells them that this war is wrong, and to parents and relatives of our military service men and women who have been put in harm’s way for no good reason.  It is a call to men and women of conscience.

We want you to join us in Akron on Saturday, September 24, to make your voice heard.  If representatives of your group can be with us, we ask the following: that you contact us and let us know that you plan to participate; that you designate a spokesperson, if you would like podium time; and that you give us an estimate of the number of people you will bring.

In peace and solidarity,

The Summit County Progressive Democrats / Ingrid Kunstel, President