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Marches and Rallies

 

2021

[9/11 20 Years Later flyer]
Friday, September 10, 2021 4:30 - 6 PM
9/11: Twenty Years of War, Stoking Fear,
Erasing Rights and Misdirected Funding

Rally and march
SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Expanded Friday Rally for Peace and Justice

More infoFlyer

[Hirioshima 2021 Friday Rally]
Friday, August 6, 2021 5:00 PM
"76 Years Later, We're Still Building Nukes"
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembered 2021

Rally and march
SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Friday Rally for Peace and Justice

More infoFlyer
March to Oregon PSR's limited in person event at 6 PM

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2020

[Hiroshima 75 Years Later flyer] Friday, July 31, 2020 5:00 PM
75 Years:
Are We Destined To Repeat Hiroshima/Nagasaki?"

SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Friday Rally and march for Peace and Justice
More infoFlyer • Info on the Zones Project

[Iraq 17 Years Later flyer] Friday, March 20, 2020 5:00 PM
"17 Years Since the Iraq Invasion:
Time to End All US Wars"

SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Rally and march
PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice
More infoFlyer1/4 page leafletsFact Sheet

[Guantanamo 18 Years Later flyer] Friday, January 10, 2020 4:30-6:00 PM
"18 Years and 8 Convictions: Time to Shut Guantanamo"

SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Visibility action, rally and march
Expanded PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

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2019

[Afghanistan 18 Years Later poster] Friday, October 4, 2019 5:00 PM
"Why Won't the US Military Leave Afghanistan?"
Rally/ March
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Rally and March protesting 18 years of war in Afghanistan.
More infoFlyer

Sunday, July 28, 2019 1:00 PM
"No U.S. War in Iran or Venezuela
Sanctions Kill People Too!"
March/Rally
At the Amphitheater east of Salmon Street Springs in
Waterfront Park (SW Salmon and Naito Pkwy at the River's edge)
More infoFlyer Cosponsors/endorsersVolunteer!Facebook

Friday, July 19, 2019 5:00 PM
"No Sanctions, No War
We've Heard It All Before!"
PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice

Pioneer Courhouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
The 925th PPRC weekly rally since Nov. 2001
will act to promote the July 28 mobilization.
Flyer

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2018

[PPRC Sept 21 2018 flyer] Friday, September 21, 2018 5:00 PM
"4 Years in Syria, 17 Years in Afghanistan:
Bring All the Troops Home Now!"

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Cosponsoring the weekly Friday rally and march
with Portland Peaceful Response Coalition.
Flyer

Saturday, April 14, 2018 4:00 PM
EMERGENCY ACTION: Protest the bombing of Syria
Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison

The US has no United Nations authorization much less Congressional authority to wage war on the government of Syria. With the presence of the Russian military, engaging in such reckless violence is extremely dangerous.


[Flyer for March 16 rally]

Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00 PM
Iraq 15 Years Later: Forever War?

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Cosponsing the weekly Friday rally with Portland Peaceful Response Coalition.
More infoFlyerFact Sheet
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2017

[Flyer for 08_10_17 Rallies]
Opposing America's Ongoing Wars
Three Rallies for Peace August-October 2017
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Hosted by Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, co-sponsored by PJW's Iraq Affinity Group.
Friday, August 4, 2017:
"US Out of Iraq- No Nukes- End Police Violence"
Friday, September 22, 2017:
"Stop the US War on Syria"

Friday, October 6, 2017:
"End the Endless War on Afghanistan"
More infoFlyerFact sheet

[Mother of All Protests flyer]
Sunday, May 14, 2017, 2:00 PM
"The Mother of All Protests"

March and rally to reclaim Mother's Day for peace

Walk of Heroines, Portland State University, SW Harrison and 10th
Part of the reclamation is to stop using the term "the Mother of" to mean
"the largest of" or "the event to end all other events."
It means the origin of, or one who gives birth to--
as the origin of Mother's day gave birth to this demonstration.
Cosponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and others;
endorsed by Women's March on Portland and others.
More infoFlyer Facebook * Fact sheet for May 14

Friday, April 14, 2017 5:00 PM
"No War on Syria, No Global War"

March/Rally with Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
More info

[Flyer for 3/17/17 event]
Friday, March 17, 2017 5:00 PM
"The Quagmire Continues: 14 Years in Iraq"

Rally and March Against the ongoing US War in Iraq
Cosponsoring the Portland Peaceful Response Coalition Friday Rally
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

[Flyer for 2/24/17 event]
Friday, February 24, 2017 5:00 PM
"800 Weeks of Marching for Peace"

Cosponsoring the Portland Peaceful Response Coalition's
800th Weekly Friday Rally
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Flyer

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2016

Friday, November 4, 2016, 5:00 PM
"15 Years Speaking Out For Peace and Justice"
Expanded Friday Rally w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

This will be PPRC's 784th continuous weekly rally, rain or shine, opposing over the years US wars (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Syria), US foreign policy (support for Israel's occupation of Palestine, ill-advised trade deals), climate change, police brutality, racism, Islamophobia, and other issues.

Friday, October 7, 2016, 5:00-6:00 PM
The Afghan Invasion 15 Years Later
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Flyer (for Sept 9+Oct 7)

Friday, September 23, 2016, 5:00-6:00 PM
2 Years of US War on Syria
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Flyer (for Sept 9+Sept 23)

9/11 15 years later flyer] tower of peace-mobile]
Friday, September 9, 2016, 5:00-6:00 PM
"Casualties of Endless Wars"
Lives, Compassion, The Economy, Privacy & the Environment

Rally/March marking 15 Years since 9/11
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
More info FlyerFact SheetPhoto

Friday, August 5, 2016, 5:00-6:00 PM
2 Years Since Iraq War III and Ferguson; 71 Years Since Hiroshima
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Flyer (for Sept 9+Aug 5)

[Iraq War 25 Years Later flyer]
Friday, March 18, 2016, 5:00-6:00 PM
No More US Wars in Iraq and Libya

Rally/March marking 13 Years of the Iraq War, 5 years in Libya and
750 weeks since the first PPRC Friday Rally

Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
More infoFlyerNEW! Fact Sheet

[Iraq War 25 Years Later flyer]
Friday, January 15, 2016, 4:30-6:00 PM
"End 25 Years of Killing: US Out of Iraq"
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Three wars, millions of lives, and 25 years later, the United States
continues its military and economic intervention in the country of Iraq. More infoFlyer

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2015


Friday, November 6, 2015, 5:00 PM
"No Boots on the Ground!"
Friday Rally and March w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Bring worn out boots to tie to PJW's Peace Wagon
as we call for President Obama to keep to his pledge:
No Boots on the Ground in Iraq and Syria!
Endorsers include: Freedom Socialist Party

Sunday, October 11, 2015 1:00 PM
"Call Out for Justice: End the Wars"
Rally and March

Shemanski Park (the South Park Blocks at Salmon St.)
Flyerinfo & more flyerslist of cosponsorsfacebook page*

Friday, October 9, 2015, 5:00 PM
"End These Endless Wars: Aftghanistan 14 Years Later"
Expanded Friday Rally w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

[Iraq War III 1 YL flyer]
Friday, August 7, 2015, 5:00 PM
"Iraq War Part III One Year Later"
Friday Rally w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Friday, Febraury 20, 2015     5:00 PM
"No More War Authorizations!"
700th Friday Rally w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Friday, January 9, 2015, 5:00 PM
"Close Guantanamo: America's Shame for 13 Years"
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Cosponsoring the Portland Peaceful Response weekly rally for peace (since Nov. 2001!)
More infoFlyer

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2014


Friday, November 21, 2014, 5:00 PM
"End America's Illegal Wars"
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Cosponsoring the Portland Peaceful Response weekly rally for peace (since Nov. 2001!)

Friday, October 3, 2014, 5:00 PM
"US Out of Afghanistan--and Everywhere-- 13 Years Later"
visibility action
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
Cosponsoring the Portland Peaceful Response weekly rally for peace (since Nov. 2001!)

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:00 PM
EMERGENCY ACTION: Protest the US Bombing of Syria

Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison


Saturday, July 26, 2014, 12:00 Noon
Rally: No More US Bombs on Iraq!
Terry Schrunk Plaza (SW 3rd between Madison and Jefferson)
More infoFlyer
Info on our June 17 action against "Gulf War III"
Portlanders Say NO to More US Bombs in Iraq!
and the VFP 72 June 27 action "Veterans Oppose Drums of War"

Friday, January 10, 2014, 5:00 PM
RALLY AND MARCH:
Close Guantanamo--12 Years of Imprisonment without End!

Portland Peaceful Response Weekly Rally for Peace and Justice (since Nov. 2001!)
Pioneer Courthouse Square • SW Yamill and Broadway
cosponsored by the PJW Iraq Affinity Group • contact 503-236-3065

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2013


Friday, October 4, 2013, 5:00 PM
RALLY AND MARCH:
Afghanistan 12 Years Later: Bring All the Troops and "Contractors" Home!

Portland Peaceful Response Weekly Rally for Peace and Justice (since Nov. 2001!)
Pioneer Courthouse Square • SW Yamill and Broadway
cosponsored by the PJW Iraq Affinity Group • contact 503-236-3065

Saturday, August 24, 2013, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
March on Washington 50th Anniversary
Commemorative March and Rally
10 AM gather at Chapman Square (across from Terry Schrunk Plaza)
and 11 AM march to
1:00 PM rally at South Waterfront Park (SW Naito and Columbia)
Sponsored by the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform;
cosponsored by Peace and Justice Works, Portland Copwatch and dozens of other organizations

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2012


Saturday, October 6 & Sunday, October 7, 2012
12:00 Noon to 5 PM
"Occupy Portland, Not Afghanistan"
Rally, March and Teach-in
marking 11 Years in Afghanistan
and One Year of Occupy Portland

Saturday: South Park Blocks at Salmon • Sunday: PCC Cascade (N Killingsworth & Albina)
More infoVolunteer!CosponsorsFacebook *Teach-inFlyerMarch route

Friday, June 29, 2012     5:00 PM
No U.S. War on Syria/No to the Drone Wars
Expanded Friday Rally w/Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway
See Indymedia images of rally featuring Medea Benjamin

[Occupy Aipac poster]

Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:00-8:00 PM
"No War on Iran: Occupy AIPAC"
Protest the lobbies of the 1% who support
war on Iran and apartheid in Israel
Outside Mittleman Jewish Commmunity Center
6651 SW Capitol Highway (near Vermont St.)
Calendar listing Flyer - 8.5x11facebook *

No More Massacres! US Out of Afghanistan NOW!
Expanded PPRC Friday Rally & March

Friday, March 16, 2012, 5:00 PM
Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 4 PM-5:30 PM
ACTION: US is NOT Out of Iraq!
SW Broadway and Yamhill (Pioneer Courthouse Square)
Day After Obama spoke about Iraq withdrawal at State of the Union

Friday, January 6, 2012, 5:00 PM
Rally/March to Shut Guantanamo, 10 Years Later
SW Corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square at Yamhill & Broadway

Join PJW at the Portland Peaceful Response Coalition Friday Rally
to protest the 10th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Prison (Jan. 11)
Details on the Friday Jan. 6 event.  

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2011


Saturday, October 15, 2011, 1:00 PM
"10 Years in Afghanistan:
End the Wars-Bring Our $$ Home"

--Self Determination for the Middle East   --End Militarism
--Money for Jobs & Health Care   --Protect Human & Civil Rights
Rally: 1 PM, So Park Blocks at Salmon; March: 1:30 PM;
Forum: 2:30 PM, First Unitarian Church
[Oct 7 flyer] Flyer InfoCosponsorsVolunteer! *March route

Friday, October 7, 2011, 5:00 PM
Expanded Friday Rally to Mark 10 Years Since Afghan Invasion
5:00 PM, SW Corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Yamhill and Broadway)

Monday, March 21, 2011
EMERGENCY RALLY to protest US missiles in Libya
MONDAY, MARCH 21 at 4:00 PM
TERRY SCHRUNK PLAZA, SW 3rd and Madison

Saturday, March 19, 2011
1:00 PM Rally, 1:30 PM March (12:30 PM gather/music)
"Eight Years in Iraq, Nine Years in Afghanistan
How's The War Economy Working for You?"

Downtown Portland, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW 6th & Yamhill
Download flyers: 1/4 pagefull page11x17
List of cosponsors Volunteer! Facebook * March route

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2020

[Generic Hiroshima 2020 art]
Thursday, August 6, 2020 6:00 PM
75 Years Later Is Now:
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Ending the Nuclear Threat

Online event, visit Oregon PSR's website for more info
See video of the event on YouTube.

[Zaher Afghanistan June 2020 flyer] Monday, June 29, 2020 7:00 PM
The US and Afghanistan: A Fateful Partnership
a presentation with Professor Zaher Wahab

Watch the event that was streamed live on Youtube at
https:/youtube.com/peaceandjusticeworks

More infoFlyer

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2019

[Climate/War Forum Flyer] Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:00 PM
Stop the Climate Crisis: End War

A forum including updates Iran, Venezuela, Yemen and other US "hotspots"
Augustana Lutheran Church Community Room (downstairs)
2710 NE 14th (corner of NE 15th and Knott), enter through breezeway
More infoFlyerFacebook page* Video

[9/11 18 years later flyer] Wednesday, September 11, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM
"The Military's New Recruits Are 9/11 Children"

West end of the Hawthorne Bridge (SW 1st and Main)
Visibility action marking 18 years since 9/11, meaning kids are now
eligible to serve in wars that have been going on since they were born.
More infoFlyer

[Hiroshima 
2019 flyer] Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 6:00-7:00 PM
The Unequal Impacts of Nuclear Weapons:
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial 2019

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by PJW and others
More info

[Rose Festival 2019 flyer] Saturday, June 8, 2019 2:00-4:00 PM
"War Ships Are Not Family Fun"

Visibility action at the Rose Festival
Waterfront Park, NW Naito at Couch (north of the Burnside Bridge)
More infoFlyer

[Iraq 16 Years Later flyer] Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM
"War of Lies: Why Are US Troops Still in Iraq?"

East end of the Burnside Bridge (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd at Burnside)
Visibility action marking 16 years since the US Invasion
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

Sunday, January 13, 2019, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Inside Gaza: An Evening with Dr. Clyde Farris

Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland
Dr. Farris, an orthopedic surgeon from West Linn, recently returned from a trip to Gaza, and will describe the type of injuries he saw in "the largest open-air prison on Earth."
Sponsored by the Portland Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, cosponsored by the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others.

More info

[Guantanamo 17 Years Later flyer] Friday, January 11, 2019 4:30-6:00 PM
"Close Guantanamo: Still America's Shame"

SW Yamhill and Broadway, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
Visibility action, rally and march
Expanded PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

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2018

[Kathy Kelly 2018 flyer] Thursday, September 27, 2018, 7:00 PM
"Afghanistan, Iraq, & Yemen: Finding Hope
in Countries Devastated by U.S. Policy"

an evening with Kathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence,
author and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

Moriarty Arts Building Auditorium
PCC Cascade 705 N Killingsworth (on Albina)
Event cosponsored by Associated Students of Portland Community College
and Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group
Download a flyer
More info Facebook *

Sunday, October 14, 2018 6:00 PM
Protest of Ehud Barak appearance in Portland

Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland
Endorsing the event organized by Jewish Voice for Peace- Portland
It is crucial to oppose war criminals such as former Israeli Defense Minister Barak
and to tell Conrgess to stop funding Israel until they respect Palestinian human rights.
More info

[Hiroshima 2018 flyer] Monday, August 6, 2018, 6:00-7:00 PM
Facing America's Nuclear Legacy:
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & the Pacific Islands

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by PJW and others
Download a flyerMore info on Aug 6

[Iran forum flyer] Friday, June 29, 2018 6:30 PM
Forum on Iran:
US Withdrawal from the Nuclear Agreement and the Path to War

First Unitarian Church's Eliot Chapel, 1211 SW Main
Coordinated by American Iranian Friendship Council; cosponsors include PJW's Iraq Affinity Group
More infoFlyer

[No War banner!] Saturday, April 21, 2018 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Protest the USS Portland Commissioning

Location TBA-- contact PJW for more info
On April 14, a giant Amphibioius Landing Dock will be docked at Portland's Terminal 2, with public tours being given on the 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th at 2 PM. The ship is being officially commissioned with a ceremony at 9 AM on the 21st and we want to send a message: No Warships in Portland!
Report back (4/22/18)

[JTTF Forum]
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 7:00 PM
FORUM: Why Portland Should Get Back Out of the Terrorism Task Force

Maranatha Church, 4222 NE 12th
More infoFlyerMore on the no JTTF campaign

[Flyer for January 11 visibility action]
Thursday, January 11, 2018 3:30 PM-5:30
Guantanamo: Serving Injustice for 16 Long Years

Featuring the "Tower of Peace"
SE Hawthorne & Grand (East end of Hawthorne Bridge)
Cosponsors include Veterans For Peace Chapter 72 and Portland Close Guantanamo Coalition.
More infoFlyerFact SheetPhotos
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2017

[Flyer for October 21 Forum]
Saturday, October 21, 2017 7:30 PM
Current Wars, New Wars, Street Wars

a forum connecting the US wars in Iraq, Syria Afghanistan
Libya, Pakistan, Yemen & Somalia,
threats on Korea / Iran, the re-ignited cold war with Russia,
and the rise of right wing extremism
Sunnyside Community House, 3520 SE Yamhill
More infoFlyer

[Hiroshima 2017 flyer] Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 6:00-7:00 PM
Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki:
From Despair to Hope

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by PJW and others
Download a flyerMore info on Aug 9

[Zaher Wahab]
Wednesday, July 26, 7:00 PM
"Report from Kabul 2017" with Professor Zaher Wahab
Presentation from a recent eyewitness
Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark

Coordinated by Occupy Portland Elder Caucus, co-sponsored by PJW's Iraq Affinity Group.
More info Flyer *

[PJW 25th Anniversary flyer]
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 6 PM-8 PM
Peace and Justice Works / Portland Copwatch
25th Anniversary Celebration!

Unite Oregon Office, 700 N Killingsworth (across from PCC Cascade)
Preceded by PJW's Summer Quarterly Meeting
DetailsFlyer
PLEASE RSVP if you plan to come to this event

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 4:00 PM
50th Anniversary Reading of
Martin Luther King Jr's "Beyond Vietnam" Speech

Miller Gallery-- first floor of the Mark Building (old Masonic temple)
at the Portland Art Museum, SW Park St. at Main
More info facebook event *

[Guantanamo Banner-Tower of Peace]
Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 4:00-5:30 PM
"15 Years of Human Rights Abuses at Guantanamo-- Shut It Down!"

Visibility Action

SE Hawthorne & Grand (East end of Hawthorne Bridge)
Featuring the "Tower of Peace" to mark 15 years since the prison camp opened.
Cosponsored by Amnesty International Group 48, the Portland Close Guantanamo Coalition, and others
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

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2016

[Hiroshima 2016 flyer] Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 6:00-7:00 PM
Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki:
Creating a Nuclear-Free Future

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by PJW and others
Download a flyerMore info on Aug 9

[B Willson event flyer]
Sunday, July 10, 2016, 2:30 PM
"Viet Nam Revisited with S. Brian Willson"

a report back from the famous veteran/activist
on his first "voluntary" return to that country.
Presentation follows the PJW summer quarterly meeting

Unite Oregon (formerly Center for Intercultural Organizing) office
700 N Killingsworh (near Albina, 11 blocks west of MLK)

Flyer

[PSR Writing Awards]
Friday, April 29, 2016, 6:00 PM
"How Would a Successful Movement to
Confront Climate Change Help Create
A More Just an Peaceful World?"

8th Annual (Del) Greenfield Peace Writing Scholarship Awards
featuring journalist Dahr Jamail

(Peace and Justice Works will be tabling at this event)
First Unitarian Church Buchan Hall, 1226 SW Salmon
More infoFlyer

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2015


[Guantanamo 14 Years Later flyer]
Monday, January 11, 2016, 3:30-5:30 PM
"Shut Down Guantanamo-- Stop Inspiring Terrorism"
Visibility Action

SE Hawthorne & Grand (East end of Hawthorne Bridge)
Marking 14 years since the prison camp opened.
Supported by Amnesty International Group 48 and the Portland Close Guantanamo Coalition
More infoFlyer

Wednesday, Septmeber 23, 2015, 4:00-6:00 PM
"The US Attack on Syria One Year Later"
Visibility action

East end of the Hawthorne Bridge (SE Hawthorne & Grand)

[Hiroshima flyer] Thursday, August 6, 2015, 6:00-7:00 PM
70 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki:
The Ever-Present Nuclear Threat

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by PJW and others
Also: Oregon PSR and PJW are working on the "Zones Project"
to educate people what would happen if a nuclear blast hit downtown Portland.
Download a flyerMore info on Aug 6Info on the Zones Project

Saturday, July 18, 2015, 2:30 PM
Report from Viet Nam with Desiree Hellegers
St. Francis Dining Hall, SE 11th & Pine

Desiree will be joined by Becky Luening of the Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA.
More info Flyer
Preceded by PJW's Summer Quarterly Meeting 12:00- 2:00 PM

Monday, May 18, 2015, 6:30-8:30 PM
Phyllis Bennis: Resolving Iraq and Syria through Diplomacy, Not War
Video Teleconference Forum
Mulntomah Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark

More info including link to video Flyer

Thursday, March 19, 2015, 4:00-6:00 PM
"End the Re-Invasion of Iraq-- 12 Years Later"
Visibility Action
NE Couch and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (East end of Burnside Bridge)
More infoFlyerFact sheet NEW! 3/19/15

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2014


Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 3:30-6:00 PM
"End the Afghan War: *Stop Bombing Iraq and Syria*
The Invasion of Afghanistan 13 Years Later"

visibility action
East end of the Burnside Bridge (between NE Couch/Burnside at MLK Jr Blvd)
More infoFlyer

Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 PM
Forum: "US Foreign Policy: The Wars Continue"

Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark
Examining America's role in the wars in Iraq/Syria, Gaza, Pakistan,
Yemen, Somalia, and the re-ignited Cold War with Russia
More infoFacebook page* Flyer

Saturday, August 9, 7:00 PM
EVENT: "AFGHANISTAN ON THE BRINK" with Professor Zaher Wahab
Presentation from a recent eyewitness
Peace House, 2116 NE 18th

Co-coordinated by PJW's Iraq Affinity Group and Occupy Elder Caucus. More info

[Hiroshima flyer] Wednesday, August 6, 2014, 6:00-7:00 PM
The Old and New Faces of Nuclear Weapons
(Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial 2014)

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others
Download a flyer More info

Friday, June 27, 2014, 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
ACTION/News Conference: Veterans Oppose Drums of War
Portland Federal Building (SW 3rd between Madison and Jefferson)
More info

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 4:30-5:30 PM
ACTION: Portlanders Say NO to More US Bombs in Iraq!
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 4:30 PM, East End of Burnside Bridge (NE MLK & Couch/Davis)
More info

Wednesday, March 19, 2014
3:30-6:00 PM

Visibility Action
"An Occupation by Any Other Name: Iraq 11 Years Later"
NE Couch and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
(East end of Burnside Bridge)

More info Download a flyer Fact sheet

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2013


Saturday, October 5, 2013, 7:00 PM
"No More Afghanistans-- The Cost of Endless War"
A Forum Marking 12 Years Since the Invasion & Occupation

First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th-Fuller Hall (basement)
Download a flyer Facebook event*

[Hiroshima flyer] Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 6:00-7:00 PM
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Hanford: A Tragic Connection
Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
and cosponsored by the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others
Download a flyer More info


Tuesday, March 19, 2013 (two related events!)
IRAQ, 10 YEARS LATER
3:30-5:30 PM
Visibility Action: Tower of Peace says "US Out of Iraq!"
SW Broadway and Morrison, Downtown Portland
7:00 PM
Cathy Breen, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
and NYC Catholic Worker House

"Eyewitness 10 Years Later: What Iraqis Are Saying"
First Unitarian Church-Buchan Room, 1011 SW 12th
Funded in part by the IAG's Ruth Holt Memorial Fund
More infoFact SheetFlyer1/4 page C. Breen event

IRAQ 10 YEARS LATER 2003-2013


Saturday, February 16, 2013 (evening)
Middle East and Arab Spring,
10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq"

a talk by Reese Erlich, Journalist
Eliot Chapel-First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th
co-coordinated with American Iranian Friendship Council
and funded in part by the IAG's Jan Bone Memorial Fund
More infoFlyer

IRAQ 10 YEARS LATER 2003-2013


Wednesday, January 16, 2013
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Good Jobs, Not War Jobs
A protest at FLIR industries in Wilsonville
on the 22nd anniversary of the "Gulf War"

27700 SW Parkway Av. (near the I-5 freeway off exit 286)
one of several actions leading up to 10 years since the Iraq invasion
More infoFlyerFact Sheet

IRAQ 10 YEARS LATER 2003-2013


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2012



Tuesday, November 27, 2012
6:00 - 8:30 PM
"Hands in the Rice Paddy:
20 years of humanitarian work in Vietnam"

Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark
Slide show presentation by Mike Boehm of Madison (Wisconsin) Quakers, Inc., which has established a number of projects in My Lai and more than 20 other villages in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam.
Flyer

 


[Hiroshima flyer] Monday, August 6, 2012, 6:00-7:00 PM
Out of the Shadows:
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis
Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Download a flyer More info including info on the Shadow Project


[tower of peace]

Tuesday, July 24, 2012     11:00 AM-5:30 PM
Protest for Peace
Let President Obama know we don't support
wars, occupations, or targeted drone assassinations!

Oregon Convention Center; NE corner of NE Oregon St (800 Block NE)
and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd


[PJW 20th Anniversary]

 
  Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:00 PM
  Peace and Justice Works/Portland Copwatch
  20th Anniversary Celebration

  featuring the "Warmonger of the Year" award
  Peace House • 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook)
Winner Announced:
US Government is "Warmonger of the Year!"



Saturday, May 19, 2012, 1:00-4:00 PM
Iran Forum: Myths and Facts
First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main

  Full page flyer (pdf)facebook *



EVENT: Women and Homelessness Book Release
Friday, April 13, 7:00 PM
St Francis Dining Hall, 1131 SE Oak
More info   Flyer (jpeg)


[banner on m20]

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:30-6:30 PM
"Casualties of Iraq 9 Years Later: US Out!"
Visibility action on the
ninth anniversary of the invasion
Downtown Portland, SW Yamhill and Broadway
* Calendar listing * Flyers8.5x11 NEW! Fact Sheet (.pdf)

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2011


Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7:30 PM
"Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11:
Can We Be Safe and Free?"

Portland Building Auditorium, 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland
Flyer Info


[Sept 11 10YL flyer] Sunday, September 11, 2011, 2:00-3:00 PM
September 11 Peace Memorial:
Reflect, Mourn, Take Action for a More Peaceful World
Ten years after the incident that led the US into an endless "war on terror"
Lownsdale Square, SW 4th and Salmon
Download a flyer


[Hiroshima flyer] Sunday, August 7, 2011, 1:00-4:00 PM
How Can We Create A Nuclear-Free World?
Not Another Hiroshima, Nagasaki or Fukushima

Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis

Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Download a flyer

Friday, August 5, 2011, 7:00 PM
"Kathy Kelly in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq: The Costs of War, the Price of Peace"
Moriarty Arts Building Auditorium at Portland Community College Cascade
(705 N Killingsworth at Albina)

Download a flyer

Friday, January 14, 2011, 4:30 PM
Visibility Action: The "Gulf War" 20 Years Later
SW 3rd and Madison by Terry Schrunk Plaza
Download a flyer

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Meetings

 
 
Saturday, November 14, 2020, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Casual conversation Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

NOTE: This meeting will be held by conference call;
  please contact us for call info.

Sunday, July 26, 2020, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly Meeting

Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

NOTE: This meeting will be held by conference call;
  please contact us for call info.

Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works 28th Annual Meeting

Augustana Lutheran Church (upstairs) 2710 NE 14th, Portland
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Sunday, November 3, 2019, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Peace House, 2118 NE 18th at Tillamook
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Saturday, July 27, 2019, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly Meeting

Social Justice Action Center-- 400 SE 12th
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Sunday, February 24, 2019, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Annual Meeting

Social Justice Action Center, 400 SE 12th
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Saturday, November 10, 2018, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Peace House, 2118 NE 18th at Tillamook
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Sunday, July 22, 2018, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly Meeting

Augustana Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, NE 15th and Knott
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15

Saturday, February 24, 2018, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works 26th Annual Meeting

Social Justice Action Center-- 400 SE 12th
Vegetarian potluck 12-12:30, meeting 12:30-2:15
Note: This was previously listed as a fall quarterly meeting, sorry for any confusion

Sunday, November 19, 2017, 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Peace House, 2116 NE 18th at Tillamook
Vegetarian potluck (and remembering Ann Huntwork) 12-12:30, meeting 12:30- 2:15

Saturday, July 22, 2017, 4 PM-5:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly Meeting

Unite Oregon Office, 700 N Killingsworth (across from PCC Cascade)
followed by PJW's 25th anniversary celebration

Sunday, February 26, 2017 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works' 25th Annual Meeting

Vegetarian potluck at 12 noon; meeting starts 12:30 PM
Social Justice Action Center, 400 SE 12th

Saturday, November 5, 2016 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Peace House, 2116 NE 18th at Tillamook

Sunday, July 10, 2016, 12:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
Unite Oregon (formerly CIO) Office, 700 N Killingsworth; Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30

Saturday, February 20, 2016 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works' 24th Annual Meeting

Vegetarian potluck at 12 noon; meeting starts 12:30 PM
Social Justice Action Center, 400 SE 12th

Sunday, November 8, 2015 12 noon-2:15 PM
Peace and Justice Works Fall Quarterly Meeting

Peace House, 2116 NE 18th at Tillamook

Saturday, July 18, 2015, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
St. Francis Dining Hall, SE 11th & Pine; Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30
To be followed by "Report from Viet Nam" at 2:30 PM

Sunday, February 22, 2015
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
23rd Annual Meeting and Potluck

Center for Intercultural Organizing, 700 N Killingsworth (near Albina), Portland

Saturday, November 8, 2014
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck

Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland

Sunday, July 20, 2014, 12:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
Col Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor; Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Peace and Justice Works'
Annual Meeting and Potluck

CANCELLED: due to snow as of 2/7/14
if you are a voting member and want to participate in
the vote for the board please contact us about a resecheduled date

ALSO CANCELLED: Portland Copwatch informational meeting about
the City's agreement with the Department of Justice

This will not be rescheduled

Sunday, November 3, 2013
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck
Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland

Saturday, July 13, 2013, 12:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
Col Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor;
Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30

Sunday, February 24, 2013
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Annual Meeting and Potluck
American Friends Service Committee office, 2249 E Burnside, Portland

Saturday, November 3, 2012
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck
Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland

Sunday, July 22, 2012, 12:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
Col Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor;
Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30

Saturday, February 11, 2012
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Annual Meeting and Potluck
AFSC Office, 2249 E Burnside, Portland

Sunday, November 13, 2011
12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting)
Peace and Justice Works'
Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck
Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland

Saturday, July 23, 2011, 12:00 PM
Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting
and vegetarian potluck
Col Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor; Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30

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News and Statements

 
 

Read about the Campaign to Keep Oregon's National Guard Home
from Iraq and Afghanistan
Oregon campaign logo
Launched as part of the Campaign to Bring the Troops home in May, 2008
Guard Home Campaign Considers Successes in 2009 session (6/23/09)
Media: The Campaign in the Press (updated 5/29/09)
Original draft resolution / legislation     list of supporters

 

Ruling in Case of Police Spying on Peace and Justice Works -- March, 2005

Read information on a case of Portland Police spying on Peace and Justice Works, which was rejected by the US 9th Circuit Court on March 2, 2005, and how it relates to the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force.

UN Lifts Sanctions on Iraq--May 22, 2003

...but PJW's Iraq Affinity Group vows to oppose the terms of Resolution 1483, that gives US full authority
(see the IAG's new mission statement--June, 2003).

US Bombs Afghanistan October, 2001

Statement on US Bombing of Afghanistan 10/7/01

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