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September 24th March on Washington
College NOT Combat!
Relief Not war!
Meet at Constitution Ave. and 15th St. NW when you arrive in Washington. Following the peace and justice festival and rally, please meet back at that location by 12:15 so we can step off at 12:30.

In the last few weeks, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has exposed the racism of a system that prioritizes a war based on lies over the safety of ordinary people at home. The reports of New Orleans residents being terrorized by the police and national guard while aid remains all but unavailable has angered a large section of this country. This sense of outrage has lead to the beginning of a reawakening of the antiwar movement.

For this reason, the Campus Antiwar Network, has launched a "Relief Not War" campaign. Students are organizing relief actions on their campuses to show solidarity with dispossessed Gulf Coast residents. Additionally, the Louisiana Activist Network, a sponsor of the College Not Combat contingent who is organizing a Peace Train through the South to Washington DC for the 24th, has set up camp outside of New Orleans and is organizing direct aid to hurricane survivors. Given the centrality of relief work to both groups' activities and the connections between the war the the hurricane, exemplified by military recruiters in the Astrodome, the College Not Combat contingent will be renamed "College Not Combat, Relief Not War," with the dual demands of military out of our schools and funding relief efforts instead of the war.

If you are interested in marching with "College Not Combat, Relief Not War" , please meet at Constitution Ave. and 15th St. NW when you arrive in Washington. Following the peace and justice festival and rally, please meet back at that location by 12:15 so we can step off at 12:30. In order to make sure our contingent runs smoothly, please provide the names and cell phone numbers of two people from your bus who will serve as bus captains. We also need marshalls, megaphones, and clipboards. Please consider what your group can volunteer. Information and questions about bus captains, marshalls, megaphones, and clipboards should be directed to leela23 (at) gmail.com as soon as possible.