Watada Support Committee (WSC) & Asian Pacific Islanders Resist (APIR) meetings are open to all Watada supporters.  Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to RSVP, confirm meeting site and for directions.

WSC meetings are every  1st and 3rd Thursday
         at 6:30 pm at the NJAHS (1684 Post St., SF Japantown)
APIR meetings (including potluck dinner) are every  2nd and 4th Monday
        at 6:30 pm in Berkeley.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES
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DAILY
Mon. thru Fri.  "NO Military Predators in OUR Town!  Shut Down the Marine Recruiting Station in Berkeley"
8:00am-4:00pm   Marine Recruiting Station, 64 Shattuck Square @ University Ave., Berkeley
         Contact:         CodePink     510-524-2776   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Marines have opened an Officer Recruiting Station, just blocks from Berkeley High School, UCB and Berkeley City College.

Our goal is to have a peace presence there EVERY day that they're open - which is

Mon-Fri 8-4.  

CodeP will be there the whole day on Wednesday from 8am-4pm

Middle East Children's Alliance will be there on Thursdays from 11:30am-1:30pm

World Can't Wait will be there on Thursdays from 3:00-6:00pm

Individuals and organizations are invited to sign up for a 2-hour shift, all day, or any part of a day! 

Together we WILL shut down this recruiting station NOW!!!

You can also call the Marine Recruiting Station (510-705-8060) today! 

Tell them politely to PLEASE LEAVE our City! Tell them why you want them to leave!

WEEKENDS
9:30am-noon     Peace Tabling
                          Contra Costa Farmers' Markets and special events
                          2-hour shifts.  Volunteers needed.  Call 925-933-7850

SATURDAYs
9:00-10:00am    Vacaville "Peace on Earth" Vigil
                          650 Merchant Street , Vacaville

noon-1:00pm     Vigil at Grand Lake Theater in Oakland
                          Sponsor:         Bay Area Women in Black  www.bayareawomeninblack.org
                          with banners and signs, offering visible opposition to both the U.S. Ocupation of Iraq and the
                          Israeli Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
                          Contact:          www.bayareawomeninblack.org

SUNDAYs
noon-2pm                  Lafayette Crosses Work Party
                          Deerhill Rd. across form Lafayette BART
                          Note: At 11:30 on the first Sunday of each month, there will be a silent half hour meditation,
                          led by Jane Fergusson.
                          Help put up and paint new crosses. Donations for materials can be sent to Jeff Heaton,
                          3576 Terrace Way, Lafayette, CA  94549.

5:00-5:30pm              Martinez Peace Vigil
                          in front of Martinez City Hall
                          Contact:  Barbara at 925-372-4152

2nd Sunday of each month         Golden Gate Bridge Convergence for Peace
(3/11, 4/8, 5/13, 6/10, etc.)            start at north or south end of bridge Converge in the middle to:
noon-2pm                  Declare Peace and demand that Congress End War and Occupation.
                          Carpool, bus, shuttle due to very limited parking.
                          Please note: signs and banners are prohibited on the bridge.
                          Sponsor:  Code Pink
                          Contact: Toby Blome      This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , (510) 215-5974

TUESDAYs
noon-1:00pm      Vigil
                          Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay  (2 blocks from 12th St. Bart), Oakland
                          Contact:         http://www.epicalc.org/ • (510) 655-1162
                          Sponsors:        Berkeley Women in Black • East Bay Coalition to Support Self-Rule for Iraqis •
                          Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice • Peace & Freedom Party • Women for
                          Peace • Mustardseed Affinity Group • Ecumenical Peace Institute • 

each 3rd Tuesday     Vigil & "Living Graveyard" 
noon-1pm                  Oakland Federal Building, 1301 1301 Clay  (2 blocks from 12th St. Bart), Oakland
                          Contact:         http://www.epicalc.org/ • (510) 655-1162
                          Sponsors:        Berkeley Women in Black • East Bay Coalition to Support Self-Rule for Iraqis •
                          Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice • Peace & Freedom Party • Women for
                          Peace • Mustardseed Affinity Group • Ecumenical Peace Institute • 

This is a street theater piece in which people lie down on the city sidewalk and cover themselves with sheets to represent the dead, Iraqi and "coalition", killed in this war of occupation.  Please bring your own sheet, and since the pavement is cold a mat is recommended.  Rain does not cancel -- poncho might sometimes be necessary.  Since we lie on the city sidewalk far enought apart to accomodate passing foot and wheelchair traffic, this is a legal event.  In January we met up with a Federal agent who didn't think so and arrested two of us, however the ACLU is on our side and I don't anticipate trouble in the future.

This vigil began in the Spring of 1998, when Madeline Albright tried to gain support for a war against Iraq.  The focus has changed over time, and is now calling for an end to the Iraq War and the occupation.

WEDNESDAYs
7:30am-4:30pm   "No Military Predators in OUR Town" Vigil
                          Marine Recruiting Station, 64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley  (near downtown Berkeley BART)
                           Contact:   510-524-2776 or email:  bayareacodepink.com
                          Sponsors:        Code Pink

The goal is to SHUT DOWN this recruiting station.  Please join for a couple of hours, the whole day, or any part!   

If you can't be there, please call the recruitment center (510-705-8060) and ask why they are there when the majority of residents do not want them operating in Berkeley.  The Berkeley City Council has stated that we are all "on the same page" on this issue.

5:15-6:15pm              CodePink vigil - Oakland
                          2116 Broadway (in front of Army Recruiting Center, 1-1/2 blks from 19th BART) , Oakland
                          Contact:  Sam  at   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   510.524.2776

5:15-6:15pm     CodePink vigil - SF
                          Market & Ellis (The triangle formed by Market and Ellis, under the wall clock near the foot of
                          Stockton across Market from 4th St. Old Navy store)
                          Contact:  Janet Rosen  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

THURSDAYs
4:00-6:00pm              Benicia Peace Vigil
                           Corner of Military West/First Street in Benicia

5:00-6:00pm              Lafayette Square Anti-War Protest
                          Corner Diablo Blvd. & Moraga Rd, Lafayette
                          Contact:  Kathy Klein at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

FRIDAYs
7:00-8:30am              Code Pink Banner Drop
                          University Ave. footbridge (over 80 at foot of Addison)
                          Contact: Toby Blome  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , (510) 215-5974

3:30-4:30pm              Vigil
                          Corner of Tice Valley Blvd and Rossmoor Parkway in front of Rossmoor sign.
                          Contact:  Bob Hanson , 944-3366
                          
5:30-6:30pm              Code Pink Banner Drop
                          Highland Ave over San Jose Ave. in SF
        
every 3rd Friday        Iraq Moratorium
                          Take a break from your daily routine to take some concrete step to demand an end to the war and bring the troops home.  The hallmark will be the wearing of black ribbons and armbands. Look for variety of actions and events.  Contact:   http://iraqmoratorium.org