Participating Organizations

We recognize that other groups will also be organizing campaigns intended to communicate with the general public about crucial issues in advance of President-elect Obama's inauguration. We vigorously uphold the right to free speech. As we exercise our right to free speech, we further recognize our responsibility to clarify this coalition's commitment to nonviolence. This commitment challenges us to strive for nonviolence in our lifestyles and personal interactions, and to reject any and all reliance on threat, force and weapons in resolving disputes, be they domestic or international.

Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Justice and Peace Shares
Pax Christi Springfield
AFSC Chicago, Illinois Great Lakes Regional Office
8th Day Center for Justice
Kairos, Chicago
North Suburban Peace Initiative
North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice
Hyde Parkers for Peace and Justice
Peace Action Sub-committee, First Unitarian Church of Chicago
Veterans For Peace
Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ
Midwest Pacifist Center
Northside Action For Justice
Eco-Justice Collaborative
Chicago Area CodePINK
CODEPINK - NW Indiana
DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice
Catholic Action Network for Social Justice (St. Louis)
Pax at St. Louis University
Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice
South Siders for Peace
Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition
Social Justice Committee of University Church
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
New Life Midwifery Services
Movimiento 10 de Marzo
West Suburban Faith-based PEACE Coalition
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Chicago Area Chapter
Informed Energy Decisions
Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization
Nuclear Energy Information Service
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Illinois Solar Energy Association
Blacks in Green
Oxfam International
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
St. Liborius Peace and Justice
Wicker Park Grace
Generations For Peace
Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace
Casa Maria Catholic Worker - Milwaukee
Peninsula Peace and Justice- Maine

Date & Time	Title
Jan 1 2009 12:00pm - 4:00pm	Camp Hope Kickoff in Hyde Park
Jan 2 2009 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Health Care Forum with Dr. Quentin Young
Jan 3 2009 7:00pm - 8:00pm	Emancipation Proclamation Pageant- Hyde Park Union Church
Jan 5 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm	Vigil, Walk and Screening - "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Jan 7 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm	Evening discussion on withdrawal of troops from Iraq
Jan 8 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm	"Abandoning War: A Peoples' Agenda" featuring Col. Ann Wright, Michael McPhearson,and Stephen Kinzer
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	"Meltdown: Connecting the Pieces" with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Premiere Showing of "War on the Family"
Jan 10 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm	Faithful Politics: An Interfaith Dialogue- hosted by Wicker Park Grace
Jan 10 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm	Myths and Realities about U.S. War in Afghanistan -A Presentation by Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid
Jan 11 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Witness Against Torture Forum: From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago
Jan 12 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Economic Justice Forum
Jan 14 2009 8:00am - 5:00pm	Camp Hope for Peace in the Middle East - Hosted by the American Friends Service Committee
Jan 14 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	The Gaza Crisis: What the Media Isn't Telling Us - A Presentation by Ali Abunimah
Jan 15 2009 8:00am - 5:30pm	Join the Immigrant and Human Rights Community, Labor, Faith-Based and Community Organizations at Camp Hope
Jan 15 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm	Forum and Discussion: “Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights”
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm	Blackwater Worldwide In Illinois and Beyond: The Dangers of Outsourcing Our Security
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Screening and Discussion - "Taxi to the Dark Side" Followed by Discussion with Former Guard, Sonja De Santiago
Jan 17 2009 10:00am - 12:00pm	Eco-Justice Collaborative- Morning Presentation and Walk to Vigil Site
Jan 17 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Political Satirist Dave Lippman and the Singing C.I.A. Agent formerly known as George Shrub
Jan 18 2009 8:00am - 6:00pm	Closing of Camp Hope with Candlelight Vigil- Sending off of Caravan to DC
Jan 18 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm	Nature of Racism Lecture Discussion: Neo-Racism and the Myth of a Post-Racial US American Empire
Jan 19 2009 3:30pm - 6:00pm	Vigil at the Federal Building to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday

Date & Time

Title

Jan 1 2009 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Camp Hope Kickoff in Hyde Park

Jan 2 2009 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Health Care Forum with Dr. Quentin Young

Jan 3 2009 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Emancipation Proclamation Pageant- Hyde Park Union Church

Jan 5 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm

Vigil, Walk and Screening - "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"

Jan 7 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Evening discussion on withdrawal of troops from Iraq