AFSC, 65 Ninth St., San Francisco
UFPJ met at the SF Friends Meeting house at 65 9th St. at 7 pm on March 25. The agenda included a wrap-up for the actions on March 19th, the 6th anniversary of the Iraq war and then specifically next steps regarding the events in the next couple of weeks.
Many of the lessons/observations are in the report that Elizabeth put together. It is really a great collection of reports from the whole day. Click here to see the report.
In general, people felt very good about the day. It was a positive effective alternative to a mass march. We were successful in reaching 9,000 people through the leaflets. It was an opportunity to have a consistent message but allowed groups to tailor the message to meet their needs. We should do it more often.
We need to send a follow-up report to all the participating groups. Elizabeth intends to send a modified report to all the Congressional offices in the Bay Area.
The SDS chapter at Diablo Valley Community College did an action. Sorry Jackie I didn’t write it down.
We spent a lot of time discussing how to respond to Obama’s speech on Friday. Janet Weil of Code Pink would like to organize an emergency response. A few people, would like to prepare a response. If you are interested in joining notify Janet Weil.
We received some good information regarding a book by Lester Grau – Afghan Guerrilla Warfare was recommended for background information regarding Afghanistan.
April 4 – we will be meeting to march under the UFPJ banner at the Cesar Chavez parade on April 4th. March is at noon, meet at 19th and Dolores at 11 am.
April 15 – we would like to do coordinated decentralized actions for Tax Day as well as a big media friendly something. Janet, Elizabeth, Kathy, Barry, Peter and Sandra have agreed to put their heads together. In the meantime, tabling with the postcards at post offices would be a great action for anyone that wants to continue to pressure the government to reprioritize our spending.
No one actually took minutes – these are from my jottings and memory.
Submitted by Sandra Schwartz
