Close Guantanamo Now! UPDATES - Endorsers and donors- Media-New flyer-Needs

[Andy Griggs]

A week away and we are in good shape - please read carefully and give feedback - Reply all if appropriate--or individually to me if not!

Rough draft of the day's schedule should follow later this weekend or early next week. Action requested items are in bold below.

1) Special thanks go out to all of you - Your biggest contribution will be to get out the word, and get people to the event next Friday!

The following have supported with specific cash or in-kind donations: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Amnesty International, Out Against War, Peace Center at UUC, School of the Americas Watch-LA, The WE Project

Here are all endorsers to date - Let me know if you can get more -

Endorsers:   Addicted to War * American Civil Liberties Union–So CA * American Friends Service Committee–LA * Amnesty International USA * Anti-Racist Action-LA * Bill of Rights  Defense Committee * Café Intifada * Center for Constitutional Rights * CODEPINK LA * Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) * Freedom Socialist Party * Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick LLP * ImaginAction * LA Laborfest * LA-Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee * LA Region Religious Campaign Against Torture (LARRCAT) * LA vs. NDAA Coalition * Law Offices of Michael S. Rapkin * MLK , Jr. Coalition for Jobs, Justice, & Peace * Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) * National Lawyers Guild – LA * National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) * No More Victims * Occupy The Ballot * Occupy the Hood * Office of the Americas * Out Against War * Pax Christi–LA & So CA * The Peace Center of United University Church * Program for Torture Victims–LA * Radical Women * Revolution Books * Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris Hoffman & Harrison LLP * Shura Council of So CA * School of the Americas Watch–LA * Spiritual Youth for Justice and Peace * St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care * Topanga Peace Alliance * Unifying Peace With Actions Respect & Dignity (UPWARD) * The WE Project * World Can’t Wait -LA

 

To endorse or for information, go to www.icujp.org, call 213-748-1643 or email ic...@pacbell.net

2) KPFK 90.7 FM interviews and mentions to date: 

Friday, Jan 4 10 AM - Michael Slate interviews Andy Worthington--http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/the-guantanamo-files/  and will mention our event

Sunday, Jan 6 8:30 - 9 AM The Labor Show with Henry Walton 

Sunday, Jan 6 10 - 11 AM - World Focus with Blase Bonpane 

Thur, Jan 10 7-8 PM The Lawyer's Guild Show with Jim Lafferty

Please let me know of any special relationships you have with press or other media--

Also write letters to the editor this week

2) Social Media and Webpages

Make sure to go to our Facebook event page - check that you are attending and share wildly! So far we have 80 people attending http://tinyurl.com/a4evqcz

You can also like our facebook page facebook.com/icujp

National groups posting include: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Amnesty International, World Can't Wait, 

I'm not a big tweeter - but we are @icujp or @AndyGriggs1  - Anyone want to take on the twitter campaign?

3) most recent flyer attached as jpg and word doc - please distribute

4) NEEDS:

     We have two - three banners (including a huge one for people to sign - 

- Battery operated PA system? 

- Funds for more signs and banners

- Copying of action items

- People to wear jumpsuits

- Folks to do followup calls to press

- Bring buckets to collect funds

- orange arm sashes for those not wearing jumpsuits

       We have 55 pictures with the names that have been released as detainees: People to possibly read those names out?

        - bullhorns

Again thanks for your support--if you have any suggestions or ideas that we have missed here--let us know!

Andy Griggs, Program Director,
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
andy....@gmail.com

www.icujp.org

@icujp

310-704-3217

Religious Communities Must Stop Blessing War and Violence