March 29, 2008 - KC RALLY FOR PEACE

   KC RALLY FOR PEACE! Saturday, March 29, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Organizers call for participants to fill the sidewalks at the intersection of: 95th Street. & Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas. Bring signs, posters, banners, noise makers, etc. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

   Rally participants will also be collecting canned food for Harvesters during the rally. We can truly be peace makers by helping those who are in most need of help. REMEMBER TO BRING SOME CANS! For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/kc_protest

May 11, 2008 - STAND FOR PEACE - Overland Park, Kansas

On Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:00 p.m., local group Moms Against the War will honor the work of mothers to teach, in the words of Mothers Day founder Julia Ward Howe, patience, charity and mercy. Join the event  on 95th Street between Neiman and Quivira in Overland Park (see map for location). See http://www.juliasvoice.org web site or call 913-381-3336 for more information

500,000 March on Washington - Report on January 27, 2007 Protest

"Protest Focuses on Troop Increase for Iraq"

"Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the National Mall on Saturday to oppose President Bush’s plan for a troop increase in Iraq in what organizers hoped would be one of the largest shows of antiwar sentiment in the nation’s capital since the war began”

- Read full NY Times report on CommonDreams.org, Jan. 27, 2007

- "Johnson Countians join anti-war march in Washington," Kansas City Star, January 31, 2007

- United for Peace and Justice - www.unitedforpeace.org

STOP WAR ON IRAN

SIGN PETITION TO STOP THREAT OF ATTACK

Join U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; Harold Pinter; historian Howard Zinn; George Galloway MP; former UN Assistant Secretary-General Dennis Halliday; Tony Benn, and 20,000 more signers to say No War on Iran

> Sign the petition - Send a message to Bush, Cheney, Congress, and Halliburton - http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml

GET INVOLVED - Work for End to Iraq War

The human and financial costs of the Iraq war continue to mount. Over 1,500 U.S. soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq. Over 100,000 Iraqi citizens are dead.

   The Bush Administration is claiming they are succeeding in spreading democracy in the Middle East. However, they fail to comprehend that democracy cannot be won through the barrel of a gun.

   You can help assure a just future and an end to the Iraq War! Can you devote just two hours, or four hours a month for this goal?   < Read more >

• Volunteer to end the Iraq War - Fill out this GET INVOLVED FORM or
  call 816-931-5256.

KCITF Statement Against the War (1/28/05)

The Kansas City Iraq Task Force opposed the sanctions on the Iraqi people and continues to oppose the war waged on Iraq. As the war continues, The Task Force has released an updated policy statement and action plans. We call for the U.S. government to: WITHDRAW THE U.S.TROOPS COMPLETELY AND DISMANTLE MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ: The invasion was based on the presence of weapons of mass destruction...   < read full statement >