A Different World is Possible - Unidos por la Paz
A March for Dignity, Peace, Justice and Hope for Humanity
 
San Antonio
Sunday, November 11, 2001
 
1pm — Gather at Victoria Courts
(East Side of Labor St. facing Durango)
 
2pm — Rally at Plaza del Zacate (Milam Park)
(off of Santa Rosa between Commerce and Houston)

Two months after the attack on the World Trade Center and over a month after the bombings began in Afghanistan, Unidos por la Paz, a peace coalition in San Antonio, will hold a March for dignity, peace, justice and hope for Humanity November 11, 2001 beginning at the Victoria Courts (East Side of Labor St. facing Durango) at 1pm and with a rally at Plaza del Zacate (Milam Park) - (off of Santa Rosa between Commerce and Houston) at 2pm.
 
Confirmed speakers include human rights activist Antonio Cabral, writer Sandra Cisneros, Teresa Gutierrez from the national organization Act Now to Stop the War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R) and Tom King, former professor of religious studies at Our Lady of the Lake University.
 
Performances by the Peace Posse and the break dancers of Youth Advocates. Music provided by DJ Dish 1. There will also be an outdoor photo exhibit, Faces of the Middle East, by Alan Pogue and after the rally there will be plenty of food and an open stage jam session (all interested peace-minded musicians, performers, artists welcome!).
 
While we mourn the tragic loss of life and the pain of all who suffer in grief from the recent terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, we want to ensure that no more lives are lost in destructive and ultimately counter-productive wars. Therefore, the goals of this march are to mobilize public support to halt the U.S. government from waging war against Arab and Muslim peoples throughout the world, to develop a sense of "critical patriotism" and offer alternatives to war, to stop the environmental degradation perpetuated by war and to stand together in unity against all forms of violence.
 
We see the terrorist assaults as a tragic response to the violence the United States government coordinates and sponsors throughout the world. U.S. foreign and domestic policies have waged official and unofficial wars on people of color for centuries. Entire families, communities, and peoples have been devastated and decimated here and throughout the third world. We believe President George Bush's war against terrorism can only provide the U.S. with the illusion of security and peace. True security will come when the U.S. government ceases its destructive foreign policies that create, and ultimately, promote terrorism. The call to war by the United States government will not stop terrorism at home and abroad. It will only increase it.
 
The Peace March is endorsed by Austin Against War, Coalition for Justice in the Maquilas, Comite en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Mexico, Food Not Bombs, Fuerza Unida, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Coalition for Peace & Justice at Trinity, SA Now, PEACE Initiative, Fuerza Unida, Xicana/o Education Project, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Amnesty International San Antonio chapter, PEACE Initiative, Refugee Aid Project, American Indian Resource Center, and SA Progressive Faculty.