Are
you as disturbed as we are by Donald Trump’s appointees and the agenda they are
promoting? We sincerely hope you will join us in the weeks and months ahead in
taking a stand to oppose their actions.
There
will be numerous ways to do this as we move forward, but, to demonstrate, right
from the start, our deeply held concerns, we invite you to join Peaceworks and
at least 20 co-sponsoring groups in a Solidarity March and Rally that will be
held on Saturday, January 21, on the same day as, and in solidarity with, the
Women’s March on Washington.
Together
we will take a stand to support social and economic justice, public health and
safety, inclusion, climate and the environment, peace and our very democracy.
Over the coming months we will be working hard to reach out to our neighbors to
build as broad a consensus as possible in opposition to an unprecedented
assault on virtually everything we cherish and have fought hard for many
decades to attain. Our approach will be respectful, but unapologetically in
opposition to the direction that the Trump administration and their
Congressional allies aim to take us.
Please
plan to join us for the Solidarity March
and Rally on Saturday, Jan. 21. We will gather between 1-1:30 p.m. at
Courthouse Plaza, march to Stephens College and hold an indoor rally featuring
speakers, music, tabling and more there.
You
can find the details (as well as RSVP and invite others) via the Facebook event
if you click HERE.
There
will also be a Rally: Inaugurating Resistance to the Trump Agenda.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Traditions Plaza (between the Law School
and the Alumni Center on Conley Ave.) on the MU Campus. We encourage those who
can make it out Friday to join us for this as well.
The
list of co-sponsoring groups to date includes: Columbia Area NOW; Columbia
Climate Change Coalition; Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation;
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks; Mid-Missourians for Justice in Palestine; Missouri
NOW; MDP Women’s Caucus; Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty,
Columbia Chapter; Mizzou Energy Action Coalition; Moms Demand Action for Gun
Sense; Native American Support Group; NextGen Climate; OneMic; Osage Group
Sierra Club; Our Revolution, Mid-Missouri; Planned Parenthood Great Plains;
Protectors of Water and Land-Columbia, MO; Race Matters, Friends; Renew
Missouri; Social Action Team of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia;
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Mid-Missouri.
