The 'Friends of Marcia Powell' are autonomous groups and individuals engaging in prisoner outreach, informal advocacy, and organized protest and direct actions in a sustained campaign to: promote prisoner rights and welfare in America; engage the Arizona public in a creative and thoughtful critique of our system of "justice;” deconstruct the prison industrial complex; and dismantle this racist, classist patriarchy...

Retiring "Free Marcia Powell"

As of December 2, 2010 (with occasional exceptions) I'm retiring this blog to direct more of my time and energy into prisoner rights and my other blogs; I just can't do anyone justice when spread so thin. I'll keep the site open so folks can search the archives and use the links, but won't be updating it with new posts. If you're looking for the latest, try Arizona Prison Watch. Most of the pieces posted here were cross-posted to one or both of those sites already.

Thanks for visiting. Peace out - Peg.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

America's Longest War: Protest at AZ Senator Debate!


SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST PHOENIX DEBATE:

PROTEST SENATOR MCCAIN
and FORMER CONGRESSPERSON J. D. HAYWORTH'S
CALL FOR ENDLESS WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

Friday, July 16, 2010
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

at

KTVK - 3 TV Studios

5555 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix
7th Ave, south of W. Bethany Home north of W. Missouri
(park on the nearby residential streets
)




We will hold banners like JOBS AT HOME, NOT WARS ABROAD. Indeed, since 2001 taxpayers in Arizona have paid $14.4 billion for the unnecessary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:


1,849,589 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
287,196 Firefighters for One Year OR
2,101,597 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
2,595,756 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR
3,176,024 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
1,742,809 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
2,740,952 Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
280,009 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
7,309,206 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year[1]


Sponsored by the End the War Coalition, Arizona Alliance for Peace and Justice, Arizona Institute for Peace Education and Research, Code Pink-Phoenix, Grandmothers for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America -Arizona, Veterans for Peace-Phoenix, Women in Black-Phoenix

For more information email: endthewarcoalition@cox.net or call (480) 894-2024.


[1] http://costofwar.com.com/


Immediately following the protest , chill out with us at Mary Coyle Ice Cream Parlor, 5521 N. 7th Avenue, (a three minute walk from the KTVK - 3TV studio, located just south of the studio).


Support the troops:

BRING THEM HOME ALIVE!!!

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