CODEPINK MEMPHIS: Honk for Peace Report

Friday, April 6, 2007

Honk for Peace Report

April 4th marked the 39th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, TN and to honor his legacy of Peace, CodePink Memphis hosted a Honk for Peace on a pedestrian walkway over Sam Cooper Blvd during rush hour. Peace banners were hung and the pink was on. It was heartening to hear the cars beep, ambulance and police sirens, and truck horns blaring, all in support of peace. Thanks goes out to everyone who showed up, you were great! It was good to have the two students from White Station High School there supporting the Peace movement. Two ladies in pink biked over to the overpass in bright pink prom dresses, looking like fuschia Statues of Liberty on wheels! It was a great afternoon!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

PEACE RIBBON PROJECT at the NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM - May 26, 2007 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CodePink's Peace Ribbon panels will be in Memphis, TN at the National Civil Rights Museum, weather permiting, on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. CodePink Memphis will be adding to the project with panels honoring the Iraq War Dead from the Memphis area, as well as a panel honoring all of the Tennessee dead through April of 2007. Join us at this moving exhibition.

We will follow the next day, with a Peace Picnic on Sunday, May 27th in Overton Park, hopefully near the Veterans War Memorial, where we will again, exhibit the Peace Ribbon Project.

NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT DAY-April 28th

Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., corner of Poplar and Highland (park area), Memphis, TN

Join us, Veterans for Peace, and Midsouth Peace and Justice, for a rally as we join other peace groups all over the country in showing other Memphians our desire to be governed by someone that is "for the people", not for the corporations and military industrial complex. There will be leafleting, that lists the Bush administration's wrongdoings, as well as signs for impeachment. Put on the PINK!

BOOKS NOT BOMBS PROTEST-Rep. Marsha Blackburn

April 10, 2007, Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Collierville Town Hall, 500 Poplar View Pkwy., Collierville, TN

(Town Hall Meeting Protest) Rep. Blackburn will be pushing for the No Child Left Behind act to be renewed. CodePink Memphis will be there to let her know we want better funded education, not more war. There will be anti-NCLB act leafleting at the door before the meeting.

HONK FOR PEACE Freeway Bannering 4:30 to 5:30pm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Email us for details.

MAKE HIP HOP NOT WAR (Event cancelled, hoping for a reschedule, stay tuned!) Wednesday, April 4, 2007 The Hip Hop Caucus will be at the University of Memphis, and CODEPINK Memphis is sponsoring this event. Email us for details.

CODEPINK HOUSE PARTY 4:00pm, Saturday, April 14, 2007 This is an informal get-together in the U of M area for anyone who is interested in CODEPINK activities. We'll have cake and drinks. You are welcome to bring an appetizer to share, or just show up. We would love to meet you! Email us for details.