[mgj-announce] Full Calendar of World Bank/IMF Mobilization events

[mgj at riseup.net]

A Better World is Under Construction!
Full Calendar of Events for the Mobilization against the World Bank and IMF
April 11th-17th, 2005 Washington DC during there spring meetings. A more
detailed calendar is available at www.globalizethis.org

**please forward**
Full Calendar:

All Week:
Puppet Factory!!!!!
10:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday April 11th thru Friday April 15th
All Souls Unitarian Church, 16th and Harvard Sts. NW
(Wheel chair accessible)
Metro Stop: Columbia Heights on the Green Line on the Green line as well as the
H2, H3, H4, S1 or S2 bus lines (Walk two blocks south on 14th, turn right on
Columbia Road, go to 16th and turn Left and walk to Harvard)
For more info: mgj at riseup.net, www.globalizethis.org

April 11th:

*Legal Training: Know your Rights Before you Hit the Streets!
6:00 – 9:00 pm, the Flemming Center, 1426 9th St. NW at the corner of 9th and P
NW. (wheel chair accessible)
Metro Stop: Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center on the yellow and green lines
and Shaw Howard University on the green line.
For more info:  Tia Swett, swettalthea at yahoo.com

April 12th:

*MGJ Press Conference – 1:00pm National Press Club, Lisagor Room
(Wheel chair accessible)
Metro stop: Metro Center on the orange and blue lines
For more info: Lacey MacAuley, (703) 850-5542, butterfly at lacy.com

Immigrant Rights are Human Rights! – 7:00 – 9:00 pm King Emmanuel Baptist Church
2324 Ontario Road, at Kalorama and Ontario Rds. NW
Metro Stop: The 90, 92 and 96 buses. No metro rail service
For more info: Jenny Kirby, belltoweroverflo at hotmail.com
Sponsored by: AFSC DC, Coalition of Latino Merchants, DC Employment Justice
Center, King Emmanuel Baptist Church, and the Mobilization for Global Justice

April 13th:

CAFTA and Debt teach in – 6:30 – 8:30 pm Church 20th and G St. NW
Speakers include both US and Central American based organizers
(Spanish interpretation is available)
Metro stop: Foggy Bottom/GWU on the orange and blue lines
For more info: Jessica Walker Beaumont, JWalkerBeaumont at afsc.org
Sponsored by: AFSC, Jubilee USA, Stop CAFTA Coalition, Mobilization for Global
Justice, Alliance for Responsible Trade, US Gender and Trade Network and GW
Students for Fair Trade.

MGJ General Meeting: Last one before the days of action! 7-9pm St. Stephens
Church 16th and Newton NW (wheel chair accessible)Metro stop: Columbia Heights
on the green line(Walk three blocks north on 14th, turn left on Newton at the
fire station. walk to 16th. Enter the church on the left side at the big red
door.
For More info: mgj at riseup.net, www.globalizethis.org

April 14th:

Global Justice concerns with Tsunami Reconstruction Asian Civil Society Members
Discuss Challenges Faced by Reconstruction – 7:00-9:00 pm Religious Action
Center 2027 Massachusetts Ave NW
Metro Stop: Dupont Circle on the Red line
For more info: Debi Kar, kar at cepr.net
Sponsored by: Jubilee USA Network, Mobilization for Global Justice, The Asia
Project, East Timor Action Network, Friends of the Earth, Foreign Policy in
Focus/Institute for Policy Studies,  Missionary Oblates

Protest Structural Adjustment in Washington DC: Full Funding for Schools not
Baseball Stadiums!
6-8 pm RFK stadium
As DC Public Schools fall apart, literally the city wants to cut 44% from the
capital budget for schools! Even with a budget surplus. At the same time the
city is moving heaven and earth to come up with the $500 million dollars to
build a brand new professional base ball stadium.
Metro: Stadium/Armory on the Blue line
Sponsor: DCPS Full Funding Coalition

General Action Meeting 7:00 – 9:00 pm St. Stephens Church 16th and Newton St.
NW: (wheel chair accessible)
Metro stop: Columbia Heights on the green line
(Walk three blocks north on 14th, turn left on Newton at the fire station. walk
to 16th. Enter the church on the left side at the big red door.)
Get the down low and all you need to know about the actions planned to protest
the World Bank and IMF. This is a time to learn about and plug into what MGJ is
doing and is also a time to share what you or your group/affinity group is up to
and if you have any needs, requests or questions

Benefit Show to Support the Mobilization against the World Bank and IMF! 9:30 pm
Café Mawonaj, 624 T St. NW DC $15.00:
(wheel chair accessible)
FEATURING:
M-1 of Dead Prez, Head-Roc and Noyeek the Grizzly Bear with DJ Eurok and
Son of Nun!
(18yrs + to enter 21 to drink). This is a benefit concert to support the Global
Justice movement. Proceeds will contribute to the protests against the World
Bank & IMF that will take place April 15-17.)
Metro Stop: Shaw/Howard on the Green line and the 70 and 71 Buses.
For more info: Zack Mason, arjuna677 at yahoo.com
Brought to you by the Mobilization for Global Justice
www.globalizethis.org

April 15th:

Protest the Group of Seven, G-7, Finance ministers meeting! THE FOUNDATION IS
ROTTEN!
This is where they will plot and scheme the agenda for the World Bank/IMF
meetings.
Noon, US Treasury 15th and Pennsylvania Ave NW
Join the MGJ inspection team as they inspect the rotten foundation of debt the
G-7, World Bank and IMF are built on.  Don’t forget your hard hat! The
institutions are very unstable!
Metro stop: Metro Center or McPherson Square on the orange and blue lines
For more info: Morrigan Phillips, coord at jubileeusa.org 202-783-0214
Sponsored by: The Mobilization for Global Justice, Jubilee USA network, 50 Years
is Enough, American Friends Service Committee, Africa Action, and the Religious
Working Group on the World Bank and IMF.

Local to Local Connections: Making Links between Community Struggles Globally
6:30 – 8:00 pm St. Stephens Church, 16th and Newton St. NW
(Wheel chair accessible)
Come take part in an evening of dialogue among DC residents and organizers from
Latin America, Africa and Asia.  Join us in sharing struggles, ideas and
solidarity as we find our common ground!
Metro Stop: Columbia Heights on the Green line
(Walk three blocks north on 14th, turn left on Newton at the fire station. walk
to 16th. Enter the church on the left side at the big red door.)
For more info: Catherine Benedict, catherinebenedict at earthlink.net
Sponsored by: Mobilization for Global Justice, DC Jobs with Justice, DC Health
Care Coalition, Critical Resistance, Project South

Legal Training: No your rights before you hit the streets!
6:00 – 8:00 pm at St. Stephens Church, 16th and Newton St. NW (wheel chair
accessible)
Metro Stop: Columbia Heights on the Green line
(Walk three blocks north on 14th, turn left on Newton at the fire station. walk
to 16th. Enter the church on the left side at the big red door.)
For more info: Tia Swett, swettalthea at yahoo.com

General Action Meeting 7:00 – 9:00 pm St. Stephens Church 16th and Newton St.
NW: (Wheel chair accessible)
This is the last meeting before the big day! Get and give the latest updates at
this meeting so we all have the scoop on what is planned.  Get the down low and
all you need to know about the actions planned to protest the World Bank and
IMF. This is a time to learn about and plug into what MGJ is doing and is also
a time to share what you or your group/affinity group is up to and if you have
any needs, requests or questions.
Metro stop: Columbia Heights on the green line
(Walk three blocks north on 14th, turn left on Newton at the fire station. walk
to 16th. Enter the church on the left side at the big red door.)
For more info: mgj at riseup.net, www.globalizethis.org

April 16th:

A BETTER WORLD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
Demand: Debt Cancellation, No Structural Adjustment, Transparency and Democracy,
an End to Environmental Destruction! Demand and End to the World Bank and IMF
destruction. BUILD A BETTER WORLD!

Bring your best construction themed props. Do street theater; bring music,
drums, pots, pans and all manner of noise maker and visual.
RALLY Noon: Murrow Park 18 and H St NW
MARCH to Dupont Circle
RALLY, listen to loads of music, play with props, build stuff and just revel in
resistance!
***Press conference will be held in Murrow Park starting at 11:30***
For more info: mgj at riseup.net, www.globalizethis.org
Metro Stop: Farrugut West on the Orange and Blue lines. Exit the station and
cross I St. on 17th. Walk two blocks down 17th to H St. You can also reach the
park via the 32, 34, 36, S2, and 42 buses.

An Evening of Anti-Capitalist Folk Music $5.00
Doors open at 8:00pm, Café Mowonaj, 7th and T St. NW
(wheel chair accessible)
FEATURING:
Ryan Harvey, Evan Greer, Mark Gunnery, Tom Frampton
This will be a teach-in/show with a discussion on the I-69
Highway project and Roadless Summer (www.roadless-summer.org). I-69 is a
trade-highway plan to benefit the FTAA pushers. I-69 would be the U.S.
version of the Plan Puebla Panama.
(www.roadless-summer.org)
Metro Stop: Shaw/Howard University on the Green line
For more info: Ryan Harvey, rybot at riseup.net

US ECONOMIC, MILITARY & CULTURAL IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS
6:30 – 8:30 pm, All Souls Church, 15th & Harvard Sts. NW
(Wheel chair accessible)
Metro Stop: Columbia Heights on the Green line as well as the H2, H3, H4, S1 or
S2 bus lines For more info: Christy Pardew, cpardew at soaw.org
Sponsored by: The Latin American Solidarity Coalition

April 17th:

COMMUNITY ACTION DAY
Join the Mobilization for Global Justice and We Are Family to Build Bridges
between Generations and Beyond!!! Visit Seniors in the Shaw and North Capitol
Communities
2-5pm, meet at James Senior Apartments, 1425 N Street NW (orientation with
snacks)
Metro Stop:  McPherson Square on the Orange and Blue lines
****PLEASE NOTE**** Since the number of visits set up will be based on how many
volunteers are expected to come, PLEASE let us know in advance if you are
planning to attend!! For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Mark at
wearefamilydc at aol.com or 202-487-8698.
Metro Stop:  McPherson Square on the Orange and Blue lines
For more info: Mark Anderson, wearefamilydc at aol.com 202-487-8698,
www.globalizethis.org