[mgj-discuss] World Bank/IMF mobilization Calendar of Events!!

[mgj at riseup.net]

***Forward, forward forward!***

DAYS OF ACTION AGAINST THE WORLD BANK, IMF and G-7

APRIL 15-17, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC

PHONE NUMBERS:
Action updates: 202-641-4142
General information about the mobilization.

Legal hotline: 202-544-8611 (April 15-18)
Help for people who get arrested and information for people whose loved ones
have been arrested.

Information on mass housing at www.globalizethis.org (we have it for Friday and
Saturday!)
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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)

Help MGJ and the folks from Card Board Chaos construct some awesome props and
puppets for the action on April 15th and 16th. Come with your creativity, any
supplies you can donate

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
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Wednesday 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.

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Wednesday April 13th - 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
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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

Fisherfolk, peasants, and other tsunami-affected communities in South/east Asia
are concerned that the involvement of international financial institutions and
Northern donor governments may undermine democratic and sustainable tsunami
reconstruction efforts. The panelists will discuss these concerns and their
suggestions for just and sustainable reconstruction policies. There will be
time for question and answer and discussion of ideas for international
solidarity work.

Metro Stop: Dupont Circle on the Red line

For more info: Debi Kar, debi at jubileeusa.org

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

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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

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*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.

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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
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Friday, April 15, noon-1:00pm - ACTION AT THE MEETING OF THE G-7!
US Treasury, 15th and Pennsylvania NW

The Group of 7 countries' Finance Ministers meeting on April 15 will decide
whether to cancel the debt for the world's poorest countries. Debt cancellation
is absolutely critical to the survival of millions of people throughout the
world. On this historic day we will stand with the people of the Global South
to demand 100% debt cancellation for all poor countries with no harmful
conditions!

Join our inspection team as they issue a notice to the G-7 that the system they
control is structurally unsound, and that they have 24 hours to cancel the debt
and start building a structure that can truly eradicate poverty.

Directions from Metro Center metro: Get out at G and 13th, walk west on G Street
2 blocks to 15th.

Sponsored by: Jubilee USA Network, Religious Working Group on the IMF/World
Bank, 50 Years is Enough Network, American Friends Service Committee's Life
Over Debt Campaign, Africa Action and the Mobilization for Global Justice.

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Friday, April 15, 6:30-8:30pm - LOCAL TO LOCAL CONNECTIONS: LINKING COMMUNITY
ISSUES GLOBALLY
St. Stephen's Church, 16th and Newton NW

The issues we face here in DC are the same issues people are struggling with all
over the world: Gentrification and displacement - Affordable housing - Forced
immigration - Workers' rights - Access to public healthcare and education -
Privatization of public services. 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!

Directions from Columbia Heights metro: 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. Wheelchair access is at the back of the building.

Sponsored by: Project South, Jobs with Justice, DC Healthcare Coalition,
Critical Resistance and the Mobilization for Global Justice.
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Legal Training: Know 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
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*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


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Saturday, April 16 - 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.

Directions to Murrow Park:
>From Farragut West metro: Walk west on I Street to 18th, turn left on 18th and
walk to Murrow Park at 18th and H. From Farragut North metro: walk south on
17th to I Street. Turn right on I and walk to 18th Street. Turn left on 18th
and walk to Murrow Park at 18th and H.
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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 (all artists of www.riotfolk.org)
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
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David Rovics 9:00 pm The Music Box, 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, Virginia. 
Yikes McGhee opening.
More info: www.davidrovics.com

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US ECONOMIC, MILITARY & CULTURAL IMPERIALISM IN THE AMERICAS
6:30 – 8:30 pm, All Souls Church, 15th & Harvard Sts. NW (Wheel chair
accessible)

Following World Bank/IMF demonstrations on Saturday, April 16, the Latin America
Solidarity Coalition will host an exciting panel and discussion connecting the
dots between International Financial Institutions, US economic imperialism, the
war on the poor at home and abroad, the National Endowment for Democracy, US
military training in the hemisphere and more.

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


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Sunday, April 17, 2:00-5:00pm - "WE ARE FAMILY" COMMUNITY PROJECT
James Senior Apartments, 1425 N Street NW

The Mobilization for Global Justice strives to connect the relationships between
global struggles against neoliberalism and corporate greed and local struggles
against the same privatizing, alienating, and destructive policies in our own
communities. In that spirit, and in the theme of constructing a better world,
join us on April 17th as we work with We Are Family, a local DC community
group, to reach out to seniors in the North Capitol and Shaw neighborhoods of
DC.

Interested volunteers are invited to gather at 2pm in the community room of the
James Senior Apartments, 1425 N Street NW, near the McPherson Square metro.
Breakfast foods like bagels, juice, and fruit will be provided. After a brief
orientation, teams of volunteers will be sent to visit seniors in the building
or in nearby neighborhoods. After two or three visits, the teams will reconvene
in the James community room between 4 and 5pm to share their experiences, and
pass on any concerns for WAF follow-up.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU SIGN UP if you would like to participate, since the
number of visits set up will be based on how many volunteers are expected to
come. For more information about the project, and to sign up, go to We are
Family Community Project.
THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP IS THE NIGHT OF APRIL 15, SO PLEASE SIGN UP ASAP!

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Sunday April 17th - David Rovics and Cyphernauts, great political hiphop group 7
pm, Cafe Mawonaj, 624 T St. NW.
(wheel chair accessible)
Metro Stop: Shaw/Howard University on the Green line
More info: www.davidrovics.com