Hey all - trying to get the word out about this event, put on by Fellowship of Reconciliation, that is continuing to work on the budget and war spending. Check it out!
Turn the Budget Around!
Sunday May 22 from 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Heritage Park, 5th Ave & Water Street, Downtown Olympia
The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation and our campaign to Bring our Billion$ Home invite you to enjoy peace, justice, music and fun.
Military spending keeps going up – at the expense of cutbacks in social and environmental needs, aid for state and local governments, etc. Congress won’t take leadership to change federal budget priorities. Only a grassroots movement can do that. The “Bring Our Billion$ Home” campaign wants to stop the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, cut military spending overall, and use the savings to fund the many things that we really need.
Bring big cardboard boxes to build a symbolic wall with images and messages about our wars and military budget on one side and peaceful alternatives (better ways to spend the money) on the other. Use the art supplies we’ll have available to decorate our boxes. We’ll build this wall – and then Turn the Budget Around! Fun for all ages! Enjoy music by the Artesian Rumble Arkestra and other performers. Participate in the “penny poll.” We’ll provide ten pennies representing the federal budget and invite you to allocate in several jars to show how you would spend our tax dollars. Enjoy other “Bring Our Billion$ Home” activities – fun for the whole family!
Information about this event: Pat Holm, (360) 357-4151 frogprin@cco.net
Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation (360) 491-9093 www.olympiafor.org
Western Washington FOR (206) 789-5565 www.wwfor.org
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