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Making Peace Possible at Downtown Rally

March 6, 2002

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A peace rally benefiting the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan will take place on March 12th at St. Andrew’s Hall in downtown Detroit.

The march, coordinated by the Green House Peace Project, will begin at 5 pm at the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery.

MC Marcus Lee will start the show at 6 pm, introducing local bands, musicians, and poets such as Urban Folk Collective, the Trembling, Sista Otis, Susan Sunshine, Andrea Geneste and many others.

At 9 pm, Michigan native Michael Moore will take the stage and rattle our cages with his satirical wit. Michael is a filmmaker, producer, director, and author of political satire, including the films Roger & Me and Canadian Bacon.

Tickets are $10, available at Record Time in Ferndale, Cass Food Cooperative, the Green House and Herb David Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor. Tickets and low-income vouchers are available at the door.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will be sent to the Afghan Women’s Mission, a US-based organization that raises awareness and funds for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, and also to the Detroit Wayne County Interfaith Revolving Shelter.

The Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery is located at 33 East Adams, four blocks from St. Andrew’s, which is at 431 E. Congress in downtown Detroit, between Beaubien and Brush.

This event is sponsored by the Green House Peace Project and the Metro Detroit Labor Party. Supported by Michigan Peace Marchers, Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, Peace by Piece, Gray Panthers, Black Radical Congress, and endorsed by the Detroit Anti War Network.

The Detroit Wayne County Interfaith Revolving Shelter is moved through a 52-church network to aid homeless persons and families. Every 7 days a different church provides overnight shelter, in collaboration with the Homeless Drop-In Center, where people can get meals and showers. Funds raised will also go to holding future consciousness-raising events

Established in 1977, RAWA is the oldest women’s organization in Afghanistan and it has stood for the ideals of democracy, secular government, universal suffrage, human rights and women’s through the Soviet invasion and occupation, the civil war that ensued, and the Taliban rule.

The Afghan Women’s Mission, an organization dedicated to working with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, is a group of people moved to action by the plight of Afghan women. The mission was founded in January 2000 in response to the compelling need for adequate hospital facilities in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan.

More information about the plight of Afghan refugees is available on the RAWA website, http://www.rawa.org. More information about the Afghan Women’s mission is available on the website https://www.afghanwomensmission.org. More information about the rally can be found at http://greenhouseonline.org.