Event Description:

Tired of high crimes & misdemeanors in the White House, but don't know what to do about them? 

On Labor Day, Sep. 4, join us for an

IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL MEETING

with special guest and keynote speaker

ANN WRIGHT 

Learn how to support the US Constitution

and achieve (non-violent, of course) regime change here in the US.

(If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.) 

Ann Wright is a veteran (US Army Colonel) and former diplomat who served in several US embassies.  She's a great speaker and very familiar with the lies leading up to the US invasion of Iraq and other impeachable offenses.  Read her June 2005 testimony to Congress on the Downing Street Memos, which outlines her many years in the US Army and State Department and why she resigned because of the US invasion of Iraq.

Protect the Constitution.

Live up to our ideals.

End illegal spying, lying, and torture.

Location

This event will be at the Resurrection Metropolitan Commmunity Church, where we had Cindy Sheehan's visit with the Bring Them Home Now Tour last year. The address is

2025 West 11th Streetinside the 610 Loop, north of I-10, just west of T.C. JesterHouston, TX, 77008

Mapquest map:  http://tinyurl.com/9hqfn

See below for a Google map.

Program (tentative)

• Before 1:00 - Light refreshments, literature from various organizations, and short videos related to impeachment (to be repeated later)
• 1:00 PM - Welcome and Focus
  
• 1:05 PM - Video "How to Impeach a President"
• 1:35 PM - Ann Wright presentation
• 2:15 PM - Questions and Answers
• 2:55 PM - Music & slide show by Tom Chelston
• 3:05 PM - Slide show and talk by Jim Rine of Veterans for Peace
• 3:10 PM - Break, with:
• Live music by members of the Free Radicals
• We'll have postcards available during the break for those who want to write to Congress, Congressional candidates, and newspapers. We will have contact information for officials and publications.
  
• Literature from PAA and other organizations will be available during the break.
• Voter registration (again, for anyone, regardless of political party)
  
• Videos related to impeachment will be shown in another room during the break and afterwards, during the rest of the program.
• Special Impeach T-shirts (see designs below -- under Attachments) will be available for an additional donation ($10-20 suggested)
  
• 3:40 PM - Personal stories & pictures on how Bush & Cheney's policies affected them
• 3:50 PM - Workshop on how to talk about impeachment from a postive point of view, with your friends, neighbors, and co-workers -- standing up for values we can all relate to, including supporting the Constitution, telling the truth, pulling the US away from the brink, leading the world by example, opposing torture, etc. and how our values should not permit us to keep Bush and Cheney in office.
  
• 4:40 PM - What Do We Do Next?
• 5:00 PM - End of program (T-shirts and other materials will also be available afterwards.)
  

This is a non-partisan event.

The emphasis will be on the impeachable offenses committed by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, how to talk with people about those offenses in a way that will help them understand the necessity for impeachment, and what we as citizens can and should do about it.  The goal is NOT to promote or bash a particular political party.  Members of all political parties believe in supporting our Constitution, standing up for the rule of law, telling the truth, for the rights of individuals, opposing torture, and helping the people of the U.S.  We need to find ways of reaching out to those people, regardless of party affiliation or lack thereof, and communicating how standing up for these values and principles means working for the impeachment and removal of Bush and Cheney from office.

There is much at stake, and we need you to help save our democracy.

Note that this event is on Labor Day, a holiday for most of you.  After celebrating the gains we've made in this country because of organized labor, let's do some organizing to make sure our children and grandchildren can enjoy the benefits we've had from living in the US.  As citizens in a democracy, let's try to preserve what's left of it for them.

Tables & Literature

Organizations are welcome to set up tables to distribute literature, buttons, bumper stickers, etc.

Counter-demonstrators

If you see counter-demonstrators, remember that we are people of peace, even if they do not understand what our government is doing to us and to the rest of the world.  Do not engage counter-demonstrators if they want to argue.  Smile and be friendly.

Sponsors

This event is sponsored and organized by the Progressive Action Alliance, and co-sponsored by the Houston chapters of Veterans for Peace and Code Pink.

Flyers

Download and print the attachment below for a flyer (one has 2 per page, the other 4 per page) that you can give to friends. 

Impeachment T-Shirts

Great impeachment t-shirts will be sold at the event. Check out the designs below (see Attachments).

Ride the bus:

Metro bus routes that go directly to the site:  Nos. 48 and 40

http://www.ridemetro.org/Schedules_and_Maps/bus_routes.asp

Select either 40 or 48 to get the schedule and route map for those busses.

Event Sponsor:
Progressive Action Alliance; Co-Sponsors--Houston chapters of VFP & Code Pink

Event Phone Contact Information:
713.641.4941

Event Fee:
$5 suggested donation, no one turned away due to lack of funds