8/30/08 Press Release: Sunday news conference will give final update on preparations for Monday anti-war protest
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Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War
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For Release: Saturday, August 30, 2008
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Sunday news conference will give final update on preparations for Monday anti-war protest
News conference will feature national leaders who will speak at Mondays demonstration
The coalition planning the Monday anti-war protest on the opening day of the Republican National Convention will hold a news conference:
Sunday, August 31 at 4 pm
Humphrey Institute, (front of building)
301 19th Ave S, U of M West Bank Campus in Minneapolis
Organizers will give an update on what promises to be a massive display of anti-war sentiment on the streets of St. Paul. Speakers will include national anti-war leaders, who have traveled to the Twin Cities to participate in the protest.
States Jess Sundin, a spokesperson for the Coalition, "The phones in the coalition office are ringing off the hook as people are calling in for details of the protest and to report what they are doing to bring their family members, friends and neighbors out to say no to the war and occupation of Iraq."
The Monday protest, called by the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, is being held under the calls of: • U.S. Out of Iraq Now! • Money for human needs, not for war. • Say no to the Republican Agenda. • Demand peace, justice and equality.
The Monday protest will start with a rally at the Minnesota State Capital building at 11 am followed by a march that will go past the Xcel Energy Center, site of the RNC convention, and returning to the capital for a closing rally. Tens of thousands are expected at the march and rally.
