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	DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

A Citizens' Group based in DuPage County in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois

The purpose of the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition is multifaceted: to promote nonviolent solutions to terrorism, to call on members of Congress to protect civil liberties, and to provide a public forum to present alternatives to war and education on cross cultural issues. The Coalition is made up of people from diverse ethnic, racial, religious and cultural backgrounds united in their belief that war is not the answer to terrorism. For more information about the past or planned activities of the Coalition, please contact the DPTJC coordinating committee at:
This above email address is not the DPTJC mail list.  To make general announcements related to peace and justice issues and events, see DPTJC mail list below:

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Visit our allies at The Confederation of Northern Illinois Peace Groups and Illinois Coalition for Peace and Justice

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Coalition Activities

Regularly Scheduled Activities:

Second Friday of each month; JUST VIEWS Video Viewing and Sharing; 7:20 PM

JUST VIEWS is open to the public and free: Films about vital peace-and-justice issues are shown on second Fridays monthly. Join us to view and then share views from various vantages with citizens and invited resource persons. Each night is an informal, stand-alone experience. Feel free to bring friends. College and high school students are welcome to join the adults from many walks of life who participate. Give suggestions to JV Director Stephanie Hughes 630/420-4233. Mark your calendars ahead now!

WHERE:DuPage Unitarian Church, 4S535 Old Naperville Road, Naperville IL 60563.
JUST VIEWS -- Upcoming Free Films & Archives: May 9 Just Views Program
NEW! GENERIC PRINTABLE FLYER: Click here to open pdf

 

Second Sunday of each month; Planning meeting; 7:00-9:00 PM

- May 18 and NOT May 11 due to Mother's Day

WHAT: Help with the vital work of making the coalition effective.
WHERE:The York Center Church of the Brethren, 1S071 Luther Avenue, Lombard, Illinois

 

Third Sunday of each month; Honk for Peace Rally in Glen Ellyn

Members of the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition (DPTJC) and others will hold a "honk for peace" rally from 2:00-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, in Glen Ellyn. It will take place along Roosevelt Road in front of Trader Joe’s (Map for Pickwick Plaza Shopping Center, 680 Roosevelt Rd). Please join us with signs and banners calling on motorists to "honk for peace" in support of ending the U.S. occupation of Iraq and bringing the U.S. troops home now.
PRINTABLE FLYER: Click here to open pdf

News and Upcoming Special Events:

 Saturday April 26 - IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY DUPAGE PRESENTS COMMUNITY FORUM ON IMMIGRANT RIGHTS



Dupage County charges against local activists Jeff Zurawski and Sarah Hartfield


www.youtube.com/user/DuPageFight4Freedom


April 10, Judge allows case against protesters to go to trial - and other news coverage



If you have not already done so, please contact the DuPage County
State’s Attorney to demand that the charges described below be
dropped--and please forward this message far and wide. The contact
information for the DuPage County State's Attorney is:

Joseph Birkett, States Attorney
503 N County Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60187
630-407-8000
630-407-8151 (fax)
stsattn@dupageco.org





Letter From DPTJC to Joseph Birkett

DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
P.O. Box 494
Winfield, IL 60190
Web Site: DuPagePeace.org

July 3, 2007

Joseph Birkett, State's Attorney
503 N County Farm Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60187

Dear Mr. Birkett:

As leaders of a peace group in DuPage County, we are writing to urge
your office to drop the charges against Jeff Zurawski and Sarah
Hartfield.

We ourselves have participated in expressway bannering, and we consulted
with attorneys before we did so. We were told it was completely legal to
banner as long as the banners were not attached to the overpass and as
long as they weren't dangled over the tollway in a way that they could
fall. Police officers have confirmed that.

The official complaint against Mr. Zurraski and Ms. Hartfield cites
actions that are clearly protected under the First Amendment of the US
Constitution (staging an anti-war protest and hanging the US flag upside
down).

As for the charge that "unknown" objects were thrown on the tollway, the
claim of one person is not proof. We all know that such charges can be
falsely made.

We hope that your office will do the right thing and drop the charges
against Mr. Zurawski and Ms. Hartfield.


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Sponsored by: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
Description: Bands Not Bombs: DuPage Concert for Peace
A Hopeful Celebration to End the War
with a special collection taken for the Midwest Homeless Vets Shelter in Aurora.

Saturday, September 15
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Old Town Park in Bloomingdale
(1 block west & south of Lake St. & Bloomingdale Rd.)

Bands Playing Include: (List subject to change.)
Agents of Change (rock with DJ accompany)
Expendable Youth (Punk Rock)
La Armada (Indie Rock Band)
Phillip Morris (Hip hop artist)

Peace Walk & Street Vigil: 3:30—4:30 pm: At the end of the concert everyone is invited to march from the park to the street corner of Congressman Peter Roskam’s Bloomingdale office (southwest corner of Bloomingdale Rd. & Schick Rd.—4 blocks). Bring your own signs expressing your desire to bring our troops home from Iraq.

This event is being co-sponsored by: DuPage Against War Now (DAWN), the DuPage
Peace Through Justice Coalition, Pax Christi Illinois, the West Suburban Faith-based
Peace Coalition and others.


Flyer

 

Saturday March 17 - WEST SUBURBAN REGIONAL PEACE RALLY, MARCH and VIGIL

Recent news coverage

Photos of this event are included in the photo gallery at: http://chicagofreespeechzone.com/

March 30-31, Urbana, 2007 ICPJ Statewide Conference - "Stopping War - Seeking Justice"

Information and Registration

March on Washington January 27, 2007 and local bus to DC

News articles

Photos (link to DAWN site)

Labor Day Weekend 2006 Immigrant Workers Justice Walk

Over Labor Day weekend, thousands of immigrants and their allies will take part in a historic, multi-day, multi-city event:  the Immigrant Worker Justice Walk.  The "March 10 Movement," which helped bring together the massive mobilizations in Chicago this spring, has called for this Walk from Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood to US House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in Batavia.

For DuPage County information about the walk, click here.
Further information see: http://www.icirr.org/ or here.

Daily Herald News Article Aug 17: Batavia preparing for Labor Day immigration march
Daily Hearald News Article Sept 5: Immigration march ends

 

November 7 2006 Referendum on Iraq (joint activity with DAWN and others)

Although the 8200+ signatures were not sufficient to get the referendum on the
ballot, this was a success in keeping the dialog on peace alive.

Download Petition

Instructions, Caveats and Circulating Script

Petition Instructions

Daily Herald News Article May 24: Peace activists want war item on fall ballot

August 6 2006 Hiroshima Day Commemoration

Karla Vescovi will discuss the justification and effects of the bombing and how Japan has moved forward since.   She will discuss the damage caused by the atomic bomb, including "atomic bomb disease" and environmental destruction, as well as sharing how the Japanese people have continued on their road to recovery, which includes the construction of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Hiroshima's other projects to promote peace.  The event will be at The First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove, 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.  Please join us for refreshments at 6:30 and for the commemoration at 7:00 PM.

Related Links:

Sadako  - learn about the legend of 1000 paper cranes
Printable Flyer
Hiroshima Peace Website
Satellite Image of Hiroshima Peace Park - the A-bomb epicenter
Google Map link for the A-bomb Dome - the A-bomb epicenter (broadband internet needed)

Other Past Activities

NWRC Chicago Area Events Calendar:

(Hint: Search for "630" (the area code) to locate Coalition events).

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