Pete Ashdown

PROVO CITIZENS GATHER AGAIN TO
PROTEST THE WAR

Please . We urge every one to join us in solidarity in Provo to make this a
news worthy event. We are building up for October 27th Anti-War Mobilization
in Salt Lake City. Let us know if you want to help us spread the word. For
Salt Lake City area contact Bart Tippetts at barttip@msn.com to help
distribute flyers, etc..

MORMONS FOR EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (MESJ)
UTAH COUNTY
RADICAL ACTION AGAINST WAR (RAAW) - PROVO

Key Speaker

PETE ASHDOWN
Previous Candidate for Utah Senator*

Provo Citizens Gather Again to Protest the War and Call for Peace on
International Peace Day (September 21)

Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International Day of
Peace was first celebrated September 1982. As Provo Citizens gather,
thousands of other vigils will be taking place across the globe. Provo, UT - Citizens in Provo are gathering on Friday September 21, at 7:00
PM; less than a month after their Peace Vigil in Pioneer Park. They will
gather this time in front of Senator Orrin Hatch's office in Provo City (51
S. University Ave., 84601) on the International Day of Peace.

Provo, Utah, the same city that the Bay Area Center for Voting Research
called "the most conservative city in the United States", has become a hot
spot of antiwar activism in Utah County and the State. Citizens previously
gathered on August 28, 2007 at a massive rally (over 80 participants
according to the Deseret Morning News) in Provo's Pioneer Park.

"It doesn't matter that we live in the most conservative city in America.
People are waking up here. The Bush Administration and the war are losing
more support everyday. The lies that they told to gain support for the
invasion have been exposed, and now they continue to obscure the truth about
Iraq as they insist that the surge is working" said Ash Bledsoe, contact for
RAAW Provo & MESJ Utah County.

"The war has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians,
over 3700 soldiers, and cost American taxpayers nearly a half-trillion
dollars. It has not been, as House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio)
suggested, a 'small price'" concluded Ash Bledsoe.

"Everyone is welcome at the event. People of all political persuasions in
this state are calling on our elected representatives, including Sen. Orrin
Hatch and Sen. Robert Bennett, to end this war right now and bring the
troops home" said Bledsoe.

Participants will have the opportunity to hear from local Vietnam Veterans,
participate in a candlelight vigil to remember the dead, and write a note
the Senator Hatch. The letters and cards the participants bring and make at
the vigil will later be delivered to the Senator's office.

Vigils and protests like this one are part of the International Day of
Peace, established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International
Day of Peace was first celebrated September 1982. Thousands of other peace
vigils are taking place the same day on every continent.

"Provo is joining the rest of the world in solidarity as we reaffirm a
shared commitment to the end of war, racism, poverty, and the destruction of
the environment" said event organizer Ash Bledsoe.

EVENT DETAILS: Provo Peace Vigil

Who: Everyone is welcome, event is hosted by MESJ Utah County and RAAW Provo
Where: In front of the Provo office of Senator Hatch, 51 S. University
Avenue, 84601
When: Friday, September 21, 2007 at 7:00 PM
What: Local residents come together for International Peace Day to hold a
Peace Vigil and call for elected representatives to end the war in Iraq.

***Excellent visuals: Candles, signs. ***