[via OMJP listserve:]

***read a listing of events, this weekend and Monday, in support of Lt. Watada***

Saturday, February 3, 2007

3pm
Sign Making Party!
Bring a staple gun, poster board and markers!
SEIU office, 150 Denny Way. Contact 206-963-4873

7pm
Lt. Watada's Last Speaking Event
University Temple United Methodist Church
1415 NE 43rd Street, Seattle WA(next to the University Bookstore).
$10 suggested donation for the event. No one will be turned away.
Co-sponsored by Church & Society Team of University Temple United Methodist Church and Friends and Family of Lt. Watada.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Noon-3pm
Art, Puppets and Street Theater! Artists and Volunteers needed!
1114 Court E, Tacoma WA. Warehouse up the hill from downtown, just below S 11th and Tacoma Ave.
Calling all artists and volunteers to help create and perform a giant street theater pageant that will put the war on trial. We need volunteers who can attend both the Sunday Feb. 4, rehearsal and perform twice Monday afternoon on Feb. 5 at Fort Lewis

5-9pm
Welcome Event for Lt. Ehren Watada Supporters
First Congregational Church (Pilgrim Hall-Downstairs)
209 S J St. Tacoma, WA
Supporters from across the country are coming together to celebrate our resistance to illegal, immoral war and Lt. Ehren Watada's courageous stand on the night before his court martial. We encourage local community members to greet and welcome folks arriving from out of town.
The evening's event will include a pot luck dinner food, music, speakers and spoken word.

Performances by:

• Ryan Harvey - member of Riot Folk: http://www.riotfolk.org
• Darrell Anderson -Iraq combat veteran and war resister shares spoken-word
• Dennis Kyne, Ethan Crowell and Michael Cuzzort Acoustic performance by Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War
• Steve and Kristi Nebel

Speakers include:

• Army Col. Ann Wright (Ret.) Resigned in opposition to the Iraq war in 2003
• Iraq Veterans Against the War members
• Anita Dennis, mother of Iraq war resister Darrell Anderson

Sponsored by:
The Micah Project of First United Methodist Church, United for Peace of Pierce County, Friends and Family of Lt. Watada, Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, Courage to Resist, Youth Against War and Racism, and Teen Peace Project.
For more info contact: welcomefeb4@gmail.com

Monday, February 5, 2007

• 9:30am
  Lt. Ehren Watada Court Martial begins
• 11:30am
  Support Events and Rally Begins
  Outside the gates of Fort Lewis, Exit 119, off I-5

Schedule of the day:

• 11:30am
  Student Rally with Iraq Veterans Against the War
• 12:30pm
  Vigil outside the Gates of Fort Lewis with IVAW
• 1:30pm
  Political Street Theater with Giant Puppet Art, Spoken word, and DJ's
• 3pm
  Watada Campaign Rally
• 4-6pm
  Vigil outside the Gates of Fort Lewis

For more information about Feb 5 go to http://www.thankyoult.org

• Transportation to Fort Lewis - Buses, Carpools, directions and parking
• Full Schedule of the day and speakers list
• National calendar of events in support of Lt. Watada

Questions? action@ltwatada.org