Join activists on Saturday, September 12, 2009 to converge on the Army Experience Center at Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia. Plans call for activists to begin gathering as early as 11:00 am on the parking lot of St. Luke’s United Church of Christ located at 11080 Knights Road Philadelphia, PA 19154 http://www.stlukesucc-phila.net/directio.htm
Participants will be instructed on the plans for the day and will be given cell phone numbers to keep in constant contact with demonstration organizers. There is no lead organizer or committee designated to work with civil and military authorities. We will have trained legal observers with us throughout the day.
Information: Call World Can’t Wait at 866 973 4463
If you cannot be at the church, go to the vigil location on Knights Road and Woodhaven Road, where activists will also be maintaining a presence all day. Chris Hedges, author of Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” will address the gathered crowd at the vigil site at 1:00 pm. He may enter the mall with us and also speak in front of the AEC.
We simply ask demonstrators to engage in nonviolent means of expressing their outrage. 13 year-olds are being taught to kill by the U.S. Army at mall.
Throughout the day, we will keep a vigil at the intersection of Knights Road and Woodhaven Road, located between the church and the AEC.
Affinity groups are encouraged to drift into the mall from different entrances before the 2 PM convergence at the AEC. Participants are advised to enter the mall without drawing attention from authorities. The Rev. Robert Moore, Exec. Director of the Coalition for Peace Action will address the crowd in front of the Army Experience Center at 2:00 pm. As well as Debra Sweet, National Director of World Can’t Wait and Patrick Elder, Peace Action.
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