[2090] in peace2
Alternative Thanksgiving
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julia Steinberger)
Tue Nov 26 14:22:19 2002
Message-Id: <200211261922.OAA28299@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu>
To: peace-announce@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:22:10 -0500
From: Julia Steinberger <julias@MIT.EDU>
If you're stuck in Boston, this might be a good alternative.
Help us in our struggle to create a true awareness of Native people
and demonstrate Native unity. Help shatter the untrue glass image of
the Pilgrims and the unjust system based on racism, sexism, and
homophobia
33rd NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
Thursday, November 28, 2002
12 Noon
Cole's Hill
(the hill above Plymouth Rock)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Join us as we dedicate the 33rd National Day of Mourning to our
brother, Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Add your voice to
the millions worldwide who demand his freedom. Help us in our struggle
to create a true awareness of Native people and demonstrate Native
unity. Help shatter the untrue glass image of the Pilgrims and the
unjust system based on racism, sexism, and homophobia.
For More Information Contact:
United American Indians of New England/LPSG
PO Box 890082
East Weymouth, MA 02189
Phone and Fax: (781) 331-3690
E-mail: uainendom@earthlink.net
Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~uainendom
WHAT IS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING?
An annual tradition since 1970, Day of Mourning is a solemn,
spiritual and highly political day. Many of us fast from sundown the
day before through the afternoon of that day (and have a social after
Day of Mourning so that participants in DOM can break their
fasts). We are mourning our ancestors and the genocide of our peoples
and the theft of our lands. NDOM is a day when we mourn, but we also
feel our strength in political action. Over the years, participants
in Day of Mourning have buried Plymouth Rock a number of times,
boarded the Mayflower replica, and placed ku klux klan sheets on the
statue of William Bradford, etc.
WHEN AND WHERE IS DAY OF MOURNING?
Thursday, November 28, 2002 (U.S. "thanksgiving" day) at Cole's Hill,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 12 noon SHARP. Cole's Hill is the hill above
Plymouth Rock in the Plymouth historic waterfront area.
WILL THERE BE A MARCH?
There will be a march through the historic district of
Plymouth. Plymouth has agreed, as part of the settlement of 10/19/98,
that UAINE may march on Day of Mourning without the need for a permit
as long as we give the town advance notice.
PROGRAM: Although we very much welcome our non-Native supporters to
stand with us, it is a day when Native people only speak about our
history and what is going on with us now and the struggles that are
taking place throughout the Americas. Speakers will be by invitation
only. This year's NDOM is once again dedicated to our brother Leonard
Peltier.
SOCIAL: We are trying to arrange a social this year following DOM. We
are currently looking for a place to hold it, as Plymouth has
informed us that Memorial Hall is not available. Please listen to
UAINE's phone message later in November and check back to this page,
where we will post updated messages about this event. Please plan to
bring prepared food (that can be warmed up) to share for the social.
TRANSPORTATION: Limited carpool transportation may be available from
Boston. Contact the Boston International Action Center at (617)
522-6626. Carpool will leave at 9:00 am from the IAC office in Jamaica
Plain, 284 Amory St. (2 blocks from the Stoneybrook stop on the orange
line.) For directions on the web, go to
http://www.iacboston.org/directions
