Events for the Rockland Area

Please send your events to info@rocklandaction.org. Thanks.

"Silent Screams"

Meet the filmaker: Karla Hansen

Presented by the American Iranian Friendship Committee and Wespac

  • Saturday March 13, 2010 - 7:00 to 9 p.m.
    • Silent Screams--a 35 minute film-- deftly interweaves the lives of Iranian, Afghani and Pakistani villagers with those of America's forgotten poor. Hansen ties the plight of defenseless civilian victims abroad with the hardships of countless Americans whose vital needs remain unmet as a result of America's spiraling military spending. Director Karla Hansen and her husband, Professor Ismael Hossein Zadeh, will host a question-answer period on the film, on Iran and U.S. foreign policy in that region.
  • Wespac White Plains Office, White Plains, NY 10601
  • 255 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (corner E. Post Road)
  • Contact: ellieomm@optonline.net, 914-273-8852; www.iranaifc.com, or www.wespac.org, info@wespac.org,914-449-6514
  • Donation at Door. No One Turned Away

    Speak Out - Sing Out!

    Lift Your Voices Against the Wars on Iraq and Afghanistan!

    An evening of poetry and song on the 7th anniversary of the war on Iraq. OPEN MIKE: Children, teens - all the way through seniors are invited to read a poem or other short piece, sing a song, or play music related to the wars. Active duty troops, veterans, military families; it is your chance to be heard, too.

    Sponsored by: Military Families Speak Out, Bergen County Chapter, www.mfsobergencounty.org; Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21 NJ, www.vetsforpeace21.blogspot.com; NJ Peace Action, www.njpeaceaction.org; Bergen County Green Party, www.bergencountygreenparty.org; Teaneck Peace and Justice Coalition; Leonia NJ Vigil Group

  • Friday, March 19, 2010
  • 7:00 - doors open
  • St. Anastasia Church. The Redmond Center
  • 1095 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck, just north of Route 4
  • Plenty of parking. Near bus routes.
  • Refreshments, literature table, sign up for future actions

    Teaneck Vigil

  • Wednesday, March 17
  • Teaneck Vigil: 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
  • Press conference: 5:00 pm
  • National Guard Armory. Teaneck Road and Liberty Road. Teaneck, NJ

    Ft. Lee Vigil Group

    Lemoine Avenue and Bruce Reynolds Boulevard. Ft. Lee, NJ
  • Thursday, March 18
  • Vigil. 5:30– 6:30 pm.

    March on Washington

    Demand an Immediate End to the Wars on Iraq and Afghanistan

    March 20, 2010

    By 2009, Congress had approved over $1 trillion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the administration will soon ask for another $33 billion to pay for the surge. Last year, 2.8 million families received foreclosure notices, and that a million families actually lost their homes and were put out on the streets. Unemployment rate remains in the double digits. March 20 (Sat.) is the day that antiwar groups will converge in DC to demand "End the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan NOW!"

    If you plan to join the march, please send an email to info@rocklandaction.org to reserve a seat. Round trip from Spring Valley park and ride (Pascack Road and Route 59): $60. WRITE TODAY!!! Teaneck Bus:Bus to leave from Teaneck, NJ. $45. For more info. contact Ed Fanning - fasteddie55@gmail.com or Nancy Nygard - nancynygard1@verizon.net

    Leonia Vigil

  • Sunday, March 21
  • 4:30 to 5:00.
  • Leonia Vigil Group. Broad Avenue and Ft. Lee Road in Leonia