The North Texas Coalition for a Just Peace is a group of North Texans who have been meeting since September 11. Our objectives are to respond to terrorism through non-military, just means and promote alternatives to war; to defend the legal rights and safety of Muslim and Arab Americans; and to protect civil liberties.

We strive to achieve these goals by calling public demonstrations, sponsoring educational forums and debates, and participating in activities that promote peace.

The North Texas Coalition for a Just Peace meets from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month. Our meeting space is the Dallas Peace Center at 4301 Bryan Street. Click here for a map to the Dallas Peace Center.

War in Iraq: Alternatives, the case against it, and what you can do to stop it.

We are part of Texans United Against War, a coalition of groups who promote peace from around the state of Texas. We are also part of the Dallas Coalition Against War in Iraq.

If you would like to join us, or would like one of our members to address your group, please contact us.

Download a poster. Place on Bulletin Board in stores, bring to your place of worship, leave at your neighbors' doors -- be creative. These are .pdf files. (If you cannot open .pdf files, go to http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html to download Adobe Acrobat for free.)

Download 8 1/2 x 11 full page poster

Download 2-per-page fliers

Pre-Emptive Memorial Service - Saturday, March 15, noon

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Fair Park (at 1st Ave and Parry Ave, near the Music Hall)

We will gather at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to honor and mourn to those who have died in past wars and who will die if we go to war against Iraq. Bring flowers and other memorials to leave at the base of the memorial. We will spread out on the sidewalk in front of Fair Park to highlight the horrific human costs of war. Information: info@northtexaspeace.org. 
Bring drums, chairs, water and other percussive instruments
Sponsored by Drums not Guns

The world says NO to war. So does Dallas! 

Peace Rally and Concert

Wednesday, March 5, 2:00-7:00 p.m. Flag Pole Hill, White Rock Lake
 (8100 Doran Circle, Dallas 75238)

Drums not guns will be drumming from 4 pm to sunset or thereabouts .........

No School, No Work, No Business as Usual. Instead, grab the moral high ground
at Flag Pole Hill and
spend the afternoon listening to music, drumming, [Drums not Guns] speakers,
and other performers. Food and peace goods and
will be available for sale, so make it a day committed to peace. Confirmed
bands include Deathray Davies and Strangleweed. The www.northtexaspeace.org  web
site will be updated with event information, confirmed list of bands,
speakers, and other performers. The event will end with a candle light
vigil.

March 5 is also Ash Wednesday. The Pope is asking people to fast for peace
that day. There will be
an off-stage Ash Wednesday Service at 6:00 p.m. at Flag Pole Hill, led by a
Christian minister.

If you cannot miss work or school, we ask that you wear a black armband that
day and explain to all
at your work or school your commitment to a peaceful settlement of the
crisis in Iraq.

Directions to Flagpole Hill: From the north: Go south on Central Expwy
(U.S.-75). Go past LBJ Frwy
(I-635). Take exit #5A Northwest Hwy (Loop 12). Go east on NW Hwy. approx. 3
miles, past Skillman
and Abrams. At Buckner Blvd, Flagpole Hill will be on your left. Turn left
onto Doran Circle. From
the east: Go west on I-30 toward downtown Dallas. Take exit (# 49A) East
Grand (SH-78). Turn right
onto Grand, drive ~3.5 miles, it will become Garland Rd at the White Rock
Lake spillway. Stay on
Garland Rd. until Buckner Blvd (Loop 12). Turn left and follow it all the
way to Flagpole Hill. At
Northwest Hwy, it becomes Doran Cr. From the south: Take I-45 north past
downtown Dallas (where it
becomes I-75) and follow the directions for "from the north." From the west:
Take I-30 east past
downtown Dallas. Take exit (# 48B) East Grand (SH-78)/Munger, and turn left
onto East Grand. Follow
the directions for "from the east."

There is lots of free parking at Flag Pole Hill. On the DART:  Take the Blue
line to the White Rock
Station and transfer to any east bound bus and get off at Buckner Blvd.

Why you should participate in the National Moratorium to Stop the War in Iraq: "One day in March the Air Force and Navy will launch between 300 and 400 cruise missiles at targets in Iraq. More than the
number that were launched during the entire 40 days of the first Gulf War. 'so that you have this simultaneous effect, rather like the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima, not
taking days or weeks but in minutes.'" (CBS News, January 27, 2003) If you had known about Hiroshima in advance, what would you have done to stop it?

The Dallas Peace Rally and Concert is sponsored by the Dallas Coalition
Against War in Iraq, a broad
coalition of peace, justice, and religious organizations including the
Dallas Peace Center. For more
information about the Dallas event, email info@northtexaspeace.org.

Dallas Peace Center 4301 Bryan St, Ste 202 Dallas TX 75204-8147 Tel
214-823-7793 Fax 214-823-8356

www.dallaspeacecenter

Sponsored by the Dallas Coalition Against War in Iraq.

More information: info@northtexaspeace.org.

Volunteers Needed! Click here for more info.