[act-ma] [UJP] St. Patrick's Peace Parade
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======== ST. PATRICK'S PEACE PARADE ==========================================
-------- PEOPLE'S PARADE FOR PEACE, EQUALITY, JOBS, ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE ------------------------------
-------- /UNITE, PARTICIPATE, CELEBRATE/ -------------------------------------
*Sunday, March 17, 2013, 2:00 pm
D Street & West Broadway, South Boston • Look for white "Vets for Peace"
Flags*
Assemble: 2pm. Parade start: 3pm */Sign Up to Attend - We Need to Know
You will Be There! [1] /*
There are several DIVISIONS marching in the parade, as well as two marching
bands, Duck Boats, bagpipers, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.. The
DIVISIONS are: Veterans groups; Peace groups; LGBT groups; Faith groups;
environmental groups; social and economic justice groups; labor groups;
political groups. Please invite your group(s) to come! Contact: Veterans for
Peace, Pat Scanlon, info at massvfp.org [2], 978-475-1776; Massachusetts Peace
Action, Cole Harrison, info at masspeaceaction.org [3], 617-354-2169; faith
groups contact Lara Hoke, minister at uuandover.org [4].
*Web*: smedleyfvp.org [5] *Twitter*: @SmedleyVFP [6] *Facebook*:
www.facebook.com/smedleyvfp [7]
Please join us for our Third Annual Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade, the
Alternative People’s Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Environmental
Stewardship, Social and Economic Justice.
-------- LOGISTICS -----------------------------------------------------------
*Sunday, March 17, 2013*
Assemble: 2pm. Parade start: 3pm */Sign Up to Attend - We Need to Know
You will Be There! [8] /*The parade route is 4.5 miles and ends at Andrew
Station.
*Rides *along the parade route are available for those who need them, but
please let us know ahead of time that you may need a ride.
*Come by T *if at all possible as the area will be very
congested. *Broadway* is the closest MBTA subway station.
*Parking *is available for participants in the St. Patrick’s Peace Parade.
Vehicles /*must */enter from the north from Summer Street onto D Street; the
parking lot is at 383 D Street. Look for the lot with 40 foot white truck
trailers. Allow extra time for traffic.
.... /Directions/
*From North*
Route I-93 to South Station exit (20 A). Merge onto Purchase Street to light
(100 feet). Make a left onto Summer Street (will pass South Station on
right). Go approx. 1 mile to Convention Center. Turn right onto D Street,
parking lot .2 mile up on left, (look for VFP Flag)
*From South*
Route I-93 – Take exit 20 toward South Station. Follow signs for Chinatown,
continue straight onto Lincoln Street, turn right onto Kneeland Street, turn
left onto Atlantic, south Station will be up on your right. Take a right onto
Summer Street. Go approx. 1 mile to Convention Center. Turn right onto D
Street, parking lot .2 mile up on left, (look for VFP Flag)
*Why are there two parades on Saint Patrick’s Day?*
For the past three years Veterans For Peace have been denied to walk in the
historic Saint Patrick’s Parade in South Boston. This is the largest parade
of its kind in the country with over 700,000 people viewing the parade. The
parade has a dual purpose; the celebration of Saint Patrick and the Irish
traditions and heritage and a celebration of Evacuation Day, the day the
British were run out of Boston. Both days fall on March 17th, so the City of
Boston thought it a good idea to have the Allied War Veterans Council (AWVC)
organize the parade. The problem is that one side of the equation, St.
Patrick, a man of peace, is second fiddle to a military parade. AWVC has the
exclusive say in who gets to walk in this historical parade. The City of
Boston, South Boston Community Groups, the Boston Police have absolutely no
say in who walks the streets of South Boston in the Saint Patrick’s Day
Parade.
In 2011 Veterans For Peace’s application was denied, when asked why and
were told, “They did not want to have the word Peace associated with the
word Veteran”. Well they did not know the Smedleys very well. We pulled our
own permit and with only three weeks to go before the parade pulled together
500 people and the Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade, the Alternative People’s
Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Environmental Stewardship, Economic and
Social Justice was born.
Twenty years ago the LGBT community wanted to walk in the parade and were
denied which resulted in a lawsuit that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court resulting in the Hurley Decision. The Smedleys immediately reached out
to the LGBT community, inviting them to “walk in our parade”
In 2012 we had close to 2,000 people, seven divisions (Veterans, Peace, LGBT,
Labor, Political, Religious, Occupy Everywhere) two bands, bag pipers,
drummers, a Duck Boat, two trollies etc. It was a grand success. We have an
Environmental Stewardship Division this year. Our goal is to end this last
vestige of institutionalized exclusion, prejudice, bigotry, and homophobia
and make this parade inclusive and welcoming to all and bring the message of
peace to South Boston on Saint Patrick’s Day.
Please join us in South Boston on March 17. Be sure to bring your Chapter’s
or Organization’s banners, signs and costumes and join us in our fabulous
Third Annual Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade.
On behalf of the Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade Organizing Committee.
Thank you,
Pat Scanlon (VN '69)
Coordinator, VFP Chapter 9, Smedley Butler Brigade
Vets4PeaceChapter9 at gmail.com [9] Phone: 978-475-1776
*/Sign Up to Attend - We Need to Know You will Be There!/* [10]
United for Justice with Peace [11] is a coalition of peace and justice
organizations and community peace groups in the Greater Boston region. The
UJP Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global peace through social
and economic justice.
/Help us continue to do this critical work! Make a donation to UJP today.
[12]/
info at justicewithpeace.org [13]
617-383-4857 www.justicewithpeace.org [14] Upcoming Events: Anti-Drone
Organizing Meeting [15] Mon Mar 4 7:00pm American Friends Service Committee
Cambridge Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade [16] Sun Mar 17 2:00pm South Boston
Music for Peace: Music of Rachmaninov and Schumann [17] Fri Apr 19 7:30pm
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church Cambridge
/More Peace and Justice Events [18]. How to Submit Events [19]/
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