As a part of the Code Pink's "GROUND THE DRONES" weekend of activity (7/10-7/13), join activists from California and Arizona for our "Activate Your Inner Activist" gathering. Teachings and discussion on: What is a real threat? What is not? How do we activate our inner activist to help co-exist with that which threatens us?

Join CODEPINK and Global Exchange Reality Tours on our upcoming “Peace, Gender, and the Environment” delegation to Ecuador, August 7-17, 2009. July 7 is the reservation deadline. Accompanied by Global Exchange and Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, this program explores the ways in which Ecuadorians, particularly women, are organizing to promote environmental justice and peace. For more info: http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1003.html

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has ensued for sixty years, while Israel's forty year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is the longest in modern history. Travel to Palestine and Israel and learn how fair trade cooperatives are restoring hope, and providing economic alternatives to a population under occupation. Harvest olives with fair trade farmers, use organic farming practices, witness the community building strengths of fair trade cooperatives and cultivate a greater appreciation of Palestinian traditions, food, and people.

This wonderful parade with a small-town feeling is one of the largest in the USA. CODEPINK has joined the Alameda Peace Network in the parade for three years now and has a wonderful time promoting peace and dressing up very very pink, including our vehicles and bicycles. The crowd cheers and flashes peace signs at us all along the route. Pink Paraders will meet up at 9:00am on Lincoln Ave. at Walnut Street. We are parade entry #112. Look for the pinked-up pickup truck and Dozo the Clown. Marchers can take turns riding on the truck. Bring your pinked bicycles too! Our theme this year: "YES, WE CAN! PRESIDENT OBAMA: END THE WARS AND BRING ALL OUR TROOPS HOME SAFELY!" Don't forget water, sunscreen and a hat. It's about a 3-mile walk and takes about 2 hours. Bring something to share for a fun picnic at Alameda beach afterward.

Humboldt County chapter of WILPF, based in Arcata, will be having the annual book and bake sale in conjunction with the 4th of July festival on the plaza. Proceeds from donations will benefit the Edith Eckert Peace Scholarship fund. We will be located across from the Minor Theater. There will also be tabling information for getting our local CODEPINK Chapter going in the fall.

Clean out your jewelry drawer of old, unwanted gold and turn it into instant money--all while supporting CODEPINK! Enjoy an afternoon in the garden with tea and treats while we share our Gaza stories and our new campaigns. 10% of the gold purchased goes to CODEPINK as will anything you’d like to leave behind.

I have been invited to speak to the Big Bear Democratic Club re: Private Armies in California and how to address this menace; the local link to CODEPINK's work in Gaza; How to bring the Arlington West Film project to the local High School.

Join Arizona, California, Nevada, and Oregon CODEPINK groups for the first-ever Pacific Peace Convergence organized by San Luis Obispo CODEPINK in conjunction with CODEPINK National. Activities include: "Make Wine Not War" mixer, special guest speakers, workshops, surf and art classes, Fashion from the Ashes of the Empire and ALL THE HOT PINK DANCING YOU CAN DO!! Plus we'll harness all our energy to finish this weekend with a collective action to protest the war in Afghanistan.

As part of an educational film series, San Jose CODEPINK will show Part 2 of the Century of Self series, "The Engineering of Consent."

At The Broad Stage Santa Monica, Saturday August 29th, 2009 7 to 10pm 1310 11th St. @ Santa Monica Blvd Join Billy Bragg and other artists including: Dwight Trible (Jazz), Susie Glaze (Bluegrass), Banda Philharmonica (Oaxacan brass ensemble), Ernest Troost (Blues), Justin Bischof (Pianist) and The Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project from Burkino Faso.

R.A.N.T is a new group dedicated to hearing from the citizens of DC/MD/VA. It's time to get "The People" back in politics! Come out to the 1st meeting of RANT and listen to your fellow brothers and sisters! Experiencing the perpetual bureaucratic redtape-life that is Washington? Come share! Don't ruin anymore family dinners; rant with us argument-free! This is going to be fun and communal. It is also desperately needed!

Ever want to connect with powerful women working for change around the country? Feeling like you'd like to buff up your skills and talents? CODEPINK is hosting three Women's Leadership Intensives at our Pink House in DC this summer. By joining us in DC for a week, you’ll have a hands on daily opportunity to put your passion for peace into action, and learn valuable skills applicable to your whole life! WEEKLY SESSION DATES July 2-8 (Thursday-Wednesday): Session will include CODEPINK action at the national Fourth of July parade in DC. Arrive early to help create visuals and plan action, then greet Congress when they return from recess on Monday, July 6. This week also occurs during the 43rd annual Folklife Festival, an excellent opportunity for public outreach for peace. The Folklife Festival, is a "rite of cultural democracy", and will be held June 24-28 and July 1-5 on the Mall between the Smithsonians. Plus create a vibrant presence for peace in hearings and Congressional offices on the Hill. July 12-18 (Sunday-Saturday): Session will include CODEPINK actions in Congressional hearings and offices on the Hill. July 26-August 1 (Sunday-Saturday): PINK the halls of Congress in the final week before the month-long August recess! Plus meet with CODEPINK cofounders and staff for a special pink strategy session and a dance party that would make Emma Goldman proud. All weeks include a final night celebration at DC's progressive restaurant, Busboys and Poets, with a PINK open mike to showcase the week's work and your new skills!

CODEPINK Maui will march with Maui Peace Action in the Makawao Fourth of July Parade.

We will be joining our friends at NearWest Citizens for Peace and Justice as we march in the Brookfield Independence Day parade. We have parade position #23 in the Blue or B section. Assemble at Cleveland, 1 1/2 blocks south of 31st Street and 1 block east of Kenman at 9:30 am. The parade steps off at 10am. For more information, email codepinkchicago@yahoo.com. And don't forget to bring your pink!

We will be marching in the Northbrook 4th of July parade with our friends at Northbrook Peace and Justice. The parade kicks off at Western and Cherry in Northbrook at 2:30PM. We will be in parade position 66. For more information, email codepinkchicago@yahoo.com. And don't forget to bring your pink!

CODEPINK Maine invites you to join an "I Miss America" pageant marching in the West Athens 4th of July Parade. This event draws thousands of spectators annually to the tiny hamlet of West Athens to view alternative styles of patriotic display. PINK contestants will be led by "I Miss America" in full regalia, holding aloft Abu Barbie. Other beauty queens include Miss Used Funds, Miss Perception, and General Confusion. We will be going green by marching rather than burning fossil fuel. Be there or be square!

CODEPINK will join with peace activists from Nevada Desert Experience and other groups at a "Ground the Drones" vigil at the gates of Creech Air Force Base. Drones doing surveillance and air attacks on the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan are controlled at Creech AFB. We come with a message of love for the Nevada desert and Mother Earth, and of solidarity and concern for the people "under" the drone flights, who may be killed, injured, made homeless or otherwise traumatized. We call for our tax dollars to be spent on humanitarian aid and diplomacy, not on robots for war!

Some of us Long Island CODEPINKSTERS decided we'd like to join CODEPINK NYC IN CENTRAL PARK! Let's show some pink pride at Norman Siegel's annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.

CODEPINK Austin plans to parade through the crowd gathering for the downtown 4th of July festivities carrying peace flags and wearing little more than sandwich boards spelling out "PEACE" in large letters on the front, and, on the back, brief statements about what peace means, such as "Peace is Freedom from War," "Peace Takes Courage," "Peace is Matriotic," "Peace is Creative," and "Peace is Healthy."

Join us FRIDAY, March 20 from 12 to 1 p.m. at 7th Ave. and C Street, outside the Federal Building.

Meeting of the Organizers. All welcome; bring ideas, resources, your voice of peace.

PINKers all over the country are starting PINK book clubs, where local groups will meet to discuss a book of CODEPINK interest. This is a great way to educate yourself and to get more involved with CODEPINK. Join us at the LA PINKhouse for snacks and discussion! For our first book, local book clubs will be discussing Saira Shah's book "The Storyteller's Daughter," a memoir of an Afghan woman born in England to a refugee family, as she travels to Afghanistan to discover the home she had known only through her father's vivid stories. Please visit our Book Club page to learn more & purchase a book.

Join Grandmothers for Peace demonstrations at 99th & Bell in Sun City, AZ; every first and third Saturday from 8 - 9:30 AM. Everyone is welcome! Signs are provided; be sure to wear a hat and bring water. For more information email ognelson@cox.net

Every Wednesday from noon to 1:30 PM at the MRS: We are committed to having a HOT CODEPINK Counter-Recruitment presence for Peace. Wear HOT PINK, bring signs “NOT IN BERKELEY” and "OUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN" – or just be there!

UC Law Professor John Yoo wrote legal opinions for the Bush DOJ saying that inhumane treatment and even torture is legal if Dick Cheney and George Bush do it. This is a peaceful witness against torture-- not vigilante stalking. Bring signs and banners to say "Shame on Yoo", "Yoo, Apologize!" "Dismiss, Disbar, and Prosecute Yoo", "Torture is NEVER legal", etc.

Vigil TWICE a month at the Traffic Circle in the town of Orange,(Orange County) CA. Please join us in working to end the war in Iraq. We have been meeting since September of 2004!

Monthly organizational meeting followed by a peace vigil in Ocean Beach.

CODEPINK march from the north and south ends of the Golden Gate Bridge, bringing our messages of peace and impeachment to motorists, tourists, bicyclists and supporters, the second Sunday of every month! Please, no sticks are allowed on signs, and keep signs to under 2 feet by 3 feet. No bicycles as we are on the walking side of the bridge. There are monthly "themes" -- contact Toby Blome at ratherbenyckeling@comcast.net for details.

Meet every 3rd Tuesday each month at the San Jose Peace center: 48 S. 7th Street in downtown San Jose just south of Santa Clara Street, next to SJSU.

South West Colorado Peace & Justice Coalition monthly meeting. (SWCPJC)

Bring your favorite dish to share and be in on plans for upcoming actions in the DC area. Open to the community.

A weekly vigil to raise awareness within our community and the media that our injured soldiers are brought to Walter Reed Hospital and we must not forget them.

Vigil in front of the Holocaust Museum, across from the "Think About What You Saw" sign. One of the most popular attractions for tourists from around the world, the Holocaust Museum represents the struggle for human rights -- and it's the ideal place to remind visitors respectfully that atrocities are going on elsewhere -- including to Palestinians, at the hands of Israelis. Bring a sign; flyers for distribution will be provided.

Weekly peace vigil every Thursday at 6 PMwith Veterans for Peace and other peace activists. Wear pink, bring your own signs, stand up in support! Messages include: "Out of Iraq Now!" and "CODEPINK wants troops home now!"

Please join us at 6:30 to discuss future actions.

Peace Vigil and sign holding at the Federal Building/Downtown Hilo Post Office every Friday from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. Bring your own sign or one will be provided.

A PINK stand against war and for peace. Some signs will be available or bring your own.

We will read and discuss PinkPages book selections. The first book is Saira Shah's The Storyteller's Daughter. This beautifully written memoir is the account of her travels to Afghanistan as a burkha-wearing journalist to rediscover the lost world that she had known only through her father’s vivid tales and stories while growing up in England. We will discuss peace, social justice, women, and cross-cultural awareness.

Witness for peace as part of the bridges for peace movement.

Monthly meeting at private home to watch "War Made Easy" to be followed up with joining the monthly anti-rally at 4-6 PM.

Joint Peace Vigil with CODEPINK Charlotte and MoveOn on a busy corner. Brief introduction. Signs. Drums. Breaking into small groups to read the stories provided by MoveOn. Candles at sunset.

Weekly One Hour Vigil for Peace and Justice. We have a Honk for Peace sign, a sign that gives the current death toll of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a variety of other messages on signs and banners that we hold, stick in the ground, and wear. We pass out informational fliers to passing motorists and pedestrians - downloaded from the CODEPINK and other progressive websites.

Vigil on the corner of College and Oleander Drive in Wilmington NC every Sunday from 11am until 1pm.

Sadly, the sixth anniversary of our entry and Occupation of Iraq coincides with out weekly Thursday peace vigil. To commemorate this heinous anniversary and KEEP THE HEAT ON THE STREETS, we will be joining peaceful protest voices at our corner with Bergen Peace & Justice, the Leonia Peace Vigil and our MFSO friends from the Teaneck Armory.

CODEPINK Madison supports the Morristown Peace Vigil on the Green, by the fountain.

Movie about Afghanistan and discussion afterwards about how to get the Obama administration to take action for peace.

Every Saturday at 4 PM at Union Square: MAKE OUT NOT WAR. Cristina C. is the organizer on this. There is a Facebook group you can join: look for MAKE OUT NOT WAR.

Next CODEPINK NYC organizing meeting, Wednesday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at WEDO, 355 Lexington Ave., 3rd floor (between 40th and 41st Streets). RSVP to Eva-Lee at ebaird@earthlink.net

The Klamath Basin Peace Forum hosts a Peace Vigil every Friday (for 1.5 years) from 5:30-6:30 PM at Main & 9th. Relevant signs and candles are optional.

Please come stand for Peace at Howard Elmer Park on the corner across from the Sayre Library on Weds 5:30- 6 PM.

Bring signs, rain or shine!

Stand Up! For Peace and Veterans For Peace Chapter 65 Wyoming invites all like-minded peace people to meet on the steps of the Albany County Courthouse. Once again, we petition for the redress of grievances. A display of the names of soldiers lost to the war on Iraq, both in country and after returning, will be displayed (weather permitting).