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TORONTO:ONE BIG NO - Peace Festival, SAT. APRIL 12
SuperHiMY
04/04/03 at 01:53:33

       AsalamAlayKum,

       Downtown Toronto's City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, Saturday April 12,  1pm-11pm

       With the Anti-War movement worldwide, Toronto has borrowed some ideas
       from the British, namely the 'ONE BIG NO'  Peace Festival event they did.

       Toronto's ONE BIG NO - Peace Festival is now just a week away.

       I'm one of the only, if not the only, MUSLIM volunteers within the group,

       Artists Against War  here in Toronto.

       It's a two day Peace Festival, the Friday night is a fundraising event at
       two clubs with numerous music bands. As I don't listen to music, I'm have
       not volunteered to help with Friday's events.

       From 1pm until 6pm at Toronto's City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square is the
       afternoon program.

       That consists of Speakers, Poets, Rap, Hip Hop, various ethnic dancers
       and vocalists, from all different communities of Toronto.

       They all are saying NO to the war.

       It's very important that Iraqis, Arabs ( Christian or Muslim ), and MUSLIMS
       (yes, that means YOU!), make their presence known.
   
       At the latest organizational meeting, the volunteer organizers lamented that
       there were hardly any muslims or arabs who will be performing.

       Ironic since it is a pre-dominantly Muslim Populated Iraq that my fellow Canadians
       are standing up for...!

       Trying to keep my involvement halal, I ended being in charge of the Kids Program
       scheduled from 1:30 pm until 6:00 pm. All children's activities will be centred
       around the Peace Garden in the north-east area of Nathan Phillips Square.

       InshAllah, PLEASE show up dressed as Muslims and BRING your kids, neices,
       nephews, borrow your neighbour's kids (!), I'm trying to program halal-centric
        and Islam-centric activites for the kids, (muslim and non-muslim, it don't matter).

        Also, I need Muslim VOLUNTEERS to help out on the Saturday Afternoon.

        Sisters or Brothers. Even if you just wanna hang out for a half hour or so anytime
        during the afternoon, and help me watch that kids don't make too much a mess
        of the arts and crafts, that's be a big help!

        Sorry, I type too much...

        For more info on the who/what/where/why,

      Here's the official website:

        http://www.ArtistsAgainstWar.ca

         And Here's HiMY's UNofficial Artists Against War website:

        http://www.ArtistsAgainstWar.TYO.ca

       Private Message me here at Jannah.org with any help / questions / etc,

        Salam,

        ~ HiMY! ~



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