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Media Advisory

Peace Action Groups to hold Press Conference
Thursday, January 2 

For immediate release
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(ALBANY) - Local Peace activists plan to hold a Press Conference this
Thursday, January 2nd at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Avenue,
at 5:45 pm to announce activities planned for the weekend of Martin
Luther King Jr.'s State and Federal Holiday (Monday, January 20).

Local and regional individuals and groups opposed to a war against
Iraq will meet at the Social Justice Center as part of a scheduled
meeting to plan activities and begin creating banners, posters and
peace doves.

Representatives of Capital District for Justice and Peace, among other
groups, will be available to discuss the following:

- Plans for a January 17 Candlelight Peace March against a war on Iraq
from the State Capital to Townsend Park in Albany,

- Organization of bus groups to travel from the Capital Region to
Washington DC on Saturday, January 18 for a National Anti-War
demonstration,

- Participation in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition of the
Schenectady County Human Rights Commission's 18th annual march and
celebration in honor of Dr. King's messages of peace,

- Participation in the Center for Law and Justice (CLJ) "People's
Celebration of Martin Luther King's Life and Principles" on Monday,
January 20, beginning at 8:30 am at the Legislative Office Building in
Albany,

- Other activities as scheduled.

Please visit our website: http://www.albany.edu/~mg2300/