[SDCPJ] Save Friendship Park Forum 2/19; Day at the Park 2/21

SAVE FRIENDSHIP PARK Community Forum- Thursday, February 19, 6 p.m. A Day at the Park - Saturday, February 21, 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 6 p.m. Community Forum Location: San Diego City College, A-103 Contact:Pedro Rios We call for a halt to all construction on the U.S.-Mexico border, pending public review, and for a re-design of Friendship Park to ensure continuing public access. ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS (partial list): American Friends Service Committee - San Diego Border Ambassadors(Del Rio, TX) Border Angels Border Meetup Group CASA (Coalition of Amigos in Solidarity and Action) Center for Justice and Reconciliation, PLNU Centro de Recursos para Migrantes (Naco, Sonora, Mexico) Environmental Health Coalition Foundation for Change Gente Unida Los Caminos del Rio MACC (Mexican American Catholic College), San Juan Diego Project, Immigrants and Migrant Farmworkers Mid-City Community Advocacy Network Network of Spiritual Progressives, San Diego No Border Wall No Wall - Big Bend Coalition Pax Christi Brownsville Peace Resource Center of San Diego Plan of Action in a Changing Era Rio Grande International Study Center (Laredo, TX) San Diego Chapter of Buddhist Peace Fellowship San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice San Diego Coastkeeper Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Surfrider Foundation, San Diego chapter The Employee Rights Center in San Diego Wildcoast - Costasalvaje Saturday, Feb. 21 Save Friendship Park 10 a.m. Carpools (contact) UCSD Price Center Loop (Kathelyn Baca, 661-510-2423) SDSU Zura Turnaround (Enrique de Haro, 707-328-6805) USD - University Center (Mark Heisey) Pt. Loma NU (Jamie Gates, 619-757-8151) Foundation for Change (Jill Holslin, 619-804-8030) Sweetwater Zen Center (Seisen Saunders, 619-274-0757) 11 a.m. Gathering at entrance to Border Field State Park (directions below) 11:30 Hike to Friendship Park 12:15 Program (contact) Bi-National Choir (Keith Pedersen) Bi-National Communion (John Fanestil) Bi-National Garden (Daniel Watman) Carpooling encouraged. Documents may be required. DIRECTIONS: Take Hwy 5 South, exit Dairy Mart Road, turn right (West) and follow winding road to park entrance. FRIENDSHIP PARK IN THE NEWS (links): National Public Radio Los Angeles Times New York Times Washington Post Christian Century Sojourners El Diario San Diego Union Tribune Friends of Friendship Park Join our cause on Facebook Contact: John Fanestil, 619-823-6223 You are subscribed as jenleich@sbcglobal.net. To unsubscribe please click here.