Peace Sunday in LA & selling stuff

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Mon Dec 16 14:25:14 PST 2002


This was posted by an activist in LA -- Peace Sunday was an advertised event featuring celebs, representatives, and others marta


>I'm not really serious about this, mostly amusing.
>
>I went to the Convention Center to see if I could find a place to hand or
>place some Change Links.
>
>And got thrown out by the peace folks.
>
>They had one big hall where the main affair was to begin at 3 PM. Upstairs
>(the Convention Center is vary large with many large halls and
>rooms). Booths inside this cost $500
>And another big room upstairs where folks spent $100 to set up tables.
>
>I got some Change Links on some tables upstairs and thought I might just
>hand out stuff to people coming in.
>
>After a few minutes I was approached by a couple people and the Director of
>Peace Sunday, Susan and was told I couldn't continued hand out papers
>there., I tried to negotiate some, telling them about Change Links, how we
>helped publicize and promote the event but they said they paid for the
>room and couldn't allow others there. But I could go further away.
>
>I walked around the corner and just stood there, a couple came up to me and
>wanted a copy.
>She came back and berated me again. I said I thought I was doing what she
>wanted.
>
>I then walked away again and I guess she then went for the security because
>a big guy came up and basically throw me out of the entire Center.
>
>I went outside but there really wasn't a good place there to hand stuff out.
>
>At ten to three not more that a few hundred in both rooms and they promised
>the vendors thousands.
>
>=========
>
>I understand from others that about 600 did attend the talks by the
>celebrates. That the "donation" of $10 was almost insisted upon.
>
>And that the group was led in a rousing chorus of the Star Spangled Banner.
>
>So Im more inclined to think it was the politics of Change Links that was
>being ousted.
>
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