updated 09.24.05  ..

Wear warm clothes or take layers — when I reached Millbrae midday on Friday, I all but froze. See you there!

Please NOTE changes in Bart Schedules & other details as of 09.16.05.

pogblog permanent link for this info: http://pogblog.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/8/27/1173188.html

Save <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Saturday September 24 2005 for Peace March.

If you wonder what difference your bothering to get yourself there might make, if your friends are wavering — clearly the huge pro-peace Marches in the Vietnam era hastened the end of that grisly War — not soon enough, but much sooner than if the Marches hadn't been big.

(NEW NOTE 09.21.05 — BART trains may be very crowded — hardly even standing room if you leave it til too late — so consider this in your plans! But remember they will be crowded with fellow peace people so have an adventure no matter what.)

Saturday September 24 2005 will be I hope the biggest peace mobilization ever on the planet. (Local Mtn. View/Los Altos/Palo Alto CA directions & times below. Train/Bart; or Carpool.; or Special Busses;)

I myself always go to where the March itself ends. This March will end about 7 walkable blocks from San Francisco City Hall at Jefferson Square Park at Gough & Turk. (Details below.) I get there between noon & 1p. (If you want to make the March itself at 11a from Dolores Park, see below or SF ANSWER's site or the Busses from Palo Alto, info below.)

 “Please plan on going to the Protest nearest you on Saturday September 24. The more bodies on the street, the better. Remember if it's rainy, go anyway. Tell your friends. This is the moment to show up.”

This is the moment to show up.

Mark off the day on your calendar.

As chancelucky reminded me, Gandhi said

“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.”

If you were to come from Mountain View CA to go to San Francisco City Hall on CalTrain & Bart:

(I always take my 16″ x 18″  teach peace sign on a 4'7″ stick on the public transportation with no problem. I do carry it sign-down on the trains themselves.)
Caltrain = 800.660.4287 x2 itinerary planning;
MV à Millbrae;
 = $7.00 daypass;
Caltrain MV àMillbrae 8:19a/arrive9:08; 9:19a/arrive Millbrae 10:08a/49m;
10:19a/11:08a/49m; 11:19a/12:08p/49m;
[Wake up at San Mateo, Burlingame, then Millbrae.] 
 
Caltrain return Millbrae àMV
3:24p/4:14p/50m; 4:24p/5:14p/50m; etc.
To catch the 3:24p, leave Civic Center
2:35p/arrive Millbrae 3:12p; etc.
If spending evening in SF,
9:24p/10:14p/50m;  also trains from Millbrae at 10:24p & 12:24a – NO 11:24 train; Your day pass is good for the 12:24a train.
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BART = 650.992.2278 x3, x3 itinerary planning;
from Millbrae to Civic Center stop = $3.55/$7.10 round trip; Have $5, two $1, & a dime so you don’t need change. OR just do $5 + three $1 and print an $8 ticket for speed.
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Take any Bart train
from Millbrae to Civic Center /29m.
starting : 8:51am-ish, a train leaves every 20 minutes;
8:51/9:11/9:31/9:51/10:11/10:31/10:51. These trains AND the ticket-buying machines will be crowded – leave early.
The stop just before Civic Center is
16th & Mission (If you want to make the March itself, get off here at 16th &Mission and walk straight up 16th 3 blocks (16th, Valencia, Guerrero, Dolores) to Dolores, go left 2 blocks to Dolores Park.
 
If you want to go to where the March ENDS and the Rally meets : Take the UN Plaza exit out of  Civic Center Bart Station and walk a few blocks toward Larkin St; Go RIGHT (North) on Larkin St. a few blocks. Turn LEFT on Turk for 4 blocks to Jefferson Square Park at the corner of Gough & Turk.
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Bart Return from Civic Center to Millbrae:
Take SFO/Millbrae Bart train;
2:26p/arrive Millbrae 3:01p; 2:46p/3:21; Etc.
IF spending evening in SF,
next to last chance = Bart at 9:26p/arrive Milbrae 10:01pm/ lv Millbrae Caltrain10:24pm;
last Bart train at 11:26p/arrive Millbrae at 12:01am no later to catch last CalTrain at 12:25am;
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Saturday September 24 Peace Rally
to San Francisco City Hall (Plaza) & then to Jefferson Square (map).…
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Special Busses from Peace & Justice Center in Palo Alto.
Meet there (directions below) at 10A. PLEASE Make a Reservation with the Center by phone or email so there will be enough busses.  Email peace-bus@peaceandjustice.org    650-326-8837. Suggested Donation $20 but no one will be turned away — you pay that day, but call ahead!! Signs can be brought with you. The busses will go to the beginning of the March at Dolores Park & then to the end point to take you home.
 
Carpool meeting place from Peace & Justice Center in Palo Alto. (I'm sure there is some donation, but I don't know what it is yet.)
 
“On Sat Sept 24, PPJC will be used as a carpool meeting spot — we're suggesting people gather here at 10 a.m.  We're at 457 Kingsley Ave. in Palo Alto (Kingsley & Cowper); our phone number is 650-326-8837 if  people want more info.”  Yahoo Maps says (from MV) take Central/Alma; rt Kellogg; lft Bryant; rt Kingsley. 
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for Mtn. View CA USA every Friday 6p-7p peace protests at the corner of Castro & El Camino, check
Mountain View Voices for Peace
 
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