Peace rally planned for Paul Bunyan Park

BANGOR – A rally to call on elected officials and candidates to “End the War. Build the Peace. Rebuild the Economy” will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. l3, at Paul Bunyan Park.

A talk by journalist Amy Goodman at the Hammond Street Church will come after the rally.

Speakers will include Mary Trotochaud who, with her husband, Rick McDowell, lived in Iraq after 2003 and maintains contact with Iraqis; Hosain Aghamoosa, an Iranian-American history student at the University of Maine; Katrina Bisheimer, a Maine labor activist; and Doug Crate, a Bangor-area social worker.

Sponsoring organizations include Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Veterans for Peace 003 Chapter, Maine People’s Alliance, Orono Peace Group, Waterville Area Bridges for Peace and Justice, Northern Maine Peace & Justice, Ellsworth Peace & Justice, Peace & Social Action Committee of Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor Vigil for Peace, MDI Peace & Justice, Pax Christi Maine, and Peace & Justice Group of Waldo County, among others. To co-sponsor or for more information, call 942-9343 or visit www.peacectr.org.