Comments | nashvillians: Nashville Show of Solidarity with the Iranian People

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Nashville Show of Solidarity with the Iranian People

Jun 16, 2009 19:09

Last Friday Iran held a pivotal election, one which would determine the stance of the nation over the next four years. Allegations of fraud began directly after results were called, and protests having been going on in Iran since.

Now is our time to show our support for the Iranian people and their plight. Many have faced pepper spray, tear gas, ( Read more... )

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childings June 17 2009, 00:43:09 UTC

Why did you wait until now to post this? Doesn't give me much notice.

jaggedapple June 17 2009, 00:49:55 UTC

Because we just planned it. iran.whyweprotest.net went up yesterday and we've been planning protests since then.

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jaggedapple June 17 2009, 12:43:56 UTC

It's on 19 June.

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jaggedapple June 17 2009, 02:51:23 UTC

I'd have liked to have pushed it into next week, but this is sort of a time sensitive thing as people need to be aware of what's happening in Iran. We might end up doing more protests dependent on how long this madness lasts.

erikthedane June 17 2009, 20:01:07 UTC

You probably have this covered already, but have you put an announcement on Craigslist?

Just a thought.

:D

jaggedapple June 17 2009, 20:12:38 UTC

Indeed I did :D.

We've been trying to think of places to post stuff and have so far done Facebook, LJ, IranWWP, twitter, the Islamic Center of Nashville, the Bahà'ì Center, The City Paper, Craigslist, Nashvillest... one of my friends said she added it to the community calendar on WKRN, but I haven't seen it yet. If you can think of anywhere else to post it, please, please, PLEASE tell us! Since this is such incredibly short notice, we don't have time to all sit around brainstorming about other places to post the info :/.

ziltopia June 18 2009, 06:36:13 UTC

What about posting with the Nashville Peace Coalition?

jaggedapple June 19 2009, 05:25:57 UTC

I just contacted the Nashville Peace and Justice Center -- the Peace Coalition didn't have contact info on their website.

Thanks for the suggestion :D!

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shadiroxan June 19 2009, 02:01:04 UTC

I'm going with my children and my mother. Some of her friends will be there too, all Iranian. There's a pretty active Iranian community around here. I bet they'll make an effort to be there.

jaggedapple June 19 2009, 03:38:41 UTC

Wonderful! We very much look forward to seeing you there!