Home > BOOKS NOT BOMBS YOUTH CONVERGENCE
Convergence Center @ Saint Marks Church, 131 East 10th
Street, open from 9am - 6pm. Additional locations to be
announced.
We are a generation that wants peace, but for the last
four years, we’ve seen only war, terror, occupation.
We are a generation that wants freedom for all of us,
but theirs is a government that’s abandoned the very
liberties they claim to fight for.
We are a generation that needs quality public schools
and affordable universities. But instead of funding our
education, they’ve used our money to build an empire:
with bombs and bullets to secure their friends’ profits
and enforce their will on other peoples; with "Patriot"
Acts and prisons to enforce their will on our own.
We are a generation that wants decent jobs and access
to the things we need to live our lives, but this
government comes to us only to recruit the poorest and
people of color among us to kill and to die.
As we asked before the war, and as most of America is
asking now: for what? This August and September, those
who made this war happen will be coming to New York
City for the Republican National Convention. They will
party near the ruins of the fallen towers, plot their
next moves, pick their next targets, and anoint
President Bush for what they think will be another four
years in power.
On August 28, two days before the Convention kicks off,
young people from all over the country and the city
will gather in New York for a one-day Convergence for
Books Not Bombs. This will be a space for us to share
un-conventional wisdom and to build our own movement -
one that we hope will connect the dots, expand the
possibilities of what we can do in our schools and
communities, and prepare us for a big week in the
streets and a decisive year in the struggle.
What to expect: Chances to get to know each other and
each other’s work. Discussions of strategy and
analysis. Issue workshops. Skills trainings. Banner
making. Food, help with housing, and information you’ll
need for the upcoming protests. And the following day,
August 29, we will take to the streets of Manhattan
together, in a demonstration called by United for Peace
& Justice to declare hundreds of thousands of voices
strong, "The World Says No to the Bush Agenda!" The
Convergence will gather a powerful youth contingent to
march together that day. That night, we’ll unwind and
enjoy the culture of youth resistance as we drop beats
for peace. All young people and students are welcome at
the Convergence on August 28th. Unlike the Republican
National Convention, you will not have to pay to get
in.
Outreach materials for the Convergence (5x11, 25x5.5)
Endorse the convergence...HERE Current Endorsers for
the Books not Bombs Convergence Register for the
Convergence...HERE Convergence Itinerary