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Our January 2013 Schedule

Here’s a detailed list of our actions for each day of our stay in Washington, DC this January. Join us!

Sunday, January 6th

The Fast Begins

Monday, January 7th

6:15am                      leave for Pentagon
7-8:00am                   Pentagon Vigil
10:30-11:30am:       Fasters Meeting
12:30pm-2pm:         Vigil @ White House
4-5:30pm:                 Planning / Logistics meeting
6-8pm:                       Palestinian Prisoner Vigil @ Dupont Circle (Sameer Issawi)
8:30 – 9:30pm:         Evening Reflection

Tuesday, January 8th

7:30-8:30am:            Morning Readings (optional)
9:00-10:30am           Morning Reflection / Overview
12:30pm-2pm:         Vigil @ Supreme Court / Congress
3:30-5pm :                 Reflection
6pm-9pm:                 Film or Presentation

*There is a VIP showing of Zero Dark Thirty at some point on January 8th at the Newseum and we plan to have a presence there.

Wednesday, January 9th

7:30-8:30am:            Morning Readings (optional)
9:00-10:30am           Morning Reflection / Overview
12:30pm-2pm:         Vigil @ DoJ
4-6pm: Large Reflection
6:30-7:30pm: Action Planning
8pm:                 Presentation from Johnny Barber
8pm:                 Fasters’ Conference Call

Thursday, January 10th

7:30-8:30am:            Morning Readings (optional)
9:00-10:30am           Morning Reflection / Overview
12:30pm-2pm:         Vigil @ __________
3:30-6:30pm:            J11 planning and prep
7:30pm:                     Andy Worthington &Todd Pierce (former Military attorney at Guantanamo)
First Trinity Lutheran Church
501 4th St, NW
(4th & E Streets)

Friday, January 11th

***Warm beverages available at UM Building (100 Maryland Ave) from 10:30 am-12:00 and at NY Ave Presbyterian Church, starting at 1:30 pm.

7:30-8:30am:            Morning Readings (optional)
9:00-10:30am           Morning Reflection / Overview
10:00am                    Tom Wilner and Andy Worthington at the New America Foundation,  1899 L Street, N.W., Suite 400, a panel discussion which will also feature Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor of the military commissions
10:30am:                   leave for Supreme Court
11:30am                    Arrive at Supreme Court
12:00-1:30pm           Vigil / March from SC to WH
2:30pm:                     NRCAT Interfaith Prayer Service & Policy Briefing at NY Ave Presbyterian Church (1313 NY Ave. NW)
7-9pm:              Reflection
8:00pm:            Fasters conference call

Saturday, January 12

7:30-8:30am:            Morning Readings (optional)
8:45am                      Leave for CIA
10-11:30am              CIA Vigil (900 block, Dolly Madison Boulevard, McLean, Virginia)
12:00-1:30pm:                  Fast Break at Friends Meeting?
3:00-5:30pm             Closing Circle

Sunday, January 13th

8:00-10:00am:                  Clean up
11:00am-1pm:                  Planning Meeting for late January / future actions

And then Heading Home…

*daily planning meetings will happen each evening at 10pm and are open to everyone.

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