General John Perry "Dance Dance Revolution" Barlow says:
My sweet song-writing collaborators and shirt-tail family, The String Cheese Incident, are playing a free concert for peace tomorrow in Golden Gate Park along with Michael Franti (whom I'm convinced is some kind of avatar) and various others. Looks like this:
6th Annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival
Saturday September 11, 2004 (11am-5pm)
Speedway Meadow – Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA, USA
Featuring Michael Franti and Spearhead, String Cheese Incident Acoustic, Gift of Gab of Blackalicious, John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, and Amy Goodman.
Link to event website.
And BoingBoing pal Jose Marquez sez, "This 'Election Protection' event might be less bumpin'," but it too is devoted to giving power to the peaceful.
September 11, 2-5 p.m., Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd and 4th Sts.
Featuring Eva Jefferson Paterson of Equal Justice Society, Ralph Neas and Sharon Lettman Pacheco of the People For the American Way Foundation, and Michael Kieschnick of Working Assets.
Join Working Assets, Mother Jones magazine, People For the American Way Foundation, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Equal Justice Society, True Majority, AlterNet.org, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, and others to learn about opportunities to help protect voting rights in key states on November 2. Participants in this outdoor rally and training will receive an update on efforts to prevent minority disenfranchisement and intimidation at the polls, challenges posed by computer voting systems and an overview of the key states where voting rights are at greatest risk.
Link to event website.
