Events for 06/19/2010

Jun
19
Gaza Blockade Quiz

Past - Saturday, June 19 2010 from 9 am to 12:30 pm
Farmers' Market, Capitol Square, Madison
Madison Area Peace Coalition
David Koene: 241-1437, konkal@charter.net
     
 
Cinnamon or cumin, chocolate or coffee, fishing line or toilet paper – which of these household items are allowed into Gaza under the Israeli blockade?  Shoppers at the Farmers' Market will be challenged to test their knowledge by taking the “Gaza Blockade Quiz.”  Each participant will be asked to identify banned items from a table of everyday products. 
 
     

Jun
19
Juneteenth Parade

Past - Saturday, June 19 2010 at 11 am
Fountain of Life Church, 655 W. Badger Road
Kujichagulia - MCSD/Juneteenth Committee
     
 
A contingent from MAPC will march in the 12th annual Juneteenth Day Parade.  The parade starts on W. Badger Road and goes north to Penn Park, where the Juneteenth Festival is taking place all day.  Juneteenth commemorates the freeing of the last slaves on June 19th, 1865.