Join us in action at the events listed below and for other interesting events see the google calendar (which will be updated regularly)! 

Remember the calendar will change with the heat of the moment so we will be using a text messaging service to get you the info you need to be in action!

If you have signed up through our Inauguration form you will receive text messaging instructions via cell phone/email!

For more information on Inaugural Balls click here! And view the Google calendar and Map below!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17

• Morning and early afternoon- Banner & prop making!
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space- 417 H St NE, upstairs from Sidamo coffee shop]
  
  
• 9:30-2p-  Strategy session (with lunch- not provided by CODEPINK).  Discuss our new strategy for 2009/how to bring War is SO Over home to your community + share your campaign ideas and plan for future
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 4-5:30p- Orientation & Spokeswoman training with National Team and local coordinators from across the country!
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 7p until... Vibrant pink presence at Inaugural Balls (Yes We Can Can Dancers, Servin' Up Peace Waitresses, Pink Peace Officers) [various locations]
  + Making banners, props and visuals
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 11 - 5p- Tabling at PDA Progressive Leadership Conference
  [University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave]
  

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18

• 9 - 11a-  2 hour strategy session (attending Saturday's session is NOT a prerequisite) [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 11a- Yes We Can-Can dancing and celebrating at Obama inauguration concert featuring Beyonce, Aretha Franklin. [Lincoln Memorial- CODEPINK meet up TBA, check your text messages!]
  
  
• 4:30 - 6p- Orientation & Spokeswoman training with National Team and local coordinators from across the country!
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space - location TBA]
  
  
• 6p until... Vibrant pink presence at Inaugural Balls (Yes We Can Can Dancers, Servin' Up Peace Waitresses, Pink Peace Officers) [various locations]
  
  
• 7 - 9p CODEPINK Copresents, West Meets East: The Sultans of Satire Inauguration Tour [George Washington University, Marvin Center, Betts Theatre, 800 21st NW]
  
  
• 11 - 5p- Tabling at PDA Progressive Leadership Conference
  [University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave]

MONDAY, JANUARY 19

• 9 - 10a- Orientation & Spokeswoman training with National Team and local coordinators from across the country!
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 10 - 11:30a- Anti-Oppression Training on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Join seasoned activist, artist, and facilitator Chelsea Gregory for a high-energy, empowering, and introspective training on race, class, gender, and how increasing our awareness of power and privilege is crucial for real peace work. RSVP for the strategy session to Rae at locals@codepinkalert.org or just come! In your RSVP, please include which session you plan to attend.
  [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 12p- Vibrant pink presence at the event lunches and NOW March for Equal Protection [various locations and on the National Mall]
  
  
• 5:30p- "Send Bush Packing!" CODEPINK Says Goodbye to the Bush Years by sending him off with suitcases, show tunes, and a hearty wave goodbye during the "Sage-ing the White House" event with comedian Kate Clinton, a joyous spectacle of cleansing the White House. [At White House perimeter on Lafayette Park side at DuPont Circle.]
  
  
• 7p until... Vibrant pink presence at Inaugural Balls (Yes We Can Can Dancers, Servin' Up Peace Waitresses, Pink Peace Officers) [various locations]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 INAUGURATION DAY

• AM- IF YOU HAVE TICKETS: Proceed to inaugural (Don't forget your pink and fill your pockets with Obama Peace Promises ribbons to give out!)
• 10 am-IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TICKET: Converge at McPherson Square (15th & K Streets NW) at 10 am with the Celebrate People's History & Build Popular Power Bloc (http://www.hopefrompeople.com) to walk to viewing jumbotrons and get a spot along the parade route! "Yes We Can Can" your heart out. Move to entrances of parade route (check out indoor viewing options in our google calendar below)
  
  
• 3 - 5p- CODEPINK celebration [CODEPINK Convergence Space]
  
  
• 7p- Peace Ball! Join CODEPINK women and supporters including Howard Zinn, historian Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Alice Walker, author ("The Color Purple"); Eve Ensler, playwright ("Vagina Monologues"); Bernice Johnson Reagon, vocal artist; Dick Gregory, political comedian and activist; and performers Michael Franti and Fertile Ground at [Smithsonian National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.]
  
  
• 5 - 10p- Vibrant pink presence at Inaugural Balls (Yes We Can Can Dancers, Servin' Up Peace Waitresses, Pink Peace Officers) [various locations]
  
  
• All day- Mingle with progressives at McPherson Square, heated tents!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21

• If you are still in town join in solidarity actions!
• 3p- First Day at the White House: Yes We Can End War and Call for a Ceasefire! On the first day of Obama's presidency, CODEPINK will be outside the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) raising the people's voices for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza.
• 7p- Potluck at the Pink House [CODEPINK House- 712 5th St NE]