Port Huron Project 3: We Must Name the System
When: Thursday, July 26, 6:00 PM (rain date July 27)
Where: The National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Performed by: Max Bunzel
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Paul Potter, former President of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), originally delivered this renowned speech at the April 17, 1965 March on Washington. Potter offers an insightful critique of our government’s use of the rhetoric of freedom to justify war, and calls for citizens of the United States to create a massive social movement to build a “democratic and humane society in which Vietnams are unthinkable.”

Port Huron Project 2: The Problem Is Civil Obedience
When: Saturday, July 14, 5:00 PM (rain date July 15)
Where: Near Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, Boston
Performed by: Matthew Floyd Miller
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Public reenactment of a speech originally given by author and activist Howard Zinn at a peace rally on May 5, 1971. In this stirring speech, Zinn defended the use of civil disobedience to protest the war in Vietnam and called on Congress to impeach the president and vice president of the United States for the high crime of waging war on the people of Southeast Asia.

Port Huron Project 1: Until the Last Gun Is Silent
When: September 16, 2006
Where: Mineral Springs Field, Central Park, New York City
Performed by: Gina Brown
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This event reenacted a speech given by Coretta Scott King at a peace march in Central Park on April 27, 1968, three weeks after her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. The speech, which was based on notes found in the late Dr. King's pockets, addresses the war in Vietnam, domestic poverty, and the power of women to effect social change. Gina Brown, a New York-based actor and former welfare mother, delivered the speech.