[Chicago] Fwd: [Bpf Chapters] Fwd: [UFPJ] Jan 27-29: Represent the Peace Majority in Washington, D.C.
dean kaufer
deankaufer at mac.com
Wed Dec 6 08:23:31 EST 2006
Greetings,
This is info about an upcoming peace rally in Washington D.C. in
January.
Thanks,
Dean
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Maia Duerr <maia at bpf.org>
> Date: November 27, 2006 2:41:29 PM CST
> To: bpfchapters at bpf.org
> Subject: [Bpf Chapters] Fwd: [UFPJ] Jan 27-29: Represent the Peace
> Majority in Washington, D.C.
>
> Dear friends,
>
> For your information -- a major mobilization for peace in Iraq being
> planned for Jan. 27-29.
>
> warmly,
> Maia
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Leslie Kauffman <lak at unitedforpeace.org>
>> Date: November 20, 2006 9:33:54 AM PST
>> To: ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org
>> Subject: [UFPJ] Jan 27-29: Represent the Peace Majority in
>> Washington, D.C.
>>
>> JANUARY 27-29 * WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> TELL THE NEW CONGRESS: ACT NOW TO END THE WAR!
>>
>> Dear UPFJ member group:
>>
>> We've marched against the war many times -- but never before have we
>> had such an opportunity to actually bring an end to U.S. military
>> intervention in Iraq.
>>
>> The January 27 march on Washington is an extraordinary chance to
>> press the new Congress to take action to bring the troops home now.
>> United for Peace and Justice is also making plans for anti-war
>> strategy meetings and skills trainings on Sunday, January 28, and for
>> a major grassroots Lobby Day on Monday, January 29. We will send you
>> more information about these activities as soon as it is available.
>>
>> This mobilization differs in important ways from any other protest
>> that United for Peace and Justice has organized, and we're asking our
>> member groups to mobilize in new and creative ways.
>>
>> 1)
>> We want at least one person from every Congressional district in the
>> country to represent the peace and justice majority in Washington on
>> Saturday, January 27. So not only do we need your help in ensuring
>> that the largest possible number of people join us in marching on
>> Washington -- we need your help making sure that every district is
>> present.
>>
>>
>> We know that groups far from Washington, D.C. often do not have the
>> capacity to send people to national mobilizations. We're asking you
>> to make a concerted effort to do so this time around. Now is the time
>> to start raising funds to send one or more representatives to the
>> January 27 march from each Congressional district in your area.
>>
>> If you live within driving distance, begin spreading the word widely
>> so you can have a large contingent of folks from your area.
>>
>> Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3437 for
>> downloadable leaflets, plus images for posting on your website. In
>> the coming weeks we will be posting other organizing materials so
>> please visit our web site regularly.
>>
>>
>> 2)
>> Plan to create and bring symbols of your community's peace and
>> justice majority to display at the mobilization and present to your
>> Representative and Senators.
>>
>>> Does your Representative or Senator favor speedy withdrawal from
>>> Iraq? You might want to bring cards and letters of support from
>>> others in your district, flowers, or even something hokey but sweet
>>> like peace-sign cupcakes.Is your Representative or Senator critical
>>> of the war but reluctant to support troop withdrawal? Stubbornly
>>> supporting Bush's failed Iraq policies --or calling for more troops
>>> to be sent to Iraq? Make a stronger statement by creating posters or
>>> displays that dramatize the cost of the war to your community (using
>>> information provided by the National Priorities Project at
>>> http://costofwar.com). Bring large photographs of servicepeople from
>>> your Congressional district who have been killed in the war. Gather
>>> large numbers of cards and letters from people in your community
>>> calling on your elected officials to bring the troops home now.
>>
>> Other ideas for things to bring, no matter where your Representative
>> or Senator stands on the war:
>>
>> ·
>> images from Iraq of the destruction wrought by the U.S. war and
>> occupation and the suffering of the Iraqi people
>>
>> ·
>> copies of anti-war resolutions passed by city councils, school
>> boards, labor unions, houses of worship, or other community
>> institutions in your district
>>
>> ·
>> artwork by children in your community representing hopes for peace
>> and justice
>>
>> ·
>> big posters showing the strength of antiwar sentiment in your
>> community via polling data
>>
>> ·
>> photographs of people, places, or institutions in your community that
>> are hurting because so much money is being spent on the war: the
>> community health clinic that was forced to close; the school that
>> doesn't have adequate books, much less music classes or art supplies;
>> the crumbling infrastructure; the overcrowded, inadequate housing
>>> 3) Help us make this mobilization as large as it can be. The Nov
>>> 7th elections showed the country and the world just how widespread
>>> the sentiment against the war in Iraq really is. With your help we
>>> will remind the new Congress of the mandate for peace. Start working
>>> now to line up buses, arrange for trains, organize car pools, and do
>>> whatever else you can to make sure people are able to join us in
>>> Washington.
>> If you have other creative ideas we haven't listed here, please send
>> them to me at lak at unitedforpeace.org, and we'll share them in future
>> bulletins to member groups.
>>
>> Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org for resources and updates on the
>> January 27-29 mobilization. Together we can end this war!
>>
>> Hoping to see you in D.C.,
>>
>> Leslie Kauffman
>> Mobilizing Coordinator
>> United for Peace and Justice
>> lak at unitedforpeace.org
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