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LOOKING
AT THE 2004 ELECTION
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from
Susan Shaer, WAND Executive Director |
Excerpt
– It was a long, hard struggle, and it
was a hard one to lose. It's difficult
to find a positive angle. But let me start
here:
While
the Bush administration would like to
cast the victory on November 2 as a sweeping
mandate, millions of us know better. We
know that the progressive movement started
something new, and something big, and
that it will eventually be the beginning
of a new era in American politics.
Thanks to all who worked so hard, in the
rain and the dark, on weekends and nights,
all day, every day. It was worth
it.
Join us as we move forward.
The year ahead will be full of actions.
With your help, we will articulate the
concerns of millions who voted for a better
world. We will tell the Bush administration
and the Congress that we will work with
them to craft policies that meet the values
and needs of all the people. Let's cooperate
to save the planet.
Thank you for all you've done
and will do in the months and years ahead. |
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WAND
congratulates WAND and WiLL members who
were elected to Congress in 2004
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WAND
is proud to announce that we have two new WAND/WiLL
women coming to Congress in January. All 34
WAND/WiLL women already in Congress will also
be returning.
Newly
seated will be Gwen Moore of
Wisconsin 4 and Debbie Wasserman Schultz
of Florida 20. Both women previously served
in their State Legislatures, and will be valuable
assets to the WAND agenda in Congress.
We
are also happy to announce that WAND/WiLL member
of the U.S. House, Cynthia McKinney,
will be returning to Congress from Georgia 4.
Her long service to WAND priorities, including
arms trade issues and peace, has been missed
during her absence.
Click
here for more information.
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One
Planet, One Home, One Family
Do Not Lose Heart
By Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, author of Women
Who Run With the Wolves
Excerpt
– Mis estimados: Do not lose heart...
The fact is we were made for these times.
Yes. For years, we have been learning,
practicing, been in training for and just
waiting to meet on this exact plain of
engagement... |
Ours
is not the task of fixing the entire world all
at once, but of stretching out to mend the part
of the world that is within our reach. Any small,
calm thing that one soul can do to help another
soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering
world, will help immensely. It is not given
to us to know which acts or by whom will cause
the critical mass to tip toward an enduring
good. What is needed for dramatic change is
an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to,
adding more, continuing. We know that it does
not take "everyone on Earth" to bring justice
and peace, but only a small, determined group
who will not give up during the first, second,
or hundredth gale...
I
hope you will write this on your wall: When
a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is
safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not
what great ships are built for. This comes with
much love and prayer that you remember who you
came from, and why you came to this beautiful,
needful Earth.
THE
BATTLE FOR FALLUJA
The
assault began Sunday night, November 7, as U.S.
troops backed by Iraqi forces burst into Falluja
General Hospital and seized it within an hour.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 American soldiers
and Marines backed by newly trained Iraqi forces
launched the invasion, a block-by-block battle
to capture or kill an estimated 3,000 to 4,000
insurgents. Most civilians in Falluja, a city
of 250,000, were thought to have left by the
time the invasion began.
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This
battle, the most important since the U.S.
invasion of Iraq 19 months ago, is seen
by military planners as a way to destroy
the insurgency’s largest safe haven and
pave the way for an Iraqi election, set
for January 27. |
As
of Nov. 15th, 38 American servicemen had been
killed and 275 wounded in the weeklong assault.
Of the Iraqi forces, 6 had been killed. Estimates
of insurgent casualties range from 1,200 to
1,600.
THE
INSURGENCY: "Last gasp or building momentum"
U.S.
military officers said that insurgent leaders
probably fled Falluja before the invasion, and
are organizing the counteroffensive now unfolding
across the country. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
said of the insurgency, "In some respects,
it’s becoming more pronounced in many parts
of the country…It’s hard to determine whether
that’s the last gasp or continued building momentum."
During
the week of November 8th:
- (11/8/04)
Prime Minister Allawi proclaimed a 60-day
state of emergency, giving him broad powers
to impose curfews, order house-to-house searches
and detain suspected criminals and insurgents.
- (11/9/04)
Insurgents kidnapped Dr. Allawi’s first cousin,
the cousin’s wife and a daughter-in-law and
threatened to behead the captives if the prime
minister did not halt the invasion of Falluja
and release all prisoners in Iraq. News reports
on Sunday (11/14) said that two of the relatives
had been released.
- Three
U.S. helicopters were forced down by antiaircraft
fire.
- (11/11/04)
A car bomb in downtown Baghdad killed at least
17 people and wounded at least 30 others.
Flames engulfed four buildings.
- Violence
surged throughout the Sunni triangle west
of Baghdad including Tikrit, Kirkuk, Hawija,
Samarra, and Ramadi.
- (11/11/04)
Hundreds of Iraqi policemen fled Mosul, 225
miles north of Baghdad, in the face of attacks
by up to 500 insurgents. Mosul’s police chief
was fired and the reliability of Mosul’s entire
police force was called into question. A senior
Iraqi security officer was assassinated. Kurds,
Christians and Sunni Arabs are the largest
population groups in Mosul, Iraq’s third-largest
city with a population of three million. Ethnic
tensions have run high since the U.S. invasion.
The Sunni Arabs are leading the insurgency.
The Kurds and Christians are more sympathetic
to U.S. forces.
- (11/11/04)
The Muslim Scholars Association, a powerful
group of Sunni clerics, held a news conference
in Baghdad to condemn the offensive in Falluja
and renew its call to boycott January elections.
Shiite leaders are also condemning the invasion.
- Growing
public denunciation of the invasion of Falluja
by prominent Iraqi groups from across the
political spectrum threatens the support of
Prime Minister Allawi. In ordering the invasion,
Dr. Allawi has underscored his image as a
strong supporter of the U.S. presence in Iraq.
A
POSSIBLE WAR CRIME The
U.S. has refused to take part in the International
Criminal Court, so it is not clear if soldiers
could be held accountable for what some human
rights experts believe was a war crime committed
on November 11th. U.S. soldiers detained about
300 refugees fleeing Falluja. The women and
children were allowed to proceed. The men were
tested for residue from handling explosives.
All tested negative but were nonetheless sent
back into Falluja. The Geneva Convention requires
protection of refugees and forbids returning
them to a combat zone.
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OTHER
REASONS FOR CONCERN expressed by
senior U.S. military commanders and civilian
officials: |
- Spies
for the insurgents have penetrated many of
Iraq’s security forces. Marine officials suspect
Iraqi security officers are helping insurgents
to attack their troops.
- Bureaucratic
delays to reconstruction aid persist.
- New
American intelligence assessments show that
the insurgents have significantly more fighters
– 8,000 to 12,000 hard-core militant – and
far greater financial resources than previously
estimated.
- A
campaign of intimidation to silence Iraqis
and undermine the government through assassinations,
kidnappings, beheading and car bombings continues.
The
New York Times, 10/28/04, 10/31/04, 11/8/04,
11/12/04, 11/13/04, 11/14/04, 11/15/04; The
Washington Post, 11/11/04
FOOD
FOR THOUGHT: Are we making progress?
Washington
Post Editorial (excerpt) - 11/11/04
"This
is real if incremental progress -- and
yet all of it relies on the ability of
Mr. Allawi to maintain the hold on Fallujah
that the Marines appear close to winning
for him. The first test will be of the
loyalty and professionalism of government
police and security forces, which will
surely be probed by insurgents as soon
as U.S. forces in the city are drawn down.
But Mr. Allawi also faces a crucial political
challenge: With U.S. support he must quickly
launch economic reconstruction and reach
out to those Sunni leaders in Fallujah
who, freed from immediate intimidation
by armed extremists, can be induced to
participate in the emerging political
system.
The
war in Iraq won't end anytime soon, and
more battles like Fallujah will be necessary.
But if tactical military victories can
be closely followed by vigorous economic
and political initiatives, there will
be a chance to inch toward a more durable
stability." |
'Groundhog
Day' in Iraq By
Thomas Friedman, NYT, 11/11/04
Excerpt
below. Full text: click
here
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Let
no one claim victory, or defeat, in Iraq
until we have the answers to these six
questions.
- Have
we really finished the war in Iraq?
- Do
we have enough soldiers in Iraq to really
provide a minimum level of security?
- Can
Iraqis agree on constitutional power-sharing?
- If
Iraqis are able to make the leap from
the despotism of Saddam Hussein to free
elections and representative government,
can we live with whomever they elect?
- Can
we make a serious effort to achieve
a psychological breakthrough with Iraqis
and the wider Arab world?
- Can
the Bush team mend fences with Iran,
and forge an understanding with Saudi
Arabia and Syria to control the flow
of Sunni militants into Iraq?
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SMART
BUDGETS:
Properly Equipping Our Troops vs. $72 Billion
Cold War Relic
"We
shouldn’t ask our cops to pay for their
bullets and firefighters to pay for their
ladders. We should do no less when it comes
to our troops."
--Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) sponsor
of the combat equipment reimbursement measure
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One
Connecticut mother bought her son a new flak
jacket before he was shipped to Iraq. New Jersey
police officers gathered nearly 1,000 old bulletproof
vests for the state’s Guard units. Residents
of Foley, Alabama held fund-raisers and used
their own tools to fashion homemade armor for
Humvees. Army surveys reveal that infantry spend
hundreds of their own dollars each year for
gloves, boots, flashlights and other combat
tools.
In
October, as part of the fiscal year 2005 Defense
Appropriations bill, Congress approved a measure
to reimburse soldiers, their families and charities
for up to $1,100 for the cost of some combat
equipment. The Pentagon opposed the measure,
saying that it will be a big financial burden
and could undermine the accountability and effectiveness
of equipment used in combat. (NYT, 10/31/04)
The
Pentagon voices concerns about the cost of properly
equipping our troops, yet seems to support spending
tens of billions of dollars on unnecessary cold
war weapons like the F/A-22. The New York Times
highlighted these "disastrously misplaced
priorities" in an editorial on October
29, 2004.
Excerpts
below. Full text: click
here.
Americans
can now feel reassured that if the Soviet
Union ever springs back to life, restarts
the Cold War and designs a new MIG fighter
more advanced than anything now in the skies,
the United States Air Force is ready. Unfortunately,
when it comes to fighting today's war in
Iraq, the Pentagon is still struggling to
get enough armor into the field to protect
its exhausted and badly stretched troops
and rebuild their battle-damaged equipment.
There are few more telling symbols of the
Pentagon's disastrously misplaced priorities
than this week's debut of the F/A-22 Raptor,
the most expensive fighter ever built...Every
F-22 will cost taxpayers more than a quarter
of a billion dollars...Today's foes tend
to be highly motivated low-tech warriors...
They show up suddenly in remote and unexpected
places, which are sometimes beyond the limited
flying range of fighter jets. ...The $72
billion for the Raptor could be much better
spent protecting America's ground forces
against the dangers they face today and
will continue to face for the conceivable
future. |
IRAQ
WAR COSTS
$141,023,177,896
– as of 5:10 p.m. on October 20, 2004.
www.costofwar.com |
BUDGET
OVERVIEW
A
lame duck session of Congress convened Monday,
November 15. The main legislative agenda is
completion of the Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05)
budget, which was due October 1. Only 4 of
the 13 appropriations (spending) bills made
the deadline and so much of the federal government
has been operating under a stop-gap spending
bill, called a "continuing resolution,"
that is set to expire.
Completed
Appropriations Bills
- Department
of Defense
- Homeland
Security
- Military
Construction
- District
of Columbia
Incomplete
Approriations Bills
- Agriculture,
Rural Development and Related Agencies
- Commerce,
Justice, State and the Judiciary
- Energy
and Water Development
- Foreign
Operations
- Interior
- Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education
- Legislative
Branch
- Transportation,
Treasury and General Government
- VA,
HUD and Independent Agencies
BUDGET
BITS
All
Together Now – An Omnibus Bill.
Most
if not all of the incomplete bills will likely
be wrapped together into a single "omnibus"
$385 billion spending package that would be
passed by one final vote, rather than having
to consider each of the 9 bills separately.
Bumping
Up Against the Debt Ceiling Again.
A
lame-duck fight is likely over a proposal
to raise the limit on the $7.4 trillion national
debt limit to avoid disrupting the government’s
ability to borrow and keep operating. The
Treasury Department has said that after Nov.
18 it will no longer be able to borrow. The
increase will most likely take the form of
a stand-alone bill, though some GOP leaders
are holding out the possibility that it could
be attached to the omnibus appropriations
bill (see "Budget Bit" above). –
CQ Today Midday Update 11/15/04
Programs
for People on the Chopping Block.
The
huge costs of fighting the president’s war
on terror at home and abroad, and the soaring
budget deficit, have squeezed spending on
popular domestic programs. Republican leaders
plan to cut hundreds of programs.
Reorganizing
Intelligence – Little Hope.
Republican
leaders’ goals for the lame duck session have
included passing intelligence reorganization
legislation based on recommendations of the
9-11 commission. Barring a last-minute breakthrough,
this goal will be postponed until the 109th
Congress convenes in January.
WAND
will continue to track the FY05 budget and
the policies and priorities inherent in the
numbers. We will work to keep
our members informed and aware of opportunities
to weigh in effectively. Thanks to all our
members and partners for your involvement
and support.
FURTHER
READING
Lame
Duck May Do Housekeeping
Hill
Reconvenes This Week to Polish Off Domestic
Funding and Debt Ceiling
By
Dan Morgan, Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 14, 2004
For
article: click
here.
Sources:
The Washington Post, 11/14/04; The New York
Times 11/15/04
POSSIBLE
BUSH TAX PROPOSALS
"…The
White House is already debating whether Mr.
Bush should back ambitious, even radical proposals
like a national sales tax or a flat tax on
income. By doing so he would blast away a
philosophy that has governed tax policy since
Woodrow Wilson was in office: that higher
levels of income should be taxed at higher
rates."
-- The New York Times, 11/8/04
"It’s
difficult bordering on impossible to find
a broad tax reform that does not either explode
the deficit or create tens of millions of
losers. If you are lowering taxes on people
in the top 20 percent, then either the deficit
is going up or more of the tax burden will
fall on people in the lower 80 percent. There’s
no way around that."
-- Gene Sperling, director of the National
Economic Council in the Clinton administration
The
basic question: Should we improve the existing
tax code, built around the progressive income
tax, or throw it out and start over?
The
sales tax and the flat tax are built on the
idea that the tax system should encourage
more savings and investment and that taxation
should therefore be largely or wholly focused
on consumption. The sales tax accomplishes
that goal directly, and the flat tax by allowing
taxpayers to deduct any income that goes to
savings or investment. It would tax only what
is left, which by definition would be money
that people spend.
The
sales tax burden would fall hardest on low-income
people who spend everything they earn.
Most
flat-tax plans envision a rate of about 20
to 25 percent, so those currently paying tax
at a 10 or 15 percent rate would pay a higher
rate, while wealthy people who are paying
as much as 35 percent on some income would
pay at a lower rate.
(NYT,
11/8/04)
FURTHER
READING
If
a Tax Overhaul Has Winners, It Will Also Have
Losers
By
David E. Rosenbaum, The New York Times, 11/14/04:
click
here.
Nan
Grogan Orrock Speaks at NPP Event
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On
October 24, the National Priorities
Project celebrated its 21st anniversary
with its annual Winter Party in Amherst,
MA. WiLL President and Georgia state
Rep. Nan Grogan Orrock gave the keynote
address. Orrock shared her experience
of talking with a U.S. soldier just
back from Baghdad. For the text of her
speech, email asummerville@wand.org.
For
NPP information: www.nationalpriorities.org |
IRAN
On
October 31, in a move that political
analysts called largely symbolic, Iran’s
Parliament unanimously approved a bill supporting
the resumption of uranium enrichment.
In
early November, talks in Paris
between Iran and European negotiators produced
some progress but left significant issues
unresolved, such as European demands that
Iran halt its program to convert raw uranium
into uranium tetrafluoride, and Iranian
demands for up front rewards in return for
its cooperation.
On
Sunday, November 14, Iran delivered
a letter to the ambassadors of France, Germany
and Britain and to the UN nuclear watchdog
agency (the International Atomic Energy
Agency, or IAEA) pledging to suspend uranium
enrichment activities temporarily in exchange
for economic and political incentives. Germany,
France and Britain responded cautiously.
IAEA officials were more upbeat.
BACKGROUND
Iran
contends that its nuclear program is entirely
for peaceful purposes.
Britain,
France and Germany are taking the
lead in attempts to negotiate with Iran
to suspend its nuclear activities in exchange
for nuclear technology aid.
The
U.S. insists that Iran’s nuclear
program could be used to produce nuclear
weapons. The Bush administration has repeatedly
expressed skepticism over the European initiative,
advocating punishment for Iran’s nuclear
activities rather than incentives and rewards.
However, President Bush, in a shift of position,
appeared to support the European initiative
on Nov. 12 at a joint press conference with
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
has called on Iran to abandon its enrichment
program before a crucial meeting on Nov.
25 in Vienna. At this meeting, agency leaders
may decide to let the U.S. proceed with
its proposal to refer Iran to the UN Security
Council for possible sanctions.
The
New York Times, 11/1/04, 11/11/04,
11/15/04
FURTHER
READING
Facing
Iran, With Europe
Washington
Post Editorial (11/9/04)
Excerpt below. Full text:
click
here.
FOR
THE SECOND time in a year, European
foreign ministers are close to striking
an interim deal with Iran over its
nuclear program. [The Europeans
are trying to persuade Iran to end
its steps toward enriching uranium
or producing plutonium ... in exchange
for economic incentives and guarantees
of fuel supplies for nuclear power
and research reactors.] And
once again, the United States -- whose
own objective of referring Iran to
the U.N. Security Council would be
blocked by the accord -- is watching
ineffectually from the sidelines.
...Until now administration hard-liners
who favor "regime change" in Tehran
and argue for consideration of military
strikes to preempt the nuclear program
have blocked those who favor joining
the Europeans in talks. ...Military
preemption -- a last resort in any
case -- is complicated by a lack of
intelligence about the location of
Iranian nuclear sites as well as the
heavy commitment of U.S. military
resources to Iraq.
... Whether or not they finalize
a new accord with Iran this week,
the Europeans will need to commit
themselves unambiguously to the principle
that a nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable
-- which means that diplomatic failure
must lead directly to sanctions. Mr.
Bush, in turn, should agree to U.S.
participation with the Europeans in
any endgame of bargaining with Tehran.
It may be a distasteful course, but
it is preferable to doing nothing
while a rogue state goes nuclear.
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AN
URGENT CALL FROM OKINAWA - YOUR MESSAGES ARE
NEEDED *TODAY*
An eight-year effort to stop the construction
of a new US military air base atop a healthy
coral reef in Okinawa, Japan, has suddenly reached
a critical point.
ACTION - Email
and phone this message:
I
call on the Japanese and US governments to respect
Okinawans' democratically expressed will and
abandon construction of the base at Henoko.
I
will compile messages, so please email messages
to me at kld18@cornell.edu.
Copies
of all messages will be given to the press,
DFAB and US consulate.
PLEASE
also phone the following
comment lines:
Dept. of Defense: 703-545-6700
Dept. of State's Bureau of Political-Military
Affairs: 202-647-9022
Dept. of State's Japan Desk: 202-647-3152
Dept. of State's Bureau of Oceans & Internat’l
Environmental-Scientific Affairs: 202-647-9022
Director of Director of Office of Ocean's Affairs
(Margaret Hayes):202-647-3262
Your
messages will be heard by both governments and
give a huge boost to the Okinawan people. The
media here is covering developments and the
DFAB is increasingly aware of the extent to
which this is being watched from outside Okinawa.
BACKGROUND
Despite
widespread and sustained opposition, Japan's
Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB),
the agency overseeing the construction of the
US military's new air base, announced that it
will begin initial drilling of the seabed on
Tuesday, Nov. 16th. The plan is to drill 165
feet into the seabed at 63 sites on a coral
reef in Henoko Bay, Nago City.
The US Dept. of Defense denies responsibility
for the impact of the construction of one of
its own bases. Building the air base will involve
a massive landfill project stretching a mile
and a half long and a half-mile wide, less than
a thousand yards off the coast. The drilling
alone threatens to destroy the coral reef, surrounding
marine life and coastal area, irreversibly affecting
the relationship between the nearby communities
and the bay.
Nago City residents voted against the proposed
base in a citizens' referendum, and recent polls
show 93% of all Okinawans oppose construction
of the air base. If built, it will be the US
military's 38th installation on Okinawa (in
addition to the 20 air spaces and 29 sea zones
under US military control here).
This message is from Kelly Dietz, Visiting
Researcher, University of the Ryukyus
INFO
– East Asia-U.S.-Puerto Rico Women’s Network
Against Militarism: click
here.
THE
DEATH OF YASIR ARAFAT
 |
Yasir
Arafat, 75, died on November 11, 2004
in a Paris military hospital. The executive
committee of the Palestine Liberation
Organization named Mahmoud Abbas, a pragmatic
negotiator, as its new chairman. Mr. Abbas
and others are moving quickly to rebuild
the credibility of the Palestinian institutions
through elections to be held within 60
days. |
At
a joint news conference with Prime Minister
Tony Blair on November 12, President Bush suggested
that he was willing to reinvigorate U.S. efforts
toward Middle East peace, a welcome change from
this administration's four-year neglect of the
peace process.
WAND rejects violence and militarism as a means
of solving conflicts wherever they are found
in the world. Our fervent hope is that
a new era may now begin that breaks the stalemate
and ends the tragedy for all who live in Israel/Palestine. We
envision a new age in which Palestinians and
Israelis can at last live side by side
in freedom, dignity, peace and mutual respect.
Further Reading: Beyond Arafat on the
Road to Peace
New
York Times editorial – 11/12/04: Click
here.
GETTING
AROUND "THE ABSOLUTE NATURE OF THE PROHIBITION
OF TORTURE"
"The
absolute nature of the prohibition of torture
and other forms of ill treatment means that
no exceptional circumstances whatsoever…may
be invoked as a justification for torture."
On
October 27, Theo van Boven, the UN official
responsible for monitoring compliance with international
prohibitions against torture, sharply criticized
several practices adopted by the Bush administration.
Mr. van Boven, in a report to the humanitarian
committee of the General Assembly, denounced
attempts to justify practices such as holding
prisoners in secret locations, moving them from
country to country, and forcing people to stay
in painful positions.
The
van Boven report came a few days after news
reports that Bush administration lawyers had
permitted the C.I.A. to move some prisoners
from Iraq to other places – a violation of the
Geneva Conventions. (NYT, 10/28/04)
THE
RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AT GUANTANAMO BAY
In
June, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that prisoners
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba "no less than American
citizens are entitled to federal courts’ authority"
to challenge their detentions.
Lawyers
for many of the detainees say the Bush administration
is ignoring this ruling and stalling, hoping
to delay the day it must explain for each detainee
the reasons for their imprisonment. The lawyers
cite the government’s refusal to acknowledge
that detainees are entitled to free access to
lawyers to make their cases before federal judges.
The
New York Times (11/1/04)
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NOTABLE
NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL EVENTS |
For
additional events, visit the Moving Ideas
website: click
here.
NATIONAL
WAND SPEAKERS BUREAU TRAINING – Washington,
DC (12/6-7)
The Aspen Institute | December 6-7,
2004
Twenty
WAND leaders will gather for two days
in Washington, DC for training and planning
in anticipation of launching a formal
national speakers bureau in January
2005.
INFO
on participation or booking a WAND speaker:
Tanya Wallace-Hargro, WAND Field Director,
404-524-5999 or twhargro@wand.org.
|
 |
WAND
Education Fund Fall Speaker Series presents
Cokie Roberts
commentator for ABC News & analyst for
National Public Radio
"Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised
Our Nation"
Monday, November 29, 2004,
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting
House, 310 Washington Street, Boston |
| ANNUAL
SOA VIGIL AT FORT BENNING (11/20-21)
For
over a decade, students, religious, labor,
veterans, human rights, and social/global
justice groups have been converging every
November at the gates of Fort Benning,
GA to speak out in solidarity with the
people of the Americas and to engage in
nonviolent direct action. We will gather
again this year on November 20 and 21
to continue together in the struggle until
the School of the Americas is closed and
the policies it represents are changed
forever! Please join us. INFO: www.SOAW.or |
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CENTER
FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES
2004
SUMMIT ON THE STATES – Washington, DC (12/11-12)
Restoring
the Promise of America
Washington
Court Hotel
INFO
/ Registration: www.stateaction.org,
or Quinta Martin, 202-956-5132, qmartin@cfpa.org |
IDEAS,
VISIONS, RESOURCES FOR A BETTER
WORLD |
 |
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New E-commerce Web Page: Books, T-shirts
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COACHING
PEACE
After
we invaded Iraq, Diana Cutaia was watching
a youth basketball game. She writes:
"As
I sat there, thinking that there was still
something pure left in the world I began
to see something I'd never seen before
on the court. I saw sports as a training
tool, both physically and mentally for
war. I was shocked to hear the words,
which I'd heard before, like 'defeat,
conquer, destroy' sound very different.
I was disturbed to see the aggression…I
thought there has to be a better way.
So I have been developing a program called
'coaching peace.' I truly believe that
if we can take the 'war' out of sport,
we can have an impact in society and the
world."
Diana
would love to talk with any WAND or STAND
member or partner who might have ideas
about how to get her program out into
communities. As she put it, "In any
movement women are always the best facilitators
for progress!" You can reach Diana
at askcoachc@aol.com.
INFO:
www.coachc.com. |
| Women's
Rights & Peace Resources: A Message
from the Peace Resource Project
Dear WAND Members:
We at the Peace Resource Project are
at the forefront of the movement for
peace, assisting grassroots groups and
individuals working for peace with fundraising
and awareness building resources. Since
1982 we have designed and distributed
stickers and buttons to share positive
visions of peace, justice, security
and equality for all. Please visit
our site - www.peaceproject.com
- or call us at 707-822-4229 for a free
catalog and samples, and for fundraising
tips and ideas. And please share this
message with others.
Specific design links
WOMEN'S
RIGHTS STICKERS: click
here.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS BUTTONS: click
here.
PRO-CHOICE STICKERS: click
here.
PRO-CHOICE BUTTONS: click
here.
Thank you for your courageous activism.
We look forward to serving you in your
local efforts.
-- All of us at the Peace Resource Project |
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MOTHERS
ACTING UP 2005 CALENDAR
Dedicated to the
personal choices mothers* will make
in 2005 to publicly and passionately
advocate for the world's children!
The 2005 MAU Calendar, a full color,
8" square engagement calendar,
includes 53 weekly portraits of women,
children and men who are Connecting
the Dots in a variety of ways. Portraits
range from grandmothers sharing their
wisdom to Granny D, to members of Women
Waging Peace to WAND's Susan Shaer!
The calendar retails for $15. Get a
FREE calendar when you order 10 copies.
To
order: www.mothersactingup.org.
Thank you!
*
mothers and others, on stilts or off,
who exercise protective care over someone
smaller
|
For
additional job listings: www.movingideas.org/jobs/
|
|
Work
for peace and justice | What
better time than now?
WAND has two job openings: Development
Director in Arlington, MA; and
Field Outreach Associate
in Atlanta, GA. More information here. |
 |
Alston/Bannerman
Fellowship
This fellowship is for longtime (ten
years or more) activists/organizers of color,
for $15,000 to cover sabbaticals of three
months or more. Applications due Dec.
1, 2004.
INFO
/ Applications: http://www.alstonbannerman.org/, or
call: 410-327-6220. |
Great
Resources for Post-Election Jobs
www.nonprofitcareer.com/resources*
www.idealist.org
* www.ecoemploy.com
www.nextstep.state.mn.us/jobs
* www.dotorgjobs.com
* www.idealist.org
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IN
THE FIELD: WAND CHAPTER AND PARTNER
EVENTS |
AR
Women’s Project
- Sisters
in Sobriety – 5:30 p.m. (11/19)
- Roots
& Wings Youth Group – 6:00 p.m. (11/25)
- Butterfly
Circle – Support for formerly incarcerated
women (11/29)
MILLS
COLLEGE PROGRAMS - Oakland
WAND
traveled to Mills College on November 4th
and 5th for a post-election forum and federal
budget workshop.
The
evening forum provided an opportunity for
Mills students, faculty, and staff to reflect
on the election and the challenges ahead.
The group decided to invite Mills alum Congresswoman
Barbara Lee to campus for an event to launch
the next round of campus organizing and
action.
Students
enrolled in the Mills Institute for Civic
Leadership (ICL) participated in
WAND’s full-day federal budget workshop
on Friday, Nov. 5th. These students, who
come to Mills for one semester from campuses
across the country, gained an understanding
of federal budget mechanics and priorities
along with skills in message development
and delivery.
WIN/CAWA
Statewide Conference -- San Francisco (12/3-4)
The
CA Women’s Agenda (CAWA) is joining
with the CA Commission on Women to
prepare a Beijing + 10 report to the UN.
CAWA’s priorities include health, economic
justice and the adoption of state and county
CEDAWs. The Dec. 3-4 meeting will collect
reports from CAWA’s 600+ organizations,
assess progress, and set priorities for
the future, taking the results of the Nov.
2 elections into consideration. CAWA’s
goal is to educate legislators and the public
and to mobilize women and girls to raise
their voices on issues that affect them,
their communities, the nation and world.
 |
CAWA’s
network has begun to expand into a national
network, working with US Women Connect
to use CAWA as a model for organizing
in other states. As a project
of the Women's Intercultural Network
(WIN), CAWA has formed "Circles"
with grassroots organizations in Uganda
and Afghanistan, hosting groups from
both countries in California, and traveling
to Afghanistan and Uganda to learn firsthand
how women and girls are improving their
lives. |
INFO:
Aileen Hernandez, Aileenfem@aol.com
East
Bay Women For Peace Annual Luncheon -
Berkeley (12/12)
Speaker:
Ruth Rosen, the hard-hitting columnist of
the SF Chronicle
Topic:
"Weapons of Mass Deception" -- our government's
plan to launch space-based weapons
to gain the "high ground" in future conflicts.
Ruth Rosen is now a senior fellow at the
Rockridge Institute and a professor emeritus
of history at UC-Davis.
Sunday, December 12, Venezia Restaurant,
Berkeley * Info: 510-658-3015
ATLANTA
WAND EVENTS
ATLANTA
WAND NEWS
Atlanta WAND Holiday Party (12/14)
December 14, 7:00-9:00pm
Home of Atlanta WAND board member Pat Walsh
2817 Normandy Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Please join us! RSVP: Amanda or Heather
at 404-524-5999
Circle of Scribes
Every Wednesday at Noon
Dakota Blue on Cherokee Ave. in Grant Park
Please join us!
INFO:
404-524-5999
EVERY
FRIDAY STAND FOR PEACE
Come
out to Colony Square at the corner of Peachtree
and 14th St. from 12:00-1:00pm to rally with
others for peace. INFO: WAND, 404-524-5999.
Female
Director Film Series: Iranian Journey (11/17)
A
film by Maysoon Pachachi
Wednesday, November 17, 6:30 p.m. at Harland
Cinema
Dobbs University Center, Emory University
Massoumeh Soltan Baloghie is the first woman
long-distance bus driver in Iran and perhaps
in the Islamic world. Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon
Pachachi joins this extraordinary woman on her
22-hour, 5,000-kilometer trip from Tehran to
Bandar Abbas, talking with her passengers, her
family and others en route to learn more about
her remarkable story. These conversations
reveal Iraqis overwhelming sense of expectation
about the possibility of change in their country,
and explore the relationship between traditional
and modern life, city and countryside, sacred
and secular (54 min).
Cosponsored by the Student Advocacy Ctte. of
the Center for Women at Emory, Dept. of Womens
Studies and the Office of Residence Life
Refreshments will be served. Free / open to
the public.
INFO:
727-2000 or jfedero@emory.edu.
2004
Georgia Women's Assembly: Informed Women and the
Power of Policy (11/19)
Friday, November 19, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Loudermilk Center, 40 Courtland Street, Atlanta
Speakers: Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Charity
Scott, GSU Law Professor, Oklahoma State Senator
Angela Monson
Early bird registration: $85 * Nov.
3-18 registration: $100
On-site registration: $125 * Student
Registration: $45
Register On-line at www.healthTRAKga.org
or call 404-588-0405.
INFO: www.womenspolicygroup.org
Scholarship and volunteer opportunities are available.
Contact Junee' Barringer Hunt, jbhunt@womenspolicygroup.org
or 404.588.0406.
Silent
Prayer for Peace - 7:30 to 8:30 pm on the 6th
of Each Month Butler
Street YMCA, 17 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. between Auburn
& Edgewood near the municipal market, about
five or six blocks toward town from the King
Center. The first prayer is from 7:30 to 7:45
facing the west end of the room. The second
prayer will be from 8:00 to 8:15 sitting in
a circle. INFO: leeps@mindspring.com
 |
IoWoman,
the bi-monthly newsletter of the Friends
of the Iowa Commission on the Status of
Women, Nov/Dec. 2004
Formatted online version: click
here.
INFO: lori.schraderbachar@iowa.gov,
515/281-4470 or 800/558-4427 |
Friends
of Iowa Women Prisoners (11/16)
12 noon. Wesley United Methodist Church, Des
Moines. Bring a brown bag lunch. Speaker:
Roberta Victor on art therapy in womens prisons.
All welcome. 515/283-1911.
The Importance of Culture in Communication
(11/18)
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon, Hotel Fort Des Moines,
Des Moines. Fee varies. Jennifer Smyser, Iowa
Council for International Understanding, 515/282-8269
x. 15 or <www.iciu.org>.
Iowa Human Needs Advocates (11/19)
9 a.m., Legislative Dining Room, State Capitol,
Des Moines. Sharon Baker, cross.ministries@juno.com.
Investing In Iowa’s Youth, Investing
In Iowa’s Future: Disproportionate Minority
Confinement Conference (12/1-3)
Holiday Inn, Des Moines. To register: www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/dmcrc.
Brad Richardson, 319/335-4965 or brad-richardson@uiowa.edu.
Iowa Gender-Specific Services Task
Force (12/3)
10 a.m.-12 noon. Urbandale Public Library,
Urbandale. Kathy Nesteby, ICSW, 515/281-6915,
800/558-4427, or kathy.nesteby@iowa.gov.
Metro Des Moines League of Women Voters Luncheon
(12/4)
11:30 a.m - 1 p.m., State Historical Building.
$12. 515/255-1453 or info@lwvmdm.org.
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women
Meeting (12/7)
10:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m.. Location TBA.
Free and open to the public. Call or write
for special accommodations, 800/558-4427,
515/281-4461 or dhr.icsw@iowa.gov.
Labyrinth Walks: Journeying into the Sacred
Center (12/7)
5:30-6:30 p.m., College of Massage and Healing
Arts Center. Free. RSVP to Des Moines Pastoral
Counseling Center, 515/274-4006.
Diversity Training (12/16)
In Their Shoes Diversity Training - 8:30 a.m.
- 12 noon * Examining the Special Role of
Leaders in Valuing Diversity. 1 - 4:30 p.m.,
Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines. Fee varies.
Jennifer Smyser, IA Council for Internatl.
Understanding, 515/282-8269 x.15; www.iciu.org
|
WAND
Education Fund Fall Speaker Series presents
Cokie Roberts
commentator for ABC News & analyst for
National Public Radio
"Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised
Our Nation"
Monday, November 29, 2004,
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Old South Meeting
House, 310 Washington Street, Boston |
Greater
Newburyport WAND Membership Meeting (12/13)
Monday, December 13, 7 p.m.
Newburyport YWCA
Please join us! INFO: Barbara Hildt, Barbara.Hildt@verizon.net
These
women are not giving up! GNPW members
gathered on Tuesday, November 9 to share inspiring
stories such as Joanna Hammond's fantastic experience
in Florida as one of the 500 Emily's List volunteers. The
group talked about ways in which they can work
together to shape a more hopeful future.
These women are not giving up! Please
join them.
During
the Past Year, Greater Newburyport WAND has:
- Created
a waterfront Peace Garden dedicated to those
who have lost their lives in Iraq
- Established
a Peace Fellowship to awarded annually to
a student living in this area
- Hosted
a Public Forum on Health Care Policy with
State Legislators
- Worked
on a Voter Registration Campaign partnering
with NH Citizens' Alliance
Local
Vigils for Peace
- Sundays
- 12 noon-1 p.m. Market Sq., Newburyport.
INFO: Niki Rosen, (978) 463-3208
- Daily
- Merrimack Valley People for Peace, Andover.
INFO: Barbara Haack, (978) 363-2245.
WAND
MICHIGAN
"NEWS
CRAWL"...
WAND MICHIGAN BOARD MEETING WED NOV 17...
ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT
THURS EVE DEC 9, ORGANIZED BY MI COALITION
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ... WAND MICHIGAN MEMBERSHIP
MONTH IN JANUARY... ANNUAL MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY CELEBRATION IN DETROIT
JAN 17... WAND NEW MEMBERS BUFFET
LATE FEBRUARY ... WAND TO CELEBRATE
1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN MARCH... MOTHER’S
PEACE DAY DINNER THURS MAY 5, 2005....ANNUAL
MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
WED JUNE 15 2005. FOR COMPREHENSIVE CALENDAR
OF LOCAL EVENTS GO TO WWW.GRAYPANTHERSMETRODETROIT.ORG
2004
Elections: GOOD News Dept
Four out of five WAND Michigan MEMBERS won
their races on Nov 2!
- Supreme
Court Justice Marilyn Kelly (2004 WAND
Mother’s Peace Day Honoree, from Bloomfield,
MI)
- Oakland
County Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
(former WAND board member, from Beverly
Hills, MI)
- Wayne
State Governor Annetta Miller (WAND member
from Detroit)
- Michigan
State Representative Aldo Vagnozzi (WAND
member from West Bloomfield, MI)
Countless
members of WAND Michigan canvassed, called,
got in their cars to get out the vote, worked
for candidates or parties or at the polls.
They did non-partisan work with WAND
and other orgs, as well as partisan work
of their personal choosing outside of WAND.
Keep on keeping on, valiant women,
and don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.
There is ALWAYS a TOMORROW, and it WILL
be BETTER than today!
Where We Go From Here: Post Election Focus
for 2004-2005
The
WAND Michigan Board has voted to make NUCLEAR
ISSUES the focus of our post-election 2004
and 2005 year, which ends 7/1/05. The theme
will also strike the keynote for our Mother’s
Peace Day Dinner on May 5, 2005. With
the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Japan
coming in Aug 2005 and the horrors of nuclear
proliferation, nuclear terrorism, nuclear
waste, new "useable" nukes, and
of course "Star Wars" all studding
the political firmament, to say nothing of
our poor planet, our founding issue, nuclear
disarmament, and eventually, we hope, nuclear
abolition, is a compelling focus for
the remainder of our fiscal year. Among
other activities, WAND will again encourage
members to attend the Oak Ridge action in
August. Oak Ridge is the last operating nuclear
weapons facility in the US. Another
focus for 2004-2005 will be the 40th anniversary
of historic US civil rights legislation passed
in 1964-65, particularly the landmark Voting
Rights Act passed in March of ‘65.
Members
in Motion
Fern
Katz, Maria Mannarino Thompson and Barbara
Stevenson will go to Washington DC
to train for the national WAND Speakers’ Bureau.
Fern and other members continue to have
letters published in local newspapers, Fern’s
latest took the Bush administration to task
for blocking part of the new international
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty ...
Transplanted
WAND MI member and longtime Board member
Jean Prokopow continues
to keep in touch and has become active in
the Bonita Springs (FL) Democratic Club.
Kim Bergier and Wendy Watson
were among WAND members playing a key role
in the annual Cranbrook Peace Foundation
award event, where the amazing Kathy
Kelly spoke and was honored.
CPF
President Felix Rogers made a brief
but inspiring annual report at the meeting.
Kim, along with Sharon Teague,
Joan Israel and Lynne Hartung
had their 2 minutes worth to say at a "Future
of the Media" hearing with FCC commissioners
in Ferndale.
Clare
Mead Rosen represented national
WAND in Cleveland and NYC for "Tour
of Duty: Americans Speak Out," an election
year effort sponsored nationally by WAND,
Win Without War, Peace Action and Black
Voices for Peace. WAND Michigan co-sponsored
the Tour of Duty stop in Detroit.
Membership Meeting in October
National
Field Director Tanya Wallace Hargro and Education
Coordinator Bobbie Wrenn Banks joined us for
our pre-election membership meeting in mid-October
They led a lively floor discussion. Some members
who were or had once run for office shared
their experiences during the discussion, including
Marcia Gershenson, who went on to win her
first run for office Nov 2, Board member Liz
Bauer, who was one of the few Democrats elected
to a state office in Michigan in 2000 (State
Board of Ed), Board member Ruthie Fuller and
Atty. Maria Mannarino Thompson also shared
their own experiences when they campaigned
on the county or district judgeship levels.
Photos:
http://www.wand.org/chapters/reportonchapters.html
Parting
Thoughts: After the Fall
After Nov 2 I took two full days away from
the political fray, finding myself speechless
with disappointment. That two-day retreat
was a great balm to mind, body and spirit.
During it I read a passage from an old
sage. S/he was speaking of prayer [a word
laden with many connotations, not all of them
religious per se, but whether you or I call
it "prayer" or "meditation,"
or "spacing out" into the clear
blue sky of Zen-like clarity, or taking "time
out" from the cerebral to let the subconscious
muster up positive vibes, I liked the healing
words I read.] To paraphrase the sage:
prayer cannot reverse a personal loss,
but it can heal a broken heart; it cannot
rebuild a destroyed city, but it can rebuild
shattered hope; it cannot create a perfect
world, but it can create the resolve to work
for one. I hope all of you have
been able to take time to rest your hard working
minds, bodies and spirits. It is good to let
ourselves bleed a little, to lick our wounds
a little and then to rise up again, as we
WILL, to fight another day. With love,
and admiration and gratitude to you all, and
for all you do to heal the world. Clare
WAND MI MEMBERS: LET US KNOW YOUR OWN NEWS
FOR NEXT BULLETIN! APOLOGIES TO ANYONE
WHOSE NEWS WE LEFT OUT! Send your news
to Clare Mead Rosen, email: WANDMichigan@Comcast.Net
Protest
the New Attacks on Iraqi Cities - Minneapolis
(11/16)
Tuesday, November 16,
4:30 p.m., Federal Building, 4th Street &
3rd Ave..
Protest the New Escalation of the War in Iraq!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Join
with others to say NO to the U.S. war in Iraq!
Sponsor: Iraq Peace Action Coalition
"I
Don't Want to Play House" Performance - Minneapolis
(11/18)
Thursday,
November 18, 6:30 p.m., Intermedia Arts,
2822 Lyndale Ave. S.,
Sharon Rice Vaughan of WAMM will be one of the
leaders in the discussion.
"I
Don't Wanna Play House," was written and will
be performed by Tammy Anderson, a self-described
"proud Palawa woman," and Tasmanian aboriginal
performer, who weaves together the events
of her extraordinary childhood, abundance
of family life with rich, witty storytelling.
Presented by Pangea World Theater, as part
of the Indigenous Voice Series.
Pre- and post-performance discussion on human
rights issues hosted by the Human rights Program
of MN Advocates for Human Rights, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom
(WIFL), and Women Against Military Madness
(WAMM).
Minnesota
School of the Americas Vigil (11/21)
November
21, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Lake St./Marshall Ave. Bridge,
between Mnpls. and St. Paul.
As thousands gather at the gates of Ft. Benning,
join them in spirit as we read a litany of names
of those killed or disappeared by graduates
of the School of the Americas.
Sponsor: Circlevision. INFO: circlevision.org/mnsoaw.html
LANE
COUNTY WAND NEWS
TWO
ISRAELI REFUSENIKS SPEAK IN EUGENE (11/19)
Learn
more about military drafts, decisions of
conscience, and peaceful responses to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Friday, November 19th at 5:30, Cozmic Pizza,
8th & Charnelton
A second presentation at 7:30 pm, 150 Columbia,
U of O campus, 13th & University
Two of the 5 Israeli teens, now 20 and 21,
who refused to be part of the Israeli army
occupation of Palestine and spent 2 years
in prison for their convictions, will speak
in Eugene as part of a tour sponsored by
the American Friends Service Committee and
the Refuser Solidarity Network.
Local sponsors: U of O Cultural Forum, Committee
for Countering Military Recruitment, Eugene
PeaceWorks, Community Alliance of Lane County,
and Progressive Responses
INFO: 343-8458, ext. 1 or 485-1755 option
2
SUPPORTING
OUR TROOPS, OPPOSING THE WAR
Members of Lane County WAND met on November
11th for a conversation with Laurie Anderson,
Army Sergeant 1st Class, Retired. Laurie
helped WAND members talk about ways to connect
with Oregon's Guardsmen and to bridge the
divide between veterans and the peace community.
This meeting was also an opportunity for members
to discuss the election and plan ongoing action
to end the war in Iraq.
Action. Friends
and relatives of the Oregon National Guard
are collecting items for care packages.
Suggestions: coffee, playing cards, candy,
Christmas lights, toys, cookies, nut assortments
and gift cards. INFO: WAND 338-8605
What
Else is Ahead for Us? WAND is active on
many fronts:
- Ending
the War
- The
Current Nuclear Threat
- Hiroshima
and Nagasaki – 60th Anniversary – Shadow
Project
- Lobbying
Congress
- The
Minutewomen – Ready to ride at a moment’s
notice!
Ongoing
Peace Vigil from 4:30 to 5:30
Wednesdays
at the Federal Building at 7th and Pearl
Please join us! INFO: Lane Co. WAND at 338-8605
or Susan Cundiff @ 683-1350.
Lane
County WAND Member Dianne Lobes Offers Post-Election
Message
LCW
member and media director Dianne Lobes wrote
an op ed, "Vote Fraud, Fallujah and Well
Beyond," that was published November 7th
on CommonDreams.org. Excerpts appear
below: click
here .
This
- this post-election, shocked but shaking
it off, tired and yet rising because we
can sense something happening, moment -
is the dawning of the age of America the
Soulful, America the Good World Citizen,
America the Just. We carry this gene. It's
being activated in us now. Can you feel
it?
...We can do this, because we're being asked
to do this, and we must. And there's plenty
for everyone to do, roles of all sorts,
gratitude, joy, laughter and satisfaction
to go around - there's true community building
to be done...We already are the leaders
we've been waiting for. Let's rise and wait
no longer.
Oak
Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA)
Sunday
Vigils at Y12
Every
Sunday, 5 PM – A time for reflection, celebration,
and community
Monday
morning sign-holding vigils
NASHVILLE
PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER NEWS
YOUR
PRESENCE IS NEEDED TO SAVE TENNCARE! (11/17)
Wednesday, Nov. 17th – Save TennCare Rally
at 10:15 a.m.
Church Street Park, across from downtown
library
TennCare Oversight Ctte. Hearing: 11:00
a.m. - 3 p.m.
Legislative Plaza RM 12-14, Main Entrance
on 6th and Union
ACTION
1. Call & Email the Governor:
Phone #: 615-741-2001 / Fax #: 615- 532-9711
/ Email: Phil.Bredesen@state.tn.us.
Send Tony Garr a copy of your email: tgarr@thcc2.org.
2. Write letters to the editor.
Tennessean: letters@tennessean.com
fax:615-259-8093.
Nashville Scene: editor@nashvillescene.com
fax: 615-254-4743
The City Paper: letters@nashvillecitypaper.com
fax: (615) 298-2780
Commercial Appeal: letters@commercialappeal.com
Message:
The lives of 400,000 women, children
and people with serious medical conditions
are at risk. If they lose health care
coverage, local hospitals will become their
primary care provider, which will be very
costly in lives and in money. TennCare is
being badly managed: People cannot find
doctors and prescription drugs are costing
the state too much.
INFO
on how to safely reform TennCare: www.tenncare.org
3. Contact state legislators: http://www.tenncare.org/involved/citizenlobby_frameset.html
Join
the Middle Tennessee Delegation to Ft. Benning,
GA: November 19-21
Together We Will Shut Down the School of the
Americas!
INFO: April Glaser at pacific52@bellsouth.net
Nashville
Peace and Justice Center, (Phone) 615 321
9066
matt@nashvillepeacejustice.org
* www.nashvillepeacejustice.org
A
NEW WAND CHAPTER IN D.C. PLEASE JOIN US!
If
you live in or around Washington, D.C. and
want to participate in positive action for
peace and justice -- or if you know someone
in or around D.C. who might be interested
in helping form a new WAND chapter, please
contact Lane Stone at: wanddc@aol.com.
Please
join us. This is an opportunity to make
change – and make history!
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