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July 4th is coming soon. We have a bunch of ideas, not mutually
exclusive, but we need to work on at least some of them. Who has
time? When would be good?<br>
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Some possible times -<br>
- Saturday afternoon, after Occupy demonstration (maybe 4:30 or
5)<br>
- Sunday afternoon, after AWARE (maybe 6:30)<br>
- Monday, after Occupy GA (maybe around 9pm)<br>
<br>
Summary of ideas raised so far - at least in a quick scan of recent
e-mail - if yours is not here, or you have another, please remind
us!<br>
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<ul>
<li>Veterans marching solemnly, followed for contrast by
tie-dyed/face-painted children playing together, with flowers.
Sign: "Keep our children free from war"<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Sign: "How can the world's youth celebrate with us when we
keep dropping bombs on them?"<br>
perhaps with <br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Recognizing groups of people, including young people, working
for peace despite adversity, including the Afghan Youth Peace
Volunteers, or groups of Israeli and Palestinian youth. Not
sure how best to show them - they're not household names - but
very important ideas. What can we show/say?<br>
Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers -- <a
href="http://ourjourneytosmile.com/">http://ourjourneytosmile.com/</a><br>
A nice picture, of young people in Afghanistan carrying a
banner: "The People of Afghanistan Say No To War": <a
href="http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dreams-and-dignity.jpg">http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dreams-and-dignity.jpg
</a><br>
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</li>
<li>Blood and gore and stench and horror of war. Caricatured
Statue of Liberty with lurid dollar sign mask, scythe, "Why?".
etc. See Wayne's note of 6/17, 5:24PM.<br>
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</li>
<li>Cradle with baby doll, with (a frame holding) a mobile
floating over the baby. Mobile pieces would be words - things
that threaten the child's future - WAR, POVERTY, HUNGER...
Associated signs, e.g. "(number) of the world's children died of
malnutrition in 2010".<br>
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</li>
<li>Vietnam-war-memorial-style "wall" of Illinois young people
killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by year. 162 in
Iraq, 79 in Afganistan, so far: <br>
<pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://icasualties.org/Iraq/ByState.aspx">http://icasualties.org/Iraq/ByState.aspx
</a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://icasualties.org/OEF/Fatalities.aspx">http://icasualties.org/OEF/Fatalities.aspx</a></pre>
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<li>Child blasted by a drone attack<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Stretcher bearing a child victim of war, or toys, or a doll...<br>
</li>
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