My opinion: I think the audience may be more responsive to positive messages, or melancholy, than an outright challenge. <br><br>My idea: Have some of the local anti-war vets march quite solemnly at our front, with the photos of comrades who have been lost because of war, followed by any children that join us dressed in a mix of camo and tie-dye/peace facepaint, carrying faux flowers and playing together.<br>
<br>We would need a sign or two that says "keep our youth free from war (+ website [this is outreach, right?])".<br><br>The contrast would be striking, and make it really hard to deny the desirability of a world without war.<br>
<br>I have some kid fatigues, know some kids who may want to come and blow bubbles and such, and we all know local vets.<br><br>What do you think?<br><br>Solidarity,<br>Chandler<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Stuart Levy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com" target="_blank">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wonder if we can keep the theme, and make the tension that Beth points out become part of the message.<br>
Perhaps if one of our signs says,<br>
<br>
How can the world's youth celebrate with us<br>
when we keep dropping bombs on them?<br>
<br>
or something like that, following Molly Ivins' lead<br>
("It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good").<br>
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On 6/12/12 10:00 PM, Karen Medina wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Good points Elizabeth, we should change the theme title.<br>
<br>
Yes, we had indeed thought at one time to celebrate groups like Kathy<br>
Kelly's youth in Afghanistan who are working for peace (AFGHAN YOUTH<br>
PEACE VOLUNTEERS). But several things became obstacles: 1) few people<br>
know the groups so we would have to give more than just the name of<br>
the groups. 2) we don't know of that many groups and what they are<br>
working on, though we do know there are Israeli youth working with<br>
Palestinian youth for understanding and peace, surely there are<br>
hundreds of groups and we only know of a few.<br>
<br>
-karen medina<br>
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Elizabeth Simpson<<a href="mailto:elizacorps@yahoo.com" target="_blank">elizacorps@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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hi folks-<br>
<br>
these ideas make sense to explore the impact of war on children, but they<br>
don't seem to celebrate youth... so maybe you actually mean a different<br>
theme? Like recognizing the impact?<br>
<br>
Celebrating youth might look like children who have made efforts to oppose<br>
war or do other projects that promote peace/oppose state violence<br>
<br>
<br>
Best to you,<br>
elizaBeth<br>
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Subject: [SDaS] 4th of July / AWARE's twist on the theme is "Celebrating the<br>
World's Youth" / help on the idea, please<div class="im"><br>
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Hello All Friends of AWARE,<br>
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The them of the 4th of July parade in Champaign-Urbana is "Celebrating<br>
our Youth"<br>
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AWARE's twist on the theme is "Celebrating the World's Youth".<br>
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One brainstorm idea that came up: How about a stretcher with a child<br>
victim of war on it? A victim in war zone / an orphan of war / and a<br>
child with an absent soldier parent. Three stretchers?<br>
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Doesn't have to be a child on the stretcher, but something that<br>
represents a child, like toys, or a doll, or something.<br>
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Basically, we need your ideas and help!!!!<br>
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