<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Great, and thanks! It can also serve as a sunshade. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>I realize we all have much to be angry and frustrated about, but positive messages give more openings for engagement about the issues. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for all you do!</div><div>Deb<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 5, 2017, at 6:33 AM, Karen Aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="">I held the sign you gave me, “Healthcare not Warfare” at AWARE’s Saturday demonstration, primarily because when standing for two hours, it is lightweight and easy to read. It tends to be very positive with those passing by on foot, stopping to
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<div class="">On Jul 5, 2017, at 01:37, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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On Jul 4, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Stuart Levy <<a href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com" class="">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Harry Mickalide and I carried signs in the Immigration Forum contingent of the parade today. They said:<br class="">
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Our Wars Displace Millions<br class="">
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Stop the Wars // Welcome the Refugees<br class="">
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From Palestine to Mexico // Border Walls Have Got to Go<br class="">
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<div class="">Does PDA’s “single message … not Warfare” include calling for bringing all US troops (and weapons) home from the Mideast and North Africa?</div>
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PDA was in the parade as well, and this year we had a single message: Healthcare not Warfare. We were well received by spectators, ranging from waving and thumbs up to clapping and cheering. By engaging we keep the subjects we care about in the public sphere
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We save what we love, we love what we understand, we understand what we learn--the reason education is so vital.
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jul 4, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Karen Medina via Peace <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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A friend wrote: I’ll stay home and watch the Red Sox play<br class="">
Sitting on one's couch is always an option. <br class="">
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The 4th of July commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It is true that some have co-opted it as a celebration of wars that the United States have fought. <br class="">
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The theme of the Champaign County celebration is, ‘Salute To Education,’<br class="">
This theme is particularly important, especially because we as a country fail miserably at education. We, miseducated Americans, continue to allow US presidents to kill between 20 and 30 million people since 1945, for the profits of the US 1%. Let us join together
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As for me and my house, we will join the parade which begins at 11:05 a.m. near First and Florida, continues East on Florida to Lincoln Avenue then proceeds North on Lincoln Avenue to California. I will be walking with the Immigration Forum.
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