[Peace-discuss] UFPJ questionnaire

[Ricky Baldwin]

I think we can commute your sentence to time served,
Randall-

But did we really do all that stuff?????

Thanks for doing this.

Ricky
--- Randall Cotton <recotton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I should have posted this to the list for
> discussion, but I dropped the ball
> and waited too long on this. I just remembered it's
> due today, so I just sent
> this off as is. I'll take the heat if I've
> misrepresented the group (speak up
> if you think this is the case).
> 
> R
> 
> IMPORTANT UFPJ MEMBER GROUP SURVEY
> 
> Dear UFPJ Member Group,
> As the end of this incredibly active year
> approaches, the national
> steering committee of United for Peace and Justice
> is discussing plans
> for the coalition's work for 2004. Several things
> are part of this
> process: the decisions made at the June national
> conference; the ongoing
> efforts of our working groups; events in the world
> and here at home;
> assessing the contributions UFPJ can make to the
> growth of the peace and
> justice movement. And part of this process is
> finding out more about the
> member groups of UFPJ.
> 
> We would like to have a better understanding of what
> member groups of
> UFPJ are doing to fight the empire-building agenda
> of the Bush
> administration and related issues, as well as your
> thoughts about how we
> can work together more effectively. Your group's
> answers to the short
> list of questions below will be very helpful. We
> hope you will take a
> few minutes to discuss this at your next meeting, or
> find some other way
> to have the answers reflect the thinking in your
> organization or group.
> Your answers do not need to be long, and if there
> are other things you
> want to share we'd love to see that as well. Please
> reply to us by
> November 18. Send an email response to
> 2004plan at unitedforpeace.org.
> Thanks for taking the time to do this and we look
> forward to reading your
> response.
> United for Peace and Justice
> ------------------------------------------
> UFPJ Member Group Questionnaire
> 1. Was your group represented at the United for
> Peace and Justice
> conference last June?
> Yes.
> 
> 2. What issues and activities has your group worked
> on since June,
> either as local projects or as part of UFPJ's
> national efforts?
> (campaigns? actions? working groups? other?)
> a. Street demonstrations opposing the ongoing
> Occupation of Iraq (including
> the UFPJ-coordinated Oct. 25 event)
> b. Town-hall meetings (broadcast on local radio) on
> the War in Iraq and the
> Patriot Act
> c. Educational seminars w/discussion on Racism and
> Neo-Liberalism
> d. Anti-War Fourth-of-July parade float entry
> e. Co-sponsored a local visit by Kathy Kelly of
> Voices in the Wilderness
> f. Creation and distribution of literature on issues
> such as Iraq, Palestine,
> racism and the Democratic presidential candidates.
> g. Tabling weekly at a local "Farmer's Market" event
> during the summer and
> fall to reach out to local folks.
> 
> 3. As a coalition designed to strengthen and
> coordinate work against the
> Bush agenda of empire-building and permanent war,
> what can UFPJ do to
> assist you in your work? (activities? organizing
> resources? messages?
> processes?)
> UFPJ should continue to concentrate on functioning
> primarily as a
> bridge-building umbrella coalition, including as
> many alliances with other
> groups as possible (both large and small and of all
> stripes), coordinating and
> publicizing nationwide demonstration events and
> other large scale actions that
> groups like ours can join (either by participating
> locally in solidarity or by
> travelling to join larger-scale events).
> 
> 4. Has your group determined your priorities for the
> next six months to
> a year? If so, what are they?
> We are far too anarchistic for that =8-) We go
> week-by-week wherever the
> meetings take us. Overall, though, we are concerned
> with issues of war,
> racism, militarization of society, inequalities of
> wealth and opportunity, the
> concentration and uniformity of news sources, the
> global extension of American
> power, the demise of internationally agreed norms of
> behavior, the threat of
> corporate globalization to the common welfare, and
> the erosion of civil
> liberties.
> 
> 5. What are the three most important things UFPJ can
> do over the next
> 6-12 months to help build a powerful movement that
> can impact national
> politics and policy?
> a. Push to remove George Bush from office.
> b. Push to remove US troops from Iraq in whatever
> way causes the least
> suffering overall.
> c. Push to oppose US support of Israel's occupation
> and oppression of
> Palestinians.
> 
> 6. What key activities should UFPJ undertake to end
> the occupation of
> Iraq?
> Continued coordination and publicizing of
> large-scale nationwide
> demonstrations (which will likely only grow in size
> as time goes on)
> 
> 7. Is there anything else you would like us to know
> about your group,
> and do you have any feedback about UFPJ's work or
> ideas we should
> consider for the future?
> Please continue to foster inclusive, coordinated
> unity nationwide among all
> groups opposing war, empire and other oppression.
> 
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