[Peace-discuss] North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice

[David Green]

FYI, here is a sample of the result of communication
within ICPJ, including support for AWARE's Main Event.

From: Marcia Bernsten <marcia at andrewlehman.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 09:45:29 -0500
Subject: [Evanstonpeace-coalition] May 8th notes
CC:
evanstonpeace-coalition at list.evanstonpeacevigils.com
To: Lynn Pollack <lynnpollack at ameritech.net>


Next meeting - Monday, May 22 6:30


May 8, 2006 NSCPJ (formerly NSAWC) notes.  Autumn
Franger facilitating.
Notes a collaborative effort by Craig and Marcia
 
Andrew Lehman will facilitate for the next two
meetings.
Two wordings changed in mission statement: shown by
strike through for deletion or italic for addition. So
below is our current statement
North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice
We are a coalition of diverse groups working together
for peace and justice, for human rights, and against
all war and other forms of physical or economic
violence. While working for an immediate end to the
war in Iraq is our current priority, we ally ourselves
with other movements for social and economic justice
to combat all oppressions connected to war. We believe
that the motivation for war and occupation is access
to water, land, and other resources, rather than
fundamental human differences.
We oppose our government’s use of pre-emptive war,
occupation, and nuclear threats to achieve its goals,
and its support of other governments that do the same.
We urge our government to abide by its treaty
commitments; prohibiting torture and indefinite and
arbitrary detention (following the Geneva Convention),
and dismantling our nuclear arsenal (as the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty requires).
 
Since we have a responsibility for the policies of our
government, we will work to engage the public and
effect social change through democratic, nonviolent
methods. By building a diverse movement, we seek to
challenge  those who foster hatred and oppression by
exploiting divisions of race, sex, class, sexual
orientation, and creed.


**************
Designing a brochure for NSCPJ to hand out: A
committee was formed to discuss and prepare rough
draft by the Friday before our next meeting, when we
will discuss the rough draft and outreach
possibilities (e.g. Farmers' Market tabling,
door-to-door conversations). If you have any ideas,
please try to attend or send them along via email to
Marcia prior to the May 22nd meeting.
 
Completed actions included Betita Martinez talk at NU,
Neighbors tax day leafletting, walk for peace in
Israel/Palestine, Murtha/Schakowski town hall meeting.
 Representative Karen Yarbrough submitted an
impeachment bill to the IL legislature.  We note that
Julie Hamos has stated she does not support this bill;
Dickelle will write a letter from us to Hamos asking
her to explain her reasons.
 
Six upcoming actions on the ICPJ website:
We will PARTICIPATE (at least some of us) in
Southsiders for Peace's pre-Mother's Day "Mothers'
Protest against the war in Iraq", May 13th, 95th &
Western at 1 pm to protest.
We SUPPORT Chicago Area CodePink & NW Suburban NOW's
"Mother's Day Gathering" at Independence Park (3945 N.
Springfield, Irving Park & Hamlin) for peace, 1:30 pm.
We will PARTICIPATE in "Mother's Day with VVAW" with
CodePink, handing out flowers on Michigan Ave & the
Chicago River with the Vietnam Veterans Against the
War.  Meet at noon at the Vietnam Vets memorial
(Wacker & Wabash), then up Michigan Ave.
www.codepink4peace.org
We will PARTICIPATE/COSPONSOR "The Voice of Rachel
Corrie: A Community Reading" with Neighbors for Peace,
June 18th, 2 pm at Evanston Public Library.  Community
reading of the writings of human rights activist
Rachel Corrie, killed nonviolently protesting the
destruction of Palestinian homes.
We SUPPORT the "Main Event" antiwar protests by AWARE
of Urbana/Champaign, June 3rd on Main Street,
Champaign, 2-4 pm.
We ABSTAIN from acting on "Kosel to Mosul" by Potluck
Democracy; Robert Braam's campaign to supply medical
supplies to a hospital in Mosul, Iraq
(www.lifeusa.org)
 
Other upcoming:
May 9th (Tuesday) Craig Murray wil talk about whether
the Bush administration is guilty of war crimes: 12:30
pm at Northwestern (Tech Building, Lecture Room 2,
2145 Sheridan Road), and 7 pm at University of Chicago
(Social Sciences, room 122, 1126 E 59th Street).
www.bushcommission.org
May 12 (Friday), showing of "Outfoxed" (documentary on
Fox News bias) at Friends Meetinghouse in Evanston at
7:30 pm.
May 20th: "The Power of Nightmares", a BBC miniseries
on the use of fear by neoconservatives and radical
Islamists to divide the world.  Sponsored by Neighbors
for Peace; at the Evanston Public Libary at 2 pm.
www.neighborsforpeace.org
May 21st: NSPI presentation & discussion on torture at
the Unitarian Church of Evanston (1330 Ridge),
2:30-4:30 pm, with Jennifer Harbury and Patricia
Bronte. http://nspipeace.org/events/
 
Women In Black continues to meet Wednesdays at 5:30 at
Fountain Square to protest the war.
In case of an attack on Iran, there will be protests
that day and the next in Federal Plaza at 5 pm, led by
CCAWR (Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism).
 
Please act on these. Loosing the freedom of the
internet would make it even more difficult to get
access to information on current events not covered by
the press.  Congress is considering a bill to allow
telecom companies to structure network access
according to how much websites pay them. Congress also
considering several bills to end any assistance to the
elected Palestinian gov't (now led by Hamas). (Craig
notes that US assistance to Palestine has been banned
for some time.)   www.savetheinternet.com,
http://www.peacenow.org/hot.asp?cid=2143
 
For July 4th Parade,  We are preparing to put up an
action on the ICPJ encouraging /inviting peace groups
in communities all over the state to participate in
their 4th of July Parades. In conjunction with this
action, we are also preparing downloadable materials
(e.g., stickers) including a variety of slogans for
use by peace groups through ICPJ.  Our supported
slogans included "Peace & Justice Are Patriotic",
"Planet Patriots", "Planet Peace Patriots", "Proud
Citizen of the Earth", and "Peace Also Takes Courage".
 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com