[Peace-discuss] AWARE and Green Party in the 4th of July parade! signmaking on Wednesday and Friday
Karen Medina
kmedina67 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 29 22:58:39 EDT 2015
Dear Stuart,
As far as I can tell, you only sent this to Peace Discuss.
I sent it to Peace,
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Stuart Levy via Peace-discuss
<peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> AWARE and Prairie Greens are in the July 4th parade. Come make signs,
> Wednesday or Friday evening! Come march on Saturday morning!
>
>
> The July 4th parade is coming up - this Saturday - and AWARE and the
> revitalized Prairie Green Party will be marching together in it. Want to
> join us, or have ideas for signs? See below for our description of our
> entry - thanks to David Green, David Wilson, and Karen Medina.
>
> The parade theme this year:
>
> Flying High for Freedom
>
> Given our government's ongoing use of aerial bombing and of drones for
> surveillance and destruction, we can go far with that theme.
>
> Marching? We'd gather around 10am Saturday, somewhere in the Assembly Hall
> / State Farm Center parking lot. Details when we know them.
>
> We need to make new signs! If you have an idea, write back to
> peace-discuss about it, or better yet come and make it yourself at Carl's
> house after the "Capital in the 21st Century" Piketty discussion group:
>
> Wednesday evening, say 7pm to 8:30 or so (or earlier if you'd like to
> join the 6pm discussion group)
> at Carl and Leigh Estabrook's home,
> 5 Litchfield Lane, Champaign (a couple blocks south of the Balboa and
> Prospect #10 bus stop)
>
> or somewhere on Friday - stay tuned for news. We'll bring markers and
> posterboard.
>
> David Green designed a whole suite of signs summarizing the Green Party's
> principles.
>
> Don McClure proposes one that would read, in part -
> Fly this
> (picture of a kite)
> Not this
> (picture of a drone)
>
> and at yesterday's AWARE meeting we bounced around a bunch more ideas, from
> kites to balloons to street performers.
>
>
> Here's the announcement as sent to the parade organizers:
>
>
> Two groups - the Prairie Green Party, and the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort
> (AWARE) - march together to express concern over some fundamental and urgent
> issues.
>
> Our people need a healthy environment; livable communities; workers' rights;
> and humane immigration policies.
>
> Instead, we face endless war and violence; rising inequality; global climate
> change; mass incarceration; and unresponsive politics.
>
> AWARE's members believe that American leaders should obey international law
> and promote diplomatic solutions to international conflicts. Militarism,
> especially our own, threatens the survival of the species. Drone warfare
> and bombing campaigns support no one's freedom.
>
> The Green Party and its slate of candidates offer an alternative to a failed
> two-party system dominated by corporations that care only about profits.
> We promote radically democratic policies towards economic equality, racial
> justice, universal healthcare, and a post-carbon future.
>
>
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