[Peace-discuss] AWARE cosponsorship of July 9th Kathy Kelly event ... ?

[Karen Aram]

Yes, Ron discussed it with us at the meeting, and we were all in agreement, Kathy Kelly represents the ideals of AWARE probably better than anyone possibly could. The Daniel Berrigan of the middle east wars?

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Subject: [Peace-discuss] AWARE cosponsorship of July 9th Kathy Kelly event ... ?

Hello AWARE people,

Is AWARE willing to sign on as a co-sponsor to this event, with Kathy Kelly speaking on July 9th at Channing-Murray?   I think Ron Szoke may have raised it at tonight's meeting - thank you, Ron! - and this should give more detail about what's up.

The event is being organized by the Eco-Justice Collaborative<http://ecojusticecollaborative.org/>, Pam and Lan Richart.   If we agree to co-sponsor, they'll list AWARE as such on their flyer, and we'd agree to help promote the event.

(I think this would be a great thing to do - hope the discussion was/is positive! - Stuart)

Is anyone interested in discussing what else we can do around Kathy Kelly's appearance, as they suggest below?

Also, would the Green Party be interested in co-sponsoring too?   The family of issues she's raising would be a natural fit for the Greens.


Pam and Lan write:
Kathy will be speaking about her work with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers and the #Enough! GEN multi-generational movement of ordinary people who say #Enough! to the interconnected global crises of global warming, socioeconomic inequalities and violence with its nuclear-risk wars, by nurturing a critical mass of GEN ( Green, Equal and Nonviolent ) relationships and alternatives.

By saying #Enough! to the crises, the people of #Enough! GEN are affirming the value of love for the Earth and all of humanity, and liberating themselves from the grip of various abuses of money and power, including liberating themselves from fossil fuels and wars, income inequality and elitism, corporatization and militarism, class warfare and racism etc.

As people from different regions respond freely, the Afghan Peace Volunteers will try to organize a Skype/Zoom conversation by region or continent, in order to listen, to encourage, to imagine, to relate through conversations focused on GEN alternatives.

This may have wide local appeal and potentially bring together folks working on issues that should be connected. Lots of possibilities here. Would some AWARE folks be interested in getting together to discuss how we might build on Kathy's appearance? We want to generate personal and financial support for Voices, but we might also want to think about what fruit this might bear after she visits.
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