[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Why I will be marching in the July 4th parade

[Stuart Levy]

Harry Mickalide and I carried signs in the Immigration Forum contingent
of the parade today.   They said:

    Our Wars Displace Millions

and

    Stop the Wars // Welcome the Refugees

Another guy carried a sign:

   From Palestine to Mexico // Border Walls Have Got to Go

And Karen Medina carried this one:



On 7/4/17 3:03 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace wrote:
> https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/03/what-does-war-generate
>
> Does PDA’s “single message … not Warfare” include calling for bringing
> all US troops (and weapons) home from the Mideast and North Africa?
>
> Regards, CGE
>
>
>> On Jul 4, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace
>> <peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Good for you, Karen!
>>
>> 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 and we have the
>> chance to foster serious discussion and education.
>>
>> We save what we love, we love what we understand, we understand what
>> we learn--the reason education is so vital.
>>
>> Deb
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 4, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Karen Medina via Peace
>>> <peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> A friend wrote: I’ll stay home and watch the Red Sox play
>>> Sitting on one's couch is always an option.
>>>
>>> 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.  
>>>
>>> The theme of the Champaign County celebration is, ‘Salute To Education,’
>>> 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 to improve education and help people develop critical
>>> thinking in our country.
>>>
>>> Or we could sit on our couches.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Karen Medina
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