[Peace] Fwd: Community action

[Belden Fields]

>Western Michigan University
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>Thought you might like to see this . . .
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> > DEAR FRIENDS,
> >
> >     We hope that you had much to be thankful for.  We're thankful to have
> > been with so many of you for the KNOW vigils this past week:  140 on Sunday
> > and 30 on Tuesday (the "coldtoes multiplier" raised the Tuesday official
> > count to 120).
> >
> >     For more things to be thankful for, consult the news items 
> following the
> > events calendars.
> >
> > CALENDAR OF KNOW EVENTS:
> >
> >     Vigils continue on Sundays from noon to 1 and on Tuesdays from 4 to 
> 5:15.
> >  Dress warmly.
> >
> >     SUNDAY, DEC. 8, noon to 1:  a SPECIAL vigil, including distribution of
> > the KNOW yard signs.  The message on the signs:  "ANOTHER FAMILY FOR PEACE"
> > and the KNOW web address.  We're hoping for some media coverage and a good
> > turnout.
> >     For those who didn't contribute already to the up-front cost of the
> > signs, we're suggesting a $5.00 donation to KNOW for each sign.  But any
> > donation--or no donation at all--entitles you to a sign  They are already
> > PAID FOR, and the donation is simply a fundraiser for future actions and
> > events.
> >
> >     SATURDAY, DEC. 14:  another SPECIAL VIGIL, along Westnedge Avenue in
> > Portage, near the entrance to the Crossroads Mall.  Traffic should be very
> > heavy on Westnedge for the HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON   What better place and
> > time for our all-seasons message of PEACE?  Details of the gathering 
> time and
> > place will be announced next week.
> >
> >     SUNDAY, DEC. 22, early afternoon (precise time TBA):  Join with our
> > friends from Skyridge Church of the Brethren in a Public Witness 
> Against War
> > Toys outside Toys R Us, 6207 S. Westnedge, in Portage.  The witness will be
> > modeled on the practice of Christian Peacemaker teams and involve media
> > coverage, protest signs, altered Christmas carols, and literature 
> distributed
> > to shoppers.
> >     On Sunday, Dec. 8, there will be a potluck and planning meeting for 
> this
> > witness at Skyridge Church of the Brethren, 394 S. Drake, across from Drake
> > Pond Apts., beginning at 12:15 (you're welcome to arrive later, 
> following the
> > downtown peace vigil from noon to 1).  For more information or sign-up, 
> call
> > Ineke Way, 226-4731.
> >
> >     JAN 18 AND 19, 2003, marches, vigils, and the "Grassroots Peace 
> Congress"
> > in Washington, D.C., organized by International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop 
> War &
> > End Racism), the coalition that organized the October march in Washington.
> > The events are timed to coincide with Martin Luther King birthday
> > celebrations and the 12th anniversary of the outbreak of the Gulf War.
> >     We're working on chartering a bus.  If you think you'd be interested in
> > going, please e-mail us and we'll put you on a list for getting further
> > information.  Stay in touch with www.internationalANSWER.org.
> >     KNOW will schedule special events here in Kalamazoo to coincide 
> with the
> > D.C. rally and Martin Luther King Day observances.
> >
> > OTHER PEACE-RELATED EVENTS AND CAMPAIGNS:
> >
> >     Saturday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m. "WORDS AND SOUNDS FOR PEACE."  Music,
> > speakers, readings, slam poetry.  Free show.  At the K College QUAD
> > STOP--basement of the Hicks Center, on Academy Street.
> >
> >     Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.  Premiere showing of the OpenEye Productions
> > documentary, QUESTIONS OF PROTEST, at the Little Theatre on Oakland 
> Drive and
> > Oliver Street.  The film documents the 2001 protest at the U.S. Army's
> > "School of the Americas," now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for
> > Security Cooperation, a training camp for Latin American army personnel.
> >     Five videographers from Kalamazoo's OpenEye Productions--Ben Lando,
> > Matthew Clysdale, John Speier, Derek Johnson, and Andy 
> Richards--traveled to
> > Ft. Benning, GA, to film the demonstration there last year.  Inspired 
> by the
> > story of K-College student Rachel Hayward, imprisoned for crossing the line
> > during the 2000 protest, the video features interviews with her from a
> > federal work camp in Pekin, IL; with officials from the Institute; with
> > Father Roy Bourgeois, leader of the movement to close the school; and 
> with a
> > former SOA instructor who now speaks out against the school.
> >     Recommended donation is $5.00; but no one will be turned away.  For 
> more
> > information, call Matt Clysdale at 269/349-2344 or e-mail
> > matthewclysdale at yahoo.com.
> >
> >     Also Thursday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., dinner and guest speaker with 
> STUDENTS
> > ORGANIZED FOR LANDMINE AWARENESS, at the Wesley Foundation, WMU 
> campus.  $10
> > for non-students, $5 for students.  All proceeds go toward landmine 
> clearance
> > for the group's adopted minefield, "Minefield Croatia-023."  Tens of
> > thousands of people around the world will be participating in this
> > fundraising and consciousness-raising "Night of 1000 Dinners."  If you plan
> > to attend, please call April Snyder at 873-6252 or e-mail
> > april.snyder at wmich.edu, so the group will know how many dinners to prepare.
> >
> >     Sunday, Dec. 15, 3:30 p.m. Chicago time (4:30 our time).  Big peace 
> rally
> > in Chicago.  For information, go to www.grassrootsvoices.org.
> >
> > OTHER CHEERING NEWS
> >
> >     The governing bodies of at least 18 communities across the nation have
> > passed anti-war resolutions, including Washington, DC; Sebastopol. CA;
> > Berkeley, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Cruz, CA; Ithaca, NY; New Haven, CT;
> > Oakland, CA; Takoma Park, MD; Seattle, WA; Santa Fe, NM; Albuquerque, NM;
> > Santa Barbara, CA; Syracuse, NY; Haines Township, PA; Danby, NY; 
> Madison, WI;
> > and KALAMAZOO, MI.  The City Council in Ann Arbor will vote on an anti-war
> > resolution on Dec. 2.
> >     Here's an excerpt from an editorial in the Madison CAPITAL TIMES
> > supporting the resolution:
> >     "There are those who criticize the Madison City Council for taking 
> stands
> > on national and international issues.  But that criticism is 
> shortsighted. .
> > . .  No one is under any illusions about the influence that a resolution
> > passed in one Midwestern city will have on the Bush 
> administration.  But when
> > cities across the United States express opposition to the unilateralist
> > fantasies of the the Bush camp, they send a signal to the world that this
> > country is not marching in lockstep behind our Texan president."
> >
> >     Many other groups are, like ours, distributing yard signs, buttons, and
> > bumper stickers, some of them regionally or even nationally.  For instance,
> > there's the coalition in Seattle and Olympia, Washington, that calls itself
> > SNOW, the Sound Non-Violent Opponents of War (Puget Sound, that is).  Check
> > out the web sites at www.scn.org/wwfor and www.snowcoalition.org.
> >     Here in Kalamazoo, Kevin Fuchs has distributed more than 600 bumper
> > stickers (tens of thousands of these "Attack Iraq? NO" bumper stickers have
> > been distributed nationwide).  Various buttons are available at our vigils.
> >     For earth flags, peace flags, posters, and other materials, go to
> > www.progressiveportal.org or just search under "peace flags."
> >
> >     Keep checking the KNOW web page, a work in 
> progress:  www.kzoo4peace.org
> >
> >     Peace, Nancy and Tom, for KNOW, Kalamazoo Non-Violent Opponents of War.
> >
> >
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