[Peace] Agenda & a Brief Note on Mother's Day

[carol inskeep]

Durl Kruse is on deck to facilitate.  Here's what we have for the agenda so far:  (I've included a brief note about Mother's Day at the end of this message.)  cpi
 
News of the Week
Introductions & Additions to the Agenda
New Ideas
Reports
- P4P & Main Event
- Counter-Recruitment
- Farmer's Market
- Finances
Events of the Past Week
Upcoming Events
 
And a reminder that Mother's Day originated as a Peace Holiday, first organized by Julia Ward Howe in the 19th Century.  Here's a brief excerpt from Medea Benjamin's article on the Code Pink Website:
 
While best known for writing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and her stance against slavery, Julia was horrified by the carnage and suffering during the Civil War and the economic devastation that followed. She was also heart-broken by the outbreak of war between France and Germany in 1870, with its ominous display of German military might and imperial designs.

Julia used her poetic gift to pen a proclamation against war. "Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause," she wrote. "Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. "


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