[Peace] [OccupyCU] 4th of July sign-making?! - was: 4th of July / AWARE's twist on the theme is "Celebrating the World's Youth" / help on the idea, please

[Stuart Levy]

Some more ideas - sorry for omitting these -

  * Young people marching, presenting their *own* thoughts on peace -
    and war - in signs or banners or whatever - Sandra's suggestion.
    (I think this would be a really valuable thing to do - and difficult
    - both for the same reason.  What young people could we find who
    might take part?  And, the fact that we are currently mostly a bunch
    of gray haired fuddy-duddies (sorry all) is an indictment of our
    recruitment of the next generation.)
    One piece of good news - Jenifer C's grandson is around, and may
    have something to say about war and peace...

  * The inheritance of the wars we make today is a burden on tomorrow's
    unborn children.

  * When we in the US make war on distant countries, the terrible
    effects on their people - especially their youth - are easy for us
    to ignore.




On 6/22/12 11:51 AM, Stuart Levy wrote:
> July 4th is coming soon.  We have a bunch of ideas, not mutually 
> exclusive, but we need to work on at least some of them.  Who has 
> time?  When would be good?
>
> Some possible times -
>    - Saturday afternoon, after Occupy demonstration (maybe 4:30 or 5)
>    - Sunday afternoon, after AWARE (maybe 6:30)
>    - Monday, after Occupy GA (maybe around 9pm)
>
> Summary of ideas raised so far - at least in a quick scan of recent 
> e-mail - if yours is not here, or you have another, please remind us!
>
>   * Veterans marching solemnly, followed for contrast by
>     tie-dyed/face-painted children playing together, with flowers. 
>     Sign: "Keep our children free from war"
>
>   * Sign: "How can the world's youth celebrate with us when we keep
>     dropping bombs on them?"
>     perhaps with
>
>   * Recognizing groups of people, including young people, working for
>     peace despite adversity, including the Afghan Youth Peace
>     Volunteers, or groups of Israeli and Palestinian youth.  Not sure
>     how best to show them - they're not household names - but very
>     important ideas.   What can we show/say?
>     Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers -- http://ourjourneytosmile.com/
>     A nice picture, of young people in Afghanistan carrying a banner:
>     "The People of Afghanistan Say No To War":
>     http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dreams-and-dignity.jpg
>     <http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dreams-and-dignity.jpg>
>
>   * Blood and gore and stench and horror of war.   Caricatured Statue
>     of Liberty with lurid dollar sign mask, scythe, "Why?".  etc.  
>     See Wayne's note of 6/17, 5:24PM.
>
>   * Cradle with baby doll, with (a frame holding) a mobile floating
>     over the baby.  Mobile pieces would be words - things that
>     threaten the child's future - WAR, POVERTY, HUNGER...  Associated
>     signs, e.g. "(number) of the world's children died of malnutrition
>     in 2010".
>
>   * Vietnam-war-memorial-style "wall" of Illinois young people killed
>     in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by year.  162 in Iraq, 79 in
>     Afganistan, so far:
>     http://icasualties.org/Iraq/ByState.aspx
>     http://icasualties.org/OEF/Fatalities.aspx
>   * Child blasted by a drone attack
>
>   * Stretcher bearing a child victim of war, or toys, or a doll...
>
>
>
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