[Peace] You know what

[David Green]

Well, you know what's on mind by now. Apparently by July 2003, Linda Evans
still hadn't got the memo from Danielle and Elizabeth about sexism and
patriarchy at AWARE meetings. I guess she was too busy with her toddler,
they can be really distracting as we all know: Racism: Linda Evans talked
about the anti-racism meeting at her house on Friday, 27 June. From that
meeting, the ARE (Anti-Racism Effort) Group was thought of as a working
group to fulfill the mission of AWARE. This group will be involved in
outreach and network with other groups such as the NAACP, Urban League,
etc., and report to AWARE. Mike Simon presented to the group a passionate
argument that international and domestic war are inseparable, that AWARE
has not lived up to its name, and that a working group to address racism is
not enough. Some members took umbrage to Mike's statements. Jeff Sowers was
concerned that dealing with anti-war and anti-race simultaneously would
shift the focus of AWARE. Others also agreed with Jeff. A proposal was made
to change the name of AWARE to an anti-war effort (ARE). Another proposal
was made to keep the acronym and include racism in the mission statement.
Mission Statement: The current mission statement does not include racism.
Morton Brussel had written a revised mission statement with racism included
(Refer to Peace-Discuss Archive to read Morton's mission statement). Even
though the mission statement was the topic of discussion, people still
wanted to talk about the racism issue. One person suggested that a mission
statement cannot be composed save an agreement is made on AWARE's aim.
Process: An agreement was made that consensus is not always needed. The
group also agreed that policy is not more important procedure. Ninety
percent approval is sufficient in a group decision. There was talk on when
a vote becomes final. Answer: Read meeting minutes and any objections
should be raised at the next meeting. Announcements: Jeff Sowers
distributed twelve video tapes on DU and Gulf War Syndrome.
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