|
Contributor: apierre
Date: 2003-03-18 10:47:56
Hi,
Please find hereunder copy of a message I received from friends in the US and which you might use for your own inspiration and/or forward to your contacts in the US.
Friendly and peaceful regards,
Alain ( from France )
---
( Part 1 of 2 )
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN:
LOBBY WASHINGTON TO CREATE A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE.
APRIL 6-8 CONFERENCE IN D.C.
SIMULTANEOUS CALLS, FAX'S, EMAILS FROM AROUND THE NATION
At this critical time in our nation's history, righteous action is
the antidote to despair. Please participate in a powerful citizen
lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace,
sponsored in the House of Representatives by Congressman
Dennis Kucinich. This bill establishes nonviolence as an
organizing principle of American society, cultivating an array of
peace-building policies and procedures. On April 8th, this
historic legislation will be introduced for a second time;
whether or not it becomes law is dependent on whether we,
the people of the United States, take the time to make phone
calls, lobby our Congresspeople, and in other ways create the
political will to make it happen.
Please join us, either in Washington D.C. for the bill's
introduction and our initial lobbying campaign, or in your local
area, as we blanket every Congressional district with a strong
message of support for a Department of Peace.
Let us stand as passionately for peace, as some now stand so
passionately for war.
WHAT IT IS:
The Department of Peace focuses on individual and group
responsibilities for establishing nonviolence as an organizing
principle in society. The Department would focus on
nonmilitary peaceful conflict resolutions, prevent violence and
promote justice and democratic principles to expand human
rights. Domestically, the Department would be responsible for
developing policies which address issues such as domestic
violence, child abuse, mistreatment of the elderly, and other
issues of cultural violence. Internationally, the Department
would gather research, analyze foreign policy and make
recommendations to the President on how to address the root
causes of war and intervene before as or before they begin,
while improving national security, including the protection of
human rights and the prevention and de-escalation of unarmed
and armed international conflict.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
I. COME TO THE GLOBAL RENAISSANCE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE
IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON APRIL 6-8. During our conference
we will hold seminars on Non-Violent Principles and
Civics/Lobbying Training, led by Marianne Williamson and Lynn
McMullen along with a presentation by Congressman Kucinich
on the Department of Peace legislation. In addition, we will
travel together to the Capitol to lobby our representatives. It
is particularly important that as many people as possible come
to this event in order to lobby our Congresspeople on April 8
when the bill is "dropped." There is no political act more
powerful than actually meeting with your Congressperson. Set
a meeting with you Member of Congress for April 8th. You can
visit www.renaissancealliance.org to learn more about how to
set a meeting with your representative and to register for the
conference. Web link here!
II. If you cannot come to Washington SET UP A MEETING IN
YOUR HOME DISTRICT WITH YOUR CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE on
April 8th. Recruit as many people as you can to attend this
meeting with you. Doing this, we will blanket the nation with
meetings in support of the bill, both in DC and beyond. Our
goal is a meeting with every single member of Congress or
members of their staff so we need people from every
Congressional district in the country to come forward and help.
III. GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO CALL, FAX AND
EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE on April 8th. Your job between
now and April 8 is to make sure that everyone has the name
and phone and fax number of their Congressperson (easy to
find...visit www.Congress.org), and to call them on April 7 to
remind them to make the call. It is a good idea for you to keep
a list of the people who have agreed to call and the needed
numbers in case they misplace the contact information.
to be continued...
Reply to this message
|
