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Fwd: FW: National Coalition - "Not In Our Name"- Calls for
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Outcalt)
Thu Sep 27 16:56:28 2001
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If you would like to get on the email list for this coalition, you
could probably just email Joseph Gerson and ask to be added.
Jan
>From: Joseph Gerson <JGerson@afsc.org>
>To: "'jano@mit.edu'" <jano@mit.edu>
>Subject: FW: National Coalition - "Not In Our Name"- Calls for October 7
> National Dal of Peace Response
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:13:17 -0400
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>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Gerson
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:55 PM
>> Subject: National Coalition - "Not In Our Name"- Calls for October
>> 7 National Dal of Peace Response
>>
>> September 26
>> Friends,
>>
>> Following on a meeting held in New York last Friday night, a number
>> of peace organizations have created the Not In Our Name Coalition.
>> Following is an announcement of the Coalition's creation, points of unity,
>> points of agreement, and contact information which was sent on to us by
>> Judith McDaniel, Director of AFSC's Peace Unit.
>> - Joseph Geson
>>
>> AFSC and a Coalition of other peace groups are calling for a
>> National Day of Peace Response on October 7th. The Call was initiated by
>> a group in New York City. Their response will be called: New York: Not
>> In Our Name. Other locations are using their city names followed by "Not
>> In Our Name."
>>
>> [Note: AFSC is agreeing to the first 5 points of unity; we are discussing
>> #6 and may align with it by the end of today]
>> The 6 Points of Unity are
>> 1.We mourn the victims and condemn the attacks of September 11.
>> 2. We stand in defense of civil liberties.
>> 3. We oppose anti-Arab, ant-Muslim, anti-immigrant and all forms of
>> racial, ethnic, and religious violence and bigotry.
>> 4. We oppose military intervention and war.
>> 5. We seek global peace through social and economic justice.
>> 6. Justice not vengeance; bring the perpetrators to justice through
>> established principles of international law.
>>
>> Points of agreement:
>> This is a nonviolent action.
>> We will focus on the flags of 62 nations that lost citizens in the
>> September 11 attacks, but any national flag will be accepted in the
>> action, as will symbols of any other religious group, peace group, or
>> group with common goals (eg, earth day flags!)
>> We will include youth at every point.
>> We will think beyond New York, Washington, DC, and the US. We want
>> to know how the world views the attacks and the U.S. response as it is
>> discussed and as it happens.
>>
>> National Coordination
>>
>> National Response phone line: 215-241-7003
>> National Response Web page: peaceresponse.org
>> PBU Projects:
>> Establish a speaker's resource list for teach-ins and speak-outs
>> Part time coordinator for the first three events, provided by PBU
>> Common flyers, logos, graphics (IF the regions want them, they will
>> be there
>> to use)
>> Perhaps, a part time communicator to get this material out to news
>> media
>> nationally-not just in advance, but to help them understand and
>> track
>> the actions as they happen from place to place.
>>
>>
>>
>>
