Fellowship of Reconciliation: for a World of Peace, Justice and Nonviolence
Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) is a group composed of people from many faiths, and no particular faith --
all coming together to support nonviolence and justice.
Offering people of conscience an action response to a morally-impaired U.S. foreign policy.

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A Report on the Injustice in the Application of the Death Penalty in Missouri (1978-1996)(Microsoft Word document)
Researchers from Missouri and New York found that about one of every 100 homicides in Missouri resulted in a death sentence during that 18-year period. Race of the victim and race plus socio-economic status of the defendant were found to be great indicators of who ultimately received a death sentence.


News

Common Dreams
Al-Jazeera
Electronic Iraq
Indy Media
AlterNet
BuzzFlash
www.WhatReallyHappened.com
Yahoo! News


Background

Background on Syria

Iraq Crisis Issue Guide by Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies

U.S. History with Iraq, 1980 - 2 August 1990
An American Soldier on the March 21 episode of This American Life challenged those against the war to "learn the history".


Commentary
Common Dreams News Center

April 12, 2003
God is on our side?
Non Sequiter comic

April 8, 2003
The U.S. Betrays Its Core Values
by Gunter Grass

March 30, 2003
Bush and Blair do not know what they are doing or why they are doing it

March 29, 2003
A cartoon

March 25, 2003
What is the Geneva Convention?
A primer on the treaty dealing with treatment of POWs and Who’s violating the Geneva Convention?

March 24, 2003
It's Patriotic to Protest
op-ed by Jill Nelson

U.S. steps up secret surveillance
FBI, Justice Dept. increase use of wiretaps, records searches

March 23, 2003
Why are we in Iraq -- and Who's Next?
an Op-Ed piece by Richard Reeves.

March 22, 2003
Whose interests at heart?
The invasion and occupation of Iraq cannot give the Iraqi people their freedom

March 20, 2003
Senator Byrd Deplores Iraq War: "Today I weep for my country"

Familiar, Haunting Words

Bush's Lies and the War on Iraq (a gift to the extremist theocrats)

Demonstrations Flare Worldwide

It's Not About Terrorism, WMD or Liberation: Myths and facts about the war

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    FOR Newsletter Mailing on Thursday & other volunteer chances--Care to Help?

    We hope you and your loved ones are faring well these days, and that you bore the humbling power of Mama Nature’s storms this weekend, in good shape.

     

    We wanted to let you know that your help would be most appreciated in any of the following activities with the Mid-MO Fellowship of Reconciliation…

     

    1) FOR Newsletter

    -- Please share briefs on upcoming events you want us to publish word of and/or brief articles/poetry on peace, alternatives to the death penalty and/or social or earth-justice issues (possibly for the newsletter—last chance before going to press in a few days-- or at least we’d be glad to pass it along for e-mailing and the FOR website—space allowing and content appropriate). E-mail material ASAP or call;

     

    -- Please join us for a mailing party—putting together the FOR newsletter for a mass mailing:

    anytime from 7:00- 11:00 pm, (it will be a shorter span for all if you help us and lighten the load!)

    Thursday, 16 March 13, 2006

    112 Spring Valley Rd.

    In Columbia (Spring Valley turns south off Broadway, about two blocks west of the B’way and West Blvd. junction)

    Call Jeff at 449-4585 for more info or other directions, if you need for a ride, and/or with other questions, etc. 

     

    2) Can’t make it then? Friend, if you still want to help out (hey, you can even help out both times if you’d. Whatever the case, we’d love it!), you could also volunteer to help volunteering in other ways….

     

    *Office organizing

    --Helping back-up computer files, making copies of files onto discs.

    --Organizing/updating e-mail lists and phone tree

    --Bookkeeping

    --Filing

    --Assisting/writing Thank You notes

     

    *Make “FOR” sign for tabling events

     

    *Creating productions/Acting in “Guerilla”: Theater skits/plays

    on pacifism, the death penalty, military recruiting, militarism, and other possible peace-oriented topics.

     

    *What do you think FOR needs to be doing? What special talents would you like lend to our efforts for peace with justice?

     

    Call me at 573-449-4585 if you can help out and/or to share your visions with others via the FOR e-mail network or other means.

    Take care and peace be with all,

    Jeff Stack

    Mid-MO FOR coordinator


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Mid-Missouri
Fellowship of
Reconciliation
P.O. Box 268
Columbia, Missouri
65205

Questions about the Fellowship of Reconciliation? -- contact Jeff Stack at 573-449-4585 or jstack@no2death.org

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