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Local News and Announcements... Don't miss anything...please scroll downHELP SHUT DOWN the School of the Assassins - Once and For All!If you are interested in traveling to Ft. Benning for the national convergence at the School of the Americas Nov. 22-23 and would be coming from Mid-Missouri or points southeast of us, you may well want to join the St. Francis Catholic Worker community caravan to Georgia. Contact Steve or Lana Jacobs for more information and/or to contribute toward the campaign (phone 573-443-0096 or e-mail cwgram913@aol.com or sfhcw913@aol.com). In nonviolent struggle and solidarity, Jeff Stack Mid-MO FOR, coordinator jstack@coin.org 573-449-4585 Join 10,000 at the SOA Watch Nov. 22-23 Please join the FORUSA and the Religious Peace Fellowships for a gathering of members and friends at the annual SOA Watch at Ft. Benning, GA, Nov. 22-23. This year the event will be bigger than ever. (See www.soaw.org for more info and for transportation needs). - We'll have an OPEN HOUSE along the protest route for informal meetings with other local groups and members, vegetarian meals, coffee, etc., and rustic accommodations (bring your sleeping bags - first come, first served), beginning Friday, Nov 21 through Sunday, Nov. 23 – just look for the FOR banners at the South Gate Apartment Complex on Ft. Benning Road (ALONG THE PROTEST ROUTE). - Local FOR groups along with members of Religious Peace Fellowships and FOR members and friends from across the country will walk together in the processional on Sunday: - We'll meet as an Affinity Group at 6:30pm Saturday evening at the Howard Johnson (see below) - We’ll be at the Latin America meeting (also at the Howard Johnson at 6:00 Friday evening, Nov. 21) - We'll have a table so that groups can display flyers. (please sign up at localgroups@forusa.org to help staff the table) - Youth from the Peacemaker Training Institute (FOR’s nonviolence training for folks ages 15 - 25) will be participating. Staff members will be on hand to talk about FOR’s Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean (TFLAC) Colombia Program, and will give information about our continuing nonviolence witness in the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado, Colombia, including info on becoming a peace witness volunteer. - Most importantly, hopefully this year, we'll SHUT the School of the Assassins DOWN! From the SOA literature: “SOA graduates are linked to almost every major human rights violation in Latin America since the school’s inception over 50 years ago. ...more and more people...are standing up and demanding justice - no more murder in our name!” Come and be a part of this historic undertaking. Contact Lisa Lane at the FOR national office in Nyack, NY, 845-358-4601 (ext.18) or email localgroups@forusa.org wit h questions or to volunteer. Please see www.forusa.org for info about FOR programs. Contact forcolombia@forusa.org (Colombia program) and pti@forusa.org (Peacemaker Training Institute) for more info on those specific programs. For More info and to view the Schedule of Events, go to: http://www.forusa.org/GetInvolved/SOA-Watch-1103.html ________________________________________ 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this:  
Upon their return to the United States and Canada on November 8, delegates from the FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation that went to Israel and Palestine have committed to sharing their experiences with the public and with their political representatives. If you wish to hear directly from the participants when they return, please contact us. We can provide you with information about their speaking engagements of help you arrange a visit from a participant.The next FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation is scheduled for January 17-31, 2004. For further information and an application form please visit our website or call 202.244.0821. F.O.R. Interfaith Peace-Builders 4545 42nd St. NW Suite 209 Washington, DC 20016 Tel: 202.244.0821 Fax: 202.244.6396 http://www.forusa.org/Programs/IPB/default.html 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this:
Mid-Mo FOR MeetingThursday, 13 November 7:00- 9:00 p.m. 1001 Rangeline, Columbia (the most recent addition to the St. Francis Catholic Worker community. From Rogers St. and the southside of the Columbia College campus, Rangeline lies toward the north. 1001 is about 4 blocks to the north.) Hosted by FOR member Ruth O'Neil 7:00- 8:00 p.m.-- focus on efforts to abolish/reform of and alternatives to the death penalty in Missouri; 8:00- 9:00 p.m.-- focus on issues regarding nonviolent resistance and alternatives to war, the Iraqi occupation and unjust U.S. foreign policy. Please join us for what part you can, bring your ideas of the work for justice and peace you’d like to see us labour on together. Call Jeff at 573-449-4585 or e-mail jstack@coin.org for more info. We hope you will be able to join us for this get-together. 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this:
Armistice Day news conferenceA news conference recalling the original peace-making spirit of Armistice Day, declared at the conclusion of World War I, will take place on November 11, Tuesday, at 9:15 a.m. in the Boone County Commission Chambers of the county complex. Russ Breyfogle, president of the Columbia chapter of Veterans for Peace, will offer his comments on the concept of Veterans Day, as will Lana Jacobs with the St. Francis House Community and Jeff Stack, coordinator of the Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation. All will be available to field questions as well. Today, many of our national leaders continue to recall Nov. 11 as Veterans Day, an occasion to recall those U.S. combatants who died in foreign wars. The Columbia Peace Coalition encourages our society to harken back to the observation’s roots-- a time to remember all human beings around the world, who were killed or injured in war, and to recall that it was the stated hope that the day would mark an end to all wars. Sadly, the United States instead is involved in two active wars and occupations, of Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush-Cheney administration additionally is rattling the sabers in threatening war as well upon Syria, Iran and speaks openly of waging a Perpetual War and of “Pre-emptive” wars. And while the military budget bloats, the level of financial support for veteran health care continues to pitifully shrink. The Coalition believes that if our nation is sincere in its desire to show respect for those U.S. military personnel who have fought, were injured or died in wars, the best memorial would be to provide the promised healthcare and to earnestly strive for an end to U.S. involvement in war. Rather than using the poor and young people of our nation essentially as cannon fodder for war-making, we urge a rebuilding of this nation into a society meeting the real human needs of its citizens and striving for the U.S. to be an ambassador of justice and benevolence abroad. The Columbia Peace Coalition includes: MU Students for Progressive Action, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, St. Francis Catholic Worker Community, Interfaith Peace Alliance of Mid-Missouri, Green Party of Central Missouri, Veterans for Peace, Women’s Int’l League for Peace and Freedom, Columbia Friends Meeting, Middle East Justice Advocates, Food Not Bombs, Newman Center Social Concerns, Unitarian Universalist Social Action Committee, Native American Support Group, Hickman High School Peaceworks, Rock Bridge Christian Church, UMC Faculty, Staff and Students Concerned About Democracy and Public Knowledge and Peace Magick. For more details about the conference, contact Lana Jacob at 443-0096, Russ Breyfogle at 474-7977 or Mark Haim at 875-0539 0 Comments (perma-link) Email this:
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