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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    End the War Rally & March

    Please join efforts to support our Iraqi brothers and sisters, plus our kin wearing U.S. military uniforms, to end the ongoing occupation and war upon Iraq. In Columbia, in St. Louis and in Washington DC, there are opportunities to stand and strive for peace.

    In Columbia:
    Saturday, Sept. 24 1:00 pm

    Peace Park, 7th & Elm on the Univ. of Missouri campus—Columbia

    Keynote speaker: Nadia McCaffrey is the mother of Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey, a member of the California National Guard who was killed in Iraq in June 2004. Mrs. McCaffrey is an active member of Gold Star Families for Peace, the group that Cindy Sheehan co-founded.

    Other speakers will include:

    Brenda Procter, board chair for Grass Roots Organizing
    Mark Robertson, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks and Green Party
    Open Microphone for your concerns (limit of 2 minutes per speaker)
    Music by Laura Jean Binkley
    For more information call Jeff at 573-449-4585 or the Peace Nook at 875-0539.
    Sponsored by the Columbia Peace Coalition

    Weekend of Global Resistance to War

    Join the thousands who will be marching during the last weekend in September in Washington D.C. AND in St. Louis to call for an end to the occupation of Iraq. Unite with Instead of War, Jobs with Justice, Veterans for Peace and U.S. Labor Against War for a march and rally in downtown St. Louis.
    Sunday, September 25 - 2:00 p.m.March begins at 8th Street & Washington Avenue
    Rally Follows Immediately, on the "Gateway Arch Grand Staircase"


    March on Washington
    Schedule of Events The Saturday, Sept. 24 March on Washington promises to be a huge, powerful expression of the mounting peace and justice sentiment in the country. The ongoing horrors of the war in Iraq and events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have made this mobilization even more timely and important.

    Confirmed speakers and performers so far include Cindy Sheehan,
    NAACP Executive Chairman Julian Bond,
    Fernando Suarez del Solar,
    Jim Hightower,
    Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey,
    Greg Palast,
    professional basketball player Etan Thomas,
    Suheir Hammad,
    speakers from the devastated Gulf Coast,
    The Coup,
    Le Tigre,
    Steve Earle,
    Joan Baez,
    Sweet Honey in the Rock.

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    Missouri Moratorium Campaign-Columbia Chapter Meeting

    You are most cordially invited to join us for the next meeting of the Columbia chapter of the Missouri Moratorium Campaign. It will take place:

    7:00 pm, Tuesday 13 September

    Conference Room A, Columbia Public Library

    At this point 60 different entities—houses of worship, businesses and organizations have endorsed resolutions calling for a moratorium. The campaign is gaining momentum. We would be thrilled to have your ideas and energy to help move our efforts forward. Please come join in the campaign!

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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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