The Peace Alliance has created a new social network - DoPeace - for peace activists. Please join me at:
http://DoPeace.ning.com.

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Learn how to be in peace, act in peace and use peace as a powerful miracle producing force... without effort. A Course In Miracles Study Group :: Care2 Groups (Spirituality ... A Course In Miracles Study Group. A study group for those going through the workbook and lessons in the book entitled "A Course In Miracles" (CIM). www.care2.com/c2c/group/CMSG

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If you are interested in Peace watch this webcast of Prem Rawat speaking at the Festival of Peace in Teatro Pirandello, Agrigento, Italy, on February 3, 2009.

InterestedinPeace

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My fiance, Patrick Courtney, was lost on Labor Day weekend in the forest for 24 hours. He had a warming/signal fire. When he was found he told the investigators everything, where he was, what he had on him, and why he was there. They let him go home. Two days later a plane crashes killing the two people. three months later they arrest him for murder and arson. They state that in the State of California it is illegal to have a signal fire when lost and as a result of this illegal fire this plane crashed so they are charging him with murder. Since, his charges have been downgraded to reckless fire and 2ND degree murder however, it still is not right.... There are links to articles as well as a full recap of the story and final conclusion into the crash from the NTSB on the petitions website. This report concluded pilot error. It has been over two years and he hasn't been to trial yet. We need some support. His case will set a precedent for the State of California. If he is convicted this will mean that no one has the right to survive in the forest.... Please sign my petitions for Patrick! 1. Is so that he will not be given a third strike for being lost in the forest and having a signal, warming fire. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-3rd-strike-for-patrick 2. This one is so that we may have a better chance in him getting an O/R release. He has already been denied this once and now his bail is set at 2.2 million dollars. I feel this is excessive! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/let-patrick-await-his-trial-at-home

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http://www.worldhealersforum.com/index.php

Here people from all over de planet come together, join in intentions for peace. Peace for the world, for nations, for climate, in politics and for every humanbeing in personal.

If you like: take a look, enjoy and you are welcomed to join!

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Help bring peace and freedom to Tibet.  Learn about Tibet and ways you can Save Tibet!



Change Your World (Tibet)

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http://www.thepeaceride.com/

                                The Ride

Slated for Fall 2009, the Colorado Peace Ride covers 230 miles of southwest Colorado’s most breathtaking scenery.

For avid cyclists and weekend enthusiasts, alike – or simply for volunteers who want to make a difference in the world – the Colorado Peace Ride provides an opportunity for all of us to contribute to world peace.

By raising awareness and funds for peace workers, the Sophia Peace Center in Dolores, Colorado can offer rest and rejuvenation through various retreats specifically for individuals who participate in nonprofit organizations, giving them the much-needed support to continue their missions.

Much like the Colorado Peace Ride, world peace is a challenge. But crossing the finish line at this revolutionary ride will mean more than just a physical accomplishment. It will bring the world one step closer to real, tangible peace.

So get ready to ride

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The Mission of Peace Partnership International is forging partnerships with and among government, civil society, and business, to catalyze the transformation from a culture of violence to a culture of peace throughout the world.

In all our operations, we seek opportunities to build working partnerships, strategic alliances, and healthy relationships with and among individuals and organizations in civil society, government, and business, recognizing that such partnerships and healthy relationships are essential for and thus the norm in a sustainable and vibrant culture of peace.

Peace Partnership International’s strategic focus is developing capacity for a culture of peace, for which we are forging partnerships and undertaking the following three initiatives to most effectively leverage our resources for pivotal transformation:

1. Establishment of a National Peace Academy
   
   
2. Development of youth leadership for a culture of peace
   
   
3. Promoting structures in government at all levels that support and encourage a culture of peace

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Visit Peaceforceoregon.org to register for this event - or see other events in Oregon that might be of interest to those dedicated to peace through nonviolence.

The Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training lets you explore how nonviolent methods can lessen or prevent conflict in your daily life, in your community and around the world.

The one-day workshop is filled with hands-on exercises and role plays that will introduce you to:

• Basic nonviolent communication and conflict resolution methods
• How you can use these skills when you come across conflict in your daily life
• How local and international peace teams use nonviolent strategies in larger conflicts

Your trainers are dedicated local volunteers who are supported by professional nonviolent conflict intervention trainers.

The curriculum was developed by Nonviolent Peaceforce North America.

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Hi all

For all people interested in Peace, for themselves and the world.

www.care2.com/c2c/group/wordsofpeace

Look forward to welcoming you.

Enjoy...

Juli

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I hope I'm posting this in the right place. Anyway, for all of us in the DC metro-area or nearby, mark your calendars:

http://www.olivebranchinterfaith.org/

This looks like a wonderful, important evant.

Love and peace to you all.

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Greetings everyone,

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/earthpeace

I wish to invite you to my innoventive peace group called EarthPeace. We discuss not only talk about peace but we also showcase and use things to actively create peace. This community is a long-term project of mine and I will be showcasing not only my own ideas and sharing my own viewpoints in the community but also some of the most innoventive ideas that I happen to come across while I am searching for how the world could be made a better place.

This is something for all people who love nature, who are friends of peace and who are sick and tired of how things have been done in the past. Let us not only pray and hope for peace, but let us find a viable path to get from here to there and then walk it.

Even if you cannot participate still find it in your heart to join up to show that you stand for peace. Read a few of the ideas presented there and stay tuned for a website in the future to showcase a lot of this better. But get involved. Join up. Make a statement for peace. Send this link to your friends.   

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/earthpeace

In Peace,

Silvia ---

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how do you solve so many things? how do you make a giant leap towards peace and prosperity?

please, i urge you to take a second of you time and read my petition. im starting to lose hope and feel extreme emotion of my lack of signatures.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/345925891

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THE 4th ANNUAL PALESTINE SUMMER ENCOUNTER
“Serve, Learn, and change your World”
May 24th - August 16th 2007
Bethlehem, Palestine

To our friends and Supporters,

Greetings from Palestine….

It is our pleasure to inform you that we are now opening registration for the 4th Annual Palestine Summer Encounter. You now have an opportunity to experience the Holy Land in a unique and life-changing way. Your presence in Palestine this year is very important. While a great part of your experience will be educational; learning Arabic, understanding the politics, and experiencing the culture; your presence will also be one of encouragement to the people of this land as you serve the local community and support it through your presence.

Many may tell you that this is not the right time to visit Palestine but we say this is your opportunity to come and be part of the global movement that is committed to working for peace and justice in the Holy Land.

Please read the following for more information on the Palestine Summer Encounter or send an email to encounter@holylandtrust.org.

In peace,
Sami Awad
Holy Land Trust

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Palestine Summer Encounter 2007
May 24th-August 16th 2007

- Live with a Palestinian host family
- Serve the community by volunteering with a local organization
- Study Arabic in an Arabic-speaking country
- Meet with Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers and activists

Palestine Summer Encounter is a one to three month cultural immersion and Arabic language training program in the city of Bethlehem, Palestine. Participants live with host families, study Arabic at a local college and are placed at individual volunteer opportunities at Palestinian nonprofits, schools, churches, hospitals and humanitarian organizations.

The purpose of the program is to create a dialogue between Palestinians and members of the international community. During the program, participants will learn beginner or intermediate conversational Arabic through language immersion and class and partner with Palestinian non-profit organizations as a volunteer.

Those who join the program will also have the opportunity to meet with both Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers and human rights activists. For details please visit http://www.middleeastfellowship.org/pse2007. A free packet of information, including a 15-minute DVD with interviews from former participants, is available upon request.

The deadline for applications is April 20th 2007.

-I found this on a friend's blog and thought this would be a great place to post it, might make it a topic as well.

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Volunteers will host actions in cities and towns across the country within 24 hours of the president’s speech with a simple message: "America says NO more troops in Iraq!”

Click here to search for or host an America Says No event in your area....
http://www.AmericaSaysNO.org

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There are exciting and profound developments underway in the Senate on Iraq!  Senators are finally offering legislation to stop the war in Iraq.  A vote in the Senate could come as early as this week when the Senate takes up the Defense Authorization bill. Click here to write your Senator today to sponsor and support legislation to bring our troops home by the end of this year.

Within the last months, four Senators —Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and John Kerry (D-MA) — offered legislation to bring our troops home from Iraq by the end of 2006.  While the details of the legislation differ, all these measures would move the United States Senate towards the goal of bringing the troops home as soon as possible and rebuilding Iraq.

Attitudes towards the war in Iraq are shifting.  While Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the war, for the first time, a clear majority of Americans – 60% in a recent CBS/New York Times poll – support setting a timetable for bringing American forces home.

Now the Senate, which has been slow to take action, is beginning to catch up with public opinion.  Over the past three years, no Senator was willing to offer legislation calling for a timetable for withdrawal. Today four Senators have finally taken that step.

This is good news.

If you agree, tell your Senator today to sponsor and support legislation to bring our troops home by the end of this year.  There could be a Senate vote on ending the Iraq War as early as this week when the Senate takes up the annual Defense Authorization bill may be considered by the Senate.  At that time, we expect a Senator to offer an amendment to set the December 2006 deadline for withdrawal.

You do not need to know the exact text of the language that is offered to get a message across to your two Senators to support bringing American troops home from Iraq by the end of 2006. We are working with the Senate offices to forge a common approach for the amendment.  The time for your Senators to act is now!

The vote we expect in coming weeks may be the most important vote in the Senate this year. This is our best chance to get an up or down vote in the Senate to change course of the war in Iraq. 

It is imperative that you take action!  Join with many thousands of those who agree it is time to end the war.  Click here to write your Senators today!



Kevin M. Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action Education Fund

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I WILL NOT KILL is a FOR [Fellowship of Reconciliation] campaign led by young people who empower and educate their peers about the reality of serving in the military.

I WILL NOT KILL provides an avenue for young people to resist military recruitment and -- in the event of a draft being re-instated -- to become CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. Young people up to age 26 are invited to sign the I WILL NOT KILL pledge [see below]. FOR keeps a record of their signature and the date on which they signed.  This record becomes a useful document in the event of a draft, when Objectors must document their history of Conscientious Objection.

The IWNK initiative also serves as a national resource to support individuals, especially young people and current members of the armed forces, who affirm the moral right to refuse to kill other human beings or to participate in armed conflict.

For more information about IWNK, contact FOR at Box 271, 521 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, USA.

E-mail: info@iwillnotkill.org.

Web: www.iwillnotkill.org

[Here is the content of the form that one can get and fill out:]

As a young person concerned about my future and the future of all young people, I pledge that:

I WILL NOT KILL

I will not go to war.

I will not support war against other nations.

I will resist recruitment into the military.

I will encourage others to do the same.

[Sign and mail postcard back The FOR to be included in our registry of conscientious objectors.]

IWNK/ The Fellowship of Reconciliation

P.O.Box 271

Nyack, NY 10960

www.iwillnotkill.org

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Please go to that site to download the pledge to sign.

This is a fantastic idea! There is ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY that the Draft COULD be re-instituted! and, this time it would include women too; as well as college students, and others formerly exempt {the military is getting desperate for cannon fodder}.

And, this time, you can also be sure, C.O. status, {Conscientious Objection} will be even more difficult than in the past, to obtain {the military is desperate for cannon fodder}.

C.O. status DOES demand, has ALWAYS demanded, a HISTORY of stating your anti-war, anti-killing principles; it helps if you belong to a recognized Pacifist religious group, such as the Quakers.

THIS PLEDGE SERVES AS A TANGIBLE RECORD OF YOUR OBJECTIONS, THAT YOU CAN SHOW THE DRAFT BOARD, RIGHT AWAY.

SIGN IT NOW, JUST IN CASE, YOU NEVER KNOW!

Please pass this on to EVERY YOUNG PERSON YOU KNOW; get it into schools, church youth groups, parents' groups, etc.

ALL the anti-military-recruitment groups should know about it, too. And every Peace Group on the Web.

I believe this is a new campaign started by FOR [the Fellowship of Reconciliation]. FOR is an old, established Pacifist Group, of which Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, among many others, were members.

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On Behalf of Mothers Everywhere

"Arise all women who have hearts, say firmly: Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience... In the name of womanhood and of humanity; take counsel with each other as the means whereby the great human family can live in peace." Click here to read more...
~Julia Ward Howe,
From her Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870

1. On May 12th, tell Congress that PEACE wants a PIECE of the PIE!

Join us in this National Action on May 12th (the Friday before Mother's Day) and gather members of your community to take pies to your local Congressional offices with a banner; "On behalf of Mothers Everywhere, Peace Wants a Piece of the Pie!" as well as a downloaded national budget pie chart showing the tiny slice that represents the portion of the U.S. federal budget requested for the Department of Peace and Nonviolence.

Call your local newspapers and television stations and send them a press release (click here for media guidelines). Ask them to come and take pictures of local teams delivering the pies with Department of Peace banners. Bring your children, along with pictures they've made that convey their message of peace, and make it a fun and festive event! This is a great way to get attention for a very important endeavor.

Mother's Day was in part inspired by a woman named Julia Ward Howe who nursed the wounded during the American Civil War; she also wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic. In 1870 she started a crusade to institute a Mother's Day as a Day for Peace. Click here to read her Mother's Day proclamation.

2. Host a 'PEACE OF THE PIE' Party.

To further empower our work for peace, host a Peace of the Pie House Party (and optional fundraiser) to spread the word about why citizens all over this country are taking pies to their local Members of Congress on behalf of the Department of Peace and Nonviolence Legislation. We want a small percent of the federal budget allocated directly toward funding projects that foster a culture of peace in our nation and around the world.

House parties are a key part of our grassroots campaign to spread our message and to raise funds for the campaign. They are also an important and fun way to identify volunteers and build momentum to pass this historic legislation. Invite your friends and family over for a Pie Party sometime just before Mother's Day (serve pie, coffee and tea), show our DVD, inform them about our work -- with help from materials we have prepared for you -- and invite them to an opportunity to visit their local congressional district office on May 12th. This is also an opportunity to encourage others to become a Peace Partner, our monthly donors sustaining the national campaign.

Click here to learn more about our Peace of the Pie Campaign!

SIGN-UP
Please let us know you are planning on participating in this particular campaign by clicking here.

Minnesota group at 2005 Peace of the Pie gathering.

Click here for pictures and media generated from last years campaign.

[We also have an action scheduled for Father's Day---Fathers everywhere will send pictures of themselves with their children to their Congressperson requesting them to cosponsor HR3760/ S1756]

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Keith Michael Varady. Founder.
EarthForceUnited@aol.com  
Website:The Earth Force United Organization. http://hometown.aol.com/earthforceunited/myhomepage/profile.html
Yahoo Focus Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Earth_Force_United_Org/
AOL Focus Group: http://groups.aol.com/peaceunderground?mmch_=0
MSN Focus Group: http://groups.msn.com/EarthForceUnitedOrg/homepage
The Earth Force United Peace Ring. http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=rainbowring&manring
Member Group of The Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War.
http://www.aacaw.org/
Supporting Group of The Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice (GLNAWI). http://www.glnawi.org
Also supporters of The Michigan Emergency Committee Against War in Iraq (MECAWI). http://www.mecawi.org/
Earth Force United Organization's goals are simple. To work towards peace and the end of human suffering for all the worlds people. We believe that PEACE is PATRIOTIC.
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Don't give into the Fearmongers. KMV.

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http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/PeaceNow

Thank you Ross for letting me know I could post here and now I am happily a member of this group too.

The above link is to a group that I hope will  establish a routine where members meditate/contemplate peace at the same time.  We just started today so there is not yet an established schedule.

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Founded in 1983 by Dr. Gene Sharp, The Albert Einstein Institution is dedicated to advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.

For more information, click on the following links:

• Background

• About Our Name

• Mission

• Staff & Board

Applications of Nonviolent Action

Nonviolent struggle can be used in a variety of circumstances for a variety of objectives. These include:

• Dismantling dictatorships

• Blocking coups d’état

• Defending against foreign invasions and occupations

• Providing alternatives to violence in extreme ethnic conflicts

• Challenging unjust social and economic systems

• Developing, preserving and extending democratic practices, human rights, civil liberties, and freedom of religion

• Resisting genocide

More information can be found about each of these applications in the publications section of our web site.

http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations.php3?orgid=88&typeID=6&action=printContentItem&itemID=190&User_Session=a7f2592e899f6606a6ebcad4f17a1b4a

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One half of the population, here and in the Middle East, are barely involved when it comes either to causing terror or preventing it. 97% of bombers and suicide bombers are male, as are over 90% of those conducting the so-called ‘war on terror’.

Maybe it is time to consider what women would do. In fact, the British government has signed up to the United Nations Resolution 1325, which is a worldwide agreement that will include women in the prevention and the resolving of violence. Why? Because all over the world women have shown that they are good at it.

In 1992, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, a Muslim woman from the borders of Kenya and Somalia, managed to stop a clan war that had cost 1500 lives, by getting together with women from the opposing clan. This was not sewing circle stuff. She said, “If a member of my clan kills a member of your family, will you still work for peace? If you can’t say yes, don’t join.” They wee so successful in solving disputes that the Kenyan President gave her an office in Nairobi and she now teaches her methods in other parts of Africa. In Northern Ireland the Women’s Peace Party played a significant part in the Good Friday Agreement. Jo Berry, the daughter of a Tory MP killed in the Brighton bombing, sought out the man who planted the bomb when he came out of jail in 1999. They went through a gradual process of reconciliation and she now works with him, helping other victims and perpetrators of political violence to find peace.

Dr. Sima Semar, now Minister for Human Rights in Afghanistan, has for years systematically set up education and health centres for Afghani women and girls, knowing they hold the key to peace. Her offices have twice been blown up, but she says she is too busy to be afraid and continues her work.

When five warring clans in Somalia were unable to reach any agreement, Somali women asked to participate in the negotiations and were turned down. So, under the leadership of Asha Haji Elmi, and the women’s network Save Somali Women and Children, they formed themselves into a 6^th clan. They have made a significant contribution to building peace in Somalia.

And so on, but invisibly. They are, it is thought, thousand’s of women’s peace initiatives springing up at grassroots level in the world’s tougher corners, and the London-based organisation, Peace Direct is setting out to document just how many thee are.

This is not to say that men are no good at peace-building; many have been spectacularly successful. It is simply that when it comes to terror, the female way of doing things, which can be done effectively by either sex, is under-used. The female way tends to invest more time listening to human needs, values the making of connections, and favours the use of respect, rather than the use of force.

Hearts and Minds – by Scilla Ellaworthy and Gabrielle Rifki

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This week the House of Representatives will vote to decide whether it will join the landslide 90-9 vote in the Senate for a McCain amendment to stop government torture and abuse.

With the support of General Colin Powell, and an array of other retired generals and admirals, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to end torture and restore the rule of law. However, the only way that the torture ban can become law is with the support of the House of Representatives. This week will be the House’s first vote ever on ending government torture and abuse.

The ACLU thanks you for your activism in helping to get this issue so far. We urge you to continue your activism by urging the House of Representatives on this one additional vote to help the McCain amendment become law. Click here to send an email to your Member of Congress to support the McCain Amendment.

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight men subjected to torture and abuse under U.S. policies. Two of the plaintiffs are now in the United States to help our leaders and the public learn from firsthand accounts about the atrocities committed in our name. This story is featured Monday night this week on ABC's "Nightline." Learn more at http://www.abcnews.com/nightline. The plaintiffs and the Rumsfeld lawsuit will also appear in several major newspapers, including the Washington Post, and on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Tuesday.

Sincerely,

Caroline Fredrickson
Director
ACLU Washington Legislative Office

P.S. Learn more about the ACLU’s lawsuit against Secretary Rumsfeld and the thousands of pages of government documents on torture released under the Freedom of Information Act at http://www.aclu.org/rumsfeld

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TAKE ACTION: 

Oprah's talking about the sexual exploitation of children. Urge others to do the same.

Call on Dateline NBC to take a deeper look at trafficking.

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  Thanks to generous hosts around the globe, we had 76 "Human Trafficking" home screenings signed up!

From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, screenings took place in 28 US states. In addition, hosts from Nigeria, Australia, and Canada signed up to spread the word.  

Chris Grumm,

President, The Women's Funding Network

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Friends:

With all the big news coming out of Washington, it’s crucial that we not forget about one of the most important political stories of this decade: the fight to restore the fundamental liberties lost over Patriot Act reauthorization.  We, and you, have been in a fierce struggle to bring much needed reform to this controversial legislation.

As you know, the House of Representatives and Senate have passed competing bills for renewal and these versions are set to be resolved in conference committee soon. This moment is our best chance to effect real reform. And our efforts are paying off.

The Bush administration thought they would be able to renew and expand the Patriot Act easily.  We — the ACLU and our activists and bipartisan allies — have made the measure controversial enough that opponents of reform can’t just steamroll a bill through.  Everyone expected a quick reauthorization this fall, but it is now November and we still cannot say for sure when the bill will reach the floor for a vote. 

This is tremendous news and shows that we are winning the public debate.  This week, the nation’s attention turned to the alarming Patriot Act proposals for expanding the federal death penalty.  These new provisions would, among other things, allow prosecutors to dismiss a jury that deadlocks on a death sentence and replace it with successive “sentencing juries” until they get one to vote for the execution.  It would also triple the number of federal crimes that can be punished by death.

The ACLU is aggressively fighting these expansions.  Already, Mary Jo White, the former federal prosecutor who tried several al Qaeda suspects in the African embassy bombings, publicly opposed the measure. And we expect more prosecutors and law enforcement officials to come out against the proposal. 

As public outcry over Patriot Act powers grows, both The New York Times and the Washington Post have weighed in unequivocally (something that doesn’t happen that often) against the House death penalty expansions.  To “get the right answer on the Patriot Act, it is critical that controversial, unrelated legislation be considered separately,” said the Post.  While The Times said “The House's simplistic vote for another ‘crackdown’ gesture can only further sully the notion of patriotism in a renewed Patriot Act.”

There is mounting pressure from an increasingly broad group of individuals and institutions to keep the Patriot Act free of divisive and unnecessary measures like the frightening changes to federal death penalty law. 

Last month, for instance, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders reached out to Congress and called for reforms to the Patriot Act.  In a recent press conference we stood with key conservative and libertarian allies in a bipartisan call for reform.  More than 160 representatives and 25 senators who have signed a “dear colleague” letter pressing their fellow lawmakers to support much-needed Patriot Act fixes.

Our fight is also making steady progress in the courts.  This week we presented oral arguments in our two cases challenging the constitutionality of “National Security Letters,” FBI demands for personal records issued without any review by a judge.

Our work on behalf of an Internet service provider reached the Second Circuit after a judge struck down one NSL power in the Patriot Act as entirely unconstitutional.  The newer case involves an organization with library and Internet records whose identity cannot even be disclosed because of a government gag order.  A lower court has already ruled that the gag violates the First Amendment.

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www.worldcantwait.org   so many other concerned people in taking action on NOv. 2nd-( a day with very special meaning for many of US! http://vvlobbydays.blogspot.com  for petitions to help restore our democracy BTW)

http://flickr.com/groups/worldcantwait/  We have also group on Care2 now  http://www.photochains.com/view/WorldCantWait Can find a photochain and the link here. Please send sign the call, send your pics and support US all on NOV. 2nd!

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  It's not too late to sign up now to host a home screening of Lifetime's 2-part mini-series on October 24

HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Oct. 24-25, 9 PM ET/PT

To find a home screening near you, click here.

Here's your chance to stand up for these women - sign this petition and urge your representative to support this bill today!

Sincerely,

Chris Grumm,

President, The Women's Funding Network

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October 24th is UN DAY, marking the date, sixty years ago, when the United Nations officially came into existence.

Across the political aisle in Congress and in the Administration there is broad agreement that the United Nations needs to be made stronger, more effective and better able to tackle the challenges of the 21st Century.

And, they need to be reminded that their constituents, and the majority of Americans, believe that the UN is a vital partner for U.S. interests worldwide. 

American’s celebrate UN Day as a moment when our country pledged to join other nations in forging an organization designed to end war and promote peace, justice and better living for all mankind.

On this UN Day, make sure your member of Congress pledges to support a positive U.S.-UN relationship.

Members of Congress need to hear from YOU....Tell them to support the UN on UN Day! 

+ TAKE ACTION TO KEEP THE U.S. ENGAGED AT THE UN

But, although there is agreement on the need for revitalization of the UN, there is a deep divide over the approach to take.

Before they decide, your representatives in Congress must recognize that the benefits we gain from our close partnership with the UN far outweigh the costs.

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As the disastrous occupation of Iraq drags on, the demand for new recruits has risen while actual recruiting numbers continue to fall. The Big Brothers at the Pentagon want our youth’s information in order to more effectively target them for use in Bush’s wars.

You may remember that Peace Action helped thousands of youth to “opt-out” of sharing their personal information with pushy Pentagon recruiters, under the recruiting provision of the No Child Left Behind Act.  However, the Pentagon has now unleashed a NEW and even more alarming assault on the privacy of American youth!  In a desperate attempt to more aggressively target prospective recruits, the Pentagon is now contracting with private companies to create a massive military recruiting database full of extensive personal information on more than 30 million young Americans, between the ages of 16 and 25.  This invasive initiative is not only an alarming violation of all citizens’ privacy, but it conflicts with the federal Privacy Act and it’s also an ILLEGAL use of tax-payers’ money! 

Unlike the No Child Left Behind Act, there is NO WAY for youth and their families to “Opt-Out” of having their personal information collected in this database. There is no way for students to prevent their data from being collected by the Pentagon. Much of the personal information being collected (social security number, ethnicity, parent’s income, career interests, GPA and much more) by the Pentagons’ private data miners is acquired from surveys youth fill out for college admissions, academic awards program and other seemingly benign education-related purposes.
 
In response, Peace Action and the Student Peace Action Network are leading a coalition effort to “Dump the Database!”  Along with over 75 national and grassroots organizations, Peace Action and SPAN will be calling on Congress to suspend this illegal database.  Please join us by contacting your elected officials and demanding that they stop this invasive, exploitative and illegal recruiting program immediately!

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You can find that group in  http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=3570

In that group you can find The Great Invocation (I think The Great Invocation is very very useful nowadays) you can also find in this group how to "use" The Great Invocation and more things

http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=3570

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No longer invest your power into war, invest your intelligence into peace Setting out in silence, the Big Political Pilgrimage for Peace will take place in the Holy Land, visiting Israel and Palestine, and reaching its destination in Jerusalem by November 2005. Participants from the Middle East will join pilgrims from all around the world to journey in peace, share ideas, speeches, actions, meditations and work with other Palestinians harvesting olives. There will be concerts and also performances of the play, We Refuse to be Enemies, which addresses the Palestinian/Israeli conflict with great sensitivity. Culminating in a two-day seminar with Sabine Lichtenfels, co-founder of the Global Peace Village, Tamera, and its co-ordinator, Benjamin von Mendelssohn, the events will de-velop the work of this initiative, which seeks sustainable solutions to one of the most pressing problems of our time.

Benjamin von Mendellsohn said: "There are many historical and politi-cal facts that make the Middle East a crucial place in relation to the question of whether we’ll have a planet of peace or one of war." He views their political activities as the search for the right acupuncture point in the whole of the organism of the Earth. The Peace Research Village is based in Tamera, an ecovillage in Portugal, and it is working towards building a similar peace village in the Middle East for Israelis, Palestinians and for other Internationals. The aim is to actively research, study and create an effective and durable, non-violent, social model for a peaceful culture that can be replicated in other conflict areas. For many years, Tamera has hosted meetings and arranged visits to the Holy Land. It has been exploring the deep roots of the conflict including the historical and psychological approaches which have resulted in the ongoing development of solutions and non-violent cultural models for a new global Peace Movement.

On 9th November, the anniversary of the fall of the ‘Wall in Germany’, an event will take place at the ‘Wall in Israel’ in the hope that this barrier between neighbours will also be brought down in the near future.

FURTHER INFORMATION : The Peace Research Village Association, Monte Cerro, P-7630 Colos, Portugal. Tel: +351 283 635 484 EMAIL: KLBunney.IGF@tamera.org Website: www.igf-online.og  [ send green star]  [ accepted]

Concerned about your children with the idiots running around in our society? Check out this group! Tree has some outstanding information!

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Into gardening! It can be something as small as a window box to the back 40 acres! Stop in and share you expertise, pics, and garden banter!

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/rosemarysgarden

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We'd like to invite this group to our online support centers, where we are developing a model to redirect consumer spending patterns, especially in music and souveniers, to Peace.

Go to www.cafepress.com

type in sliceofparadise in the search box..and voila, there we are.

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Dear Ross,

Thanks for featuring the different groups concerned and acting for peace.

This is the one, I have the GREAT honour to be co-hosting.

 Thinking & Acting for Peace

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Forgot to post link. Here it is:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Protests_For_Peace

~Kristine C.~

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~THANK YOU~

~Kristine C.~

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http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Future_Peace_Makers

Link did not come through on the previous post! Sorry!

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VIRTUAL CHICKEN SOUP AND BANDAIDS

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http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/PCNVRevolutionaries

The more we communicate, and learn to coordinate, the more we grow and within that wisdom we shall all find definition.  WE all have an abundance of life experience and a passion for peace, let these streams of love join to form rivers of revolution.  May all our heart felt aspirations and ideals be accomplished for the benefit of all.

                           Unity In One Love,

                                  Matthew

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Hi Folks

I just recently started a new group the PPF, I feel that if our world is heading toward a one world govt, then we need a group of people to oversee them. Kind of like the UN. This is the first group that represents not just the planet but the universe. The By laws at PPF are as simple as the Ten Commandments, plus conservation, preservation, and human rights.

 Folks it is ever so important we all get united at this time and think in one positive thought.

With everyones help we can make this possible.

The PPF is currently looking for ambassadors from other countries to post hot topics, news of the week that we the People can respond to and see that action gets taken.

 I have posted some hot topics recently in the US, but we need others so that more can become aware of what it is really like out there. and with all people united in one sway we can do great things.

 So Join The PPF(also stands for Past, Present, future) Folks this is groundbreaking . Let's work to build this together.

    We hope that one day man will be able to see Beyond War

     Sincerely

William Assmus

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IS THERE A HATE GROUP NEAR YOU?


762 HATE GROUPS ACTIVE IN U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project found hundreds of hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2004. Is there one in your town? Go

  :: Find out how to fight hate where you live. Go

  :: Learn to spot symbols of hate groups. Go

  :: Connect with local anti-hate organizations. Go

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ROOTS & SHOOTS (Jane Goodall Institute)

Roots & Shoots® engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning. Founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, this global program emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action. All Roots & Shoots groups show care and concern in three areas: the human community, animals, and the environment.

http://www.rootsandshoots.org/

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http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/pilgrimsofpeace

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http://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/

Promotion of nonviolence throughout the world! This is their link. Check them out!

Peace, love, and beauty

Ross                        

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Hi all!! I would like to add the Progressive Democrats of America! http://www.pdamerica.org It's a fantastic org. check out the site!! Thanks! Also, I saw the post for Peace Poles, check out what we did in AZ and Iraq with our Peace Pole Ded.  http://www.azdopcampaign.org Have a Beautiful Day! peace and hugs, angie

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Boycott Companies that profit off War.

BOYCOTTS R US

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/boycotts_r_us

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I particularly love Poets Against the War (www.poetsagainstthewar.org), which was formed in response to Laura Bush's cancellation of the White House celebration of poetry just before the invasion of Iraq. Ms. Bush didn't think poetry should be political, but Sam Hamill et al. knew otherwise. (What a hoot!) Thousands of poets from around the world posted verses and statements of conscience on the website within just a few days. Very inspiring.

PAW has produced a wonderful documentary and morphed into Voices in Wartime (www.voicesinwartime.org). Please take some time and check it out.

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The Fairbanks Coalition for Peace and Justice (www.myfairbanks.com) was established to try to prevent the U.S. invasion of Iraq and continues to work for peace and justice on the local, national and global levels. The group held weekly demonstrations for more than two years straight, through -30 degree weather and through our precious short summers.

FCPJ has sponsored film fests, concerts (Stephan Smith -- www.stephansmith.com), lectures and benefits, and was one of the first groups to support the important journalistic work of Dahr Jamail (www.dahrjamailiraq.com). FCPJ is currently working with other groups to establish a Peace House downtown.

No Nukes North (www.nonukesnorth.net) is an information clearinghouse and action group working against the dangerous and costly boondoggle that is Star Wars. Unfortunately, Alaska is home to missiles at Ft. Greeley, and land is being snatched from public use in Kodiak. Join the NNN email list for action updates.

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VETERANS FOR PEACE  http://www.veteransforpeace.org  is dedicated to the abolishment of the use of war as an instrument of policy by non-violent means.  Membership is open to honorably discharged or currently serving veterans of any nation, as well as non-veterans as associate members.  Some VFP projects include the construction and operation of a health clinic in Viet Nam, rebuilding (again) destroyed water infrastructure in Iraq so children have safe drinking water, and VFP has also helped to facilitate the bringing of Iraqi children maimed by US bombing to the US for donated surgery and medical rehabilitation.

MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT  http://www.mfso.org  is composed of the families of service members working to bring the troops home now and end the occupation of Iraq.

LIBERTARIAN PARTY  http://www.lp.org  The Libertarian Party is the largest third party in the USA.  Pro-individual liberty, pro-business, and anti-war would sum up their philosophy.

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Things to Do for Peace!

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Reforming our Democracy

At Reforming our Democracy, we have developed a couple of programs to promote peace. For details, please click at the following links:

• You Can Make A Difference!
• Things to Do for Peace!

Please CLICK HERE to join us at Reforming our Democracy as we explore new ways to promote peace. Please share your ideas and concerns with us. Together we can make a difference!

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Sponsored by World Peace, this project is calling for placement of Peace Poles around the world. A Peace Pole is a four or six sided pole with the word peace or symbols of peace on each side near the top. Check it out for examples of Peace Poles in different locations.

http://www.worldpeace.org/peacepoles.html

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PARADISE MANIFEST

A new group with the mission of love ,worldpeace,unlimited options,miracles

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We are a dualistic action orientated group! We are currently doing healing workings on Wednesdays and peace workings on Saturdays with targeted times of 7 P.M. in each time zone. We are also doing vigils on the 21st of each month or on the actual day of the equinoxes and solstices as they apply. One day per year is no longer an option!

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/PeaceandHealing

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  There are so many different groups dedicated to peace and nonviolence as well as activities and events, I am opening this thread to post links for these. Please summarize what the group is about, the activity, or the project along with the link. I will close this thread when we get to 25 and open a new one for continuance. Thank you!

Peace, love, and beauty

Ross                   

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