22,384,901 members doing good!
share your passions, stories, inspirations, and more
Jul 3, 2009
Focus: Government
Action Request: Various
Location: United States
On-going Demo and Petition

**Beginning JULY 4 - 7, in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington D.C.; The Change We Knead Now - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE call for nonviolent civil action. Sit with us outside the White House and bake bread for World Peace. PETITION SIGNING. All Welcome. Everyone is invited to join us outside the White House in support of the changes Americans voted for in the historic election of Obama. We spent trillions to bail out America's corporations now it's time to bail out the American people. On July 4, 2009 we will start baking bread with the sun outside the White House and ask people to sign this petition: 1. Implement universal government-paid (Single- Payer) healthcare for all; 2. Free federal prisoner Leonard Peltier by executive order today; 3. Solar energy collectors available for every house; 4. Passenger trains connecting every city; 5. Organic gardening classes in every school; 6. Call for a global ceasefire. Sit with us outside the White House to inspire Obama to implement the proposals of this petition within a year. America voted for change, but so far corporate America has high-jacked our dreams. This is the moment when Obama's supporters can push his administration to fulfill the mandate of his victory. Obama has the power to begin implementing these six priorities by July 4, 2010, so consider joining us outside the White House. (You don't need to bake bread to participate) info http://www.thechangewekneadnow.net or 575-770-3377

SOUNDS REAL GOOD TO ME! I like that green program!  BMutiny T

Ongoing until July 2010! Actions you can take now or later. 

[I had trouble trying to sign their Petition On-line, and couldn't do it; there is some technical glitch, apparently. They have only 42 signatures; that's probably why, some technicality in signing! They rejected my e-mail address. I hope they get it all straightened out!]

Apparently, the demo is ONGOING, and not just until July 7th, as inferred above! They ask if you will use some of your vacation time to join in front of the White House..... [Warning: Washington D.C. is known to get fearsomely hot in the summer.... I have heard that staff from foreign countries got or used to get, "tropical pay"!]

We certainly can ALL of us, write to our Congresscritters about this campaign.......

============================

PLEDGE: THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE call for nonviolent civil action.

Sit with us outside the White House and bake bread for WORLD PEACE starting July 4, 2009 in Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.

Consider taking your vacation and join us outside the White House. One or two weeks of participation would be a rewarding way to spend your summer break. If you can participate all July or all August that is really helpful. If you have the freedom to stay until every point on the petition is achieved, fantastic! What ever time you can dedicate is so important to changing the direction of the country and the world. Each participant is invited to sit in blocks of a few hours at a time throughout the day. We will try to provide free food to help keep the vigil going. This is our time to to inspire Obama to advance the positive changes we need now!

I agree to sit outside the White House from ______ To_____.
I will bring _______pounds of flour.
I will bring a solar oven. Yes/No
I will bring a water bottle. Yes/No
I will bring a comfortable blanket or pad to sit on and a rain coat or umbrella. Yes/No
I will help collect food and cook meals for the action. Yes/No
I will bring _______friends to join the action.
I will ask my group ________to endorse The Change We Knead Now campaign. I will post ______ flyers announcing campaign.
I will get as many people as I can to sign the petition. Yes/No

I will send a letter to my congress person and the local media about why I am participating in The Change We Knead Now campaign. Yes/No

I agree to be nonviolent during this legal civil action.
Signature________

[This is just an example of what you would sign if agreeing to participate.]

DOWNLOAD THE PLEDGE (legal size paper)
http://thechangewekneadnow.net/pledge.html

Endorsed by: Bill McKibben - author and cofounder of 350.org, Healthcare NOW! - Organizing for a National Single-Payer Healthcare System, Cindy Sheehan, Country Joe McDonald - Singer/Songwriter, Starhawk - author/activist, Thomas Mapfumo - Zimbabwe Afropop Musician, Jamaat al-Muslimeen - An Independent Forum for the Oppressed, John Nichols - Author of The Milagro Beanfield War,  Kiilu Nyasha - Black Panther Breakfast Program, David Barsamian - Director Alternative Radio, Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee, Pat LaMarche - Green Party vice-presidential candidate in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Justin Bailey - Taos County Field Coordinator for Elect Obama Campaign 2008, Nikki Craft - radical political activist, Ellen Thomas - Proposition ONE in 2010! Campaign, Franco Mares - Singer/Songwriter, The Clearlight Quaker Worship Group - Taos NM, The Taos Peace House and Infoshop, Keith McHenry - cofounder of Food Not Bombs.

THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE P.O. Box 424 - Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA
thechangewekneadnow.net   
575-770-3377


 

 
 
Content and comments expressed here are the opinions of Care2 users and not necessarily that of Care2.com or its affiliates.

Author

BMutiny TCorporationsEvil
female, age 77, single, 1 child
Seattle, WA, USA
Shares by Type:
All (242) | Blog (132) | Alert (104) | Message (6)

Showing shares tagged with: nonviolence [show all]
SHARES FROM BMUTINY'S NETWORK
May
19
(0 comments  |  discussions )
TAKE ACTION: TELL YOUR CONGRESSMAN: PROTECT CHILDREN, NOT GUNSUrge them to support legislation that requires common sense gun safety requirements. THANK YOU!
May
18
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Marriage equality has enjoyed a number of breakthrough victories this past year, but looming is a brick wall that, if not tackled carefully, could stop progress dead. So, we need to talk about it. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Arizona, Virginia or ...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
The sun in the North is a temporary guestWho brings with him much warmth and light when he comesFor a few precious months every year he keepsUs company through night and day He makes the trees green, he makes flowers bloomHe makes the birds sing, and ...
May
17
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Regular users of marijuana may be less likely to develop diabetes due to marijuana& rsquo;s abili ty to regulate insulin levels, a new study has found. A multi-center research team, headed by a team at the Cardiovascular Epidemi...
May
16
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Lithuanian religious leaders have formally opposed a Council of Europe Convention on domestic violence action because the convention includes lesbian, bisexual and trans women. In a formal statement released on May 9, the Lithuanian Bishop’s Co...
May
15
(0 comments  |  discussions )
TAKE ACTION: TELL OUR WORLD LEADERS TO HELP END CHRONIC MALNUTRION FOR 25 MILLION KIDS BY 2016It's time for a global food revolution. It's time to save millions of lives. Add your name now.THANK YOU!
(0 comments  |  discussions )
TAKE ACTION: TELL WORLD LEADERS: END HUNGER BY 2015Urge President Obama to focus on solving world hunger by 2015 — both at the Summit and beyond.THANK YOU!!!
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Do openly gay actors make TV viewers switch off? Are they less believable in straight roles? According to a new study, the answer is no. Led by Paul Merrit, researchers from Clemson University try to answer the idea raised by several commentators in ...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
TAKE ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO PROTECT ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAMS!As Congress works to write a new Farm Bill and bring our fiscal house in order, we must remind them that cutting programs that put food on the table for hungry Americans is not the right way t...
(0 comments  |  0 discussions )
TAKE ACTION: TELL LONE PINE TO DROP ITS NAFTA LAWSUIT AGAINST QUEBEC'S MORATORIUM ON FRACKING!Communities should have the final say on fracking and other projects that threaten water sources, the environment and public health -- and there should be no...

Copyright © 2013 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved