Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
PO Box 363 Geneseo NY 14454 <www.gvcp.org> 585-346-2530 or 585-624-3673
“Human Race Not Arms Race”
August 1, 2004
Welcome to Baby Antonia Marylee Taylor, born July 12, 2004!
Dear GVCP Member:
NEXT GVCP MEETING: SUNDAY, SEPT. 26th, 2:00 PM, 71 Center St. Geneseo.
NEXT GVCP ACTION: FRIDAY, AUGUST 6th, 8:00 PM. Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Avon Traffic Circle. [Route 20 in Avon.] It’s essential to show our opposition to nuclear weapons.
SAVE THE DATES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 21st, 12:00 noon – 6:00 PM., Geneseo School Bus Garage, South St. (Route 20A) Geneseo. WE DISTRIBUTE PEACE BUMPER STICKERS. Call 585-624-3673 for more information, or in case of rain.
WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING VIGILS FOR PEACE! 10:30 - 11:30 AM in Honeoye at Richmond Memorial Park, Route 20A. [Judi Taylor 585-229-4963 <jsalsburg@monroecc.edu>]
November 19th - 21st: Annual demonstration against School of the Americas. Ft. Benning GA. Justice for the people of the Americas! Close the SOA! <www.soaw.org>
This month’s letter: Genocide Does Not Take a Summer Recess! Congress has adjourned for summer recess. Members won’t return to Washington until after Labor Day. Unfortunately, when Congress goes on recess the rest of the world does not. . In Darfur, Western Sudan, 1,000 people die every day. More than 1 million Darfurians have been bombed and burnt out of their villages, and have had their crops and water supplies destroyed. Actions taken by the U.S. and the international community have not yielded satisfactory results. However, additional urgent action by governments and the United Nations to address this crisis CAN stop this genocide.
Concurrent resolutions introduced in the House and Senate declare that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide. The Administration should immediately call the situation in Darfur genocide and lead the international community to take urgent action. It must call upon the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on Sudan to halt the killing, provide humanitarian aid, and create safe political space for dialogue between the parties. The people of the Sudan can’t wait until after Labor Day.
Contact your members of Congress. Ask them to pressure the Administration to call the situation in Darfur by its rightful name: a genocide. Urge your members of Congress to keep the pressure on the President even though they are on recess. The situation in Darfur is dire; international action must be taken now. [US House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515; US Senate, Washington DC 20510] For more information log on to Friends Committee on National Legislation <http://www.fcnl.org/>.
Peace,
Arnie Matlin for GVCP