Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
PO Box 363 Geneseo NY 14454 <www.gvcp.org>
585-624-3673
“Human Race Not Arms Race”
August 21, 2006
NEXT GVCP MEETING: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2:00 PM, 151 Cypress St., Rochester NY 14620. [Cypress St. runs east-west between Mt. Hope and South. Number 151 is on the south side of Cypress, close to Poplar St.]
WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING VIGILS FOR PEACE: 10:30–11:30 AM in Honeoye, Richmond Memorial Park, Route 20A. (Not Honeoye Falls.) [Judi Taylor 585-229-4963 <jsalsburg@monroecc.edu>] Sponsored by Honeoye Concerned Citizens.
"THIS MONTH’S LETTER: Support the Cease-Fire in the Middle East. Friends Committee on National Legislation has posted an excellent, user-friendly page about the war in Lebanon. <www.fcnl.org>. You can use the website to send a letter to the editor, with copies to your Senators and Representative. Here’s the text of the entire letter. (The website allows you to pick and choose paragraphs.)
The tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon is an important first step in resolving this latest cycle of violent attacks and reprisals. But there will be no end to the violence until the underlying issues behind the conflict are addressed by all the parties to the conflict.
Our Senators and Representative need to support the U.N. peacekeeping effort in Lebanon and call for a halt to all weapons shipments to the region, including weapons shipped from the United States to Israel.
The United States cannot sit out this conflict. The people of the U.S., Israel, and all peoples searching for security in the Middle East will be best served if Congress and the President choose the role of honest peace broker through strong, sustained, and peaceful diplomatic initiatives.
If you want to write or call Sens. Clinton and Schumer, here’s that information:
Local offices: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Address: Federal Building 100 State St., Room 3280 Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-263-6250 Fax: 585-263-6247
Peace,
Arnie Matlin for GVCP
Please let me know—if you haven’t already done this—whether you’d like me to send your name and address to Peace Action New York State. Send to GVCP or by email to: <ahmatlingvcp@igc.org