Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
PO Box 363 Geneseo NY 14454 <www.gvcp.org>
585-624-3673
“Human Race Not Arms Race”
July 28, 2005
NEXT GVCP ACTION: TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th, 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 and to remember the people who suffered from the use of these weapons 60 years ago. [No GVCP meeting in August.]
NEXT GVCP MEETING: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2:00 PM, 5077 South Livonia Rd (Route 15), South Livonia. [5077 is about 3 miles south of Route 20A. Look for Coe Rd if coming from the north. (Coe Road runs east off Route 15.) 5077 is just south of Coe Road, and just north of the church. It’s a big white house with pillars around the porch. Call 585-346-2612 for more information.]
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.
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2005. MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON, DC AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ! For more information about buses call Metro Justice 585-325-2560.
THIS MONTH’S LETTER Anti-Torture Legislation in Senate: August Action Needed! Speak out to stop torture! The August congressional recess is an ideal opportunity to contact our senators while they are home from Washington. Urge our senators to support the McCain amendment (#1557, as modified) to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2006 (S. 1042). Tell Senators Clinton & Schumer to send this message to the U.S. military: no intelligence information is worth abandoning our country’s long-standing moral position that we do not condone torture, ever.
The McCain amendment requires U.S. armed forces to observe humanitarian standards in international, national, and military law, the Geneva Conventions, the U.N. Convention Against Torture, our own U.S. Constitution, and our military’s rules governing military interrogations.
Tell Senators Clinton & Schumer that torture is inhumane, doesn't reflect our country’s moral values, and undermines human rights standards worldwide. Torture creates legions of enemies of the U.S., brings danger of retaliation on U.S. troops and travelers abroad, and does not work—it does not produce reliable intelligence 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
[Adapted from Friends Committee on National Legislation <fcnl@fcnl.org> <www.fcnl.org>]
Peace,