Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
PO Box 363 Geneseo NY 14454
Human Race Not Arms Race
November 1, 2003
Dear GVCP Member:
OCTOBER 25th BUS TO WASHINGTON A GREAT SUCCESS.
THANK YOU!!
NEXT GVCP MEETING: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 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 you are coming from the north. (Coe Rd runs east off Route 15.) 5077 is just south of Coe Rd, and just north of the church. ItÕs a big white house with pillars around the porch. Call 585-346-2612 for more information.]
WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING VIGILS FOR PEACE! 10:30 AM Ð 11:30 AM in Honeoye, Richmond Memorial Park, Route 20A. [Not Honeoye Falls!] [Sponsor: Concerned Citizens for Peace. [Judi Salsburg 585-229-4963 <jsalsburg@monroecc.edu>]
SAVE THE DATES: Thursday, November 6th 7:30 PM Lecture about Terror in the Middle East. SUNY Geneseo, Newton 204. Human rights activist Kathleen Kern worked in the West Bank city of Hebron from 1995 until October, 2002. She will provide an eyewitness view of the different forms of terrorism she has witnessed, and of the Israelis, Palestinians, and internationals she has worked with in the struggle for peace and human rights. Free and open to the public.
Sunday, November 9th 3:00 PM Middle East Peace Forum. 325 Nunda Blvd., Rochester. (325 is between Winton & Hillside.) Forum with two teachers and a graduate of the Hope Flowers school in Bethlehem. Hope Flowers is a Palestinian school dedicated to peace, nonviolence, democracy, and coexistence.
PEACE & JUSTICE DOUBLE FEATURE: Tuesday, November 18th Ð Friday, November 21st, Miami, Florida. Rally, march to oppose Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). (FTAA is NAFTA on Steroids. ) For more information: Alliance for Responsible Trade Website: <www.art-us.org> Email: <karen@art-us.org> 927 15th Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-898-1566,
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Saturday, November 22nd Ð Sunday, November 23rd, Fort Benning, GA. Shut Down the School of the Americas! Rally, music, meetings, and opportunity for nonviolent direct action. For more information: SOA Watch Website: <www.soaw.org>. Phone 202-234-3440.
CAMPAIGN TO STOP KILLER COKE Coca-Cola bottling plant managers in Colombia have conducted a campaign of murder, torture, and kidnapping to discourage labor organizing efforts in their factories. Please sign the enclosed letter and send it to the address listed. This is not exactly a boycott; it's a campaign to tear down Coca-Colas bright, shiny image, until the company stops these vicious activities. Note: The paramilitary death squads in Colombia have ties to the Colombian military and indirectly to the School of the Americas. [Personally, no more Diet Coke for me until the Stop Killer Coke campaign succeeds. It's unthinkable and undrinkable.] For more information: <www.killercoke.org> or
<stopkillercoke@aol.com>
Peace,
Arnie Matlin for GVCP