Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
PO Box 363 Geneseo NY 14454 <www.gvcp.org> 585-624-3673
“Human Race Not Arms Race”
November 8, 2006

NEXT GVCP ACTION:  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM, ANNUAL HOLIDAY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAR TOYS WEGMAN PLAZA, ROUTE 20A GENESEO. [NOTE RETURN TO OLD LOCATION FOR THIS ACTION.]  BRING PEACEFUL TOYS.  DRESS WARMLY!

NEXT GVCP MEETING: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th 1:15 PM (AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION) OMEGA RESTAURANT, ROUTE 20A GENESEO.  (Omega Restaurant is in the small plaza just west of Wegman Plaza.)  GVCP is honored to have a special guest at this meeting.  Corey Davis, who returned to the U.S. in August 2005 after serving a year as a machine gunner in Ramadi, Iraq, will discuss his experiences in Iraq and after his return.

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.

WEEKLY SUNDAY NOON VIGILS FOR PEACE: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM in Rochester.  East Ave. & Goodman St. [Call 585-442-3383] Sponsored by Peace Action & Education Task Force.

" THIS MONTH’S LETTERS: PEACEMAKER IN PRISON.  Fr. Carl Kabat, GVCP’s “adopted” prisoner of conscience, is awaiting sentencing for a non-violent, direct action against a nuclear missile silo in North Dakota.  Please write to Fr. Carl at Burleign County Detention Center, PO Box 1416, Bismarck, ND 58502.

WAR AGAINST IRAQ CONTINUES.  The Democrats won in House and Senate, and Rumsfeld resigned, but the war against Iraq goes on.  Most commentators believe that the war against Iraq was the most important deciding factor for voters on November 7th.  As much as many of us applaud these election results, they won’t make any difference to the U.S. GI’s or the Iraqi people unless we push our politicians to change U.S. policy.  We can discuss the best ways to bring about change at the next GVCP meeting.  In the meantime, write to your Representative and Senators and tell them that your goal is peace in Iraq.  Each of us can decide about the best way to bring about peace, and our ideas need not all be the same.  What is important is that politicians hear from us now!

WRITE or call your Representative and Senators Clinton and Schumer:

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 

Senator Charles Schumer Address: Federal Building 100 State St., Rm. 3040 Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-263-5866 Fax: 585-263-3173.

In Washington:  Senate: Washington, DC 20510; House: Washington, DC 20515

Peace,
Arnie Matlin for GVCP
GVCP is proud to be affiliated with Peace Action (formerly SANE/Freeze)