The
as yet unnamed:
WASHINGTON
DC AREA PEACE COALITION will meet:
Tuesday,
October 23rd, 7-9pm, St. Stephen’s Auditorium, 16th and Newton.
Potential agenda items:
-Revisiting Points of Unity
-Envisioning Coalition’s Mission
-Endorsing Actions
-Working Group Reports
-Proposals (name of group, nonviolence proposal, etc.)
FYI, this group
is slowly coming together as a grass roots group. There are some problems
dealing with a lot of old issues and brand new peace activists, but they are
being worked out. We expect a good 50-75 activists to be there—plus all of
you!! To get on the announce list email
justicenotrevengedc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Below are
selections from minutes of last meeting of greatest general interest: General
Meeting Notes - DC Area Peace Coalition in Formation Saturday, October 13, 2001
Carol Moore, note taker
...
1. PROCESS: Last
week decided a 90% vote could close discussion and 80% vote would be necessary to
pass a proposal. (In both last week’s
meeting, and again today, it was clarified and agreed, though not officially
voted upon, that abstentions were not counted as part of the vote, though they could
be recorded.)
4. POINTS OF UNITY
Facilitators had
listed the following points of Unity proposed at last meeting and suggested we see
how much support they had, without any discussion or amendment. (Note: to be further discussed, decided on
at Tues meeting.)
1. We oppose military intervention and war Vote:
Yes 32; No 2 PASSED
2. We oppose anti-Arab, anti-immigrant and all
forms of racial and religious violence and bigotry Vote: Yes 31; No 3 PASSED
3. We stand in defense of civil liberties Vote:
Yes 33; No 0 PASSED
4. We
mourn the victims and condemn the attacks of 9-11 Vote: Yes 31; No 2
PASSED
5. We seek global peace through economic and
social justice Vote: Yes 23; No 4; Abstain 4 FAILED
6. Justice not vengeance: bring the perpetrators
to justice through established principles of international law Vote: Yes 15; No 13; Abstain 3 FAILED
7. U.S.out of the Middle East Vote:
Yes, 6; No, 17; Abstain 8 FAILED
8. No cuts in domestic social spending for the
war budget Vote: Yes, 26; No, 2;
Abstain, 6 PASSED (Note: several working groups already formed.)
5. BRAIN STORM ON
ACTIONS WE MIGHT DO IN NEXT FEW WEEKS
*Letter to United Nations with plan for Bin Laden surrender *Anti-War
Voices protesting Sun Am TV shows (as was done successfully in 1998 & 1999)
*Make sure $ gets to veterans &Neighborhood leafleting
this Sunday 2:00 pm. Meet at Anacostia metro
*Leaflet Congress and the White House (even with home made
leaflets) to show there are anti-war protesters
*NIT Story (?)
*Protest where we all dress in white, be silent
*Public discussion/panel on peaceful alternatives to
government’s bombing
*Protest the Media Conglomerates
*Weekly vigil (NOTE: there are ongoing White House
Vigils at Noon and 5 PM at White House, plus drummers
there much of the time)
*Wear home-made sandwich signs with with peace messages
around metro and around town (one person doing it is getting more and more good
responses.)
*Protest at the Dept of Justice vs.the new Anti-Terrorism
law that broadens definition of terrorism, deprives immigrants of rights and allows
US to spy on protesters *Attend Black Community National Dialogue: War, Terrorism
& Peace (Tues 10-16, 6:30-9:30 pm, Howard Univ School of Law, Moot Court
Room Auditorium, 2900 Van Ness St NW near Van Ness/UDC redline stoop)
*Street Theater Die-Ins
*Sat. 10/20 Peace Parade.
1:00 pm Start Grant Circle (3 blocks North GA Ave/Petworth on Green Line)
and march to Sherman Circle (KS Ave and 5th St NW) Organized by
Youth Leadership 202-882-8677
*Sat. 10/20 6-8 pm
War, Peace & USA All Souls Church
16th & Harvard, discussions, open mic, poetry, music. Sponsored by WBAI
radio in exile and Independent Media Center *Wednesday, October 24 - National
Call-In Day for Peace and Justice. Call the White House Comment Line (202)
456-1111; the Secretary of State (202) 647-6575; or your congressional
representative, if you do not live in the District of Columbia
*Sat. 10/27 Stop War
& End Racism, day of coordinated activities organized by http://www.internationalanswer.org