Standing Together Against Intolerance: Interfaith Service
Saturday Sept. 11, 2010
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust Street
With representation from leaders in the Muslim, Christian, and Interfaith communities [list of participants is growing], we stand together with one voice to reclaim the value of our shared humanity and honor the Sacred that sustains all of us.
We want to say “No More!” to the voices of intolerance and distrust which assume that difference means menace. At this short service we will honor our diversity of faith and cultures by standing together, committed to peace.
Will you join us?
Participating List Below:
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IOW Travels to Kansas City to "Close It, Clean It, Don't Repeat It!"
The Mice Will Play
Soy beans have given way
to busy yellow bees.
Beans plowed under as
Cats go round and round,
pushing and packing good earth,
clearing the way for a new generation,
for the planting of sanctioned terror,
a second round of readiness,
to threaten all generations.
The merry band of specks,
like mice file into a field,
meandering toward the Cats,
sowing wildflowers as they go.
Through deep mud they trod
into the forward path of one Cat.
and securely surround it.
One speck detains another Cat
and the worker bees fall silent
across the field’s expanse.
While the Cats are waylaid,
the mice will play.
And for a portion of minutes,
the only movement
across this piece of earth is
the silent sprouting of wildflowers.
Bill Ramsey, Kansas City
August 16, 2010
"Activists arrested at Kansas City nuclear weapons facility"
By Joshua J. McElwee-National Catholic Reporter
Singing choruses of “we shall not be moved” while
scattering sunflower seeds, 14 activists were arrested here Aug. 16
after blocking an earth moving vehicle on the site of a proposed
nuclear weapons manufacturing facility.
The acts of civil disobedience came at the end of a three-day
conference which drew peace activists here from around the nation. The
efforts were aimed at building awareness of and resistance to the
construction of the weapons plant, which will replace an existing
plant here.
The new plant, which will make non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons,
is set to be the nation’s first new major nuclear weapons production
facility in 32 years.
To see the whole article: http://ncronline.org/news/peace/catholic-activists-arrested-kansas-city-nuclear-weapons-facility
3 Months After BP Spill, Choose a Side: People or Polluters?
On July 20th, concerned citizens from across Missouri gathered at Senator Claire McCaskill’s office to mark the three-month anniversary of the BP oil disaster and to remind Senator McCaskill that we cannot afford to wait 50 years to transition to a clean energy future. Speaking directly to her, Will Fischer of Climate Action St. Louis demanded that she, “In the wake of continued inaction, cross the line and stand with people, not polluters. To move towards a clean energy future, we demand that you reject campaign contributions from dirty energy corporations, work to switch federal subsidies from polluting fossil fuels to renewable technologies, and support an end to offshore drilling.”
Activists dressed as oil and coal executives presented a large check signed by BP, Peabody, and other dirty energy companies to highlight the influence of dirty energy money in politics. In recognition of the ongoing devastation in the gulf, demonstrators performed an oil “spill-in,” blocking traffic for 10 minutes, and then asked the Senator to choose a side.
The coalition that staged the event included Climate Action St. Louis, Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment, Missouri Student Environmental Coalition, St. Louis Instead of War Coalition, Student Sierra Coalition, Washington University Climate Justice Alliance, Green Action, 1Sky, Labadie Environmental Organization, and the Catholic Action Network.
Caterpillar: "Take the Responsibility, Do the Right Thing!"
"On June, 9th we traveled to Chicago to participate in an action with several groups to protest Caterpillar's sales of militarized bulldozers to Israel that are used to destroy Palestinian life. We traveled to participate in this campaign because we strongly believe that divestment is the strongest tool that we have to changing US participation in the Israeli governments policy of Apartheid towards the people of Palestine. Caterpillar and its equipment are responsible for the loss of life, loss of homes, loss of agriculture and infrastructure as well as continuing to build and support an apartheid structure. Our goal today is to tell Caterpillar: "Take Responsibility and Do the Right Thing."' -Colleen Kelly, Sandra Tamari and Mark Chmiel
Condemning Israel's attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla
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Immigration and Civil Rights March Draws over 2,000!
Two thousand people gathered in Kiener Plaza on May 1, to demand just and fair federal immigrant reform legislation. It was one of a dozen of such rallies across the country, most scheduled weeks ago and made more dramatic by passage last week of a tough anti-immigrant law in Arizona.
The St. Louis Instead of War Coalition participated in various ways, from contributing to the organizing, assembling peace keepers and building puppetistas!
Check out the coverage:
Post-Dispatch
Globe Democrat
You Tube
RiverCity Examiner
Update from the People's Settlement!
The People's Settlement went well!
Make sure you are checking out our blog for a summary!
www.peoplessettlement.blogspot.com
Here's some great video of the Bank of America Action:
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