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January 26, 2007

Be a Drum Major for Peace and Justice* this weekend!

Good Morning activists...
Here are a couple ways you can be "Drum Majors" in the struggle for peace and justice. I know how tempting it can be, to curl up with a good book on a cold January Sunday, but please consider doing something to help these organizations. Even if it's a simple as a small contribution, signing a petition or joining their e-mail list.

If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness. --Dr. Martin Luther King

Support the SOA 16
January 28-30, 2007 - SOA 16 Trial and Festival of Hope

On January 29, 2007 sixteen human rights activists will appear in federal court in Columbus, Georgia to put the SOA/WHINSEC on trial. The 16 were arrested on November 19, 2006, after carrying the protest to close the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) onto the Fort Benning Military Reservation, publicly defying the laws which prevent political speech on military bases and making a bold call for justice and accountability. On Sunday, January 28th we will honor our prisoners of conscience
The festival begins at 7pm
Howard Johnson Presidential Ball Room
Ph: 706-322-6641
1011 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA
Event Sponsored by School of the America's Watch

Don't be distracted
Don't turn away
Don't be overwhelmed
Don't be too busy
Don't delay...
Darfur can't wait."

Those are the powerful words of actress Meryl Streep on recent events in Dafur. Will you join us for the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day to stand for the people of Darfur at our Atlanta rally?

Rally for Darfur
Sunday, January 28, 2007
2-3 p.m.
The Selig Center - 1440 Spring Street
Ample on-site parking. Overflow parking at Puppetry Arts Center
Walking distance Marta Arts Center Station

Featuring
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and
David Rubenstein, National Save Darfur Coalition, Executive Director
For further information on the Rally or the Coalition
contact Noah Levine at 404.870.1604 or Lili Baxter at 404.870.1870
email: gadarfur[at]hotmail.com

At the rally, there will be a "roll call of conscience" where we will ask representatives of each organization present to state their name and their organization's name. The names will be heard one after another to create a
powerful chorus of support for the people of Sudan.
For more info and to add your organization's name to the list, please go to the following website: Shalomatlanta

Since 2003, violence, war, and disease have killed in excess of 200,000 people. Another 2 million – mostly women and children -have been forced to flee their homes.

Posted by Juliana at January 26, 2007 07:54 AM

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