Peace Building, Mutual Aid, and Local Grassroots Community Efforts - Tulsa Peace Fellowship2024-03-28T10:11:56Zhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/forum/categories/peace-building-mutual-aid-and/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=noPeace Dividend: for a transition to a Peace Economytag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2021-12-14:2567841:Topic:1346692021-12-14T15:36:21.586ZTony Nusplhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl
<p>Online petition demands Peace Dividend<br></br><br></br>On behalf of our membership, TPF signed the petition <strong>"The 50 Nobelists' appeal: spend less on the military, more on human welfare!".</strong> Can you help by adding your name?</p>
<p>Presently just short of the goal to reach 1,500 signatures. You can read more and sign the petition here:</p>
<p><a href="https://chng.it/qJQmLTZMNv">https://chng.it/qJQmLTZMNv</a></p>
<div class="markdown-content"><h3>More than 50 Nobel laureates insist…</h3>
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<p>Online petition demands Peace Dividend<br/><br/>On behalf of our membership, TPF signed the petition <strong>"The 50 Nobelists' appeal: spend less on the military, more on human welfare!".</strong> Can you help by adding your name?</p>
<p>Presently just short of the goal to reach 1,500 signatures. You can read more and sign the petition here:</p>
<p><a href="https://chng.it/qJQmLTZMNv">https://chng.it/qJQmLTZMNv</a></p>
<div class="markdown-content"><h3>More than 50 Nobel laureates insist on "joint reduction of military expenditure by 2% every year for five years.”</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/14/nobel-laureates-cut-military-spending-worldwide-un-peace-dividend" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/14/nobel-laureates-cut-military-spending-worldwide-un-peace-dividend</a><br/> <a href="https://diasp.org/tags/cycleofviolence" class="tag">#cycleofviolence</a> <a href="https://diasp.org/tags/armsrace" class="tag">#armsrace</a></p>
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<p>Thanks! on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Tulsa Peace Fellowship</p> Intl Day of Sport For Peace & Dev't 6th Apriltag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2014-04-03:2567841:Topic:322132014-04-03T18:35:11.576ZAlbert KUNIHIRAhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/AlbertKUNIHIRA
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">2014 INTL DAY OF SPORT FOR PEACE & DEVT</span><br></br> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;">As we mark the first International Day of Sports for Peace & Dev’t, We would like to share with you our success story in Sport For Peace & Development Projects, kindly visit…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">2014 INTL DAY OF SPORT FOR PEACE & DEVT</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">As we mark the first International Day of Sports for Peace & Dev’t, We would like to share with you our success story in Sport For Peace & Development Projects, kindly visit <a href="http://www.aymu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108&Itemid=154" target="_blank">http://www.aymu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108&Itemid=154</a> OR <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fis.gd%2FOrQnyM&h=2AQGkrySs&enc=AZMVjSIKBapSu1tFW6J7disbPTuDKXmMndI5wwTpp2XcqhA5INN9aLemWOoX6mDjmV8GCXPOH8nl_8ywma3QPJKgFFS2K9hjUHB6v-NY0bh4rvkrjSIWf3c2PXesDNLNsaEvzGEAbp62hXMU99rtNoWG" target="_blank">http://is.gd/OrQnyM</a> and <a href="http://is.gd/HblYiy" target="_blank">http://is.gd/HblYiy</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">NETBALL & SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECTS: By visiting our provided web link here, your will be able to scroll through 100’s of our project photos, that will tell the long journey and successful story we have walked utilizing netball to cause social change in rural & urban poor communities, for details follow us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/netballforsocialchange/photos_albums">https://www.facebook.com/netballforsocialchange/photos_albums</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Besides, you can also visit our All Girls Deserve a Chance Sports Projects in Uganda by visiting us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/allgirlsdeserveachance/photos_albums">https://www.facebook.com/allgirlsdeserveachance/photos_albums</a></span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">You can visit a wide range of our Sports & Social Changes projects by visiting us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peaceandsportnu/photos_albums">https://www.facebook.com/peaceandsportnu/photos_albums</a></span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">To support this cause, kindly drop us an email at peacegames@aymu.org</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Let Peace Prevail on Earth,</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Albert KUNIHIRA</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">CEO/Peace & AIDS Activist/Event Coordinator</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Africa Youth Ministries</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">P.O. BOX 20029, Kampala-Uganda</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Plot 002 Jerusalem Avenue, Off Airport Road</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">P: +256-753-200002/ 793-200002/776-200002</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">E: peacegames@aymu.org I: <a href="http://www.aymu.org/" target="_blank">www.aymu.org</a></span> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">Online Giving: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aymu.givengain.org%2F&h=4AQGRuQO2&enc=AZNAj0qa0pVvLZX1Niw3ipTcH68RZ3ZtpV9_8lfPmGfs9k0JkQs3D6ASxkzl7qEtMXeuPU8ji8BfM6dHwbrv-45NlRvZVUKPL2NcGIbF6tDUGAcCcsl6ntZY-o1KhEdiC-mF2LvvcHqP1AjevqzyoZL3" target="_blank">www.aymu.givengain.org</a> Skype: stopaidsug</span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4">F: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/africayouthmini">www.facebook.com/africayouthmini</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310615699?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310615699?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-center"/></a></span></p> Creative Peacemaking Symposiumtag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2014-03-07:2567841:Topic:322012014-03-07T20:13:05.841ZTony Nusplhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl
<p><strong>Oklahoma City University | March 7-8, 2014</strong></p>
<p>The 2014 Creative Peacemaking Symposium will be held in the Marvel Williamson Center in the Kramer School of Nursing.</p>
<p>The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Oklahoma City University Oikos Scholars Program, the Social & Ecological Responsibility Initiative at Oklahoma City University, VOICE Oklahoma City, and the Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA</p>
<p>This collaborative two-day symposium will be exploring…</p>
<p><strong>Oklahoma City University | March 7-8, 2014</strong></p>
<p>The 2014 Creative Peacemaking Symposium will be held in the Marvel Williamson Center in the Kramer School of Nursing.</p>
<p>The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Oklahoma City University Oikos Scholars Program, the Social & Ecological Responsibility Initiative at Oklahoma City University, VOICE Oklahoma City, and the Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA</p>
<p>This collaborative two-day symposium will be exploring systemic approaches to peacemaking in education, networking, and advocacy. using on challenges and opportunities facing students, community leaders, and social and cultural organizations, we will explore effective ways for creating community-based programs and partnerships to address issues related to peace. Come join us as we work together toward a more peaceful planet.</p>
<p>For additional details, see below and view the agenda.</p>
<h2>Location</h2>
<p><strong>Kramer School of Nursing, Marvel Williamson Center</strong></p>
<p>The Kramer School of Nursing is located in two buildings on the south side of NW 27th Street between Florida and Blackwelder Avenues. The Marvel Williamson Center is on the 3rd Floor of the Kramer School of Nursing East.</p>
<p><strong>Parking</strong> is available in the large lot south of the one-story Kramer School of Nursing West, and NW of that building across from Freede Wellness Center.</p>
<h2>Symposium Schedule</h2>
<p>Registration, information packets, & meal tickets will be available at the entry to the Williamson Center.</p>
<p><strong>Friday, March 7th, 2014</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">8:30 Registration</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9:00 Welcome: Mark Davies, Dean, Petree College of Arts & Sciences </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9:30 First Plenary Address: Robertson Work, "Four Faces of War and Peace: Mind, Behavior, Culture, System"</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">10:45 Breakout groups (Education, Advocacy, Networking)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">12:30 Lunch, OCU Cafeteria (McDaniel University Center)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1:30 Second Plenary Address: Ernie Cortes, “Organizing and peacemaking”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2:45 Break</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3:00 Breakout groups</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5:00 Break</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">6:00 Banquet, Leichtner Reunion Room, Freede Wellness Center: Neal Christie, speaker, “Global takeaways from peace building”</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, March 8th</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9:00 Welcome</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">9:30 Third Plenary Address: Pat Hoerth & Nathaniel Batchelder</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">10:45 Break</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">11:00 Breakout groups</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">12:30 Lunch: OCU Cafeteria</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1:30 Breakout sessions </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2:45 Break</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3:00 Action decisions: adjourning by 4:30pm</p>
<h2>Registration</h2>
<p>Registration is inclusive of midday meals both Friday and Saturday. Oklahoma City University students, faculty, and staff may attend the event at no charge.</p>
<p>Symposium Event Registration - $75.00 in advance, $80 at the door</p>
<p>Oklahoma City University Student, Faculty, Staff Event Registration - Free</p>
<p>Friday Banquet Dinner ONLY (6-8pm) - $25.00</p>
<h2>Plenary speakers</h2>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/images/nathaniel.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="150"/><br/>Nathaniel Batchelder</strong>, Director of the Peace House Oklahoma City</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/images/nealChristie.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="150"/><br/>Neal Christie</strong>, Assistant General Secretary of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society (GBCS) for Education and Leadership Formation</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/images/ErnieCortes.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="150"/><br/>Ernesto (Ernie) Cortés</strong>, founding organizer of the Industrial Areas Foundation</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/images/pathoerth.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="150"/><br/>Pat Hoerth</strong>, Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader at Turtle Rock Farm: A Center for Sustainability, Spirituality and Healing on the prairie in north central Oklahoma.</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/images/robertson.jpg" alt="" height="158" width="150"/><br/>Robertson Work</strong>, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; UN Consultant; Director, Innovative Leadership Services; Fulbright Senior Specialist; and Senior Fellow, NYU Research Center for Leadership in Action. Formerly, UNDP Principal Policy Advisor for Decentralized Governance, and Executive Director of the Institute of Cultural Affairs in the Republic of Korea, Jamaica and Venezuela.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/">http://www.okcu.edu/creativepeace/</a></p> gun violence, gun promotions, and gun controltag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2013-01-05:2567841:Topic:242262013-01-05T20:18:53.155ZTony Nusplhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl
<p>Posting on behalf of a TPF Steering Committee member:</p>
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<blockquote><p>I just wrote to Tulsa Channel 6 (CBS) TV to question their lack of judgment in running (multiple) ads on Friday, Jan 4, for the Metcalf Gun Show in Tulsa this weekend. Channel 6 News was still covering the Sandy Hook massacre story...<br></br> <br></br>If you saw the article about the Stamford Connecticut newspaper, the Stamford Advocate, recently running a gun show ad RIGHT NEXT TO A STORY ABOUT SANDY HOOK you may…</p>
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<p>Posting on behalf of a TPF Steering Committee member:</p>
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<blockquote><p>I just wrote to Tulsa Channel 6 (CBS) TV to question their lack of judgment in running (multiple) ads on Friday, Jan 4, for the Metcalf Gun Show in Tulsa this weekend. Channel 6 News was still covering the Sandy Hook massacre story...<br/> <br/>If you saw the article about the Stamford Connecticut newspaper, the Stamford Advocate, recently running a gun show ad RIGHT NEXT TO A STORY ABOUT SANDY HOOK you may understand that I think Channel 6 is just about guilty of the same insensitivity.<br/> <br/>Anyone else want to contact Channel 6 about this? Personally, I think they are participating in promoting <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1357416852_1">gun shows</span> and should be called to account. Our gun culture doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is reinforced in many ways, including by the gun show ads on TV.<br/> <br/>Tulsa has the biggest gun shows in the country. Gun shows are the easiest place to buy multiple guns with no background checks.</p>
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<p>i WAS TRYING TO GET THIS VIDEO INTO DISCUSSION</p>
<p>i WAS TRYING TO GET THIS VIDEO INTO DISCUSSION</p> A Third Place Community is Planting Trees in Turley (Far North Tulsa), 26th June, 2011tag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2011-06-16:2567841:Topic:119622011-06-16T16:42:24.340ZTony Nusplhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl
<p>A Third Place shares many of the goals of TPF, including sustainability and justice, and is implementing a tactic of mutual aid for North Tulsans. Over the past few years, A Third Place has established a firm foundation and accomplished a great deal in the North Tulsa / Turley community - from community gardens to food banks, nutrition classes to health clinics, arts and crafts to holiday celebrations. It’s a place for people to come together to solve shared challenges at the grassroots…</p>
<p>A Third Place shares many of the goals of TPF, including sustainability and justice, and is implementing a tactic of mutual aid for North Tulsans. Over the past few years, A Third Place has established a firm foundation and accomplished a great deal in the North Tulsa / Turley community - from community gardens to food banks, nutrition classes to health clinics, arts and crafts to holiday celebrations. It’s a place for people to come together to solve shared challenges at the grassroots level. Their message is that power lies with the people.<br/><br/>The "TulsaNorth/Turley" neighborhoods will receive a free fruit tree orchard after A Third Place won in a online voting competition / contest for similarly deserving projects across the nation. <br/><br/>The planting of the orchard in Turley takes place next weekend. This is an all-day event, Sunday, June 26, 2011 · 8:00am - 6:00pm<br/><br/>See the facebook event to let them know you can help:<br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215118135188573" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215118135188573</a> <br/><br/>Further details available here, on their blog:<br/><a href="http://turleyok.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://turleyok.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=19</a><br/><br/>More information on the orchard competition, held each year, can be seen at <a href="http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.communitiestakeroot.com</a></p>
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<p>Also recommended, this blog essay by Rev. Ron Robinson:<br/> <br/> "The Pragmatics of Collaboration and Hope: The Example and Story of the Turley/Far North Tulsa Area"<br/> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://turleyok.blogspot.com/2010/10/ou-lecture-pragmatics-of-collaboration.html">http://turleyok.blogspot.com/2010/10/ou-lecture-pragmatics-of-collaboration.html</a></p> May 7 demo out of Afghanistan Banner neededtag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2011-05-05:2567841:Topic:90622011-05-05T02:02:27.352ZJean Mcmahonhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/JeanMcmahon
In light of the death of Osama Bin Laden I think we should emphasize the "Out of Afghanistan"message..Mo Osama,no Al Kaeda there so lets leave..
In light of the death of Osama Bin Laden I think we should emphasize the "Out of Afghanistan"message..Mo Osama,no Al Kaeda there so lets leave.. Nukes and Tsunamitag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2011-03-11:2567841:Topic:69842011-03-11T16:47:09.656ZJean Mcmahonhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/JeanMcmahon
<h2 class="yiv1979195036title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font: 1.2em Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://nukefree.org/editorsblog/japans-quake-could-have-irradiated-entire-us" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font: 1.33em Georgia,Times,serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Japan's Quake Could Have Irradiated the Entire US"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299861567_2">Japan's Quake Could Have…</span></a></h2>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.333em; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"/>Had the massive 8.9 Richter-scale earthquake that has just savaged Japan hit off the California coast, it could have ripped apart at least four coastal reactors and sent a lethal cloud of radiation across the entire United States. (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nukefree.org/ace-hoffman-computerized-graphic-what-if-chernobyl-hit-america" title="http://nukefree.org/ace-hoffman-computerized-graphic-what-if-chernobyl-hit-america" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(47, 114, 161);"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299861567_4">http://nukefree.org/ace-hoffman-computerized-graphic-what-if-chernobyl-h...</span></a> ) <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"/><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"/>The two huge reactors each at San Onofre and <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299861567_5">Diablo Canyon</span> are not designed to withstand such powerful shocks. All four are extremely close to major faults. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"/><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"/>All four reactors are located relatively low to the coast. They are vulnerable to tsunamis like those now expected to hit as many as fifty countries.</p> International Women's Day Event in Tulsatag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2011-03-08:2567841:Topic:71622011-03-08T15:42:37.109ZJean Mcmahonhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/JeanMcmahon
he event at the <b>River Parks Pedestrian Bridge at 3000 South Riverside next Tuesday March 8, 2011 at 11 AM.</b><br />
<p>There is a large parking lot on the east side of Riverside off 31<sup>st</sup> Street. <u>Dress warmly</u> because there can be a chilly breeze on the bridge.</p>
<p>Here is a letter a have posted to my blog site.</p>
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<p>Dear friends,</p>
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<p>Next Tuesday on March 8th, thousands of women across the globe will be meeting on bridges in a second annual "Join me on…</p>
he event at the <b>River Parks Pedestrian Bridge at 3000 South Riverside next Tuesday March 8, 2011 at 11 AM.</b><br />
<p>There is a large parking lot on the east side of Riverside off 31<sup>st</sup> Street. <u>Dress warmly</u> because there can be a chilly breeze on the bridge.</p>
<p>Here is a letter a have posted to my blog site.</p>
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<p>Dear friends,</p>
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<p>Next Tuesday on March 8th, thousands of women across the globe will be meeting on bridges in a second annual "Join me on the Bridge" campaign building bridges of peace and calling for an end to violence against women in zones of conflict. In 2010 over 20,000 people took part in 119 events across 21 countries. This year thousands more are expected with 200+ events confirmed. </p>
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<p>That day marks the 100th anniversary of Women's Day International, and "we will honor our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers" who took a strong and brave stand for women’s equality 100 years ago. (Women for Women Int'l)</p>
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<p>We will be gathering from China to Australia, Europe to the Congo, Mexico to Pakistan, Russia to the U.S. carrying signs and banners with messages of peace that read, "No to War," "Stop the violence," Yes to Peace." Many women in places like the Congo and Rwanda will be walking for hours or days to get to their bridges.</p>
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<p>We will stand in solidarity with women f rom war-torn countries particularly, this year, for the women of Afghanistan who need a seat at the peace negotiation table in an effort to help rebuild their country. "One hundred brave Afghan women, who are suffragettes of today, will stand on a bridge in Kabul, to take a stand on two fronts:</p>
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<li>To demand a seat on the High Peace Council, known as 'the Jirga'. The Jirga is negotiating with the Taliban at the expense of women's rights.</li>
<li>To oppose a new law being presented by the Karzai government that will decentralize the justice system so that individual cases are settled by local Jirgas (councils)."</li>
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<p>(Women for Women Int'l) </p>
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We will stand strong, here in Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A., on <b>Tuesday, March 8th at 11 :00 AM on the River Parks Pedestrian Bridge</b>, as a sign of unity and our commitment to help build bridges of peace across the world today. signs for March Demotag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2011-02-28:2567841:Topic:62622011-02-28T07:18:45.989ZJean Mcmahonhttp://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/JeanMcmahon
It is necessary that we remind Tulsans that NON VIOLENT actions brought down the dictatoers on Eqypt and Tunsia.Maybe Wiconsin is next..<a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824961/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175360/tomgram%3A_andy_kroll%2C_the_spirit_of_egypt_in_madison/" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_1">Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Spirit of…</span></a>
It is necessary that we remind Tulsans that NON VIOLENT actions brought down the dictatoers on Eqypt and Tunsia.Maybe Wiconsin is next..<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824961/25612/goto:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175360/tomgram%3A_andy_kroll%2C_the_spirit_of_egypt_in_madison/" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_1">Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Spirit of Egypt in Madison</span></a> Right now, at the invaluable <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824962/25612/goto:http://antiwar.com/past/20110225.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_2">Antiwar.com</span></a> website -- overflowing with blazing headlines -- you can see two worlds of trouble awkwardly intertwined. The first is a <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_3">Middle East</span> newly afire, one in which Muammar Qaddafi’s rotting, mad regime <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824963/25612/goto:http://news.antiwar.com/2011/02/24/major-clashes-reported-as-protests-near-libyan-capital/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_4">is shrinking</span></a> to the size of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_5">Libya</span>’s capital, <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_6">Tripoli</span>, while the rest of the region continues to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824964/25612/goto:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/world/middleeast/26unrest.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_7">light up</span></a> with protest. In <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_8">Iraq</span>, tens of thousands of demonstrators <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824965/25612/goto:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022502781.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_9">ignored government warnings</span></a> and curfews to attend a nationwide “day of rage” for a better life, “storming provincial government offices in several cities” and forcing government officials to resign, even as they faced tear gas, batons, and in some cases real bullets. <br/> <br/> Elsewhere nervous rulers were moving to placate their restless, angry populations, including 87-year-old Saudi King Abdullah, a sclerotic, American-backed autocrat who just announced a massive <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824966/25612/goto:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775704576162033589953902.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_10">$36 billion package</span></a> of benefits (think: bribe) aimed at his own people, lest they, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824967/25612/goto:http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=24025"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_11">too</span></a>, get out of hand. Nonetheless, as an Antiwar.com headline tells us, the King -- according to a <em><span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_12">New York Times</span></em> report, so <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824968/25612/goto:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/world/middleeast/20saudi.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_13">“popular”</span></a> as to be almost invulnerable to “democracy movements” -- now faces <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_14">Facebook</span> threats of the first “day of rage” in his kingdom. The U.S. is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://e2ma.net/go/6975801846/208479547/219824969/25612/goto:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/world/middleeast/25diplomacy.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_15">still betting</span></a> that its <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_16">Persian Gulf</span> autocrats and oil sheiks will emerge as winners, but hold onto your hats. In a crunch, the Saudi king’s popularity may prove all-too-Mubarakian, meaning that <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298877020_17">Washington</span> would again find itself on the wrong side of history. <br/>