People for Peace, Justice and Healing met September 24, 2005 at Assciated Ministries at 10:00 a.m. Present for check-in were Kyle, Colleen, Sheila, Katherine, Vivi, Karen, Mark, Sallie, and Scott. Discussion of march from Olympia to Ft. Lewis peace march on September 23 and newspaper article.
AGENDA
Conversation Cafe: Karen
Karen gave a brief review of Tuesday night's meeting -- attended by about
eight people -- who discussed "what they loved about America." The Bill
of Rights made a good showing as something Americans like about their
country. Karen K. handed out sheets for people to indicate their interest
in facilitating a C/C and quite a few people indicated an interest in
doing so. Next Tuesday's question: "How can things be going so wrong with so many
good people around?" There was a discussion of possible questions -- such
as emergency funding -- arising from our recent natural disasters i.e.
Hurricanes. C/C meets Tuesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. at the Mandolin Cafe just
3923 South 12th St..
There was also some discussion about sponsoring an event in (possibly) November that might, for instance, discuss preparation for natural (or other) "disasters." Tabled for future discussion.
Bill of Rights Day Celebration: Colleen
Colleen is leaving the country and Heather and Karen will organize the
program for Bill of Rights Day to be celebrated at the History Museum
auditorium on Thursday, December 15th as it has been for the last three
years. Co-sponsors are the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and ACLU.
Colleen and Karen met with Genevieve of ACLU and The Rebel Voices a
singing-story telling group from Seattle will be part of the program
which includes a public reading of the Bill of Rights. The working group
welcomes people to help with distribution of event materials, co-hosting
of the ACLU-Bill of Rights information table and choosing a speaker or
panel of speakers. Sheila (with PJH members concurring) indicated an
interest in hearing about "the relevance and importance of the Supreme
Court to our ordinary life" and Sallie promised to contact two lawyers
as possible speakers. Contact Karen at karenh@harborview.com if you are
interested in helping.
Peace Marathon -- November 18 and 19: Sallie
Lucas Smiraldo called Sallie and asked if we were interested in
sponsoring a 2- to 3-hour spoken word event during this Marathon which
will take place at Mario and Frances Lorenz's Center for Spiritual Living on
North Jay Street starting at 6:00 p.m. on November 18 and running through
to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 19th. We will do a vigil during their
opening hours on Friday, the 18th. People who indicated an interest in
appearing with the program were Sheila, Mark, Karen. Other names were
mentioned as potential "entertainment" and will be contacted.
Counter Recruitment: Sallie
The group will be hitting the schools this week -- Tuesday at Stadium --
to host a table with brochures and information about alternatives to
military service. The deadline for parents to submit forms indicating to
the schools to NOT automatically submit their children's names as
potential fodder, oops, contacts for recruitment is September 30. Karen
asked if we will have the forms to hand out and Sallie will contact the
schools and try to get the forms for the Counter Recruitment table.
Sallie needs more volunteers for this event. Recruiters hit some schools
as many as eleven times a month. If you can host a table at noon in one
of the high schools contact Sallie at Associated Ministries. We are
especially looking for college students to volunteer.
Citizen's Oversight Committee: Colleen
Colleen feels that going forward with the establishment of this
committee is at a key turning point. PAWG position is helped by the
inclusion in the cities settlement of the Brame family law suit by the
cities' agreement to establish a citizen's oversight committee.
Chris Hedges: Sallie and Mark
Mark's Monday night UFPPC reading group will read Hedges book, Was Is
a Force That Gives Us Meaning before Hedges's appearance on October 13 at
UPS. Mark's group meets Monday night, Oct. 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the Mandolin
Cafe, 3923 S. 12th St. Hedges, a
New York Times reporter wrote the book after serving as a reporter in Bosnia.
The event at Schneebeck Hall on the campus of the University of Puget
Sound is at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13th, and is free.
Fundraiser: Sallie
Tom Rawson will headline a fundraising event to benefit the Interfaith
Camp, to be held Summer 2006, at the Antique Sandwich Shop on November 5,
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this event will be available next week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Project Linus: This event, sponsored by Starbucks, is a blanket-making event for children at Mary Bridge Hospital. If you can tie a knot, says Starbucks, you can help make blankets. Events are held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and feature lively music, tasty treats and drinks while making blankets on the following dates at the following locations: Oct. 3 -- Rainier Pacific -- 15th and Commerce; Oct. 4 -- UW Tacoma by the UW bookstore on Pacific; Oct 5. -- Old Town -- N. 30th; Oct. 6 -- Proctor -- 26th and Proctor; Oct. 7 -- Key Bank -- 9th & Pacific; Oct. 8 -- 6th & Pine; Oct. 9 -- Westgate -- 26th & Pearl; Oct. 10 -- Lincoln Plaza -- 38th St.; Oct. 11th -- Tacoma Mall.
Meeting concluded for members attending Peace Rally, Westlake Mall, Seattle.
Respectfully,
Karen