[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013

[Drew]

I support this proposal.

Green is GO!

Drew

Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> wrote:
>Hello, All:
>
>
>      Do the Santa Clara Greens want to be listed as co-sponsors of an 
>Armistice Day observance rigging bells 11 times at the 11th hour on the
>
>11the day of the 11th month?  See below.
>
>
>       Spencer
>
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: 	Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for 
>Peace 2013
>Date: 	Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT)
>From: 	Charlotte Casey <ccasey at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: 	sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com
>To: 	sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com <sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com>
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>
>
>Ditto for San Jose Code Pink, Women for Peace
>
>
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>*From:* Joan Bazar <joanbazar at sbcglobal.net>
>*To:* sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com
>*Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:25 PM
>*Subject:* Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for 
>Peace 2013
>
>Yes.
>No question at all about wilpf endorsing, cosponsoring and turning up. 
>
>Send me any other details so I can post them to our national list.
>Joan B
>On 10/15/2013 12:30 PM, Phil wrote:
>>
>> If possible I would like the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and
>its 
>> member groups to Co-Sponsor the VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 
>> event on November 11.
>> “Co-Sponsor” for this event means to let members of your groups know 
>> about the event and ask them to participate if they are available.
>> When I make the flyer I will list groups that Co-Sponsor.
>>
>> Phil Pflager
>>
>======================================================================================
>> Ringing Bells for Peace 2013
>> On November 11, 1918 the guns of the "War to end wars" fell silent 
>> after more than 29,000,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded. Bells
>
>> rang out across the world to celebrate the silence, and in 1938, 
>> Congress declared Armistice Day, November 11, a national holiday, "to
>
>> be dedicated to the cause of world peace."
>> Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 invites you to observe ARMISTICE DAY
>by 
>> ringing bells 11 times at 11:00 on November 11 as was done at the end
>
>> of World War I when the world came together in realization that war
>is 
>> so horrible we must end it now. Please ask your local church to ring 
>> their bells and join us at 11am on the corner of Fourth and Santa 
>> Clara streets in San Jose for a solemn gathering of bell-ringing for 
>> peace.
>> After the solemn gathering, the 11am bell-ringing and a minute of 
>> silence there will be an opportunity to address the gathering with 
>> personal reflections. Banners and signs are fine but it would be best
>
>> if the ambience were more reserved until after the bell is rung.
>>
>> In 1954 Congress changed the holiday to "Veterans Day" to include 
>> World War II and November 11th became a day to honor American
>veterans 
>> of all wars rather than a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. 
>> In 2008, at the Veterans For Peace national convention it was voted
>to 
>> return to the original name of the holiday, "Armistice Day" in an 
>> attempt to restore the original intent.
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