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<td>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:05:21 -0700 (PDT)</td>
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<td>Kalmran Alavi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:calm_ron@yahoo.com"><calm_ron@yahoo.com></a></td>
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<td>Wes Rolley <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wrolley@charter.net"><wrolley@charter.net></a></td>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> James Walsh
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jwprod1956@clearwire.net"><jwprod1956@clearwire.net></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Organizer Newspaper
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:theorganizer@energy-net.org"><theorganizer@energy-net.org></a>; Peace and Justice List
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peaceandjusticesjc@lists.riseup.net"><peaceandjusticesjc@lists.riseup.net></a>; PNN
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:editor@pnn.com"><editor@pnn.com></a>; tccp list <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tccplist@sbcglobal.net"><tccplist@sbcglobal.net></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, October 26,
2009 8:02:35 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Contagious Love
Experiment<br>
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style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">My Friends,</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">Please help spread the word.
Forward to all who might be interested.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">Jim Walsh</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">209-981-0544</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"> </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Press
Release:
Monday, October 26<sup>th</sup> , 2009</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">What: Speaking engagement
sponsored by Peace and Justice Network of San Joaquin County</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Who: The Contagious Love
Experiment , Iraq Vets Speak Out </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">with Josh Stieber and John
Conor Curran</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Where: First Unitarian
Universalist Church </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;"> 2737 Pacific
Ave. Stockton</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">When: Friday, November 6<sup>th</sup>,
2009 7:00 p.m.</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Admission free. Donations
will be accepted.</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6pt;"><b><i><font
face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic;">Two
Young Veterans Walk and Bike Across Country with a Message of Peace <br>
</span></font></i></b><br>
Armed with only backpacks containing essentials and items to document
their journey, Josh Stieber and John Conor Curran are on the move. <br>
<br>
The Iraq War veterans are traveling across the country on foot and
bicycles, spreading a message of peace on what they call the
“Contagious Love Experiment.” <br>
<br>
A soldier turned conscientious objector, Stieber, 21, decided that if
he believed war created more problems than it solved, that he would
journey to learn about, promote, and invest his "war-money" to peaceful
alternatives. Stieber says one of his inspirations is "a guy who said
'give away your wealth to those in need and love everybody"<br>
<br>
This is a very different view of what religion means than when Stieber,
a Gaithersburg , Maryland native, with the backing of his conservative
church, enlisted in the army as an infantryman based on his religious
beliefs.<br>
<br>
“My view of strength and duty was that I was right, everyone else had
it wrong and one way or another people needed to be forced into what I
believed-religion, democracy, etc. and that would make the world a
better place. Listening to other perspectives” says Stieber "was what I
considered to be weak". <br>
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After a 14-month tour in Iraq , Stieber became a conscientious objector.<br>
<br>
“When it got to the point to where our strategy seemed like we were
trying to out-intimidate the supposed terrorists, I realized that
forcing someone to agree with you at the point of a gun doesn't change
much, when that force is gone, nothing has changed. What does matter is
the internal condition which can be guided by love just as easily as
fear.” says Stieber.<br>
<br>
Stieber started the cross-country journey in Gaithersburg , Maryland on
May 28, 2009, and will be stopping in Stockton on Friday, November 6<sup>th</sup>
for a speaking engagement at the First Unitarian <font face="Garamond"><span
style="font-family: Garamond;">Universalist </span></font>Church at
7:00 p.m. On his journey, Stieber is attending speaking engagements and
visiting a number of charities whose objectives he admires and donating
to them the money he was paid in Iraq . To date, Stieber has walked
from his home in Maryland to Boston to Cincinnati before beginning on
foot, visited seven charities, spoken at dozens of venues and
encountered the kindness of countless strangers for food, shelter, and
wisdom. <br>
<br>
“When it is culturally encouraged to be the most recognized, own the
nicest stuff, and to beware of somebody possibly doing better than you,
it has been extremely refreshing to meet so many people who consider
others as important as themselves and have a strong faith in common
humanity” says Stieber.<br>
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But the journey has not been without contention. <br>
<br>
"Some people say that this trip is just me working off my guilt or
something and that I simply don't understand how the world works. Most
people say it respectfully, but there has been some criticisms stated
harsher.” says Stieber.<br>
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Traveling with Stieber is Conor Curran, a Perrysburg, Ohio resident and
former Marine. Also a veteran of the Iraq War, Curran, 25, served two
tours in Iraq before his 2008 discharge. Now a peace activist, Curran
felt compelled to join Stieber after learning about the project.<br>
<br>
“In this new generation of warfare against an insurgency, time is our
enemy’s primary weapon,” says Curran. “The only way to fight back
against a weapon like time is with peace, understanding, and an active
dialogue. If we continue to fight an insurgency with violence and the
U.S. military machine of force, our resources will be devastatingly
depleted, while having created a wake of enemies in the process.”<br>
<br>
Curran joined Stieber in Toledo , Ohio and is accompanying him on the
remainder of the journey. The men plan to reach San Francisco by the
beginning of November. For more details of their journey see their blog
at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="blocked::http://www.contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com/"
href="http://www.contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com/"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com</a>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For
more information on this event contact Jim Walsh (209) 981-0544, send
e-mail to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jwprod1956@clearwire.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:jwprod1956@clearwire.net">jwprod1956@clearwire.net</a>
or go to the PJN website at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pjnsjc.org/">http://www.pjnsjc.org/</a> .</span></font></p>
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