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Mother’s Day for Peace

Julia Ward Howe

Cross-posted from: http://www.peace.ca/mothersdayproclamation.htm

Mothers’ Day Proclamation: Julia Ward Howe, Boston, 1870

Mother’s Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women who had lost their sons. Here is the original Mother’s Day Proclamation from 1870, followed by a bit of history (or should I say “herstory”):

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Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts,
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!

Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.  It says “Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.”

Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.  As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.

Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870

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Mother’s Day for Peace – by Ruth Rosen.

Honor Mother with Rallies in the Streets. The holiday began in activism; it needs rescuing from commercialism and platitudes.

Every year, people snipe at the shallow commercialism of Mother’s Day. But to ignore your mother on this holy holiday is unthinkable. And if you are a mother, you’ll be devastated if your ingrates fail to honor you at least one day of the year.

Mother’s Day wasn’t always like this. The women who conceived Mother’s Day would be bewildered by the ubiquitous ads that hound us to find that “perfect gift for Mom.”  They would expect women to be marching in the streets, not eating with their families in restaurants.  This is because Mother’s Day began as a holiday that commemorated women’s public activism, not as a celebration of a mother’s devotion to her family.

Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis and daughter Anna

The story begins in 1858 when a community activist named Anna Reeves Jarvis organized Mothers’ Works Days in West Virginia.  Her immediate goal was to improve sanitation in Appalachian communities.  During the Civil War, Jarvis pried women from their families to care for  the wounded on both sides. Afterward she convened meetings to persuale men to lay aside their hostilities.

In 1872, Julia Ward Howe, author of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, proposed an annual Mother’s Day for Peace.  Committed to abolishing war, Howe wrote: “Our husbands shall not come to us reeking with carnage… Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs”.

For the next 30 years, Americans celebrated Mothers’ Day for Peace on June 2.

Many middle-class women in the 19th century believed that they bore a special responsibility as actual or potential mothers to care for the casualties of society and to turn America into a more civilized nation.  They played a leading role  in the abolitionist movement to end slavery.  In the following decades, they launched successful campaigns against lynching and consumer fraud and battled for improved working conditions for women and protection for children, public health services and social welfare assistance to the poor.
To the activists, the connection between motherhood and the fight for social and economic justice seemed self-evident.

In 1913, Congress declared the second Sunday in May to be Mother’s Day.  By then, the growing consumer culture had successfully redefined women as consumers for their families.  Politicians and businessmen eagerly enbraced the idea of celebrating the private sacrifices made by individual mothers.  As the Florists’ Review, the industry’s trade jounal, bluntly put it, “This was a holiday that could be exploited.”

The new advertising industry quickly taught Americans how to honor their mothers – by buying flowers.  Outraged by florists who were selling carnations for the exorbitant price of $1 apeice, Anna Jarvis’ duaghter undertook a campaging against those who “would undermine Mother’s Day with their greed.”
But she fought a losing battle.  Within a few years, the Florists’ Review triumphantly announced that it was “Miss Jarvis who was completely squelched.”

Since then, Mother’s Day has ballooned into a billion-dollar industry.

Americans may revere the idea of motherhood and love their own mothers, but not all mothers.  Poor, unemployed rmothers may enjoy flowers, but they also need child care, job training, health care, a higher minimum wage and paid parental leave.  Working mothers may enjoy breakfast in bed, but they also
need the kind of governmental assistance provided by every other industrialized society.

With a little imagination, we could restore Mother’s Day as a holiday that celebrates women’s political engagement in society.  During the 1980’s, some peace groups gathered at nuclear test sites on Mother’s Day to protest the arms race.  Today, our greatest threat is not from missilies but from our indifference toward human welfare and the health of our planet.  Imagine, if you can, an annual Million Mother March in the nation’s capital.  Imagine a Mother’s Day filled with voices demanding social and economic justice and a sustainable future, rather than speeches studded with syrupy platitudes.

Some will think it insulting to alter our current way of celebrating Mother’s Day.  But public activism does not preclude private expressions of love and gratitude. (Nor does it prevent people from expressing their appreciation all year round.)

Nineteenth century women dared to dream of a day that honored women’s civil activism.  We can do no less. We should honor their vision with civic activism.

Ruth Rosen is a professor of history at UC Davis.
Reprinted with permission

Take Westchester Peace Train to Sunday, May 2 Rally & March for Peace in NYC

SUNDAY, May 2 Rally and March for Peace & Human Needs in NYC, starting at 2 PM

Download Westchester May 2 Flyer 

Download Westchester Peace Train Schedule

Hop on a Metro North Train and plan to arrive before 2:00 PM.  Meet at Grand Central Main Lobby at 1:50 PM and/or assemble with Westchester contingent at 38th Street and 7th Avenue  

Please RSVP on Evite  or Facebook so we’ll know if you’re coming.

Join with thousands from around the world for an International Day of Action, in connection with the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference taking place at the United Nations.  Bring your posters, your drums, your children and your neighbors to say to the world and the leaders who will come to the UN :   

• We want a Nuclear Free Future!
• Fund Human Needs, Not War!
• End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
• Protect the planet instead of destroying it with war and nuclear proliferation!

Sunday, May 2 Events Schedule
1:30 PM                      Assembly (7th Ave +  South of 41st Street)
2:00 – 3:30 PM    Rally

3:30 PM                     March across 42nd Street to the United Nations
4:00 – 6:00 PM     International Peace & Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

Many other events are taking place in connection with the NPT Treaty review conference, including:

International Conference For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
April 30 – May 1, 2010

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Address
International Conference at Riverside Church

On the eve of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will address the “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World” International Conference at the Riverside Church.

The UN Secretary-General’s participation in the international conference reflects the urgency and importance of the engagement of grassroots peace and disarmament movements in the drive to eliminate nuclear weapons. Ban is urging the nuclear powers to take immediate steps to fulfill their NPT disarmament obligation, and has put forward a “Five Point Plan” calling on them to begin their promised ‘good faith negotiations’ for nuclear weapons abolition. 

Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027-5788

More info at:  www.PeaceAndJusticeNow.org

Download Westchester May 2 Flyer  �
Download Westchester Peace Train Schedule

Three days that can change the world!

Message from www.PeaceAndJusticeNow.org

Three days that can change the world! 

April 30-May 2 in New York City, thousands of activists from around the world will take a stand against nuclear weapons with a groundbreaking conference on disarmament and a mass demonstration of global importance—the culmination of a global petition campaign involving over 4 million people.

We call on you to stand with the Hibakusha, the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Yoko Ono, LUSH Cosmetics, President Obama, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and peace and disarmament activists from countries around the globe to take action for a world free of nuclear weapons.

This week, international artist Yoko Ono urged participation in the three days of action on her website. 

LUSH, the international organic cosmetics company, is calling for support of the petition campaign calling upon President Obama to engage in “multilateral negotiations on an international agreement to abolish nuclear weapons, within our lifetimes.”

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  confirmed his participation in the International Conference for Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World. Last fall, he said, “nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world,”

Last year, President Obama reminded the world that taking steps towards a world without nuclear weapons is a moral responsibility. Without action, organizing and protest, that moral responsibility will never be realized.

There is still time to help change history.

1) Be in Times Square at 1:30 PM on Sunday, May 2!

Rally in Times Square (South of 41th Street on 7th Avenue) to call for No Nukes, No Wars, Fund Human Needs, Protect the Planet!

March to Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at the UN with Hibakusha,  people from the US who have been harmed by uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, as well as peace activists and nuclear abolitionists from across the US and countries around the world.. Close the afternoon by participating in a dynamic International Peace & Music Festival from 4-6:00 PM.

2) Watch Live Web Streaming of  International Conference for Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World, April 30 -May1.

On the eve of the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will join over 800 participants at historic Riverside Church in Manhattan to discuss the urgency of nuclear abolition and the new opportunities for disarmament.

The abolition of nuclear weapons and shifting the world’s resources from war planning to feeding, healing and housing the peoples of the world is what is needed in the 21st century. We must make it happen, in our lifetime.

Live Web Streaming

The conference is now at full capacity. We are working on the logistics for live web streaming of Ban Ki-moon’s address, and all the plenary speakers on Friday night and Saturday. Check www.peaceandjusticenow.org on Friday, April 30 for details.

3) Donate today to help put an end to nuclear weapons.

You can help make history even if you cannot attend the conference or join thousands in the street on May 2.  Your contributions large and small will help make this historic event a success and help ensure our continued work to rid the globe of the threat of nuclear weapons. Dig deep and give today.

4/11 SUN > Benefit for Peace Action with Katrina vanden Heuvel

NO WAR WESTCHESTER COCKTAIL PARTY
for THE PEACE ACTION FUND OF NEW YORK STATE

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010, 2:00- 5:00 p.m

Hosted at the home of

POLLY ROTHSTEIN
140 Lincoln Avenue
Purchase, New York

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Keynote Speaker

Katrina vanden Heuvel

 Katrina vanden Heuvel has been The Nation’s editor since 1995 and publisher since 2005.  She is the co-editor of Taking Back America–And Taking Down The Radical Right (NationBooks, 2004) and, most recently, editor of The Dictionary of Republicanisms, (NationBooks, 2005)  She is also co-editor (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers (Norton, 1989) and editor of The Nation: 1865-1990, and the collection A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy and September 11, 2001.

 She is a frequent commentator on American and international politics on ABC, MSNBC, CNN and PBS. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.  Her weblog for thenation.com is “Editor’s Cut.”

RSVP  

Please send name, address, phone and email to Peace Action of New York State, along with contribution

Donation Level:   __$1000 Platinum  __$500 Diamond  __$250 Gold  __$150 Silver  __$75 Bronze  __$50 Copper
All donations over $10 are tax-deductible.

RSVP Deadline: April 8

Peace Action Fund of New York State
PO Box 600, JAF Station
New York NY 10116

Or call Joanne Robinson 914-963-1456 · Iris Freed 914-834-1581

4/11 SUN @ 2:30 in Ossining > Seizing the Moment for Nuclear Abolition

If not now, when? If not us, who?

Ambassadors of President Obama and other world leaders will gather at the UN from May 3 – 28 to review the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.  Throughout the world people are organizing and raising their voices to encourage our leaders to work together for meaningful steps toward disarmament.

Come to learn more about this issue and about how you can become involved.

Sunday April 11 at 2:30pmMaryknoll Society Center
55 Ryder Rd., Ossining, N.Y.

“N.P.T. ABC’s” – Dave Robinson, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA

“Seizing this Moment” – Judith LeBlanc – Field Organizer – Peace Action & PANYS NPT Coordinator Opportunities for Involvement Preparing for the NPT Review – Conference/Rally/March/Festival/Interfaith Service

Sponsors: Maryknoll Global Concerns-Pax Christi International-the Maryknoll Affiliates.

For information 845- 357-8919
For directions 914-941-7636, ext 2294

Mobilize for Nuclear Abolition – April 30 to May 2 in NY City

THE TIME IS NOW TO
ORGANIZE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: 

An invitation to join Peace Action NYS at the

UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference in May

With the announcement of the finalizing of the START 1 Follow On Treaty with Russia and its signing in April, public support for nuclear disarmament will be an important ingredient in the struggle for Senate ratification of the START treaty. With the opening of the UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference in May, the times also call for more action by the Administration. 

The nuclear abolition movement needs to point the way out of the Bush era disarmament logjam. One way is organizing popular support for nuclear disarmament, with voices in the streets and petitions that lend support for nuclear abolition, “in our lifetime” as we mark the first anniversary of President Obama’s Prague speech.

The 2010 NPT Review International Planning Committee (hundreds of US and international peace and disarmament groups) has organized an international peace conference, as well as a rally, march and festival April 30 – May 2 in New York City bringing together thousands of nuclear disarmament activists from around the world to demand that the NPT Review Conference conclude with a commitment to the negotiations for a nuclear weapons abolition treaty. 

In addition to the thousands of U.S. people who will participate, 2,000 Japanese activists, including more than 60 Hibakusha (A- and H- Bomb survivors), as well as delegations from around the world will be there, too. 

Millions of petition signatures from Japan and around the world will be turned into the UN and the White House during the first week of the NPT Review Conference.

April 30 – May 1, an international strategy conference of over 800 participants, half internationals, will be held at Riverside Church. 

May 2, an international rally, march and peace festival which will begin in Times Square at 1:30 PM and march to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the UN for a cultural festival and informational tabling.

Peace Action NYS invites you to join us in organizing for the first peace and nuclear disarmament action in years! 

What your organization can do:

1. Join the participating organizations by endorsing the events.
2. Spread the word! Add a button for www.peaceandjusticenow.org to your website.

3. Organize and encourage others to fill buses, trains and car caravans to NYC to march for nuclear disarmament on May 2.
  Download promo leaflets.

 4. Circulate the online petition and/or encourage your members to download the paper petition calling on President Obama to initiate good faith multilateral negotiations on an international agreement to abolish nuclear weapons, within our lifetimes! 

 5. Register for a table to distribute or sell materials at the May 2 peace festival.

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For more information: Call 646- 723-1749 or email nptorganizing [at] gmail.com 

 Attention Judith LeBlanc

3/20 Come Home America March & Rally in White Plains

Participants rally and march down Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains March 20, 2010 on the 7th anniversary of the war with Iraq. Approximately 100 people gathered for the event, calling for the Obama administration to bring home troops and end of the war. (Matthew Brown/ The Journal News)   See Journal News Photo Gallery

White Plains anti-war rally marks 7th Iraq invasion anniversary

By Richard Liebson • rliebson@lohud.com • March 21, 2010
Journal News – www.lohud.com

WHITE PLAINS — Chanting anti-war slogans and carrying signs and two flag-draped cardboard “coffins,” about 100 people rallied Saturday at Renaissance Plaza to mark the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and to call for an end to the conflict there and in Afghanistan.

 “We want President Obama to stick to his timetable and to get the troops out by the end of the year,” said Chuck Bell of No War Westchester, one of several groups to organize and take part in the peaceful demonstration.

Members of No War Westchester have held anti-war vigils at Mamaroneck Avenue and Main Street every Saturday since the Iraq invasion.

War costs billions

In leaflets being distributed to the crowd, protesters claimed that $4.3 billion has been spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by taxpayers in 18th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Nita Lowey. In the 17th District, represented by Rep. Eliot Engel, the cost has been $2.8 billon, the fliers claimed, while taxpayers in Rep. John Hall’s 19th District have borne $4 billion in war costs.

“We want the public to be aware of the high cost of these wars,” Bell said. “This is money that could have been used for affordable housing, for education, for health care.”

Many in the crowd carried signs. Some listed the number of military and civilian deaths in Iraq. One bore the phrase: “Support Our Troops by Bringing Them Home Now.”

Along with speeches and chants, demonstrators were entertained by a group of elderly woman who sang self-penned anti-war songs under the name “Gaggle of Grannies.”

Nearby, 18-year-old Julie Dawson of Yonkers sipped lemonade as she watched the rally.

“I don’t really know why we’re still there, or why we went in the first place, but I support our troops,” she said. “One of my teachers in middle school was in the reserves, and he had to go to Iraq in the beginning of the war, but he came back OK. It’s really sad that it’s still going on and that we never caught Osama bin Laden.”

The Rev. Joe Agne of Memorial United Methodist Church in White Plains said he attended the demonstration “because I believe in peace. It’s time to stop these wars. I believe that Jesus is the prince of peace, and I’m committed to living that way.”

Emily Perry of Ossining was their with her dog, “Memphis,” who wore a “Pooches for Peace” sign.

“We’re both here to speak out against the war,” Perry said. “We want our troops home and we want our money spent at home.”

Free speech a right

Also looking on was Buel McQuay of White Plains, who retired from the Marine Corps in 1989 after a 20-year career.

He chuckled when asked what he thought of the demonstration, and tugged at the bill of his cap, which bore the “Semper Fi” motto of the Marines.

“We got into the military to protect their right to do this,” he said. “It’s freedom of speech. I find it interesting that they’re talking mostly about how much money it costs.”

The rally ended with a march up Mamaroneck Avenue, past the U.S. Marine Corps and Army Recruiting Center to Lowey’s district office.

Related: More photos 

Come Home America March & Rally, 3/20/10, White Plains, NY

 View Andrew Courtney’s photos of the March & Rally

Upcoming Events:Sunday, April 11 – 2-5 PM, Purchase, NY.  Cocktail party/benefit for Peace Action Fund of New York State, featuring guest speaker Kristina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, who will discuss “Obama at Year One.”  Let us know if you would like us to mail you an invitation, or if you know of others who may be interested in attending. 

Sunday, April 11 – 2:30 PM.  For Peace and Human Needs – Disarm Now.  “N.P.T. ABC’s” – Dave Robinson, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA.  “Seizing this Moment” – Judith LeBlanc – Field Organizer – United for Peace and Justice.  Maryknoll Society Center,   55 Ryder Rd., Ossining, N.Y.  Sponsored by: Maryknoll Global Concerns-Pax Christi International-the Maryknoll Affiliates.   For information 845- 357-8919,  for directions 914-941-7636 ext. 2294

Thursday, April 15, 10-2 PM: Tax Day Action at  at the White Plains Post Office,  170 Martine Ave., White Plains to let last minute tax filers know where their tax money is going.

Wednesday, April 21, 12:00 Noon.  Brown Bag Vigil to Stop the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Office of Rep. Nita Lowey, 222 Mamaroneck Ave. #310, White Plains, NY  10605.  More info: www.pdAmerica.org

Thursday, April 29, 6 PM, the Women’s Club, White Plains, NY - WESPAC Foundation 28th Annual Awards Dinner.  More information and registration on http://www.wespac.org/site.

SAT, 3/20 @ 1 PM > Come Home America – March for Peace in White Plains

Download March 20 Flyer (PDF)     Download March 20 Flyer (Word)

COME HOME, AMERICA!
7th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

MARCH FOR PEACE & NEW NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Saturday, March 20, 1:00 PM
Main Street & Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains

Special Guests:

Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez, September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Walkabout Clearwater Chorus

Raging Grannies

• End the Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan — Bring All U.S. Troops Home Now

• Support the Troops by Preventing Further Injuries and Deaths, and Reuniting Military Families

• Redirect Military Spending to Fund Jobs, Education, Human Needs and Clean Energy

• Stop Aggressive Military Recruitment of Youth

1:00 PM – Gather, Speakout on Wars, Military Budget & Military Recruiting
1:30 PM – March on Mamaroneck Avenue to Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s Office (914-428-1707)
2:00 PM – Keynote Speakers & Music

Endorsed by:

American-Iranian Friendship Committee, Code Pink Westchester, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, Iraqi Student Project-Westchester, New Rochelle Peace Action, No War Westchester, Pax Christi Maryknoll, WESPAC Foundation, Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr., Institute for Nonviolence, Sound Shore Pax Christi, Westchester Coalition for Peace and Justice, Westchester Women in Black [list in formation]

No War Westchester
www.NoWarWestchester.org

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee – Walkabout Clearwater Chorus

Tues., JAN 26 > Bring our War Dollars Home!

Please drop by Westchester-area Congressional and Senate offices anytime on Tuesday 1/26 to oppose the Afghanistan Troop surge, and the sky high military budget.   

Peace Action of NY State has called for coordinated visits statewide on Tuesday.  No War Westchester and our local network of organizations concerned about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have agreed to help.  

Our priorities in Westchester are to visit Sen Schumer’s office in Peekskill, Rep. Nita Lowey’s office in White Plains, and Rep. Eliot Engel’s office in Mt. Vernon.     We suggest if possible that several people converge around noontime, or other convenient time, if that is possible for your district or community.

Resources:   Talking points and details about Afghanistan war spending are included below.  Please download our campaign leaflet, “Bring Our War Dollars Home,” which explains the tradeoffs in military vs. civilian spending for New York state and each Congressional District.   

Please drop off this leaflet or mail it in, and make sure that your member of Congress knows how our local area is being hurt by high military spending.   

Information about the record $630 BILLION military budget can be found in the excellent article, “Obama and the Permanent War Budget” by William Hartung.  Also see the good resource guide from American Friends Service Committee on the Cost of War in Afghanistan.   

New York state has already paid $82 BILLION for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including $15 BILLION for the war in Afghanistan. New York State government is facing a $7.5 BILLION deficit now because of the struggling economy and the federal diversion of resources to the military.   

The federal government should provide more funds for strugging state governments, but it is running out of money because of massive spending for two unnecessary wars.  Congress will be considering requests for additional funding for the proposed Afghanistan Troop Surge of 30,000+ additional troops in March.   

It costs $1 million a year to maintain one (1) soldier in the war in Afghanistan. YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS.  

Please let the members of Congress who represent you know you want them to Bring our War Dollars Home, and cut the military budget to pay for jobs, education, housing and health care now.    

No War Westchester
www.NoWarWestchester.org

PS  If you’re in NYC on Tuesday, you can join a NYC Peace Action visit to Sen Schumer or Sen Gillibrand’s office.  See below:

 Hello!
We are writing to you because we would like you to participate in our January 26th drop in visits to Senator Schumer and Gillibrand’s offices in Manhattan. The point of these visits is to inform our senators that we want an end to the War in Afghanistan. We will be visiting Senator Schumer’s office at 12:30 pm (757 Third Avenue, Suite 17-02) and Gillibrand’s at 1:00pm (780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601). Attached is an information sheet that we’d like you to use at the visit. Please RSVP by calling Cheryl Wertz at 646-723-1749. We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Peace Action
www.panys.org     

Tuesday, January 26 — Statewide Action to Oppose Afghanistan Troop Surge and Escalating Military Budget  

Be an Active Citizen and Raise Your Voice for Peace.  Please drop by your local Congressional Office anytime on Tuesday, Jan. 26 and drop off a personal letter or postcard, and/or one of our leaflets.  

Our message is: 

• Bring our War Dollars Home – Paying for Endless War Hurts New York State
• Oppose Afghanistan Troop Surge of 30,000+ more Troops
• Stop Air Strikes and Drone Attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan
• Bring all US troops home Now from Afghanistan and Iraq
• Cut the Military Budget and Fund Human Needs -- We want to know what you, as the Member of Congress who represents us, is going to do to rein in excessive military spending, at a time of sky-high unemployment and economic hardship in the US.

Our local locations are as follows:    

Senate Offices:  

1) Sen. Charles Schumer

1 Park Place, Suite, 100
Peekskill, NY  10566
Tel.  (914) 734-1532�
FAX  (914) 734-1673

Map of office: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Park+Place,+Peekskill,+NY+10566&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1+Park+Pl,+Peekskill,+Westchester,+New+York+10566&z=16

Senator Charles Schumer
757 Third Avenue, Suite 1702
New York, NY 10017 Phone: (212) 486-4430
Fax: (212) 486-7693

Washington DC Phone/Fax �
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027  

Link to Email Page:> http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm  

2) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Our other Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, doesn’t have an office in Westchester, but you can phone/fax her, and/or join the NYC visit to her office on Tuesday.

Westchester Office
Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Tel. (914) 725-9294
Fax (914) 472-5073  

New York City Office
780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601
New York, New York 10017
Tel. (212) 688-6262
Fax (212) 688-7444  

 Washington DC Phone/Fax   Tel. (202) 224-4451
Fax (202) 228-0282  

Link to Email Page:> http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/    

House of Representatives Offices:

1) Rep. Nita Lowey – 18^th Congressional District

White Plains District Office
222 Mamaroneck Ave., #310
White Plains, NY 10605
914-428-1707
914-328-1505 (fax)

Rockland County
845-639-3485

Washington, DC Phone/Fax
202-225-6506
202-225-0546 (fax)

Link to Email Form> http://lowey.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=56&sectiontree=56

2) Rep. Eliot Engel – 17^th Congressional District

Westchester
6 Gramatan Avenue; Suite 205
Mt. Vernon, NY 10550
Map & Directions
Phone : (914) 699-4100
Fax: (914) 699-3646
Office hours:  Monday-Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Bronx
3655 Johnson Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463
Map & Directions
Phone : (718) 796-9700
Fax: (718)796-5134
Office hours :
Monday-Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Rockland
261 West Nyack Road
West Nyack, NY 10994
Map & Directions
Phone : (845) 735-1000
Fax: (845) 735-1963
Office hours: Monday-Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Washington, DC Phone/Fax
Phone : (202) 225-2464
Fax: (202) 225-5513

Link to email form:> http://engel.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=169&sectiontree=3,169

3) Rep. John Hall – 19^th Congressional District

Carmel Office
40 Gleneida Avenue, 3rd Floor
Carmel, New York 10512
Phone: (845) 225-3641 x49371
Fax: (845) 228-1480

Goshen Office
Orange County Gov’t Center
255 Main St., Room 3232G
Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: (845) 291-4100
Fax: (845) 291-4164

Washington, DC Phone/Fax
Phone: (202) 225-5441
Fax: (202) 225-3289

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