On April 5 in Des Moines at noon in Nollen Plaza will be a demonstration organized by the American Friends Service Committee (in Des Moines) around this same issue. March 12, 2003 Dear Sierra Club volunteers and staff, On the eve of a possible war in Iraq, a world-wide candlelight vigil for peace is being organized. Some peace groups that the Sierra Club has been working with -- MoveOn.org and Win Without War -- are organizing this effort. To find out how you can participate visit the web site noted below and enter in your zip code. The site will then inform you about vigils planned in your neighborhood or how to organize and register a vigil of your own. The Sierra Club Board met in late February and reaffirmed its opposition to any US led military attack that was not sanctioned by the UN Security Council. If the Security Council votes to approve an attack, the Sierra Club Board will convene an emergency conference call meeting to discuss the circumstances and to determine the Sierra Club position on the UN action. The details from Win Without War follow. Please help us work for peace. Bruce Hamilton National Conservation Director Sierra Club San Francisco ****************************************************************** Please visit http://www.globalvigil.org and plan a candlelight vigil for peace in your area on Sunday, March 16 at 7 pm. MoveOn.org and the Win Without War coalition, together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many faith-based organizations, are calling this vigil, and we need your help. Beginning in New Zealand, this will be a rolling wave of candlelight gatherings that will quickly cross the globe. It's up to you to make this happen. Today we are asking individuals, like you, to organize a vigil in each community. We're hoping that thousands of small groups around the world will be inspired to come together and stand for peace. For more information about how to make this happen in your community and to join with millions of others around the globe, go to http://www.globalvigil.org It's time for the world to come together in this moment of darkness and rekindle the light of reason -- and of hope. It's time to renew our commitment to building a positive world for our children. With your help, we will see the first candlelight vigil to sweep around the globe on the evening of March 16th. Together, we will lead the nations of the world away from an unnecessary war and toward a peaceful and prosperous future. This is a key moment in history. Be a part of it. Go to: http://www.globalvigil.org Thank you, -Wes Boyd, MoveOn.org Tom Andrews, Win Without War Tuesday March 11, 2003 P.S. You can make your local vigil as small or as big as you wish. The important thing is to act now and to add your efforts to the efforts of thousands of others around the world. Whether you plan a gathering with just your closest friends, or organize an event for thousands, you will be making a difference. Register your event on our web site above. Immediately afterward, please report your vigil to our web site or to [log in to unmask], with digital photographs if possible. If you know how, please crop and resize your photos to approximately 200h x 150v pixels and send them in .jpg format. Please include the city, location and country of your vigil. We will compile the reports and photos for the media. P.P.S. Yesterday, we delivered to the 15 United Nations Security Council members anti-war comments from one million people around the world, gathered last week in just five days. 180 boxes of your petitions were delivered, which drew extensive media attention. It now appears that the Bush administration's resolution on Iraq will fail to garner Security Council support, and world public opinion has been a key part of this. Thank you! Lynn Erskine Win Without War 202-478-3429 www.winwithoutwarUS.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]