Just double checking on the April 5 date. Please confirm. Joyce Naffier On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:19:26 -0600 Debbie Neustadt <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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] > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]