The Wailing - going pink and green?
26/01/2006
26/1/2006
The Wailing - going pink and green?
Yesterday I sent out the newsletter re The Wailing and judging from the
response I received when the first One Mind One Voice message to the
world went out in Sept 2002, I already knew I would receive wonderful
unexpected surprises to The Wailing message.
Well instead of me telling you, I would rather you read the email from
Meredith Dearborn
Campaign Coordinator: Women Say No To War
CODEPINK: Women for Peace.
Love and hugs
Granma Kerry poor but veryyyyyyyyyyyy wealthy.
All I can say is Let The Wailing begin………
http://www.thepromiseclub.com/wailing/intro.html
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Dear Granma Kerry,
The action you are planning is beautiful. We would love to partner with
you
on our campaigns in some way, because they are so related. Indeed, the
same! I would love to put your events in the "what's new" section of the
website; there are also some Greenpeace activists who are going to do a
more
CODEPINK-ish styled event on March 8 that I could connect you with, so
you
have one big event. Could you then also put a link to our petition on
your
site, or mention us in the emails you send around? We are all working to
end women's suffering everywhere...
This week, CODEPINK received deeply touching letters from two women in
Argentina, Raquel Soprano de Witis and Miriam Mabel Medina. Both are
mothers whose sons were killed in police violence over the past years.
Miriam, whose son Sebastian Bordon was killed in October of 1997,
founded
the Casita Sebastian in his honor; the Casita (³little house²) is a
kindergarten for underprivileged children. Miriam has also organized a
group called Madres de la Lucha (mothers of the struggle), an
organization
of women that have lost their sons to institutional violence and fights
so
that no more young person dies at the hands of the police. Also a
member of
Madres de la Lucha, Raquel lost her son Mariano Witis when he was just
23,
on September 21, 2000, also in police violence. After that day, she and
her
family have worked to end violence and create justice so that her
history is
not repeated, so that the most vulnerable sectors of society no longer
bear
the brunt of violence at the hands of warfare and the police. Both women
emphasize that they endorse this call because they believe that peace is
possible, that they are both fighting to ensure that no more mothers
grieve
for their sons. The messages of these two women are peppered with words
of
hope and great love, of solidarity and understanding‹a belief that
violence
of all institutional origins, whether in warfare or at the hands of the
police, causes pain to women‹and so we should be the ones to fight
back. We
couldn¹t agree more.
Thanks again for your commitment to justice and making a better world
for
your grandchildren. We are with you 100%. Do let me know what we can do
to
support you and work with you.
In peace,
Meredith Dearborn
Campaign Coordinator: Women Say No To War
CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Spread the word about the campaign! Send an email, post a sign, help us
Granma Kerry 7/12/2005
Kerry Bowden