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Rosie
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: City Counsil Resolutions |
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Three New City Council Endorsements!
December 10, 2007
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You can read this on-line at:
 http://www.thepeacealliance.org/emails/alerts/12-10-2007_city_council_resolutions.htm
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Dear Rosie,
Good news! Our nationwide city council campaign continues to gather momentum. We've just added endorsements from three new cities representing the amazing diversity of our campaign and this great nation: Los Angeles, CA, Traverse City, MI and Pine Lake, GA.
Last Friday, the second largest city in the United States remembered Pearl Harbor Day with an emphatic vote for peace as the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to support the legislation to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. The resolution now goes to the Mayor for signature.
This culminates 18 months of effort by local grassroots volunteers, led by Congressional District Team Leader (CA-28) Jerilyn Stapleton with the support of California co-State Coordinators Terry Mason and Tory Haslinger.
According to the resolution, introduced by councilmember Bernard C. Parks, "we are now in a new millennium, and the time has come to review age-old challenges with new thinking wherein we can conceive of peace as not simply being the absence of violence, but the active presence of the capacity for a higher evolution of the human awareness, of respect, trust, and integrity."
The Monday before, we celebrated with grassroots activists from Traverse City, MI, the fifth Michigan local governing body since October 1, 2007 to endorse the legislation.
They had no idea the impact of their work until, much to their surprise, a community icon stood to speak at the meeting. As local team leader Kristen Jongen explains, this former commissioner and senior citizen told the assembly, "I was going to watch this from home, but I decided to come in...even in a snowstorm... This is too important."
Gratitude and congratulations to Kristen, State Coordinator Linda Henderson, and the entire Michigan team!
And not to be forgotten, the tiny hamlet of Pine Lake, GA, with a population of just over 600, also passed a resolution. The council tabled the proposal at first, stating they could not call upon the federal government to work for peace when they were not being proactive as a community. After amending the resolution to include measures the city will take to create a more peaceful community, they passed it. Congratulations to Georgia State Coordinator Cheryl Tarr and the folks of Pine Lake.
All told, we now have endorsements from 32 local governing bodies, representing a combined population of more than 12.5 million people. You can see the full list on our website
http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/147/465/.
Thank you, everyone, for your ongoing vision, support and action!
In peace and gratitude,
Wendy Greene
Managing Director
The Peace Alliance
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Lola
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Rosie for the update! Thats great info!
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maya
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Very interesting reading, thank you Rosie for the up date  xxxx |
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Ethan187
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Thanks, Rosie. Hopefully 2008 will be a great year for the Peace Alliance!
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