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What you can do to promote peace every day!
www.globalpolicy.org/security/indexamb.htm. Here is a list of
current members of the UN Security Council. Take a moment to send an
email to each asking them to stand firm against a second resolution
authorizing war.
Things you can do presented by PeaceAction.org. How to Contact Congress, Write a Letter to the Editor, and lots more.
The No War Sign Project at www.nowarsign.org: Get a "No War in Iraq" sign for your front yard. The goal of this non-profit site is to blanket our nation with signs, bumper stickers, images, and ads opposing a war we do not want. Here are a few simple but powerful ways to make this happen. Go ahead, flex your democracy.
Peace Quotes and Posters" "Many of our problems are created by ourselves based on divisions due to ideology, religion, race, economic status, or other factors. The time has come for us to think on a deeper level, on a human level and appreciate and respect our sameness as human beings."... His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Gandhi, King, Emerson and lots more inspiration for your heart at the S.F. Heart web site.
The image on this page is the cover of the "Guide to Conscientious Objection " printed by the SDS, Students for a Democratic Society in 1966.
Thousands of young men were being drafted into service for the Vietnam War each year and many did not want to go. Some fled to Canada where refuge was offered, others like Muhammad Ali served a prison sentence. Still others opted for conscientious objector status, whereby they would forego military service on moral grounds, serving instead a fixed term of community service. This guide issued by the SDS explained how to obtain conscientious objector status with the Selective Service Bureau.
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