Exiting news everyone! New York City is poised to join eighteen other cities, including, Chicago, Detroit, & Atlanta in endorsing federal legislation to establish a cabinet level Department of Peace and Nonviolence. Please join me, along with New York City Councilmember Rosie Mendez; Executive Director of the Peace Alliance, Dot Maver; and others, on the steps of City Hall, Wednesday, November 29th , at 11AM for a press conference to introduce this historic City Council Resolution. Programs initiated by the Department of Peace will greatly reduce violence in our schools, streets and homes and help make our city a safer more desirable place to live.

ACTION ALERT
Please contact your City Council Member and Congressperson to inform them of this important event, and ask for their support. You can locate your Council Member here: http://www.nyccouncil.info/constituent/index.cfm and your Congresspersons here: http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm  

In the weeks and months ahead New Yorkers for a Department of Peace will keep you informed of the resolution’s progress and ask that you again contact your elected officials and ask for their continued support.

For those of you who are not residents of New York City, I share this with you both for your information and your participation in spreading the news to others. 

Thank you. 

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SAVE THE DATE
WHO: New York City Councilmember Rosie Mendez (District 2) and New Yorkers for a Department of Peace

WHAT:City Council Resolution endorsing national legislation to establish a United States Department of Peace and NonviolenceWHEN:Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Press conference: 11:00 AM  

WHERE: The Main Steps at City Hall  

New York City Poised to Endorse National Legislation Proposing a Federal Department of Peace and Nonviolence Rosie Mendez, Councilmember of Manhattan’s second district will introduce a City Council Resolution endorsing the federal legislation before the United States House of Representatives and Senate proposing the creation of a cabinet-level Department of Peace and Nonviolence (HR3760 and S1756).  Eight New York City Members of Congress are among the 75 House and 2 Senate co-sponsors for the national legislation. With this resolution, New York City will join eighteen cities in proclaiming the need for peace and nonviolence to be among the organizing principles of American society.  Other cities include:  Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Minneapolis, MN; and Oakland, CA.   Dorothy J. Maver, PhD, Executive Director of the Peace Alliance (www.thepeacealliance.org, is scheduled to join Councilmember Mendez, as well as other speakers to be named. NY-DOP (www.nyc-dop.com <http://www.nyc-dop.com/> ) is a citizen organization working to establish a cabinet-level, federally-funded, United States Department of Peace that would promote nonviolent conflict resolution including: prevention, education and training both domestically and internationally. 

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