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National Action Campaign
June 1 - June 16, 2007
In partnership with The Student Peace Alliance
When a man ponders fatherhood and the immense love he has for his children....
he wants to change the world for them with a lasting legacy.
Now he can.
 Join the Student Peace Alliance and fathers
across the country in writing Letters-to-the-Editor for Father's Day. We are
calling for a national dialogue to address the root causes of violence. Our
current level of violence is an unacceptable future for our children. Now, more
than ever, we need new methods to address and solve conflict before it
escalates into violence. We must call upon our legislators to support HR 808,
calling for a Department of Peace that will give institutional heft to the
burgeoning science of peacebuilding.
What
can you do?
Write
letters to the editor to inform local communities about the legislation for a
cabinet-level Department of Peace!
The Student Peace Alliance is asking fathers
and other Department of Peace supporters to write letters to the editor of
local newspapers in an effort to educate communities about the Department of
Peace. Letters can urge President Bush to make the Department of Peace a part
of his legacy and consider, if not him, then who? Click here for
tips on writing an LTE . Use our new Letter-to-the-Editor tool to write your local paper today!�
Host a
letter writing party between June 1 and June 16th to support the campaign.
In addition to the letters, encourage local
students and children to send postcards and drawings to President Bush asking
him to make the Department of Peace part of his legacy.
As members of The Student Peace
Alliance have told us, “We are all too aware that the roots of violence were
planted a long time ago and today we bear witness to the impact. We are
determined to be part of the solution by calling for a Department of Peace that
will address the root causes of violence. And so we are calling for bold
action.
“To borrow from a Chinese proverb, 'If
we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed.' We
must change our direction and move from a culture of violence to a culture of
peace. We will not settle for anything less."
Please join our youth in
this bold action! Write your letter today!
 Click here a full page Father's Day campaign flyer.
Student Peace Alliance
National Student Campaign for a US Department of Peace
www.studentpeacealliance.org
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