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Third Annual Mother’s Day
National Action Day Dear [[First_Name]], More than 115 Congressional offices are already scheduled to be visited as part of our third annual Mother’s Day “Peace of the Pie” National Action Day! More volunteers are signing up every day. It is not too late to join us. It can be as simple as dropping off a pie and an informational handout at your local congressional office on or around May 11th, or you can gather members of your community to have an official meeting. We know all too well the lack of attention and resources that serious peacebuilding efforts receive in our nation. It’s time for that to change. Your participation in this Mother's Day-inspired campaign is a creative way for us to get out the word about the Department of Peace and to let Congress know that we want our government to make peacebuilding a national investment priority, and that “Peace wants a Piece of the Pie,” (i.e., the federal budget). Learn more! Sign
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Celebrating our Success. Plan to join us for a special All Call to share stories and experiences with Peace of the Pie. This special conference call will be Monday, May 14 at 6:00 pm Pacific/9:00 pm Eastern. Call-in number 605-772-3001, access code 470821. Already Planning a Peace of the Pie Visit?
New Feature! We can hardly keep up with the incredible
creativity and commitment of our grassroots. So we need you to tell us
about it! Each month we will feature a story written by a grassroots
volunteer spotlighting their local group’s activities. We launch
this new feature with a story from California’s Inland Empire group.
Want your group to be next? Information on how to submit a story is at
the end of this feature. PEACE BENEFIT & FESTIVAL
AND STEP-IT-UP ENVIRONMENTAL DAY OF ACTION
The Inland Empire Department of Peace & Nonviolence
Alliance (IEDOPNA) hosted a peace benefit and festival on April 14, 2007,
in Redlands, CA. The event was designed to raise funds to bring the play, “The
Gift of Peace” to the southern California region known as the
Inland Empire, and to inform and educate the public about the Department
of Peace legislation. Nearly 100 people turned out -- right in the heart
of one of the most conservative areas in southern California! Attendees
praised the event and shared how much they enjoyed gathering together
as a peace community. ********** Do you have a local event or action you'd like us to highlight? Write
a 500-word story and send it to us! We'll consider it for inclusion in
our monthly E-newsletter and on our website. Stories must be received
by the second Friday of the month. All stories are subject to editing
for length and clarity.
NPR and WPR As many of you know, NPR aired a national 10-minute feature on the Department of Peace legislation and our Minnesota campaign March 24, 2007. Reporter Daniel Zwerdling provided an enlightening piece on the travails of the city council campaign in Fairmont, MN, led by one of our MN leaders, Judi Poulson. (If you missed it, you can still listen online). This past week, Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), aired an hour-long show featuring Zwerdling, Poulson and others, entitled "Is Peace A Dirty Word?" It was a wonderful follow-up and is also archived on the web. Don’t miss it! Click here to listen.
Air America Radio on May 11th Marianne Williamson is scheduled to be on Air America radio's The Thom Hartmann show on May 11, 2007 to discuss the Department of Peace legislation and our campaign. It is scheduled to be early on in the 2:00 ET hour. Visit www.thomhartmann.com for local show listings in your area.
PEACE REGISTRY DATA The Peace Alliance Foundation maintains The
Peace Registry (www.peaceregistry.org),
a database of programs in local communities around the country and the world
that act in accordance with the principles of peace, nonviolence, compassion,
and inclusion. The Registry helps demonstrate that a culture of peace already
exists, provides awareness and networking opportunities, and serves as a
resource for the media, researchers, government officials, and the general
public.
Goodsearch.com The Peace Alliance relies on its sister organization, the Peace Alliance Foundation, for some revenues to fund non-lobbying research and education activities. And you can help grow those resources every day just by surfing the web! Every time you do a web search using the Goodsearch engine (powered by Yahoo!), Goodsearch makes a small donation to the Peace Alliance Foundation. Set this up by going to www.goodsearch.com. Type “Peace Alliance Foundation” into the field that says “I’m supporting: Enter a charity here”, and make Goodsearch your default search engine. Those who use Goodsearch can't tell the difference between its results and those of Google, and it helps us in so many ways.
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New Dept.
of Peace Promotional Video! plus Marianne
Williamson Both of these videos and more are part of a new Promotional DVD available for order on our webstore.
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May Conference Calls Monthly
All Call All active campaigners or anyone interested in learning about what we are doing are encouraged to be on this call. This month, talk with our guest speaker, Peace Alliance Board member, Aeesha Ababio-Clottey, who will address our national need for racial healing and how we can reach across racial divides in our work for the Dept. of Peace campaign. Also celebrate and share about our Mother's Day campaign actions. Please join us for an inspiring hour!
Peace
of the Pie Calls Coaching Calls May 8 and May 9
FUNdraising
and Event All Call Having a Peace Alliance event? Interested
in learning more about reaching out to your community, raising money
for the campaign, or being directly engaged in establishing a culture
of nonviolence in our country? Please join our monthly Events/FUNdraisng
calls! They take place the third Tuesday of every month. We look forward
to sharing ideas, brainstorming creative outreach, raising money, helping
you access support materials and answering your questions... Talk to
you soon! Nonviolent
Communications These calls are intended to support you in your communication challenges with regards to your work, using the methods of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to enhance the effectiveness of the Dept. of Peace campaign.
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New Gandhi/King Detachable Postcards
These cards include an informational campaign flyer inside, and a colorful and an informative detachable postcard to send to members of Congress.
New Promotional DVD
This DVD includes our new 12-minute promotional video, a 3-minute video interview with Marianne Williamson (both videos viewable at links above), as well as two versions of an interview with Walter Cronkite and congressman Dennis Kucinich. They are a wonderful way to share with friends and groups about our campaign.
This versatile bag converts from a roomy tote to a backpack. Campaign info on the back!
Logo Pen
Great clicker style pen with the Department of Peace Logo
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