Saturday, February 28, 2009

[SDCPJ] important school board survey

Hi all you peace activists and counter recruitment activists! Below
is a link to the SD Unified district web page. Under news is a
district survey. This is a survey anyone can take on your opinions
about cuts to the schools. Included is a place to vote on cutting
JROTC. If you have a couple of minutes please take the survey. You
can bet all the military supporters will be taking it. You may also
help direct the district towards more humane budget cuts.

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Money for schools not war!
Thanks,
Stephanie Jennings
for the SDCPJ High school leafleting project

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Friday, February 27, 2009

[SDCPJ] FW: Friendship Park this Sunday

The Friends of Friendship Park coalition will return to the park this Sunday afternoon and once again seek to celebrate communion with friends in Tijuana.  We will meet at 2:30 p.m. at the entrance to Border Field State Park.  Take Hwy 5 South, exit Dairy Mart Road, turn right and follow the winding road west to the park entrance.  Wear boots for hiking and bring documents verifying residence in the United States.  I hope you can join us.

 

Below my signature you can see a photo of the new chain-link fence that has been erected to eliminate beach access.  This will present us with some difficult choices on Sunday, which we will discuss together before hiking to the beach.

 

Thank you all for your nonviolent response to the extreme conditions of our event last Saturday, February 21.  To read an account of my experience last Saturday, see this blog post at Sojourners on-line.

 

There are several things you can do to support the effort, even if you are unable to participate on Sunday:

1)      You can send a letter on-line to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano – be sure to mention “Friendship Park” when you personalize your letter.

2)      You can donate now to support the costs of our events at the Park – be sure to indicate “Friendship Park” in the “dedication” line.

 

Adelante.

 

John Fanestil

www.foundation4change.org

cell: 619-823-6223

 

Fence on Beach.022709

 

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

[SDCPJ] Spread the word to high school students

After a bit of a hiatus it's time to get out there and share the good news to high school students in the county.

The news that students have been organizing and winning at the San Diego Unified school board!  See link: http://www.projectyano.org/educationnotarms/ 

These students teach peace and advocate for a college bound education instead of being tracked into the military.

Let's help spread the word to more students throughout the county.

Please e-mail me if you can join us the week of March 9th.  
Send me the school you'd like to leaflet or neighborhood where you can pass out flyers & best days of the week for you.

We'll put a team together and get the flyers to you along with directions and support.

Hoping to hear from a lot of you... we need to get info into thousands of students hands & continue building this exciting youth movement for peace and justice!

Feel free to contact me with any questions-
in solidarity,
Stephanie
for SDCPJ High school leafleting project
619-237-8870




Monday, February 23, 2009

[SDCPJ] [Fwd: March Forth on March 4th]

[SDCPJ] REMINDER - Study Gandhi with Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego and more!

 

Nonviolent Peaceforce San Diego invites you to join us in celebrating the Season for Nonviolence 2009

 

Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence, January 30 - April 4, is a national 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world. 

 

"A Force More Powerful – Nashville Counter Sit-In"   NPSD and community members are invited to attend a showing and discussion of the Nashville Counter Sit-In portion of the film "A Force More Powerful" on Thurs. Feb. 26, 4-5:30 pm in building S5 Room 106 on the Miramar College campus.  "A Force More Powerful" is a 2000 PBS documentary that investigates nonviolence movements that have succeeded around the world. 

 

Directions:  Please allow extra time for getting lost.  Construction is changing the parking situation and access every day.  Corrie Ort is organizing this for students and interested community members.  You can call Corrie on her  cell phone (760-822-8655) to let her know you are coming (or to let her know you are lost) and she will get you visitor's parking permit .

Take I-15 north to Carroll Canyon Rd. and turn west (left) on Carroll Canyon. Go to Black Mountain Rd. and turn right. >From Black Mountain Road, turn east on Hillery. Hillery Drive is a street just north of the main entrance to the campus. You'll drive behind Home Depot. Go through a light, and then turn right before the apartment buildings. That's the back entrance to Miramar College. You'll see a pink, two story building on the right. That's the S5 Building. There will be a right turn into a parking lot in front of the S5 Building. Park anywhere there is a parking space. At that time of the day there shouldn't be a problem. Room 106 is at the far north-east corner of building S5. 

Study Gandhi with NPSD   We invite you to join us on Saturday, March 7 for a study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words)", 1:15 pm, Library, St. David's Episcopal Church, 5050 Milton, San Diego (Clairemont neighborhood). 

 

Or we invite you to host your own study/discussion session "Living Nonviolence – The Wisdom of Gandhi (in his own words).  We encourage you to invite friends to come to your home or sponsor a session at your church or community center.  Attached is a packet of materials to guide you.  You do not have to have studied Gandhi to lead this group.  If you cannot join us or organize your own session we invite you to study the materials on your own!  Also we would love to hear from you if you did use these materials on your own or in a group.

 

   

Co-sponsor or participate in Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training   Last year NPSD co-sponsored six one-day Nonviolent Conflict Intervention (NCI) trainings with local churches and community organizations.  We are looking for co-sponsors again this year. If you are interested in attending a training (we will put you on a contact list) or are part of a group that might be interested in being a co-sponsor, please contact us.  We also offer a practice/introduction NCI session after our monthly meetings held the first Saturday of every month (see previous section for time and directions).  You do not have to have attended NCI Training to participate.

 

About Nonviolent Peaceforce  NP was conceived in 1999 as a continuation of Gandhi's vision of a "Shanti Sena", or peace army. NP recruits, trains and financially supports civilians from around the world who deploy in areas of conflict. NP teams are nonpartisan and unarmed. NP peacekeeping forces apply proven nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. More, information about the Nonviolent Peaceforce can be found at www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org.   NPSD supports international activities through community education, training, and fund-raising.

 

NPSD looks forward to working with the San Diego community to celebrate, study, and practice nonviolence during 2009 and in the coming year(s).  We invite you to become an NPSD member or volunteer.  We need volunteers to help with community outreach (tabling, speaking about NP, and telephone follow-up) and organizing NCI (Nonviolence Conflict Intervention) Trainings.  We will train and support you. 

 

For information about NPSD contact me, carrollboone@yahoo.com, 619-697-3223; Debby Park, rayandeb@gmail.com, 858-270-59768; or Gloria Joyce, Gloria@NPSanD.org, 619-276-5232.

           


 

Sunday, February 22, 2009

[SDCPJ] SDCPJ meets Monday, Feb. 23

SDCPJ now meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. Please join us
for our next meeting, Monday, February 23, 7 p.m. at the First Church of
the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, SD 92105.

Agenda includes continued planning for March 21 demonstration.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

[SDCPJ] Program for Thursday's Community Forum on Friendship Park

 

[SDCPJ] Save Friendship Park Forum 2/19; Day at the Park 2/21

 



SAVE FRIENDSHIP PARK

Community Forum- Thursday, February 19, 6 p.m.

A Day at the Park - Saturday, February 21, 11 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19
6 p.m. Community Forum
Location: San Diego City College, A-103
Contact:Pedro Rios

We call for a halt to all construction on the U.S.-Mexico border, pending public review, and for a re-design of Friendship Park to ensure continuing public access.



ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS (partial list):
American Friends Service Committee - San Diego
Border Ambassadors(Del Rio, TX)
Border Angels
Border Meetup Group
CASA (Coalition of Amigos in Solidarity and Action)
Center for Justice and Reconciliation, PLNU
Centro de Recursos para Migrantes (Naco, Sonora, Mexico)
Environmental Health Coalition
Foundation for Change
Gente Unida
Los Caminos del Rio
MACC (Mexican American Catholic College), San Juan Diego Project, Immigrants and Migrant Farmworkers
Mid-City Community Advocacy Network
Network of Spiritual Progressives, San Diego
No Border Wall
No Wall - Big Bend Coalition
Pax Christi Brownsville
Peace Resource Center of San Diego
Plan of Action in a Changing Era
Rio Grande International Study Center (Laredo, TX)
San Diego Chapter of Buddhist Peace Fellowship
San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
San Diego Coastkeeper
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO)
Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Surfrider Foundation, San Diego chapter
The Employee Rights Center in San Diego
Wildcoast - Costasalvaje


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Saturday, Feb. 21
Save Friendship Park


10 a.m. Carpools (contact)
UCSD Price Center Loop (Kathelyn Baca,
661-510-2423)
SDSU Zura Turnaround (Enrique de Haro,
707-328-6805)
USD - University Center (Mark Heisey)
Pt. Loma NU
(Jamie Gates,
619-757-8151)
Foundation for Change (Jill Holslin,
619-804-8030)
Sweetwater Zen Center (Seisen Saunders,
619-274-0757)

11 a.m. Gathering
at entrance to Border Field State Park (directions below)

11:30 Hike to Friendship Park

12:15 Program (contact)
Bi-National Choir
(Keith Pedersen)

Bi-National Communion
(John Fanestil)

Bi-National Garden
(Daniel Watman)

Carpooling encouraged. Documents may
be required.


DIRECTIONS: Take Hwy 5 South, exit Dairy Mart Road, turn right (West) and follow winding road to park entrance.

FRIENDSHIP PARK IN THE NEWS (links):
National Public Radio
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Christian Century
Sojourners
El Diario
San Diego Union Tribune

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

[SDCPJ] Save The Date! Seventh Annual International Al-Awda Convention

 
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
SAVE THE DATE!    SAVE THE DATE!    SAVE THE DATE! 
 
 
Seventh Annual International Al-Awda Convention
 
May 22nd-24th, 2009
Anaheim, California
 
Along with our families in the homeland, we are winning the struggle to reclaim our narrative for the right to return to our homeland in a Free Palestine
 
Along with our expanding network of grassroots, student and solidarity activists, help to strategize and energize for the coming year's work.
 
Join us May 22-24, 2009 in Anaheim California to work together to bring the days of Return closer.
Featured Speakers and Journalists
Strategy & Tactics Discussions
First Annual International Al-Awda Dabke Contest 
And much more!
 
Please email office@al-awda.org to enter your dabke group in the Dabke contest
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9442
Email:
info@al-awda.org
WEB: http://al-awda.org 
 
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC), is the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to advocacy for the right of Palestinians to return to their homes and lands of origin. PRRC is a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible. To donate, please go to
http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the instructions.
 

Saturday, February 14, 2009

[SDCPJ] Pots and Pans for Peace!



POTS AND PANS FOR PEACE!
 

.... and pens, pencils, paper, hats, gloves, etc. too!  Since most people's first reaction will likely be, "HUH?!"---- let me follow up quickly with "Citizen Diplomacy: Reaching out to the needy people in Afghanistan!" 

We have an opportunity to let the people of Afghanistan know that the people of the United States care about them, by filling "flat rate" boxes of donations to be shipped to Afghanistan!  Help put a smile on the face of a child half a world away!

The San Diego First Church of the Brethren, a Historic and Living  Peace Church, recently became aware of  this wonderful way to help meet the needs of God's children in Afghanistan.  During our "Sharing of Community Life" time in our Worship Service, a member recently shared that his neighbor's son, Ed, was stationed in Afghanistan, and was appalled by the poverty level there.  

As Ed's mother shared,
"Ed told me that the need is great for clothes for the children such as shoes, hats, gloves, coats, shirts and pants.  School supplies are needed.  People cook over an open campfire and metal pots and pans, not Teflon, would be good. He even mentioned plastic containers. They do not use silverware, but probably a big spoon would be nice.

As for collecting items to be sent, Ed said gently used goods are just fine, so anyone doing Spring Cleaning could donate those items too. I have gone to the dollar store to buy hats, gloves, and other clothes for the children. Thank you so much for your interest as the need is great, and material items reach individuals at the grass roots level."

We invite you to join us in this humanitarian effort!  To participate, please bring your donations to:
San Diego First Church of the Brethren
3850 Westgate Place
San Diego, CA 92105
www.sdbrethrenchurch.org
619-262-1988 
pastor@sdbrethrenchurch.org

Donations can be dropped off
* in the Sanctuary (the largest building) on Sundays 9am-12:30pm. 
   **Please note: our Worship Service is 10:15-11:30--- Visitors are always warmly welcomed!
* at the church office (the building closest to the street) 9am-12pm, Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays
* Monetary donations to cover the postage ($10.95 per 5.5"x12"x12" flat-rate box) are certainly welcome and needed, as well, and could be put through the mail slot in the door of the Church Office at any time, day or night.

THANK YOU for caring and sharing!

[SDCPJ] [Fwd: Friendship Park Update -- you can make a difference]

[SDCPJ] Follow-up on San Diego decision to ban JROTC weapons training

The video of the school board hearing and decision that terminated JROTC weapons training in San Diego schools is now available for online viewing. It's part two of the televised board meeting (it was a looonnnnnggg board meeting). Below is the link to that part. The shooting range resolution comes up near the beginning, after the first few minutes.
 
 
If you have never had the experience of going to a school board for policy changes, this is a good tutorial on at least the public meeting part of the process. The camera doesn't point back at the 250 people in the audience, most of whom were waiving bright orange "NO WEAPONS TRAINING" signs; some also held up signs with the names of their schools.
 
By the way, the news was taken badly by the NRA and similar groups. For example: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=4422. Their web sites have been generating negative mail and some nasty messages to us.
 
We've also had word that some JROTC people have met with one school board member (Shelia Jackson) to strategize on getting the decision reversed. The struggle is ongoing, but we also have reason to celebrate.
 
Rick Jahnkow


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Friday, February 13, 2009

The Farce of the Fence

“The Farce of The Fence”

“National” boundaries are Not Natural Boundaries. Borders [mental and physical] may be viewed as a method of defense, or a means of entrapment. We are manipulated by outside forces to propagate the Former, and often blind to the consequences of the latter. True security lies in personal confidence. The physically and mentally weak are only vulnerable to assailants when the insecurity of others allows it to be so.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

[SDCPJ] FW: FYI URGENT__BORDER WALL CRISIS

Friends – what happens in Brownsville tomorrow night may well set a precedent for what happens in San Diego and Friendship Park.  Thank you for following the instructions in the e-mail below and making San Diego’s voice heard all the way to the other end of the border.


Yours,


John Fanestil

 

 

John Fanestil

Executive Director

Foundation for Change

www.foundation4change.org

(619) 692-0527

 

 

FYI  URGENT!

 

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To Everyone Opposed to the Border Wall,

The Brownsville City Commission is on the verge of making a deal with DHS.  This deal has immediate and long-term implications for border wall opposition nationwide.  If the the City of Brownsville enters into a deal with DHS, all hope for a last minute halt to border wall construction from the Obama administration may be lost.  In addition, a change in Brownsville's position could undermine all litigation related to the border wall, including El Paso's appeal to the Supreme Court.  Brownsville's failure to fight something that is so clearly an injustice and an imposition by the federal goverment may eventually lead to increased militarization of our borders over the long haul.

The deal itself is a bad one.  The commissioners are touting the fact that DHS will build "temporary fencing" on Brownsville property, but the contract stipulates that before such temporary fencing comes down, Brownsville will have to pay the entire cost of constructing a new wall, this time a permanent concrete border wall built into the levee.  These levee-border walls have cost Hidalgo County $10-12 million per mile.  Since these walls become an inextricable part of the flood-control levee system, they will never be removed, even if we are one day successful in implementing a saner border policy.  However U.S. immigration policy changes over the coming decades, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be living walls because of the levee-border wall design.

No Border Wall urges everyone, regardless of where you live, to make your voices heard and let Brownsville City Commissioners know that you too are a stakeholder.  If you live in the Rio Grande Valley, please make a concerted effort to attend the City Commission Public Hearing this Thursday night, February 12 at 5:30 pm at the City Commissioners' Court on the 2nd floor of the City Hall/Federal Building on the corner of 10th and Elizabeth Streets in Brownsville.  Plan to arrive 15 minutes early if possible to sign up for a public comment.

If you live elsewhere or are unable to attend the public hearing, please copy and paste the following email addresses and send an email to the Brownsville mayor and city commissioners, letting them know that it's not only the future of Brownsville that's at stake, but the future of our borderlands and our nation as a whole.  You might tell them of your community's experience dealing with DHS and border wall construction and your group's ongoing efforts to stop wall construction.

The commissioners emails are:


Their names are:
Mayor Pat Ahumada, Anthony Troiani, Leonel Garza, Ricardo Longoria, Charlie Atkinson, Carlos Cisneros, and Edward Camarillo.

Below are some links to related stories.

Thank you for your immediate action on this matter,

Stefanie Herweck
No Border Wall

http://borderwallinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-brownsville-dhs-contract-no.html

http://borderwallinthenews.blogspot.com/2009/02/visual-aid-county-officials-to-review.html

 

NO BORDER WALL COALITION

 


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[SDCPJ] San Diego Silences JROTC guns

San Diego Silences JROTC Guns
 
Contact: Education Not Arms Coalition, educationnotarms@gmail.com
 
February 10, 2009 (see photos below) - San Diego Unified, located in the middle of one of the largest military complexes in the world, took the uncharacteristic step of banning rifle training conducted under the military's high school JROTC program. Eleven schools with rifle ranges were affected in the nation's eighth largest urban district.
 
Before the board meeting began, speakers representing local high schools and colleges addressed an outside crowd of 200 students, parents, teachers and community supporters. Some high schools sent so many students that two charter buses, courtesy of the AFSC, were used for transportation. Anticipating a long evening before the school board would discuss the rifle training issue, the Association of Raza Educators provided tamales to help sustain the crowd.
 
It wasn't until four hours into the board meeting, at 9:00 PM, that the agenda item came up for discussion. The vote was preceded by testimony from about 15 pro- and con- speakers in front of a crowd that was largely in favor of terminating the weapons training program. One school board member said that in all of his many years on the board, this was the most impressive student effort he had ever seen. Even two board members who opposed the resolution expressed their admiration for the students' involvement. When the decision was made, the resolution, which immediately banned all marksmanship training in the district, passed by a vote of 3-2. The crowd then spilled out of the auditorium to hold a loud and joyous celebration.
 
This achievement was made possible by a collaboration of students and various community groups who first came together in 2007 as the Education Not Arms Coalition. One of their main concerns was the way schools were tracking students into military training (via JROTC) while denying them adequate class alternatives, especially ones needed to qualify for college. Students from African American and Latino families were being disproportionately affected.
 
To address the problem, the coalition adopted three initial goals--convince the school district to:
 
-stop placing students into military science (JROTC) classes without their informed consent.
-stop telling parents and students that the class will help them qualify for college, when it won't.
-ban weapons training and JROTC gun ranges in San Diego schools.
 
All three goals have now been achieved, the first two by a superintendent's directive, the third by school board action. Throughout the over one-year long campaign, high school students have played a central role in educating and mobilizing their peers, with support from a variety of community and college groups.
 
Audio of the entire Feb. 10 hearing and school board decision is posted on the SD Unified site: http://www.sandi.net/indices/board.htm. Video should be added soon.
 
For a video news report, visit: http://www.10news.com/video/18687674/index.html.
 
 
PHOTOS, FEBRUARY 10, 2009 . . .
 
About 150 students from a dozen schools, plus another 50 teachers, parents and
other supporters, rally at school district headquarters before school board meeting.
 
As the board meeting begins, a JROTC color guard and students
opposing JROTC rifle ranges stand face-to-face for the
pledge of allegiance.
 
After waiting 4-1/2 hours for the school board to vote, cheering students
celebrate their victory outside.


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[SDCPJ] PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY: MANCHESTER HYATT BOYCOTT DEMO

Please forward widely:

Dear President Clinton & Colin Powell,

Don't Speak at the Manchester Hyatt !!!
 
 
Sleep With the Right People Rally
Date:  Sunday, Feb 15th
Time:  11:00am -  1:00pm
Place:  Manchester Grand Hyatt (1 Market Place, San Diego)
Support justice for hotel workers and marriage equality!
Boycott Manchester Grand Hyatt


BACKGROUND

On July 10th, 2008, a coalition led by the San Diego labor movement and the LGBT community called for a boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Manchester's Hyatt has brought the LGBT community UNITE HERE together to fight for equality for gay and lesbian couples and justice for the workers at his Hyatt hotel.  Doug Manchester has a history working against both:
 
·         Equality for lesbian and gay couples.  Doug Manchester is one of the leading funders ($125,000) of Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative that discriminates against LGBT couples.  The California LGBT community faces an extremely difficult fight to prevent an outright ban on their civil right to have legal recognition for same sex couples and equal protection for their families.  While Hyatt may officially disavow Manchester's contributions to Proposition 8 as a personal choice, the fact remains that their multi-million dollar LGBT marketing efforts must be seen as little more than sheer hypocrisy when the revenue this marketing attracts is then funneled into efforts that bite the hand which feeds them.  In such a situation, we always have the ability to choose not to feed them any longer. 
·         Justice for Manchester Hyatt workers. Manchester's Hyatt allegedly forces housekeepers to clean more rooms than housekeepers at other Hyatt hotels, including the other Hyatt hotel in San Diego.  In 2006, housekeepers began lunch hour protests against working conditions in the hotel, saying that their daily room quota had been increased from 17 to 30 rooms per shift!  We have no reason to believe that Manchester has made any workload reductions to address these protests. Across the hotel industry, increasing workloads have put a greater strain on housekeepers; work speedups have led to increasing injury rates.  According to the Department of Labor, injury rates for hotel workers are 40% higher than the service sector average. Hotel housekeeper injuries are debilitating. Back injuries, housemaids' knee (bursitis), and shoulder pain can lead to permanent disability. Numerous studies have shown that unreasonable workloads are a serious occupational health issue; here are a few facts that highlight the severity of that problem:
In a recent survey of more than 600 hotel housekeepers in the U.S. and Canada, 91% said that they have suffered work-related pain. Of those who reported workplace pain:
_ 77% said their workplace pain interfered with routine activities.
_ Two out of every three workers visited their doctor to deal with workplace    pain.
_ 66% took pain medication just to get through their daily quota.
          (UNITE HERE survey results)



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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Re: [SDCPJ] WE WON! Shooting Ranges to be removed from city high school campuses!!!!!

And - A big thanks to the SDCPJ for supporting (through funds and volunteers) the High School Leafleting Project.  Many of you volunteers have gone out in the mornings to pass out literature to students at their schools for several years.  The peace movement has grown thanks to your work,  it has been an invaluable part of building this movement!

Stephanie
for SDCPJ high school leafleting project

On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:59 PM, Carol Jahnkow wrote:

 In a 3-2 vote, the San Diego Unified School District voted tonight (9 p.m.!) to removed JROTC shooting ranges from district high school campuses (see resolution below).  Congratulations and a big Shout Out to the Education Not Arms Coalition which has been fighting this for a year and to the 150 students from Lincoln, Mission Bay and other high schools who were at the school district offices and board meeting today for over 6 hours.   More to follow!


Resolution in the Matter of Eliminating Marksmanship Training From San Diego Unified School District Schools

WHEREAS, the San Diego Unified School District has a zero-tolerance policy on
weapons in schools and seeks, as one of its primary goals, to teach students to resolve conflicts
without resorting to violence; and
 
WHEREAS, the District cannot risk sending a mixed message to students when some of
their lives have been recently taken by gun violence;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that any existing school district property used
for shooting ranges shall be immediately closed for that purpose and converted for other
educational uses by the beginning of the next regular school year.
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that marksmanship training, whether it is conducted on-campus
or off-campus, and through textbooks or physical instruction, shall not be taught in
connection with the San Diego Unified School District and shall be discontinued immediately.
 
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Fetus Rights

Fetus Rights
Fetus Rights

The Earth Was Created

The Earth Was Created
The Earth Was Created

Lessons

Lessons
Lessons