Josselien Janssens on Fri, 14 Mar 2003 23:48:02 +0100 (CET) |
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[Nettime-nl] [AAWI] Candlelight Vigil - March 16 |
Onder het motto "wir sind auch Amerikaner". A.s. zondag om 18:45 Europese tijd, 6.45 PM Amerikaanse tijd, in a big city near you. > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > From: "Americans Against War in Iraq" > <robbie@americansagainstwar.net> > To: <all@americansagainstwar.net> > Date sent: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:05:01 +0100 > Subject: [AAWI] Candlelight Vigil - March 16 > > [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] > > WHAT: Global Candlelight Vigil for Peace > > WHEN: Sunday 16 March @ 7:00 > > WHERE: Dam Square, Amsterdam > (or Peace Palace, The Hague) > > MEET: 6:45 near the Nieuwe Kerk > > Dear Americans Against War, > You've probably already heard about the Global Candlelight Vigil for > Peace being orgainzed by MoveOn.org and the Win Without War > coalition. > The idea is to have a rolling wave of candlelight in every country > across the planet. In Amsterdam, we will stand together with our > friends from the Irak Platform on Dam Square. The website given > below > lists other places where people will gather including The Hague, > Utrecht, Eindhoven and some smaller towns. We hope you can join > us! > Robbie > > >From www.globalvigil.org > > Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Reverend Robert Edgar, and other > religious > leaders call for candlelight vigils around the world on march 16th to > say yes to peace -- and no to war with Iraq. So far, 2157 vigils have > been scheduled in 85 countries. The next few Web pages will > connect > you with a candlelight vigil in your area or allow you to schedule a > new vigil. > > It appears that the Bush administration will fail to win Security > Council support for war, and world public opinion has been a key > part > of this. Help keep up the pressure by attending, or scheduling, a > candlelight vigil on Sunday in your area. MoveOn.org and the Win > Without War coalition, together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and > many > faith-based organizations, are calling for this global vigil -- and we > need your help. > > Beginning in New Zealand, this will be a rolling wave of candlelight > gatherings that will quickly cross the globe. It's up to you to make > this happen. Today we are asking individuals, like you, to organize a > vigil in each community. We're hoping that thousands of small > groups > around the world will be inspired to come together and stand for > peace. It's time for the world to come together in this moment of > darkness and rekindle the light of reason -- and of hope. It's time to > renew our commitment to building a positive world for our children. > > With your help, we will see the first candlelight vigil to sweep > around the globe on the evening of March 16th. Together, we will > lead > the nations of the world away from an unnecessary war and toward > a > peaceful and prosperous future. > > This is a key moment in history. Be a part of it. > > ______________________________________________________ > ________________ > ___ This message was brought to you by Americans Against War in > Iraq. > To respond to the author, press "Reply". To contact us, > mailto:info@americansagainstwar.net To unsubscribe, blank > message to > mailto:all-leave@americansagainstwar.net > ------- End of forwarded message ------- ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (grootveld@nrc.nl).