Dear Friends,
As you may already know, in the beginning of February 2007, the White House will most likely submit a new supplemental spending bill to
Congress, and Voices for Creative Nonviolence will launch the
Occupation Project, a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil
disobedience to end war funding.
Kathy Kelly, currently in Amman, Jordan writes:
"Although we have 
paltry financial means compared to the weapons
makers who wield so much influence on Capitol Hill, we do have
resources. We have our bodies. We have our determination. We have our
compassion for Iraqi people and for U.S. soldiers. We have our concern
for future generations who will not only have to live with the
consequences of this violence, but who will also live on a planet
spoiled by global warming, in no small part because we spent our
resources on war instead of on developing clean energy sources. These
are the grains of sand that will stop the cogs of war from turning.
"Now is the time for seriously strategizing about the best ways, in
our hometowns, to engage in sustained civil disobedience at the
offices of elected representatives, demanding that they vote against
the supplemental spending bill."
Read Kathy's complete article, "Wrapped Around a Bullet" -
http://vcnv.org/wrapped-around-a-bullet
You can sign up to participate in the project by visiting the
Occupation Project page -
http://vcnv.org/project/the-occupation-project, or give us a call at
773-878-3815, or write to occupationproject@vcnv.org.
