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Since 2003 Kansas City-based Citizens for Justice in the Middle East (CJME) has educated the public about the issues involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and seeks to end U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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news regarding divestment
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Greetings to all,
The Friends Fiduciary Committee announced last week that they'd divested from Caterpillar. The Friends (Quakers) are to be congratulated for the courage of their convictions. They are doing what Jesus described: "Where your treasure is, therefore also is your heart."
As you may know, the United Methodist Church failed to vote to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions at its recent General Conference. I attended as an advocate with United Methodist Kairos Response ([link]). I can't tell you how hard we worked towards divestment, both long before the Conference and during. Yet we failed, or rather, our church failed in its duty to represent the oppressed.... more »
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United Methodists work for divestment
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Hey folks, I'm here in Tampa with United Methodist Kairos Response attending General Conference, our church's policy-making body that meets every four years. Nearly 1,000 voting delegates from all over the world have gathered. You can't imagine how powerful it is to see delegates in attire representing their countries, especially the Africans. At opening worship we were greeted by a Native American who welcomed us to the land of the Seminole and other native peoples. A humbling moment.... more »
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reminder of Alex's talk Monday night
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From Broadway United Methodist Church, 406 West 74th Street, Kansas City MO: Justice in the Holy Land A Conversation with Dr. Alex Awad We are excited to announce that Dr. Alex Awad will visit Broadway to share with us this Monday, April 16, at 7:00p. Dr. Awad is a well-known author, Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible College, pastor of East... more »
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Rev. Alex Awad coming from Jerusalem--his schedule here
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Dear Friends of Peace, The Rev. Alex Awad, born in Jerusalem and now a United Methodist missionary to a small church there, is coming to Kansas City in April. He has several speaking events. He's a kind and gentle man (humorous too) who has lived the experience of occupation and speaks out against it, while at the same time somehow forgiving those who continue to oppress his people.... more »
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Dinner with benefits, Sunday March 25
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Dear Friends of Peace, This email will at first seem to be about a strictly United Methodist project, but if you read on, you’ll see the political ramifications of how it can help forward peace in Palestine-Israel. United Methodists send delegates from all over the country--actually from around the world--to what we call a General Conference every... more »
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Upcoming music at the Jewish Community Center
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Friends, Dr. Jim Fleming has alerted me to an upcoming performance by the Yuval Ron Ensemble, an interfaith group soon to appear at the Jewish Community Center. Below, I've pasted information from the Ensemble's website. The music is lovely, as you'll hear if you click on the video sample. The performance is Tuesday, April 3, at the Jewish Community Center, 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS.... more »
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Way to go, Presbyterians!
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Presbyterian Leadership Takes Historic Stand Date: 17 February 2012Press Release - for immediate release contact: i...@theIPMN.org Presbyterian Leadership Takes Historic Stand LOUISVILLE,... more »
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Ret. Col. Ann Wright to speak in KC Feb 20!
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Greetings, Friends, UMKC's Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair in Continuing Education presents Retired U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright on Monday, February 20th at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, which is co-sponsoring Colonel Wright's lecture. The title of her talk is "Drones and the Risk of U.S. Foreign Policy."... more »
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Our own Billi Jo's remarkable work
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Friends, important news: Our own CJME member Billi Jo Larmore just returned from a visit to Palestine and while there, wrote a remarkable blog of her visit. There are seven entries. I guarantee you won't want to miss reading them. The blog is at [link] entries are so moving that Philip Weiss of [link] has today published one of them. I'll paste it below this email.... more »
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