Fwd: Brookline Ceasefire Peace March on May 4 2024

[Donelle O'Neal]

Passing this along

Respectfully 

Donelle S O'Neal Sr 

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From: Sam Pierce <samuelpi...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 12:18 PM
Subject: Brookline Ceasefire Peace March on May 4 2024
To: Priscilla Flint <Pflin...@gmail.com>, Larry <balt...@aol.com>, <oka...@nhkdc.com>, katy...@bu.edu <katy...@bu.edu>, habe...@yahoo.com <habe...@yahoo.com>, Lee Toma <lee....@bikemilton.org>, <julia_s...@markey.senate.gov>

Hello Neighbors, 

From the vitriol that has ensued following the debates regarding Brookline passing a ceasefire resolution, we can see that the divides in our community are stronger than ever. These meetings have changed from a discussion about the sheer scale of human life lost and our role as taxpayers, to whether or not Brookline should take a stance on international affairs. Many of us have differing ideas on what we believe is the right course of action regarding Palestine & Israel to generate lasting peace. We need to get back to the crux of the matter.  

No matter your opinion, it is simply unconscionable to continue down this path. Our communities are mourning, hate crimes are rising, and everyone is feeling less safe in the neighborhoods we live and grow up in. Comparatively, what is happening across the globe is death and destruction on a once unimaginable scale. It is our duty to call for an immediate ceasefire no matter what you see as the ideal end result. This is not a Muslim or Jewish issue. This is a human issue. Women, children, and entire family lines are being obliterated day by day. Schools, hospitals, journalism headquarters, shelters, and the like are being bombarded day after day. Our communities here in Brookline are suffering. Neighbors are turning on each other and looking at one another with suspicion.

 
This is not an issue that we can claim distance from. Brookline has many affected communities as is evident from countless pained public comments at various town meetings. Brookline is full of global citizens who care about making this planet safer and healthier for generations to come. No matter how far apart we are, we share one planet. “More than 281,000 tons of carbon dioxide were generated by the bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza in the first two months of the war, which is greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations-”. Ignoring this issue solves nothing and harms everyone. We must stand firm in our commitment to an immediate ceasefire no matter the outcome of Warrant Article 19's Ceasefire Resolution.

As articulated in the United States Constitution, one of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment is the right of persons and groups to assemble peacefully. Let us come together to show where we unequivocally stand as a community. We stand united. We stand for peace. Saturday, May 4th, we will march from Brookline High School to Brookline Town Hall together as one community. Once we reach Town Hall, various faith leaders and community organizers will give remarks that highlight our commonality, and our duty to humanity. Enough division, Brookline needs change, and we need to make it ourselves. 

 
If you are interested in helping organize, know or are a faith leader that would like to speak, please email brooklinece...@gmail.com. Please share our event link https://events.humanitix.com/brookline-ceasefire-march-udhk3whw, march flyer (pdf and jpg attached), and the QR code below. 

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Brookline Ceasefire March May 4th PDF.pdf

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After Republicans in the US House threaten to take the US Military into a new (20) twenty year Middle East War. Now is the time to raise our voices. The US Constitution is under attack. 

US Congress is threatening to erase the 1st Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 5th Amendment, and the 14th Amendment all with reauthorizing Section 702 of the FISA Act passed under then US President George W. Bush who lied to his own US Secretary of State Colin Powell to pretend as though there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. $20 Trillion Dollars later, the US Deficit is now $35 Trillion Dollars and counting.

https://hoodline.com/2024/04/boston-erupts-in-student-protests-as-bu-harvard-and-mit-rally-in-support-of-arrested-columbia-peers/?utm=newsbreak

Students in Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline are angry about the arrests at Columbia University. We have an opportunity to build a coalition of supporters for our May 4, 2024 Ceasefire March:

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3409985066092-boston-erupts-in-student-protests-as-bu-harvard-and-mit-rally-in-support-of-arrested-columbia-peers?_f=app_share&s=i4&pd=0GgIxFPb&lang=en_US&send_time=1713675891&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A0%2C%22cv%22%3A%2224.15.0.23%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D

Thus far the list as of April 3, 2024 of who have not yet signed on to the ceasefire in U.S. Congress is as follows:

https://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/

1. Richard Neal

4. Jake Auchincloss

6. Seth Moulton

9. Bill Keating 

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US Senator Markey 

Have yet to agree to a ceasefire or support H.Res.786

We must apply pressure to connect the BU Graduate Students fighting for better contracts to Palestinians fighting for the right to vote, and be free! We must acknowledge the Haitians fighting for the right to vote and be free! The fighting in Gaza is about making sure women and children have enough food to eat everyday. Especially since the Israeli military is using tape recordings of women and children crying to lure out the Palestinians. This has to stop!

We need to make sure the US is funding the UN peacekeepers who provide food to the Palestinian people. We must call our US Congressional Delegation to ensure they stand on the right side of US History. Otherwise we will all watch the 1980 Jimmy Carter US Presidential model happen to Joe Biden 2024, as the courts allow a U.S. attack on the capital building January 6, 2021 to ensure Donald Trump will regain control of the U.S. Military January 20, 2025 and people will have to be very careful of what they have wished for 2024-2025. Is that ok with all of you?

Please join us in Brookline, Ma as we help make US History by acknowledging injustice overseas is a threat to US Peace here domestically. We must acknowledge that religious and ethnic divisions have no place in Massachusetts.

https://events.humanitix.com/brookline-ceasefire-march-udhk3whw?_gl=1*16a7ubq*_ga*MTQ5MzEwMzUxMi4xNzEyMTY1Mzgz*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*MTcxMzU0Mzc3Ny42LjEuMTcxMzU0Mzg5MC40Mi4wLjA

Thank you again to our local leaders, clergy, and community partners who put our Brookline Peace March together on such short notice! The people of Massachusetts are amazing, and I am proud to call many of our local leaders, clergy, and neighbors our friends.

Blessings Always,

Brother Samuel