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Oct 24, 2009, 6:35:09 PM10/24/09
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Welcome
to the first issue of the new OCC newsletter. We hope you find it
interesting and useful. It will come out about once or twice a month,
more frequent only for special circumstances or important breaking news
about our work. We know you are busy and have an already overflowing
inbox.
Please let us know what you think. If you would like to unsubscribe, or would like us to invite someone to receive it, more info and links are at the end of this email, or at the list homepage <http://centerforconscience.org/mailman/listinfo/occnews_centerforconscience.org>.
We are going to be making the old Yahoo Group into a more general discussion list for those who choose to participate in a conversation about Oklahoma peacemaking, GI Rights work, alternatives to militarism and the like. You can join by sending an email to <okobjector...@yahoogroups.com> or, you can visit the web page for that group, <groups.yahoo.com/group/okobjector>, where you can unsubscribe or update your membership (such as to a less-frequent mailing).
Action alert!
We need motivated, energetic folks to help with our alternatives to military service project. There are roles to play in front and behind the scenes. See below under events.
OCC activities
Rethink Afghanistan film
Our screening on 10/14 was the Oklahoma premiere of this important and timely documentary. We had a gread discussion afterward, and signed a petition "Demand Civilian Solutions for Afghanistan" which the producer provided. You can sign and learn more at rethinkafghanistan.org.
The DVD was added to OCC's library, and is available for local screenings. If you want to order your own copy, they are $25 and if you order through OCC, we get $5 from the film company.
<http://centerforconscience.org/2009/10/02/occ-to-screen-rethink-afghanistan-on-1014/>
Web sites redesigned
Rena has remodeled our online presence with new designs for <centerforconscience.org> and <okgirightshotline.org>. Check them out!
Article published
Moses Mast wrote a wonderful article explaining our GI Rights work, and it has been published in the latest issue of the Peace Strategy News, the newspaper of the Oklahoma City Peace House <www.peacehouseok.org>. It's also posted on our web site, <www.centerforconscience.org>.
We continue to operate the Oklahoma GI Rights Hotline, and coordinate associated servicemember legal support, which is our largest expense. If you are moved to help with this project, our mailing address is below, or you can check our web site, where you can donate with a credit card.
Upcoming OCC events:
Help our youth find "Work Without War"
We're having a hastily called meeting on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 1pm at Joy Mennonite Church to do some counter-recruitment planning. Please join us if you can, or email us with your interest in future meetings of this project. We will be doing outreach not just in schools, but at public events, and at recruiting stations.
November Business Meeting
We're rescheduled the November meeting from the usual first Sunday to the second Sunday of the month instead. So join us on Nov. 8 at 1pm at Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16th. Among other things, we'll have a report from our GI Rights hotline attorney, James Branum, on the recent National Lawyers Guild conference, where he was one of the presenters of the workshop on courts-martial.
2009 Fall Peace Festival
We will again be at the Fall Peace Festival sponsored by the Peace House. Please stop by our table and say hi. We are hoping to have a place for folks to sign holday cards and write letters to GI resisters who are serving sentences for their refusal to fight an illegal immoral war. If you would like to help with the table, contact Rena at 405.615.2700.
Other news of interest:
The Honest Recruiter
New updated edition of Sgt. Abe, the Honest Recruiter is now available.This is THE essential counter-recruitment tool, so make some copies and have them handy for distribution to anyone thinking of joining the military, or of recruitable age. They should make the decision with ALL the facts, and not the selected spin given by recruiters. The site also has the handout in Spanish, as well as a video.
http://thehonestrecruiter.org/
Obama's War
PBS did outstanding work with its Frontline documentary Bush's War. Now they reexamine the subject with Obama in the White House. It has prompted a lot of discussion as to whether it's too soon to criticize the new president for the problems he inherited, or whether the anti-war movement is being too lenient on the new commander in chief when he is continuing, or expanding, Bush's militaristic policies. What do you think? Watch the film at the link below and let us know.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/>
The sound of peace
Speaking of PBS, did you catch the wonderful profile of lifetime pacifist Joan Baez on PBS earlier this month, part of their American Masters series. If not, don't worry, you can watch online until Dec. 10.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/joan-baez/how-sweet-the-sound/1185/>
Recommended reading:
Cyber Resistance by Dahr Jamail
Technology has enabled alternative voices to penetrate the wall of silence around soldiers and war.
<http://www.truthout.org/10230910>
Multiple Deployments May Raise Risk of Military Spouse Suicide by Stacy Bannerman
<http://www.truthout.org/article/multiple-deployments-may-raise-risk-military-spouse-suicide>
We also recommend the following books:
The Will to Resist by Dahr Jamail
Rules of Disengagement by Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd
On Facebook?
Become a fan of OCC's page:
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-Center-for-Conscience/43554012553>
Oklahoma Center for Conscience - centerforconscience.org
Donations are tax deductible. Mail to OCC, 504 NE 16th, OKC 73104
Please let us know what you think. If you would like to unsubscribe, or would like us to invite someone to receive it, more info and links are at the end of this email, or at the list homepage <http://centerforconscience.org/mailman/listinfo/occnews_centerforconscience.org>.
We are going to be making the old Yahoo Group into a more general discussion list for those who choose to participate in a conversation about Oklahoma peacemaking, GI Rights work, alternatives to militarism and the like. You can join by sending an email to <okobjector...@yahoogroups.com> or, you can visit the web page for that group, <groups.yahoo.com/group/okobjector>, where you can unsubscribe or update your membership (such as to a less-frequent mailing).
Action alert!
We need motivated, energetic folks to help with our alternatives to military service project. There are roles to play in front and behind the scenes. See below under events.
OCC activities
Rethink Afghanistan film
Our screening on 10/14 was the Oklahoma premiere of this important and timely documentary. We had a gread discussion afterward, and signed a petition "Demand Civilian Solutions for Afghanistan" which the producer provided. You can sign and learn more at rethinkafghanistan.org.
The DVD was added to OCC's library, and is available for local screenings. If you want to order your own copy, they are $25 and if you order through OCC, we get $5 from the film company.
<http://centerforconscience.org/2009/10/02/occ-to-screen-rethink-afghanistan-on-1014/>
Web sites redesigned
Rena has remodeled our online presence with new designs for <centerforconscience.org> and <okgirightshotline.org>. Check them out!
Article published
Moses Mast wrote a wonderful article explaining our GI Rights work, and it has been published in the latest issue of the Peace Strategy News, the newspaper of the Oklahoma City Peace House <www.peacehouseok.org>. It's also posted on our web site, <www.centerforconscience.org>.
We continue to operate the Oklahoma GI Rights Hotline, and coordinate associated servicemember legal support, which is our largest expense. If you are moved to help with this project, our mailing address is below, or you can check our web site, where you can donate with a credit card.
Upcoming OCC events:
Help our youth find "Work Without War"
We're having a hastily called meeting on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 1pm at Joy Mennonite Church to do some counter-recruitment planning. Please join us if you can, or email us with your interest in future meetings of this project. We will be doing outreach not just in schools, but at public events, and at recruiting stations.
November Business Meeting
We're rescheduled the November meeting from the usual first Sunday to the second Sunday of the month instead. So join us on Nov. 8 at 1pm at Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16th. Among other things, we'll have a report from our GI Rights hotline attorney, James Branum, on the recent National Lawyers Guild conference, where he was one of the presenters of the workshop on courts-martial.
2009 Fall Peace Festival
We will again be at the Fall Peace Festival sponsored by the Peace House. Please stop by our table and say hi. We are hoping to have a place for folks to sign holday cards and write letters to GI resisters who are serving sentences for their refusal to fight an illegal immoral war. If you would like to help with the table, contact Rena at 405.615.2700.
Other news of interest:
The Honest Recruiter
New updated edition of Sgt. Abe, the Honest Recruiter is now available.This is THE essential counter-recruitment tool, so make some copies and have them handy for distribution to anyone thinking of joining the military, or of recruitable age. They should make the decision with ALL the facts, and not the selected spin given by recruiters. The site also has the handout in Spanish, as well as a video.
http://thehonestrecruiter.org/
Obama's War
PBS did outstanding work with its Frontline documentary Bush's War. Now they reexamine the subject with Obama in the White House. It has prompted a lot of discussion as to whether it's too soon to criticize the new president for the problems he inherited, or whether the anti-war movement is being too lenient on the new commander in chief when he is continuing, or expanding, Bush's militaristic policies. What do you think? Watch the film at the link below and let us know.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/>
The sound of peace
Speaking of PBS, did you catch the wonderful profile of lifetime pacifist Joan Baez on PBS earlier this month, part of their American Masters series. If not, don't worry, you can watch online until Dec. 10.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/joan-baez/how-sweet-the-sound/1185/>
Recommended reading:
Cyber Resistance by Dahr Jamail
Technology has enabled alternative voices to penetrate the wall of silence around soldiers and war.
<http://www.truthout.org/10230910>
Multiple Deployments May Raise Risk of Military Spouse Suicide by Stacy Bannerman
<http://www.truthout.org/article/multiple-deployments-may-raise-risk-military-spouse-suicide>
We also recommend the following books:
The Will to Resist by Dahr Jamail
Rules of Disengagement by Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd
On Facebook?
Become a fan of OCC's page:
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-Center-for-Conscience/43554012553>
Oklahoma Center for Conscience - centerforconscience.org
Donations are tax deductible. Mail to OCC, 504 NE 16th, OKC 73104
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