Syracuse
Peace Council
2013 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 472-5478
spc@peacecouncil.net
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October 2011 Dear Peace Council supporter: |
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Dear friends,
This summer I had the rare experience of spending 30 days in Kabul, Afghanistan. Upon my return, the Syracuse Peace Council arranged my “report-back” to the public, helping leverage my trip into a public platform. (SPC regularly provides a forum for activists having visited war-torn areas.)
Most of my adult life I’ve been entwined – in one way or another – with the Peace Council. SPC has been a beacon, ever beckoning us to oppose militarism and oppression. SPC has been a spur to our grassroots activism and – through the Peace Newsletter – an incubator for our writing and critical thinking.
Given how transient most human enterprises are, it’s remarkable that for 75 years SPC has survived to be this beacon, spur and incubator – for me and for the umpteen other activists drawn to implementing the Peace Council vision.
Today’s Peace Council is solvent (see reverse side for a finance report) – thanks to its four capable and experienced part-time staff and especially to the generous contributions of us all. Whether through our work or through our financial donations, we keep this perky organization alive. (Recall our gentle, but resolute, “die-in” against the hunter/killer reaper drone at Hancock Air Base last spring: it led to 38 arrests and to our upcoming trial in De Witt town court.)
Too often SPC issues – our issues – have been neglected or distorted by the dominant media and political parties. Would anyone else bring the Yes Men or Noam Chomsky here? Just imagine, if you can, Central New York without the Peace Council.
I hope you’ll agree, dear friends, that the Peace Council does plenty to make this a better world for us all. I hope you won’t miss this opportunity to give what you can to support the Peace Council.
Thanks so much!
la lucha continua (the struggle continues),
Ed Kinane
P.S. Be sure to check out the enclosed gold slip encouraging you to help SPC meet our goal of 75 Pledgers by the end of our 75th year.