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From: George
Snedeker
To: psn
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: Fw: URGENT 911 Anthology ----- Original Message -----
From: Abn11@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:47 PM
Subject: URGENT 911 Anthology I am writing to offer you a chance to publish in our interdisciplinary anthology in response to 9/11. Into the Real Terrorist Mind is an attempt to grapple with some of the difficult issues that face us. I would love to see you submit an article to us. Present contributers include Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Molefi Kete Asante, Ishmael Reed, Hatem Bazian, Michael Parenti, Marjorie Cohn, John Esposito, Phil Gasper, Charley Reese, John Catalinotto, and more. It can be anything from 300 to 5100 words in the form of an scholarly article, text of a delivered speech, and even something already published because our is an edited anthology. Deadline for submission is February 5, 2002. Please also encourage students and faculty to submit as well. We would also appreciate it if you could forward us the names and emails of others to submit. So far, we have received over 120 submissions from professors and students from six continents. The effort is a part of a global education campaign sponsored by Students for International Peace and Justice, Inc., which is a youth movement formed in response to 9/11. The work looks quite promising already. I have received submissions from literally all over the world: China, Australia, Palestine, Jordan, India, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Kosovo, Pakistan, Russia, and elsewhere. A similar anthology, edited by two Berkeley grad students, received international interest as well. I feel this work also has such potential if done properly. At this point, I would like to bring you up to speed with the efforts of Students for International Peace and Justice. The aim of the student coalition is to educate ourselves and our communities that we can, indeed, have peace on Earth. As all youth-driven movements, this initiative is fueled by ground work on campuses in the form of teach- ins and rallies. By shaking the intellectual currents of ivory towers is where any lasting and credible impact is possible and happened in the past, like the Vietnam War era. Our representatives have made speeches in colleges, schools, churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, libraries, and other places. Moreover, we have organized two large peace symposiums with limited time, funds, and means. The first conference was a statewide meeting for youth leaders and community activists on September 22, 2001, at the Holiday Inn in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Nationally syndicated columnist, Charley Reese; trial lawyer and professor, Daniel Vaughen; FBI agent, Ron Rothwell; US Justice Department spokesman, Tom Battles; local law enforcement, and other distinguished speakers addressed topics like hate crimes, foreign policy, and civil rights. Almost 200 people attended that event, which set the stage for our next program, Operation Education: Security through Peace, on October 27th in the TD Waterhouse Centre, arena for NBA's Orlando Magic. Bob Bowman, 2000 American Presidential candidate; Reverend Markel Hutchins of the National Youth Connection; Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center, which was founded by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Mark NeJame, a prominent criminal defense attorney; Imam Tariq Rasheed of the Islamic Center of Orlando; UC Berkeley's Hatem Bazian; Harvard University's Faiz Shakir; Altaf Hussain, National President of Muslim Students' Association, and other notables spoke. The second event coincided with the International Day of Action: 75 US cities and over 20 foreign countries participated. Sara Flounders said of our efforts, "What you were able to accomplish on October 27 in Orlando still stands out as one of the most important actions nationally. As the war and the bombing continues, we continue to plan protests and rallies. The movement for peace is growing." Our volunteers are also busy making presentations about our civil rights and peaceful alternatives to war. Future lectures include Georgia Southern University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Clara University, Stanford University, Rutgers University, Harvard University, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, Cambridge University, Oxford University, and more. May all of us become vehicles to establish an enduring peace on Earth. We appreciate your consideration in the matter. Truly yours, Nadia Batool Ahmad, President and Founder Students for International Peace and Justice, Inc. Website www.sipj911.com Email nadia@sipj911.com Peace is not just the season, but a state of mind... |
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