| BOOKS NOT BOMBS 4th Anniversary Action Wear Your Opposition On Your Sleeve Get Your Congressperson To Show Their Opposition and Act to End the War! Monday, March 19, 2007 will be the 4th Anniversary of the United States’ immoral and illegal invasion of Iraq, the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) is asking for its members and member groups to collectively display youth and student solidarity against the war and the priorities of this country by wearing a “Books Not Bombs” button, t-shirt or armband. We are calling for young people across the country to declare their grievances against this war. The vast majority of young people believe that this war must end and public opinion increases each day against it. But while we believe in ending the war NOW Bush is doing the opposite by escalating troop levels and the war into an even longer disaster. By wearing a button – young people can translate that sentiment into a powerful public statement demanding that this war must end now and engaging our peers to take action with us. A button won’t stop the war, but it is a constant display of where we stand. On this anniversary of 4 long and devastating years of violence in Iraq, we want to make the message loud and clear that we are against the war and we will not be ignored any longer; plan actions displaying your resistance to your peers and your communities to show that it is no longer acceptable to ignore the war or its effects in your community. This means wearing your button to class, it means unfurling antiwar banners or painting your faces/chests with ‘no more war’ at the basketball game, have a rally, anything to highlight this anniversary and make sure we don’t face a 5th one. We also need Congress, our elected officials who represent us, to take action to end the war now - they have the power to do so and they must do it now! So call your members of Congress and demand that they fund books not bombs and ask what they are doing to end the war and re-fund education. Check out our sample call-in script. Congress needs to know they must listen to young people in this country and prioritize the needs of youth and students over war and profit. On March 19th, organize call-ins to legislators outside your student union to ask if they’re wearing the button, then ask them what they’re doing to end the war; pass out buttons to those who make a call. Members of Congress have the power to stop the war, so we must make them act and carry out the peace mandate from the Nov. 2006 elections. We need every young person in this country to wear a button, call up their congressperson and ask them to act on March 19th to end the war. This country does not have a money problem, it has a priorities problem. What will the new Congress do to reverse this? Take the pledge to act! Check out our sample script for calling your members of Congress! For info more info on buttons, or to place an order without a credit card, please contact Mfranz@afsc.org Register your events here or Find events already being planned in your area Want to be kept up to date on upcoming events and calls to action? Join our action alerts! Help keep NYSPC going, make a donation today! Thanks for your support! |
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