Subject: FW: Walk In Their Shoes; lost year in Iraq Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:56:20 -0500 Message-ID: <19A6EE157F4C0D4290E98A37C4386B1302692993@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Pope, Karen O." <POPEKJ@uwec.edu>
Dear SFPJ:
Now this codepink idea is an easy thing to do. Savers has *lots* of
kids shoes for pennies.
If you didn't catch the FRONTLINE special last night, you can watch it
online here. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/yeariniraq/
I recommend we all send these links to our cowards in congress. No one
deserves to be reelected just because they are there already.
karen
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Subject: Walk In Their Shoes
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October 18, 2006
Dear Karen,
<http://www.givepeaceavote.org/img/original/alert_shoe.jpg> Have you
seen the devastating John Hopkins report
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url=http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L1179188
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TmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C4_Crises-3> revealing that over 655,000 Iraqis
have died since our invasion and the polls show that the overwhelming
majority of Iraqis want us to leave
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url=http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/250.php?n
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d=&id=&pnt=250&lb=hmpg1> ? Between now and November 7, those
candidates
who still support this war must see the consequence of their votes to go
to war, to fund war, and 'stay the course'.
Shoes, like this pair representing the 3-year-old daughter of Hussein al
Tarish, help people visualize unspeakable pain and suffering this war
has inflicted on the Iraqi people. In the final weeks of the election
season, let's take shoes like these to the doorsteps of pro-war
candidates--outside a fundraiser, a debate, their campaign headquarters
or their homes.
This is an easy yet powerful action you can do on your own or with a few
friends to promote our Give Peace a Vote Campaign
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=209631475&url_num=
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url=http://www.givepeaceavote.org/> and let those running for office
know that we refuse to support pro-war candidates. Just gather old
shoes, tag them with the names of Iraqis who have died (see here
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url=http://www.iraqbodycount.net/names.php> for a list of names),
make
a signs such as: "Stay the Course? Give Peace a Vote", "655,000 Iraqis
Dead: Time to Change Course," and "Walk in Their Shoes." Spend an hour
or two outside candidates headquarters, fundraiser, debate or home. And
on election day, consider how powerful it would be to stand near your
polling place with your shoe exhibit!
If you want help calling the press for your action, here's a sample
press release
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oc> . We also have sample letters to the editor linking the election and
the occupation of Iraq, so please consider writing a letter to your
local paper
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edia.jsp?letter_KEY=596&t=GPV.dwt> sometime between now and
November 7.
While local groups are putting a solemn row of shoes at their
candidates' doorstep, we at CODEPINK National will be taking THOUSANDS
OF PAIRS of shoes to the doorsteps of pro-war candidates in tight races
in Connecticut, Virginia, Missouri and California. Want to help us
create a really powerful visual that will impact voters in tight races?
Please send a tax-deductible financial contribution
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url=https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/codepink/sho
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If you, like us, feel anguish over the chaos our government has
unleashed in Iraq and all the innocent lives lost, let's walk
together-in their shoes.
Andrea, Anedra, Dana, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jodie, Laura, Liz, Medea,
Nancy, Patricia, Rae, Samantha, and Sonia
P.S. Pledge to Give Peace a Vote
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