| SEPTEMBER
02, 2005 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Who:
Department of Peace Campaign, New York chapter
What: Press Conference
Where: City Hall Steps
When: Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, 1pm-2pm
Why: Department of Peace legislation is being
reintroduced to Congress on Wednesday, September 14, 2005
On Friday, September 9, 2005, from 1-2pm on the steps of City
Hall, a group of New Yorkers will gather to speak about the
Department of Peace (DoP) legislation being reintroduced to
the 109th Congress on Wednesday, September 14, 2005; and to
thank the 9 New York and 2 New Jersey Congress members who
are among the bill’s 53 co-sponsors. Each local co-sponsor
has been invited to attend the press conference, along with
NYC Council member Bill Perkins, who helped sponsor the press
conference and supports the creation of a Department of Peace.
Four years have passed since the worst terrorist attack to
happen in New York City occurred, and many steps have been
taken to ensure it does not happen again. Every necessary
precaution to protect this great city should be enacted, and
many New Yorkers are getting behind a proactive solution:
the creation of a United States Department of Peace.
The Department of Peace would work collaboratively with other
federal agencies to research, facilitate, and articulate nonviolent
solutions to conflict at home and abroad. The DoP New York
chapter is sending a delegation to Washington, DC over the
anniversary weekend of September 11th, to attend the National
Department of Peace Conference where Walter Cronkite is a
scheduled guest speaker. Then they will march, but not in
the streets of our Nation’s Capitol. Instead they will
march through the halls of Congress meeting with lawmakers
to win support for this bill.
They have also organized a one-day phone-a-thon, complete
with pledge packets that are available on their website (www.nyc-dop.com).
There is a twist however, the “pledges” aren’t
asking for money, they ask for a promise to call Congress
on September 14, to support the bill.
Please join us on Friday, September 9, 2005 from 1-2pm on
the steps of City Hall to learn more about this historic legislation
and the elected officials working for its passage.
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