[CIMC-working] feature ide: votw

[Doug Morris]

Hi,
Voices in the Wilderness is based in Chicago.

Got the note below in email today.  Do we want to do a feature on this?

Note this Dec 5 press conf.  (still not to late to cover this):

http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/pages/PR_120302_Treas_Fine_Conf.html
On November 6 the U.S. Treasury Department imposed $20,000 in fines on 
Chicago-based Voices in the Wilderness (VitW), a campaign to end the 
sanctions on Iraq. On December 5 at 10 AM members of VitW will hold a press 
conference on the 2nd floor of Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago. They 
will affirm that they have traveled to Iraq in nonviolent defiance of US/UN 
sanctions and announce that they intend to raise thousands of dollars to 
continue breaking the embargo.

Perhaps someone/we could write to one of local contacts or chicago office 
for input on article(s) and then feature:
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/pages/local_resource_bio.html

Doug

Subj: Voices Update
Date: 12/21/2002 3:30:33 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: <mailto:info@vitw.org>info@vitw.<mailto:info@vitw.org>org

Dear friends,

As many of us prepare for the holidays, we are painfully aware that the
Bush administration will likely use this time to exploit their war
effort.  It is hard to celebrate the birth of a new world when actions
are being taken to destroy this one, so we will be working through the
coming weeks to strengthen our efforts- our office will remain open
everyday.

1) The Iraq Peace Team-  There are now over 50 Americans and
internationals in Iraq with the Iraq Peace Team. Delegations will be
departing December 26th, January 5th, January 18th and January 30th.
There will be more delegations added soon.  For more information, recent
writing from IPT members in Iraq, and applications, please visit
www.iraqpeaceteam.org.   Delegates continue to return and are speaking
across the nation... an updated list is located at
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/pages/local_resource_bio.html


2) Response to the Treasury Department-  You can sign on to break
sanctions with us at www.vitw.org.  Please print out the document, sign
it amd send to the Voices in the Wilderness office.

Your response has been incredible!  Over 100 people who have traveled to
Iraq have signed on to continue to work against sanctions and war.
Hundreds of others have sent their name along with donations and
medicine, and the list is growing daily.

We will be announcing the signers at a press conference in Washington DC
on January 16th, 2002, 12 years since the first Gulf War, and a date
possibly close to the next one. We will also undertake creative actions
in DC and elsewhere on this date, which we invite you to join.  Further
information will follow in emails and will be posted at www.vitw.org

We must continue to take risks for peace. Thank you so much for standing
together- hope exists because so many people around the world will not
let this war happen in their name.

In peace and gratitude

danny muller
with voices in the wilderness

Voices in the Wilderness
1-773-784-8065
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw
1460 West Carmen Ave
Chicago  IL  60640

**Please visit http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org