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cellpadding=0 width=164 style='width:164.0pt;mso-cellspacing:3.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; height:40.0pt'> <td width="96%" style='width:96.34%;padding:2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt 2.0pt; height:40.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="index.html">&nbsp;<b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Home</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>People of Faith Peacemakers is a resource and support group for those concern</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> PEOPLE OF FAITH PEACEMAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UPDATED </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>People of Faith Peacemakers is a resource and support group for those concerned about peace and justice from a faith perspective. Breakfast meetings, which are open to everyone, are <span style='color:#990099'>8 to 9:30 am</span> at the African Development, Minneapolis, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. The website (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="index.html"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>www.justviewpoint.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>) features the current calendar, related events and actions.</span><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#08238C'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UPDATED CALENDAR</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <span class=GramE> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>December</b></span><b> 2011&nbsp; January 2012 Wednesdays, 8 am<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>People of Faith Peacemakers<br> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Breakfast Meetings  Open to Everyone<br> <b>8:00 9:30 am, 2nd &amp; 4th Wednesdays <br> At the African Development Center, 1931 South 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55454 </b></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Dec. 28</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>       </span>No meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Have a merry Christmas, and blessings for the <span class=GramE>new year</span>!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Jan. 11<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>       </span>Dan McGrath, Executive Director of <span class=SpellE>TakeAction</span> Minnesota . . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                  </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>     </span><span class=GramE>. .</span> . says the defining feature of <span class=SpellE>TakeAction</span> is  an active membership which unites organizations and people around strategies that win concrete victories. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                  </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>     </span><span class=SpellE>TakeAction</span> is a young and growing statewide organization that traces its roots back to Paul Wellstone  and to two groups that joined forces in 2006: Progressive MN and MAPA (Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Instead of building an organization around a candidate, organizers engaged people around  a vision of something new. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>In the last three years membership has grown to 10,000 members and 23 organizations working together.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                       </span>We will be enlightened by Dan s session with us, as we learn more about <span class=SpellE>TakeAction</span> and how we all are part of its work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Jan. 25<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>       </span>Pastor Jane Buckley-<span class=SpellE>Farlee</span> of Trinity Lutheran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                       </span>Pastor Jane will talk about Trinity s ELCA Interfaith Ministry Grant and the work the Congregation does in their neighborhood community, and she will share the insights they ve gained from this work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>And in coming months, we re also planning connected programs on Clean Energy; Native Americans and the environment, including discussion of the effects of mining tar sands; Native Americans and other pressing issues they continue to face; and issues around the worldwide trafficking of women, including Native American women. Details to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;tab-stops:1.25in; background:white'><span style='font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>§ </span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>FFI: &nbsp;www.justviewpoint.org &lt;<u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.justviewpoint.org/">http://www.justviewpoint.org/</a></span></u><span class=GramE>&gt; ;</span> Eleanor at 763-784-5177; <span class=SpellE>webservant</span> Carol Masters at <u><span style='color:blue'>cmasters@bitstream.net<br> </span></u></span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><span style='font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>§ </span><i><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>To receive this calendar by email, contact <u><span style='color:blue'>cmasters@bitstream.net</span></u> to join the list serve.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PARKING: &nbsp;</span></b><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Pastor Jane of Trinity Lutheran has graciously agreed that we may continue to use the spaces in their parking lot signed for St. Martin's Table (until they have a new tenant). However, please be careful to observe all the signs in the lot (some of which may be covered by snow) and to <u>be certain to leave </u></span></i><i><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>available</span></u></i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> three spaces in the center reserved for Trinity Staff<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#003366'>PEOPLE OF FAITH PEACEMAKERS support the following Peace Agenda by Jack Nelson <span class=SpellE>Pallmeyer</span></span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=754 style='width:754.0pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;background:#ECE9FC; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PEACE AGENDA</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Background:</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Many U.S. citizens and people throughout the world hope the Obama administration will choose new approaches to security.&nbsp; Alternative foreign policies are needed in order to address critical domestic and international problems.&nbsp; We believe U.S. foreign policy should be guided by three insights.&nbsp; </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Key Insights:</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>It is a grave danger to confuse military power with real strength.&nbsp; The world is changing.&nbsp; U.S. power is diminished.&nbsp; Our economy is weak.&nbsp; Our military is strong, but counterproductive given the problems we face.&nbsp; There are no military solutions to most of our nation s or the world s problems. </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Our security and hope rest in joining the community of nations to solve pressing problems, building international partnerships, and respecting international law.&nbsp; We will be welcomed as a good global <i>partner</i> or we will fail as a global <i>bully</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The nation s economic crisis has many causes but is best understood in relation to disastrous wars, excessive military spending, and failed foreign policies.&nbsp; Living standards are declining for most Americans because laws were changed to reward the greedy few and because U.S. military spending equals that of the rest of the world combined.&nbsp; Enlightened domestic and foreign policies will allow us to address climate change, revitalize the U.S. economy and meet critical health and other social needs. </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Peace Movement Agenda for Change:</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dismantle the infrastructure for disastrous wars</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>:</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Endorse the Cluster Bomb Treaty and urge all nations to comply.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Abandon the missile defense system and engage Russia and China to reduce nuclear arsenals.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Reject U.S. plans to militarize space and join with others to preserve space for peaceful purposes.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Convene a global conference to cut global military spending by 50% and redirect funds to address climate change and global poverty. </span><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;Stop production of unneeded weapons systems and confront the  disastrous rise of the  Military Industrial Complex (President Eisenhower s words.)&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Close many of the more than 750 permanent foreign U.S. military bases.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the CIA secret prisons, end the practice of rendering prisoners to third countries, and issue a blanket policy precluding torture or degrading treatment of prisoners.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Develop renewable energy sources that reduce our use of oil and renounce the Carter Doctrine which says the U.S. has the right to use  any means necessary, including military force, to maintain unrestricted access to Persian Gulf oil. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Renounce the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<u>Building an infrastructure of peace &amp; prosperity</u>:</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Recommit the United States to support and strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Commit the United States to strengthen the United Nations, and to respect international law and nonintervention.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Acknowledge climate change as the gravest security threat to the United States and the world and redirect resources accordingly.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Disentangle U.S. foreign policies from imposition of failed economic policies and flawed trade agreements.&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Create a cabinet-level Department of Peace to <span style='color:black'>teach and implement effective mediation and conflict resolution skills that build peace and prevent violence and armed conflict.</span></span><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Abandon the  war on terror and address the root causes of terrorism (end illegal occupations, address economic and political grievances, view terrorism as a criminal enterprise.)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Resolution of current conflicts</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>:</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Organize a complete and total withdrawal of U.S. troops and private military contractors from Iraq within nine months.&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Accelerate negotiations, begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and avoid escalating U.S. military involvement in Pakistan.&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Help resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict through determined, balanced diplomacy.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Negotiate with Iran and work to make the Middle East a nuclear weapons free zone.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Improve relations with Latin American nations:</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Close the prison at Guantanamo; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Shut down the U.S. Army School of the Americas; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Replace the  war on drugs with efforts to reduce demand and to expand effective treatment; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Normalize relations with Cuba; and </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Jack Nelson-<span class=SpellE>Pallmeyer</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>jacknelsonpallmeyer@yahoo.com &nbsp;</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>More information <span class=SpellE>webservant</span> Carol <span class=GramE>Masters</span> <a href="mailto:cmasters@bitstream.net">cmasters@bitstream.net</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.justviewpoint.org">www.justviewpoint.org</a> or Eleanor 763-784-5177</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; 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mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>People of Faith may receive this calendar by email. To join this list serve, email <a href="mailto:cmasters@bitstream.net">cmasters@bitstream.net</a></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Please join us on the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> Wednesday of the month for questions and discussion on these important topics!</span></i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"-ÿ3ÿ fg","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>( </span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PEOPLE OF FAITH PEACEMAKERS STATEMENT <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>on</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Repentance / Forgiveness among Nations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><span class=GramE>in</span> response to the theme of the June 27, 2007 retreat at Hospitality Place<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>When individuals, ill physically, mentally, and emotionally, owing to the commission of heinous acts, are in search of wholeness and health they find that the solace they desire and need requires them to examine their past deeds and to seek forgiveness from those whom they have wronged. This same path is essential for nations. In order for the United States to shed its mantle of militarism and be the beacon of hope proclaimed in countless documents, it must examine and atone for the dark transgressions of its past and present.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>These transgressions have been many but two committed in the past that must be addressed are: 1) the theft of the land once occupied wholly by the indigenous people of the western continent and the genocide accompanying it and 2) the enslavement, torture and travail visited upon the African people brought to this continent to be sold as slaves. Also included in these past transgressions are countless aggressive actions and wars calling for atonement. The present transgressions are the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and wounded and millions of refugees have been created.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>The scripture declares:  Therefore, if thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there <span class=SpellE>rememberest</span> that thy brother has anything against thee, leave thy gift before the altar and go first to be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>As it appears unlikely that any U.S. administration will suggest the need for national repentance and atonement, we members of People of Faith Peacemakers as citizens of this country do offer this statement and encourage other religious bodies to follow suit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">                                      </span>Polly Mann for People of Faith Peacemakers</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;background:#FFCC00;mso-layout-grid-align: none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ONGOING<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>for</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'> a Calendar of Peace Events and Meetings: Minneapolis Alliance of Peacemakers <a href="http://www.mapm.org">www.mapm.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>People of Faith Peacemakers is a MAP member</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>EVERY WEDNESDAY<span class=GramE>:<span style='font-family:"-ÿ3ÿ fg","serif";mso-hansi-font-family: Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>( </span></span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>( </span><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7-8 a.m. PEACE VIGIL at Alliant <span class=SpellE>TechSystems</span> 5050 Lincoln Drive Edina &lt;<a href="http://www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html"><span style='color:#0022F7'>http://www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html</span></a>&gt; &nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"-ÿ3ÿ fg","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>( </span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>( </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5:00 · 6:00 p.m. <span style='color:red'>Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge </span>· A TWIN CITIES ANTI-WAR TRADITION</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> &lt;<a href="http://www.worldwidewamm.org/"><span style='color:#0022F7'>http://www.worldwidewamm.org/</span></a>&gt; </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"-ÿ3ÿ fg","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>( ( <o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=754 style='width:754.0pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;background:#ECE9FC; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PEOPLE OF FAITH PEACEMAKERS STATEMENT on nuclear weapons</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>People of Faith Peacemakers, an ecumenical group in the Twin Cities, is alarmed at the continued threat posed by the continued development and possible use of nuclear weapons. We believe this to be a crucial time to address this threat, as violence heightens in the Middle East, and other parts of our world, and as nuclear material and weapons in the former Soviet Union continue to be vulnerable to terrorist threats.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Nuclear weapons could destroy not only our present civilization, but with long-term radiation effects and the possibility of nuclear winter, nuclear weapons could destroy the future. Even when unused, their production and deployment cause environmental degradation, divert massive resources from human need, and add destabilizing fear to tense political situations.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has revealed a plan for the future of this country's nuclear arsenal, which envisions new, specialized nuclear weapons that could be used in a first strike against terrorists and rogue dictators, further increasing the danger.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Therefore, we join with other people of faith in the United States in an &quot;Urgent Call to End the Nuclear Danger,&quot; a call adopted by many faith groups as they look to reverse the drift towards catastrophe. We call on our government to</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>*Permanently end the development, testing, and production of nuclear weapons;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>*Seek agreement with Russia on the mutual and verified destruction of nuclear weapons withdrawn under treaties, and increase the resources here and in Russia to secure nuclear warheads and material, and to implement destruction of weapons;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>*Strengthen nonproliferation efforts by ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, finalizing a missile ban in North Korea, reducing fissile material worldwide, and negotiating a ban on its production;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>* Work toward peaceful negotiations in all cases of tension and crisis.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Contemplating the use of nuclear weapons is an affront to God, the Creator. Preparing to unleash such destructiveness runs counter to the life-giving creativity that comes from God. As people of faith, we affirm life and all that nurtures it. We abhor nuclear weapons and the destruction they portend. As people of faith, we choose life.</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Webworker</span></b></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="mailto:cmasters@bitstream.net">cmasters@bitstream.net</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>