Sandra Rizzo
Patriots for Peace and Justice
Sun Oct 21 17:00:40 2001


Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
From: Patriots for Peace and Justice
Contacts: John (702) 796-5662, Patsy (775) 624-6975

PEACE PRESENCE

A coalition has come together in our community to create a voice for a
nonviolent resolution of our current crisis. The Patriots for Peace and
Justice propose that we honor our constitutional values and acknowledge that
peace is patriotic. On Monday, October 22, and each Monday thereafter that
the bombing continues, the group will sponsor a "Peace Presence" in front of
the Federal Building at Liberty and S. Virginia Streets, at 5:30 PM.

Vengeance and retaliation cannot be the answer to the current situation, for
they simply increase the spiral of violence and perpetuate and deepen the
culture of violence. We must condemn and deplore the acts of those
responsible for the bombings in our country, but these persons should be
brought to justice through legal means and the accepted standards of
international law. Justice and peace are realized through just and peaceful
means, for means and ends are inter-related.

The nonviolent approach, which we advocate, seeks to understand and find
truth, thereby providing a clear defensible route to justice, that is in
line
with our own constitutional values. The First Amendment of the Constitution
guarantees freedom of speech and the right to petition our government for a
redress of grievances. These are the rights that we are exercising. Further,
it must not be forgotten that the dissent of the minority may someday become
the voice of the majority. Certainly, our own experience with the Civil
Rights Movement of African Americans is witness to this reality.

"We must achieve peaceful ends through peaceful means." Martin Luther King

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////

In 1993 while working on his book BLACK HELICOPTERS OVER AMERICA Jim Keith
pulled together a circle of researchers, writers, media watchers, political
activists and the like. We have been having diner together ever Saturday
night since. You are hereby invited to join in our lively discussions of
local and world affairs. We meet at the Denny's on Nugget Avenue (I-80 and
McCarran Blvd.) every Saturday around 5 pm.

Sandra Rizzo -- sandina@excelonline.com
====================================================================
Will you give up Freedom for the promise of Security?
http://www.ccops.org/index.html

Don't be a Jihad Joe

http://www.ccops.org/alert20011020.html

• I Tried To Be Patriotic!

  — J. McMichael, Mon Oct 22 00:02

• HILLARY JEERED AND BOOED

  — DRUDGE REPORT, Sun Oct 21 22:42
• 2,619 CIA Sources: The Crowley Files — Mr. Young, Sun Oct 21 18:33