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Dear Members,

In this email You will find info on these events:

1)Wednesday, January 16th @ 7pm Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night
2)Friday, Jan. 18th @ 6pm: “Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family, and
Community” Author Event with Editor Rosalie Riegle


1)Wednesday, January 16th @ 7pm: Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night

The Internationalist Prison Books Collective brings you this month’s
Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night! Write letters and birthday cards
to political prisoners whose birthdays fall during the month of January.
It’s an easy way to let these people know they aren’t forgotten. These men
and women fought for many of the freedoms we take for granted today. If
you can’t make it to the letter writing night then please send a birthday
card from home. You can find their addresses @
http://prisonbooks.info/2013/01/05/political-prisoner-birthday-poster-for-january-is-now-available-2/

2) Friday, January 18th @ 6pm: “Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family,
and Community” Author Event with Editor Rosalie Riegle

About “Doing Time for Peace”:

“In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than seventy-five
peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in the strongest way
possible–by engaging in civil disobedience and paying the consequences in
jail or prison. These courageous resisters leave family and community and
life on the outside in their efforts to direct U.S. policy away from its
militarism. Many are Catholic Workers, devoting their lives to the works
of mercy instead of the works of war. They are homemakers and carpenters
and social workers and teachers who are often called “faith-based
activists.” They speak from the left of the political perspective,
providing a counterpoint to the faith-based activism of the fundamentalist
Right.
The voices range from a World War II conscientious objector to those
protesting the recent war in Iraq. The book includes sections on resister
families, the Berrigans and Jonah House, the Plowshares Communities, the
Syracuse Peace Council, and Catholic Worker houses and communities.”

Solidarity Forever,
Internationalist Books and Community Center






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