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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello KW peace,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few upcoming virtual and in-person events listed below. Would your group like to endorse our “Walk for Peace” on Sat. Sept 7? If so, send me your group’s name and we will add it to the announcement. See more details below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(1)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WEBINAR: Report back on the "No to NATO, Yes to Peace"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, August 28<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7-8:30 pm.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Register on Zoom: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NATOReportBack?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3OlMYRP3v4Nrtbz9UdazvHbwfBjMUfqeDiQdAOwP-X2dNQ15UxMnMZ36Y_aem_70Y5WtYAR-09INfbz_UFaw">
https://tinyurl.com/NATOReportBack</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for this important webinar, Report back on the "No to NATO, Yes to Peace" week of action in Washington DC, on Wednesday August 28 from 7:00-8:30 pm ET (4m PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 9pm AT). We will hear from speakers: Sara Flounders
of the International Action Center and United National Anti-War Coalition, David Swanson of World Beyond War, Djibo Sobukwe of Black Alliance for Peace, Nina Macapinlac of BAYAN USA, and Tamara Lorincz of Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Canada
and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, who attended the counter-summit in the US capital. Moderated by Janine Solanki of Mobilization Against War and Occupation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will discuss our reflections on the people's summit and rally against NATO and the troubling outcomes of NATO's 75th anniversary summit. We will share our concerns about the growing dangers of NATO and talk about ways that we can resist,
grow a mass movement against NATO and build peace with all countries. Register on Zoom:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/NATOReportBack?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3OlMYRP3v4Nrtbz9UdazvHbwfBjMUfqeDiQdAOwP-X2dNQ15UxMnMZ36Y_aem_70Y5WtYAR-09INfbz_UFaw">
https://tinyurl.com/NATOReportBack</a> Organized by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CanadaPeaceJustice?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZU219sWRFyQ0JIaoD460LWpmjPsKDQyA1MJa98FbQQei2T37ip4bbH9_yYH9XdIRJVqlws9STeMewmq5ffMqjKvoZ8Jx-QMReBFzOGFEOwR1gpTkrWUJ-5na9XLHQgYSjsmDlPFA5TL-hMiQhDYGZUqoUQ9jSsKg26_3lujABlpkS_irqPg6SS0SPECxj9ojDM&__tn__=-%5dK-R">
Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check out David Swanson’s & Medea Benjamin’s excellent new book “NATO: What you need to know”:
<a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/nato-what-you-need-to-know/">https://orbooks.com/catalog/nato-what-you-need-to-know/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please share widely by email and share on X: <a href="https://x.com/VOWPeace/status/1828187740803874968">
https://x.com/VOWPeace/status/1828187740803874968</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And please share the event on your Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2271787619843768?ref=newsfeed">
https://www.facebook.com/events/2271787619843768?ref=newsfeed</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(2)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone Zap for Palestine on August 29 virtually organized by Neighbours for Palestine:
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/waterloo-region-phone-zaps-for-palestine?link_id=1&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&source=email-last-chance-to-register-for-witness-to-occupation-speaker-phone-zap&email_referrer=email_2430734___subject_2966092&email_subject=have-you-registered-for-thursdays-talk-by-our-co-founder-laura-ashfield">
https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/waterloo-region-phone-zaps-for-palestine?link_id=1&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&source=email-last-chance-to-register-for-witness-to-occupation-speaker-phone-zap&email_referrer=email_2430734___subject_2966092&email_subject=have-you-registered-for-thursdays-talk-by-our-co-founder-laura-ashfield</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(3)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Walk for Peace & Disarmament<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Saturday, September 7, 2024<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">9:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📍</span> Location:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Waterloo Public Square: 75 King St S, Waterloo, ON N2J 1P2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">⏰</span> Time:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Arrive at 9:30 AM to hear about the purpose of the walk and take group photos. The walk will leave Waterloo Public Square at 10:00 AM and arrive at Kitchener Market (300 King St E, Kitchener, ON N2G 2L3) by 11:00 AM, where we will join
the Grief Walk for Gaza.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Event Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We will walk in solidarity with the Nova Scotia Walk, which begins with events in Antigonish on September 7th. Join us to support Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Science for Peace, and Jai Jagat for the Walking Together for Peace
initiative happening from September 9th to 21st. This peace walk from Pugwash to Halifax, Nova Scotia supports the global abolition of nuclear weapons and calls for Canada to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Together, let’s amplify our voices for peace and disarmament:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">✊</span> Canada: Sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – Show leadership for disarmament.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">✊</span> Stop the Genocide in Gaza – Implement a two-way arms embargo against Israel, free Palestine, stop sending weapons, and support negotiations for peace.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">✊</span> End the War in Ukraine – Stop sending weapons and support peaceful negotiations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">✊</span> No to the COLT Expansion in Kitchener – Build peace not guns We invite everyone to walk with us in the spirit of peace and solidarity!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Canada. Endorsed by the KW Friends of Palestine. Learn more about the initiative "Walking Together for Peace":
<a href="https://vowpeace.org/walkingtogether4peace/">https://vowpeace.org/walkingtogether4peace/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(4)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every Saturday at 11am at the Kitchener Market there is a Grief Walk for Gaza.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(5)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PETITIONS TO SIGN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Condemn Liberals for boycotting Capital Pride<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/liberals-boycott-capital-pride-parade?source=direct_link&link_id=9&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&email_referrer=email_2424584&email_subject=condemn-liberals-for-boycotting_capital_pride">https://actionnetwork.org/letters/liberals-boycott-capital-pride-parade?source=direct_link&link_id=9&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&email_referrer=email_2424584&email_subject=condemn-liberals-for-boycotting_capital_pride</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Demand an arms embargo against Israel: <a href="https://armsembargonow.ca/august20/">
https://armsembargonow.ca/august20/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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Canada to withdraw from NATO:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4979">https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4979</a><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
No nickel for genocide in Gaza:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-5018">https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-5018</a><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Stop the illegal blockade and sanctions against Cuba:<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5014">https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5014</a><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Divest Canadian pensions from war crimes:
<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5084">
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5084</a> <o:p>
</o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Remove barriers to Palestinian refugees:
<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5083">
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5083</a> <o:p>
</o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Stop Palestinian racism:
<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5082">
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5082</a> <o:p>
</o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Tell Joly to stop shipment of explosives to Israel:
<a href="https://www.cjpme.org/stop_shipment_explosives">https://www.cjpme.org/stop_shipment_explosives</a>
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