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To all those who intend to help create the signs, banners,
posters et al. which we will need for Thursday's gathering :
Be at Jenel's home at 7:PM.
4317 Willowpoint Drive
go on Main Street past 36th
then go down a hill
turn left onto Willow Way
continue to the stop sign, then turn right
follow the curve until you reach her home
Thanks!
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This Thursday, the University of Oklahoma will be one
of more than 80 universities in over 24 states to hold
a noontime gathering for Peace and Justice.
This gathering will be an opportunity to express and
promote solidarity across the nation and to raise
awareness about the need for a just, ethical response
to the terrorist attacks of Tuesday. It will be an
opportunity to learn what an individual might do to
urge our national leaders to work towards a peaceful
justice.
Since Tuesday's terrorist attacks, there have been
outbursts of violence against innocent United States
citizens of Middle Eastern descent, while at least
one American Islamic house of worship has been bombed.
A number of public figures in the federal government
have fixated on blanket rage and revenge instead of
justice and the United States philosophy of reasoned
response. Some religious spokespeople have reacted
to this attack by looking for groups of American
citizens to scapegoat. Thursday noon is our chance
to stand against such unhealthy, self-destructive
reactions to Tuesday's tragedy and to work towards
a wiser response.
No single organization is arranging this; it involves
the entire university. No single university is
leading this; it involves students nationwide. This
event is not restricted to students; it involves
everyone in this country.
Gather by the Bizzell Statue on the South Oval of OU
campus at noon on Thursday, 20 September 2001. After
an initial rallying, the gathering itself will
continue on until 3:PM.
Bring flags, drums, guitars, and/or signs. Please
remember that this will be a time for cohesion and
inclusion in the name of peace and justice, and that
we will be sending a message to the media and a signal
to our government with our actions, so let's dress in
a fashion and carry signs which promote such cohesion
and inclusion and let's avoid dress or signs which
promote factionalism and eccentric squabbling.
Thank you.
W. Everett Chesnut
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