As part of our series of events leading up to the Paris Climate Summit, Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice is working with Elgin Green Groups 350.org and Sierra Club Valley of the Fox group to sponsor a Drumming Circle for a Livable World on Saturday, October 10th from 4PM till 6PM on the lawn near the Hemmens Auditorium at 45 Symphony Way, Elgin 60120.
We hope to raise consciousness about the need for radical, large-scale, multidimensional change, if we are to leave our fragile earthly home as a healthy place for our children and grandchildren to live peacefully and thrive.read more
Occupy Elgin will meet on Saturday, September 5th, from 1PM till 2PM at the corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin. We will focus on support for the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Support Iran Nuclear Deal! A war with Iran would be even more disastrous to our troops, our society, and our position in the world than our recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same persons who led us into those wars intend to provoke a war with Iran. In those cases, they told us that the war would be quick and easy and could be won mostly from the air. They were wrong then and they are wrong now. They are the major opponents of the Iran Nuclear Deal.read more
You can copy this letter and send it to Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth in an email or on paper. You can edit it to personalize your message, and you can modify it to make it suitable for other members of Congress.
August______________, 2015
The Honorable Tammy Duckworth, MC
1701 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 704
Schaumburg, IL 60173
RE: Please support the agreement with Iran
Dear Ms. Duckworth:
I commend your statement on your web site: “As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am also committed to working to ensure that our nation never again goes to war without fully considering and understanding the true costs. The effects of war need to be taken into serious consideration before putting our troops at risk.” I am confident that you agree both that Iran must not obtain nuclear arms and that a war with Iran would be even more disastrous to our troops, our society and our position in the world than our recent interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same persons who led us into those wars have the stated intent of provoking war with Iran. Just as in those prior cases, they tell us now that the war would be brief, could be won from the air, and would not involve American troops on the ground. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.read more
FVC4PNJ marched in the 2015 Elgin, IL 4th of July Day Parade. We were joined by members of Occupy Naperville, Occupy Elgin, Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice, 350Kishwaukee and the Chicago Anonymous.
We also walked in the Streamwood Summer Festival Parade on July 25th, accompanied by the same excellent allies.
We will have a banner and several signs that say “Should the 1 percent run America?” We will have 2 banners that say ” Stop the Enbridge pipeline.” We will have signs carrying other social justice, anti-war, and environmental justice messages. You can bring a sign or banner of your own as long as it carries a congruent message. Signs in Spanish are welcome and encouraged.
We will be delighted to have you walk with us.
Here is the line-up information for those who said they would walk in Elgin’s July 4th parade, or who said they might do so.read more
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