We need to do something. Anything.
Dear Friends,
We must no longer participate in the killing and suffering of innocent civilians overseas. The more time we allow these wars to progress and take shape into unstoppable beasts, the more lives are destroyed and the more we lose the universal core that signifies our humanity. We cannot, we must not, close our eyes and pretend nothing is happening. If history has taught us anything, it’s that those who turn their eyes away create the most evil, more so than the people committing atrocities.
I created a short video showing what we have allowed to happen in Iraq. I also post another video from a group called Rethinking Afghanistan (along with a link to their website) that interviews the families that have lost loved ones in the NATO strike in Sangin. Please take the time to watch either. It won’t take more than five to eight minutes of your time.
After seeing these videos, I’m calling out to you to please help me with a project. This isn’t a march or protest, but an event in which we disrupt public space and consciousness. I seriously need help recruiting people and resources to make this work so please pass this on to anyone who is interested.
Here is a tentative outline of the project which is subject to change once we can have a meeting discussing how we want this to proceed. In other words, the first step is to recruit people and schedule a meeting that works best for the most people to participate.
There are no leaders in this project; everyone is equal, contributing whatever they feel is important or necessary to the organization and success of this project which is simply called: End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Here is the tentative outline:
Reaching Out
· Handing out fliers, posting posters, facebook, twitter, etc
· Concentrate of NYC area for now or start up in your town
Purpose (Tentative and subject to revision from discussion and dialogues)
· bring the war in Afghanistan home
· disrupt public space and consciousness
· reenactments of pain, suffering, and misery: causalities and soldiers; in parks (Central Park), sidewalks, in front of government buildings
· The actors do not interact with the audience in any way
· One person stands with a sign to explain the scene and hands our informative fliers; speaks if asked questions (must be informed about what the project is about); holds petition for viewers to sign, asking their state leaders to end the war Iraq and Afghanistan
· Second phase is to disrupt more and more public spaces
· Must be committed, can’t stop until the wars finally end
Resources
· People
· Supplies (fake blood, mannequins, etc) and clothes to reenact the scenes
· Posters, papers, pens, clipboards, printing services, etc
There is so much more that is needed to make this project and more work, which is why I need your help. I can't do this alone. All I can do is plead for your help. These wars need to stop. We cannot rely on our leaders to make the decision for us. Only we can...as a public with a universal moral conscious.
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