Harvard Hunger Strike for Terri

3/22/2005

[ventana]

March 22

At 3 p.m. today, in solidarity with Terri Schiavo, I and a group of Harvard students (who have signed with me below) began a hunger strike that will last until Terri’s feeding tube is reinserted or until the hour she dies by sanction of the U.S. courts at the behest of her husband Michael Schiavo and his lawyers. So far we have been joined by a student from Weston Jesuit School of Theology and we welcome others to join with us as well. We have been inspired in this effort by the example of Terri Schiavo's sister, Suzanne Vitadamo, and of a numb! er of other concerned individuals mentioned in the news.

We are eating no food but are consuming basic liquids (something Terri herself is not permitted as she is dying on her hospital bed). Any suffering we experience will be offered in a spirit of solidarity to Terri and to her grieving family and friends who, cruelly, are being kept even from comforting her during her last hours by the harsh hand of the law.

We hope that Terri’s husband, Michael Schiavo, and those medical professionals and law enforcement officials presently responsible for her life will come to acknowledge that Terri has as much dignity and value as every other human person and that she should be protected, cared for, and loved despite her unfortunate condition -- not left to die at their hands.

If you have any questions or wish to join with our effort, please contact me; my information is below.

Signed,

Bronwen Catherine McShea

Harvard Divinity School MTS '05

3 Forest Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140

Tel. 617-519-8272 (cell)

Email: bronwenmcshea@yahoo.com

Michael F. Lorelli

Harvard Law School JD '05

Kristin H. Williams

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences G2

Ryan Hecker

Harvard Law School JD '05

James E. Maschoff

Harvard Law School JD '06

Luisa Lara

Harvard College BA '07

Christopher Collins, S.J.

Weston Jesuit School of Theology (student)

[ventana]

Soul Survivors at Harvard; who'd a thunk it? V's wife.

[Rutles4Ever]

God bless them.

[buck61]

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU

[Coop]

Good for them!

[ventana]

Let's keep this bumped. Nothing could depress the lib elites more then dissension from the heart of Harvard. Rush needs to pick this up as does Sean. V's wife.

[PilloryHillary]

Bump

[Monterrosa-24]

Cotton Mather would be proud. Somebody still believes in God and/or morals at Harvard.

[jec41]

I fast 7 days every spring. You do need to drink a warm glass of water with a squeeze of lemon and a teaspoon of honey each am to keep your intestines working so they won't kink. Normal weight loss is 13-14 pounds. I also fast each Monday. I have done this for more than 20 years and it is called the Bragg way of living. You would be surprised at the benefits. The body uses 90% of your total energy just to digest your food and when you fast all that energy goes into repairing the body and you feel very good. Be sure and drink plenty of water. Several times I have gone 14 days when I felt I needed it. Its not a big deal, most of us consume a third more than we need.

[shezza]

Good for you. I hope you shed even more light on the tragic miscarriage of justice in this case.

Too many people in their own little worlds of classes and Spring Break and baseball and "reality tv" shows and grocery shopping and social engagments are quite happy to vote "Let her die" on the online polls, oblivious to any information other than what the mainstream media (via the Schiavo/Felos Press-Realease Fax Hotline) tells them about Terri.

Wishing you all success, stamina, and strength to endure.

[ventana]

Cotton Mather might be! V's wife.

[Im4LifeandLiberty]

The number of participants in this hunger strike is now into the double-digits.

[pettifogger]

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[IM2MAD]

Does anyone know how this is going? How long did it last?

[Im4LifeandLiberty]

The strike is still going on... we will fast in solidarity with Terri until her starvation comes to an end.

[pax_et_bonum]

bttt

[ventana]

You are brave and grace filled. God Bless! V's wife.

[ventana]

Guys, will you help these Harvard Catholics and fellow Christian giving witness by their sacrificing solidarity with Terri? Please ping to all lists you may have. Thank you. V's wife.