Posted on 09/26/2001 4:14:02 PM PDT by I_Publius
Students Across America Join First Monday 2001
U.S. Newswire
26 Sep 9:30
Students Across America Join First Monday 2001, Launch 'Gun Industry Watch'
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Julie Bernstein of the Alliance for Justice,
202-822-6070; Web site: www.firstmonday2001.com; www.afj.org
News Advisory:
On Oct. 1, "First Monday 2001," a national campaign promoting education and action to end gun violence, will unveil "Gun Industry Watch," a student-led watchdog group -- the first of its kind -- that will demand accountability from the gun industry and gun lobby.
This year's "First Monday" film "Deadly Business," by award-winning documentary filmmaker Glen Pearcy, is a powerful expose of the gun industry and the methods it uses to ensure guns remain the least regulated and most deadly consumer product sold in America. "Deadly Business" reveals how the gun industry and the NRA market mayhem to America. The film features Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), Common Cause President Scott Harshbarger and others. "Deadly Business" is the cornerstone of "First Monday" events in cities and on campuses and will launch a year of activities calling on the gun industry to take responsibility for its business practices.
Who:
Law students, medical students, nursing students, social work students and undergrads; Million Mom March activists; gun control groups; and community organizers across America.
What:
Over 150 "First Monday: Unite to End Gun Violence" events will occur simultaneously across America, including "Deadly Business" screenings and panel discussions and campaign organizing meetings.
Where:
In major cities and college campuses across the country, including major events in: Albany, N.Y.; Atlanta, Ga.; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Durham, N.C.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; St. Louis, Mo.; Washington, D.C.
When:
Monday, Oct. 1, 2001
"First Monday 2001: Unite to End Gun Violence" is a national campaign coordinated by the Alliance for Justice, in conjunction with Physicians for Social Responsibility. Led by young people, "First Monday" promotes education and action to end gun violence. More than 140 national and state groups have co-sponsored "First Monday 2001," including the Brady Campaign, the Million Mom March, the National Education Association, the American Bar Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the Children's Defense Fund, and the United States Student Association.
More information on "First Monday 2001" is available at www.firstmonday2001.com, or at the Alliance for Justice Web site at www.afj.org.
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Come and try to get this
CZ70 .32 caliber, it's my security blanket, it goes wherever I go!!
MOLON LABE!!!
If ANY of these organizations are listed under "charitable" organizations under IRS rules, they're now officially "political" organizations, and are no longer tax-deductible.
FIRST MONDAY IN MICHIGAN
Events
SCHOOL CITY PROGRAM
Cooley East Lansing Law School
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Under Graduate
Michigan State Lansing Under Graduate
Michigan State Lansing Medical School
U of Michigan Ann Arbor Under Graduate
Co-Sponsors
ORGANIZATION CITY
Michigan Citizens for Handgun Control Birmingham
Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence East Lansing
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Lansing
There are probably going to be 3 events. One in MSU, one at U-M, and one either at Kalamazoo College or Western Michigan.
Time for an "Education Industry Watch", a concerned citizens led watchdog group -- the first of its kind -- that will demand accountability from teachers and administrators who neglect to teach students about the Constitution of the United States.
Another thing we need - I'm not sure if this exists yet or not, is a listing of and some publicity for the stands that some of these non-profit organizations take. I'm sure lots of well meaning people donate to the Children's Defense Fund who would never imagine that this is what their money is being used for.
There are so many of these groups it is scary - you can almost pick any three words national, latino, jewish, black, women, children, legal, anti-gun, legal center, etc (my apologies for any ethnic group, leftists, or womyn left off the list), and come up with a special interest group with lobbyists of misinformation. Where does there funding come from, and do you think that the people funding these groups fully understand what they spend their money on?
Why aren't these groups listed as racist or sexist?
If anyone knows of a listing or monitoring of these groups, I would be glad to support any effort to advertise their positions.
Sales are up! Ammunition is really moving!
And Minutemen everywhere are keeping the powder dry!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Civics lesson noted. I was trying to get a response out, okay? The phrase "Arsenal of Democracy" popped into my head and I went with the terminology.
The distinction would have been lost on these idiots anyway.
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