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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The official CSRA Peace Alliance Event for February is not
in its<font color=red><span style='color:red'> normal location at the Greene
St. Library</span></font>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Screening of the documentary film <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Rethink Afghanistan</span></i></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information on this documentary, visit <a
href="http://rethinkafghanistan.com/">http://rethinkafghanistan.com/</a>.</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Date: <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, February 9, 2010</span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Time: 7:00 pm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Location: Wallace Public Library, 1237 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA</span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Action
item: </span></font></b><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
normal'>Tell members of the House Armed Services Committee to read the
Eikenberry memos before writing a 2011 budget for the Afghanistan war. <a href="http://act.ly/1oe">http://act.ly/1oe</a></span></font></h2>
<h2><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>Other events of note:</span></font></b></h2>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“<span
style='background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:
0%;cursor:hand' id="lw_1265502794_0"><span class=yshortcuts>Savannah River</span><span
class=yshortcuts> Site</span></span>: Waste, Weapons & <span
id="lw_1265502794_1"><span class=yshortcuts>Future Prospects</span></span>”</span></font></b>
</p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>with <span
style='background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:
0%;cursor:hand' id="lw_1265502794_2"><span class=yshortcuts>Tom</span><span
class=yshortcuts> Clements</span></span></span></font></b> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MON Feb
8<sup>th</sup>, 7:15PM</span></font></b> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Preceded
by Aiken Peace business meeting at 6:30PM.</span></font></b> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
id="lw_1265502794_3"><span class=yshortcuts><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Aiken</span></font></span><span class=yshortcuts><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Unitarian Universalist Church</span></span></font></span> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>115 Gregg Ave</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Aiken, SC</span></font> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.aikenuuchurch.org/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.aikenuuchurch.org/"><span class=yshortcuts><span
title="http://www.aikenuuchurch.org/" id="lw_1265502794_4">www.aikenuuchurch.org</span></span></a>
for directions</span></font> </p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tom</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Clements, Southeastern Campaigns
Coordinator for environmental organization <span style='background-attachment:
scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;cursor:hand'
id="lw_1265502794_5"><span class=yshortcuts>Friends of the Earth</span></span>,
will speak. A long-time SRS watchdog, Clements will present a cutting
analysis of the current status of the “bomb plant” and its possible
future. Aiken Peace meets the second Monday of each month.
Next meeting MON March 8th.</span></font> <font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>For more information, contact David Matos at 803-215-3263 or
aiken_peace@yahoo.com.</span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Legislation
of Interest<br>
</span></font></b>Bills have been introduced in the Georgia Senate and the
Georgia House which would prohibit military recruiters from using public
schools to recruit students 16 years of age and younger. In addition, this bill
would make parental consent a condition for recruitment of 17-year olds and
encourage distribution of “opt-out” forms for parents to prevent schools
from giving students’ contact information to recruiters. Visit <a
href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/GA-Says-No-To-Using-Schools-For-Military-Recruitment-of-Minors">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/GA-Says-No-To-Using-Schools-For-Military-Recruitment-of-Minors</a>
for more information.</p>
<p class=msonospacing><b><u><font size=5 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>CSRA Peace Alliance Agenda Items</span></font></u></b><font size=5 color=blue><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:blue'><br>
</span></font><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>1. Daytime monthly peace
vigil in front of Barrow’s office on Laney-Walker<br>
2. Participation in Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition (GPJC.org) Martin
Luther King Justice Tour in April<br>
3. Participation in GPJC Youth Convergence 2010 May 21-3 (gpjc.org)</span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing><b><u><font size=5 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Events Later in the Year</span></font></u></b></p>
<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Memorial, Friday, August 6 at St. Mary’s Ga, 3-6 pm</span></font></b></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>School of the Americas Watch</span></font></b><br>
Columbus, GA, Nov 19-21, 2010<br>
http://www.soaw.org</p>
<h3><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>2011 Southeast Alternative New Year for Nuclear
Disarmament and Peacemaking</span></font></b></h3>
<p class=msonospacing><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Each year, activists from throughout the Southeastern United States gather on New Year's Eve to demand nuclear disarmament, particularly
the nuclear weapons used by Trident submarines. The principal base for U.S. Trident
submarines in the Atlantic Ocean is in St. Mary's, Georgia. In addition to a
midnight vigil, activists use New Year's Day to socialize, organize and
mobilize at Crooked River St. Park, which is a few miles away. </span></font></p>
<p class=msonospacing><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Friday, December 31, 2010-Sunday, January 2,
2011, St. Mary's, GA</span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For more information, contact David
Matos at 803-215-3263 or <a href="mailto:aiken_peace@yahoo.com">aiken_peace@yahoo.com</a>.</span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></font></b></h2>
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