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Martin Luther King Day event / Murtari update - no arrest.
From: Webmaster (webmaster@kids-right.org)
This is a message from a mailing list, members@kids-right.org http://www.kids-right.org/ To unsubscribe from this list at anytime, send email to Majordomo@kids-right.org with the following 1 line in the BODY of the message (Subject is ignored). unsubscribe members ====================================================================== Good People This message contains information on: 1. Murtari Update - No Arrest! 2. King Day After - Senator Clinton has accessible office. 3. Hall of Shame - new updates. 1. Murtari Update - No Arrest! ------------------------------ In what has become a very hard to predict event. John Murtari returned to the Federal Building on Monday, to the same place he was arrested last week -- and was allowed to walk for two hours without incident! Many of you sent in helpful responses to his message yesterday, and he will be replying to each of you. [Many of you are aware of how a lot of people lost money when the energy company Enron, went bankrupt. Many Members of Congress have called for Congressional hearings into what happened and they will be starting soon. We need to make it clear to our representatives that as parents we have been denied something much more valuable -- and we need hearings into reform.] The group sent out a News Release prior to the event on Monday (http://www.AKidsRight.Org/actionb_syr). We hope the words in the release will become ones we can be proud of and more common as more of us get involved: ------- Excerpts from Release -- full text above Syracuse, NY (Hanley Federal Building) - Last Monday, Jan 7th, Syracuse City Judge Higgins dismissed three pending charges against John Murtari, a member of a National Parent's group seeking Family Law reform. Murtari had been arrested while quietly walking outside the offices of Senators Schumer and Clinton in the Syracuse Federal Building. On Tuesday, he again returned to the building and was again arrested and arraigned by City Judge Rosenthal - this time for disorderly conduct. He plans on returning again on Monday, Jan 14th at 2pm, to continue efforts to "petition the government." The Group is attempting to call attention to the failure of the Senators to respond to their previous petitions for Congressional Hearings into the need for National Family Law reform and potentially a Family Rights Act ... This was described as the use of NonViolent Action to demonstrate their willingness to make sacrifice our of their love for family. A spokesperson for the group expressed frustration that even after several letters and meetings earlier this year with Senate staff members, there has been little progress to acknowledge their plight and the need for Federal protection of parents and families. They have not even received one written reply. In contrast to the bitterness and anger which is normally associated with protest efforts and family issues -- these people plan a positive attitude. The spokesperson was careful to note they were NOT going there to condemn the Legislators as a "bad people" or as someone who doesn't care about family or children's issues; however, as a natural part of the political process they plan to show their concern over the issue and to increase their sensitivity to their cause. -------------------------- 2. Martin Luther King Day After - Senator Clinton has accessible office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Next Monday, Jan 21st, is Martin Luther King day. The Federal Building is closed on that day. We hope to encourage as many people as possible to make a trip to Syracuse on the day after, Tuesday, Jan 22nd. Hopefully our actions will show some important US Senators that Family Law reform is a serious issue. Personally present your "story" and the pain you and your family has been through to their staff members and also watch NonViolent Action in action. Contact John Murtari (jmurtari@AKidsRight.Org), if you might come that day. (details: http://www.AKidsRight.Org/actionb_syr) We are also happy to announce that Senator Clinton has moved from her temporary offices on the first floor of the building (where 'walking' would have been difficult due to traffic) -- to the fourteenth floor (right above Congressman Walsh). John plans on quiety walking there next Tuesday. 3. Hall of Shame - new updates. ------------------------------ We encourage you to check some new stories on our Hall of Shame page, http://www.AKidsRight.Org/shame.htm -- and you are welcome to add your own. Below, we have a story that is every parents worst nightmare, from Lisa (LDiMarzo@hotmail.com): "Look I am sorry. I was supposed to march this year with Kids-Right at Syracuse, I got cold feet. But since then I have moved to NC to see my kids more. I thought things were going to be different. I guessed wrong, anyway, he said, 'If you move here you will see them more', actually that wasn't the case. I am still going through a really hard time. I can't see them. Their dad won't talk to me on the phone .... how immature! Anyway, he has remarried and has my children calling her mom, kills me to no end... How can you see your children if the father lies and won't talk to the mother. I have had it and no one will help. Sometimes I think I should have just gone to jail to prove a darn point, my heart cannot take much more ... lonely without my kids in NC." If you are willing to write, demonstrate, or even peacefully risk jail to "prove a darn point." Let that point simply be that you love your children very much and you have a right to an equal relationship with them. ================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list at anytime, send email to Majordomo@kids-right.org with the following 1 line in the BODY of the message (Subject is ignored). unsubscribe members
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