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Quiet on the List / Father's Day Visits
From: Webmaster (kids-right) (webmaster@kids-right.org)
This is a message from a mailing list, members@kids-right.org Unsubscribe instructions at bottom of message. ====================================================================== Good People & People of Faith, This message contains notes on the following: 1. List Activity - Why the quiet? 2. Legislative Action - Father's Day Visits to US Senators 1. List Activity - Why the quiet? --------------------------------- Many of you may have noticed that the list has quieted down over recent months. The reason -- there is not that much more to say -- but a lot more to DO. The list is "moderated", but we are happy to publish any feedback on NonViolent Action, http://www.AKidsRight.Org/civil_back.htm We do plan on repeating some articles used in the past, they will be marked by REPEAT in the message contents. Many of you have been on the list for quite a while. The next phase of the "experiment" will be to see if NonViolent Action can get us a face-to-face meeting with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton from New York (certainly an important focus for family issues). We would like Congressional hearings into the need for reform to begin this September. A significant action is planned for Syracuse, New York, at the end of July. More details will be coming, see the message below for details also: http://www.AKidsRight.Org/archive/archive2002/0018.html Your feedback and opinions are welcome. Can the use of NonViolent Action make change happen? 2. Legislative Action - Father's Day Visits to US Senators ---------------------------------------------------------- We have updated the Legislative Action area of the site with information on recent visits to the offices of Senator Kerry, Massachusetts, Senator Rockefeller, West Virginia, and Senator Sarbanes, Maryland. Sophia Worden(Maryland) and John Murtari(New York) talked with their aids about the need for Civil Rights protection for the parent child bond. For details see http://www.AKidsRight.Org/legislative.htm Cindy Thomas (West Virginia) had to cancel at the last minute, but was able to talk with an aid by phone that day. Two strong impressions were: 1). Again, we met some very nice people on the staffs. People who could relate to what we are talking about and many who knew people who had been through the same thing. But before they can really press this issue for their Senator they need to see some type of public action/outcry (especially from people in their states). There are good people up there ready to help, but we need to make that first step to help "focus their attention" on the issue. We hope parents willing to use NonViolent Action as a means to demonstrate their readiness to sacrifice for their children will help. http://www.AKidsRight.Org/civil_back.htm 2). The message of a basic Civil Right to be with your own children is a strong one. When discussed as the need to provide protections before government can interfere -- it is very hard to disagree with. It is very hard to say NO to, "I have a right to participate in the lives of my very own children..." We did NOT need to argue statistics or science or whether there is a sick divorce industry or corrupt Judges or bad lawyers or social workers (those turn into long arguments). http://www.AKidsRight.Org/act.htm We have detailed info at the site. Contact the specific aids we have listed, ask to meet with someone in a local office to discuss similar concerns. ================================================================== 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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