[Peace] Meeting Agenda and Zoom

Sat Apr 8 14:00:06 MDT 2023

Hi Folks,

I hope you are enjoying Saturday.  I have attached the draft agenda for the
meeting.  PLEASE READ IT OVER BEFORE THE MEETING and if you have any
questions, please let me know.
I have also pasted it in this email in case you have any trouble with the
attachments.

Finally, there are two other attachments

1) A draft petition on R. Res. 77 ( will be sending it to BfTB also after
your comments)
2) An early piece on the Cost of the Ukraine War from a friend who thinks
such information should be included in any written statement we might do in
the future.

Tony

*Peace and Common Security Working Group Monthly Meeting*

*Sunday, April 9, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM*

*Tony Palomba is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.*

*1) Warm Up –5 minutes* - One thing in the news that made you angry & one
thing that made you happy!

*2) Update from WC – 3 minutes - Tony*

4/12 – Steering Committee to discuss an Annual meeting on June 4 or June 11

4/30 – Steering Committee to discuss recommendation from subcommittee on
organization and future.

4/29 – Massage for Syria and Pakistan

4/15 – Tax Day Protest  12 -1 Downtown Crossing – MAPA

*3) You will see below in the program proposals two items – 2 Minutes -
Tony*

                                a) Effort to link working groups

                                b) Possible use of our Sunday meetings for
program

                                c) April 29 Massage for Syria and Turkey at
First Parish

*4) Ukraine   - 20 minutes - Jeanne*

a)Postcard effort by MAPA

b) Vienna Conference in June

c) Two interesting webinars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZABbrn7No0 – *What will it take to get a
Russian-Ukraine Ceasefire? *– German, Belgium and US speakers

*What Should We Do About the War in Ukraine? *– with Benjamin and Fletcher

Shown yesterday on Saturday, we need to get the video/YouTube.

*PROPOSAL* – Show one or the other with possible speakers or just general
discussion in MAY –either *WCPJE monthly meeting – May 17* or *our monthly
meeting May 14 – might be too busy, maybe May 7*

*5) Palestine/Israel – 20 minutes - Susan *

Report from Susan and others who were able to view the movie.

*PROPOSAL *– In person showing at the Library in October

                    Hybrid showing at the Church of the Good Shepherd on a
Sunday opposite the Sunday meetings of the WFCC.  Possible speakers to
guide a discussion.

*4)  Militarism and Climate Change – 10 Minutes - Tony*

PROPOSAL  - Zoom program with Veterans for Peace and Watertown Faces
Climate Change.

Contact- Gary Butterfield, VfP Coordinator of this national effort
858-245-7700. They have 80 slides and the program can be created to meet
the needs of the group.

WFCC had initial discussion but no decision. Will discuss it at next
meeting.

*PROPOSAL* – Zoom program on Sunday, May 28 at 7:00 PM.

*5) Back from The Brink – 20 Minutes – Tony*

Made contact with* Jeremy* *Love, National Organize*r for Back from the
Brink about a petition and possible program. No petition so I drafted one,
attached, and will share with him. He suggested,

   Denise Duffield (BftB & PSR-LA) as I was suggesting a woman.

He also connected me with the Boston-Hub of BftB,  Anna Linakis, ED of
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Boston who would be willing to
co-sponsor an event.

a) Jeremy suggested a meeting with Clark because they want to move faster
to get co-sponsor.  We could see if we could get a meeting on Wednesday,
April 19 which is the BftB’s National Call-In Day

https://preventnuclearwar.org/hres77-callinday-2023/

b) Get petition approved and do a couple of weekends of signature gathering
at the post office , library, etc.

c) Keep Calling Markey to be introduce the resolution in the Senate –
617-565-8519 Diana did this

*PROPOSAL *– Program with Denise Duffield in September, again on our
monthly meeting or WC monthly meeting co-sponsored with Boston Hub and
MAPA’ Nuclear Disarmament Working Group.  Keep getting signatures until
that date.

*6) Military Budget and the Militarization of our Police Force – 10 Minutes
– Tony*

I contacted the Democratic Progressive Caucus Center (not affiliated with
the Democratic Progressive Caucus) about a study they recently completed
“The Bloated Pentagon Budget and the Militarization of Law Enforcement.”
Had a good exchange with Mariam Malik, Foreign Policy Associate - c
502-802-3025. My thought was a co-sponsored zoom program with WCBL.  I  had
a good email exchange with her and we were supposed to set up at zoom but
nothing so far.  However this may be best since after I reached out to the
working group Deborah reminded me that they might be working with the
police and such a program, even focused on the larger issue and bringing
MAPA’s social justice working group, might hinder their efforts to play a
positive role in the hiring of the new police chief.  So we should back off
for now.

*6) Review of Decisions and Assigned Tasks – 10 Minutes*

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89787684846?pwd=LzBPcktiLzQwQnM5eGNJRGNLODZVdz09

Meeting ID: 897 8768 4846

Passcode: 488625

One tap mobile

+13017158592,,89787684846#,,,,*488625# US (Washington DC)

+13052241968,,89787684846#,,,,*488625# US

Meeting ID: 897 8768 4846

Passcode: 488625

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kgHHI8tHy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://watertowncitizens.org/pipermail/peace_watertowncitizens.org/attachments/20230408/99339549/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Draft Petition to Clark.docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 11638 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://watertowncitizens.org/pipermail/peace_watertowncitizens.org/attachments/20230408/99339549/attachment-0002.docx>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Global Cost of War.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 44396 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://watertowncitizens.org/pipermail/peace_watertowncitizens.org/attachments/20230408/99339549/attachment-0001.pdf>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Peace and Common Security Working Group Monthly Meeting - April 9, 2023.docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 16887 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://watertowncitizens.org/pipermail/peace_watertowncitizens.org/attachments/20230408/99339549/attachment-0003.docx>