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International YouthPeace Week

Question:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  CONTACT: asif ullah November 8, 1999  212-228-0450           YOUTH LOOKING AHEAD: INTERNATIONAL YOUTHPEACE WEEK 1999 As a century and millennium of resistance comes to a close, young people will carry the flames of activism into the new year during International YouthPeace Week. From November 26th – December 3rd , the largest shopping holiday week of

the year, International YouthPeace Week will underline the contradictions of "tis the season to be jolly" by providing a platform for various issues concerning youth, to be challenged and acted upon. During this week, youth and youth advocates will be leafleting against war toys and sweatshops. They will be informing consumers about the products they purchase and the stores they shop in. They will protest the military presence in their schools and the culture of violence in our communities. Tens of cities throughout the United States and Internationally will be immersed in activism.  In Connecticut young people will take to malls to protest war toys, in New York youth will be leafleting in subway stations against the prison industrial complex, in Houston various youth groups will be coming together to discuss nonviolence activism. There will also be events in Puerto Rico around Vieques, in Guatemala around the student movement and also events in other areas. International YouthPeace Week paves the road for organizations to get their message across and serves as an outlet for young people to plug into these efforts.  Imagine how much more effective we can be as conscientious objectors to war and militarism, to racism and sexism — to all forms of oppression and exploitation, if we are able to link our struggles and together let our voices be heard. In the close of the 20th century and the second millennium CE, International YouthPeace Week strives to breed new and exciting activism into the 21st century. Through the coalition effort of International YouthPeace Week, the awareness of our respective struggles is heightened and the possibility of collaboration in resistance becomes an actual reality. For a more detailed list of actions and for further information, contact YouthPeace at (212)228-0450, fax (212)228-6193, e-mail Error! Bookmark not defined..    YOUTHPEACE War Resisters League                                                   Phone (212)228-0450 339 Lafayette Street                                                       Fax (212)228-6193 War Resisters League 339 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10012 212-228-0450 212-228-6193 (fax) 1-800-975-9688 (YouthPeace and A Day Without the Pentagon) web address: http://www.nonviolence.org/wrl Weekly News Update on the Americas * Nicaragua Solidarity Network of NY 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012  *  212-674-9499 fax: 212-674-9139 Weekly News Update on the Americas * Nicaragua Solidarity Network of NY 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012  *  212-674-9499 fax: 212-674-9139

Response:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  CONTACT: asif ullah November 8, 1999  212-228-0450           YOUTH LOOKING AHEAD: INTERNATIONAL YOUTHPEACE WEEK 1999 As a century and millennium of resistance comes to a close, young people will carry the flames of activism into the new year during International YouthPeace Week. From November 26th – December 3rd , the largest shopping holiday week of

the year, International YouthPeace Week will underline the contradictions of "tis the season to be jolly" by providing a platform for various issues concerning youth, to be challenged and acted upon. During this week, youth and youth advocates will be leafleting against war toys and sweatshops. They will be informing consumers about the products they purchase and the stores they shop in. They will protest the military presence in their schools and the culture of violence in our communities. Tens of cities throughout the United States and Internationally will be immersed in activism.  In Connecticut young people will take to malls to protest war toys, in New York youth will be leafleting in subway stations against the prison industrial complex, in Houston various youth groups will be coming together to discuss nonviolence activism. There will also be events in Puerto Rico around Vieques, in Guatemala around the student movement and also events in other areas. International YouthPeace Week paves the road for organizations to get their message across and serves as an outlet for young people to plug into these efforts.  Imagine how much more effective we can be as conscientious objectors to war and militarism, to racism and sexism — to all forms of oppression and exploitation, if we are able to link our struggles and together let our voices be heard. In the close of the 20th century and the second millennium CE, International YouthPeace Week strives to breed new and exciting activism into the 21st century. Through the coalition effort of International YouthPeace Week, the awareness of our respective struggles is heightened and the possibility of collaboration in resistance becomes an actual reality. For a more detailed list of actions and for further information, contact YouthPeace at (212)228-0450, fax (212)228-6193, e-mail Error! Bookmark not defined..    YOUTHPEACE War Resisters League                                                   Phone (212)228-0450 339 Lafayette Street                                                       Fax (212)228-6193 War Resisters League 339 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10012 212-228-0450 212-228-6193 (fax) 1-800-975-9688 (YouthPeace and A Day Without the Pentagon) web address: http://www.nonviolence.org/wrl Weekly News Update on the Americas * Nicaragua Solidarity Network of NY 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012  *  212-674-9499 fax: 212-674-9139

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