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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Steve Benson" <<a href="mailto:sbenson58@gmail.com">sbenson58@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "> </span></div><div><font face="Calibri"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">07 07 2010 Peninsula Peace and Justice meeting minutes</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Present: Peter, Bonnie, Steve</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Steve is taking responsibility for seeing that a presentation on 8 13 10 of “Seeing the Heart of Palestine” by Robert Schaible and Sally Bowden-Schaible receives publicity, set-up, et cetera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bob and Sally will report on a recent trip to Palestine and Israel with photos and film clips; their talk focuses on Palestinians committed to non-violence, education and justice/security for all in the region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Peter offered a list of the places PPJ typically places posters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Judy will send Steve a list of emails for sending publicity releases to newspapers, radio, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Steve has been writing and mailing out thank you cards that Judy has produced, in response to contributions for setting up the field of flags this summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mowing on the field of flags hasn’t yet been scheduled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Judy and Peter will be away on the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba approximately 7/17 – 8/5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Any regular participant who would like to volunteer to organize a day of mowing, to assemble and guide a group in clearing and resetting flags, could contact them before the 17<sup>th</sup> or Bonnie or Steve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No leader for this activity has yet emerged, and no specific date.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We plan to skip an August organizational meeting of PPJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our September 1 meeting at the Blue Hill Library may include a report from Carolyn Coe on her recent visit to Palestine—to be confirmed in August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We considered trying to increase print media and on-line announcements of our regular events: the monthly organizational meeting and the Sunday peace vigil.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We agreed that for the summer the peace vigil will be at the field of flags (between the library and the Congregational Church in Blue Hill) Sundays 12-1 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bonnie reported on her experience at the four-day U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, which was attended by something between 15,000 and 25,000 participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She noted these activists were mostly younger adults, hugely people of color, and very positive, enthusiastic and constructive in their orientation to social change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Over one thousand programs were held within three days of the conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 5pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-- Steve Benson</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>