Take Action: Help Send Humanitarian Supplies to Iraq
Dear friend,
When the US bombed a hospital in Falluja and seized another, leveled
virtually the entire city, killed hundreds of desperate civilians,
refused
to let humanitarian aid workers into the city, and left an estimated
50,000
civilians without water, electricity and food, we knew we had to do
something - fast - because Falluja is just one terrifying example of
the
escalating devastation in Iraq.
We can't let this face of devastation be the only face that the Iraqi
people, and the world community, see from the American people. We must
show
that there are kind, compassionate Americans who are appalled by this
violence and want to help - not kill - the Iraqi people.
So we have put together a delegation of parents who lost loved ones in
Iraq
and on 9/11, as well as health care workers, to take a shipment of
humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq. This delegation will take
desperately needed medical supplies to the Iraqi/Jordanian border,
where we
will meet with Iraqi humanitarian aid organizations that will take the
supplies to Falluja and other places in need.
We plan to leave for Jordan on December 27 and usher in the New Year
with
this gesture of solidarity BUT we need your help in raising $20,000 in
the
next two weeks to make this happen.
** These supplies will only get to those in need if each of us does our
part **
Here's what you can do NOW:
1. DONATE NOW securely online and ask your friends, family and
co-workers to
MATCH your donation. Please visit:
http://codepink.kintera.org/helpiraqis
2. HOST a house party to raise money for humanitarian supplies. List
your
house party at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ to make sure others in
your
community can attend.
3. SEND checks made out to ASD/GAP to P.O. Box 300221, Escondido, Ca
92030-0221. Please specify 'IRAQ PEACE' in the memo line of the check.
4. SPREAD the word about the Humanitarian Delegation and the recent
events
in Iraq. For the latest info on Iraq, please visit and sign up to
Occupation
Watch at: http://www.occupationwatch.org/
5. FORWARD this email on to everyone you know and challenge them to
MEET or
BEAT your pledge when they take action for the people of Iraq.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
In peace and solidarity,
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange and CODEPINK
Fernando and Rosa Suarez del Solar, parents of Lance Cpl. Jesus A.
Suarez
del Solar Navarro, died in Iraq on March 27, 2003
Cindy Sheehan, mother of Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, died in Iraq on April
4, 2004
Nadia McCaffrey, mother of Army Spc. Patrick McCaffrey, died in Iraq on
June
22, 2004
Amalia Gonzalez, mother of Lance Cpl.Victor Gonzalez, died in Iraq on
October 13, 2004
Adele Welty, mother of New York City firefighter Tim Welty, died in the
World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
And others.
PS: Remember, your donation is tax-deductible. It is one way to
transfer
money from war to money for health, peace and justice.