February 2004
The Struggle Continues...
 PAPV members and protestors against police violence march to the District Attorney's office on January 19 from Freedom Corner in the Hill after a service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. |
On Monday, January 19th, People Against Police Violence sponsored "A Doer, NOT a Dreamer" - a service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the St. Benedict the Moor Church in the Hill District. Speakers celebrated the life of King and other heroes of the Civil Rights movement while acknowledging the work that still needs to be done today. Renee Wilson, Director of PAPV, led the program with an address claiming that the Civil Rights movement isn’t dead – it’s asleep because this generation is asleep. "I challenge everyone here to make a difference," said Wilson emphasizing a commitment to our children, getting to know and care about our neighbors, and getting back to values. "In every struggle in America, it was the people who made change," she said in closing. more... |
In this issue...
- From the Editor
- "The Struggle Continues" People Against
Police Violence - march, rally and Martin Luther King
celebration at St. Benedict the Moor on January 19th. By Marie Skoczylas
- "King's Dream Deferred (Tribute to Langston Hughes)"
- poetry by Dessie Bey
- "A Time to Break Silence" - an excerpt by Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
- Local Action: Sierra Club, Clean Water Wins,
Radicalize Pittsburgh, School of the Americas Watch, Good Schools PA, Justice
for Janitors, Just Harvest and ACORN, African Art as Education, Palestine
Solidarity, Homeless Coalition forms...
- "Welcome to Freedom" by Voices in Iraq - Voices
in the Wilderness continue to bear witness. By Christopher Allen-Docot.
- Pittsburgh Mobilizes for March 20 - the one-year
anniversary of the war on Iraq. The Anti-War Committee, Pittsburgh Organizing
Group, Code Pink and others prepare for the big day. By Alexander Bradley.
- The Listening Project - The American Friends Service Committee mobilizes for a peace and security listening project. By Scilla Wahrhaftig.
- "A Lovely Day" - Anti-War Theatre and Dialogue project reports back. By Scilla Wahrhaftig.
- Local Profile: Kemik, not your ordinary theatre group. By Patricia Lietz.
- The Civil Liberties in Global Justice - protestors fight for their rights in the aftermath of the Free Trade Area of the Americas demonstrations. By David Meieran.
- Gino Strada and Emergency - an independent medical aid organization conceived in Pittsburgh and now reaches around the world. By Toni Bartone. Also, "The Story of Nakshin" by Mario Ninno - Emergency Medical Coordinator.
- Universal Health Care - PA United for a Single-Payer Health Care System is forming. Stephen Donahue explains why health care is a human right.
- Remembering Bill O'Donnell - The "Saint of Berkeley" dies at 74. By Alexander Bradley.
- Moratorium Time - PA Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty plan action. By Martha Conley, Joshua Coene and Kurt Rosenberg.
- The Summit Against Racism - the Black and White Reunion hosts annual event to build bridges across race and culture. Interview with Celeste Taylor. Includes keynote address by Stephen B. Thomas. By M Novak.
- The NRA Comes to Town - The Rosenberg Institute for Peace and Justice and Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence are going to be prepared. By Nathaniel Glosser.
- The Republican National Convention - it may seem like a long way off but the organizing to oppose it has begun. By Alexander Bradley.
- Drowning in our own Greed - lessons learned from the Petro Politics Summit in DC. By Allison Hahn.
- Total Liberation in Erie - a "domestic terrorist event" comes to PA. By Toni Bartone.
- Code Pink - women for peace. By Judy Focareta.
- TMC Members Corner - "The TMC is a Resouce Center" by Tim Vining. Also, board profile of Bridget Colvin by Nia Edmondson.