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Coalition against the Inhumanity forming in Washtenaw County
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Coalition against the Inhumanity forming in Washtenaw County
Event: Meeting at the School of Social Work to form a Washtenaw County Coalition against the Inhumanity in the Balkans.
When: Tuesday, June 1st 1999 at 1pm.
Participants:American Serbian Relief, DSA, Bertha Reynolds Society, Interfaith Council on Peace and Justice, Social Work International, Ann Arbor Friends, War tax Dissidents, Peace Action of Michigan, Middle East Task Force, Students4Peace.
Sponsored by: The Bertha Reynolds Society.
Report by: Panos Marcoullis (Students4Peace).
Report:
On being invited by the Bertha Reynolds Society of the School of Social Work at U of M, several community and campus groups convened to discuss the formation of abroad coalition against the Inhumanity that exists today in the Balkans region of Europe. This group, tentatively referred to as W.A.I.B. - Washtenaw Against the Inhumanity in the Balkans, found consensus on a number of issues that included:
Agreeing on the need for commonly sponsored events.
Agreeing on a stand for non-violent means of protest and advocation.
Agreeing on the need to start a County-wide reconciliatory effort.
Agreeing to hold our next meeting Wednesday 9th of June, 1999 at 7pm in the SSW Room 1804.
Agreeing that a small group of representatives meet at ICPJ HQ on Tappan Street at 3pm to prepare a draft Mission Statement.
The meeting was coordinated by Michael Dover from the Bertha Reynolds Society, and it was generallyagreed that the second meeting would be necessary to ratify the decisions made by the first. The meeting was held in a professional and respectful setting and can be deemed as a success.
It is also important to mention that along with the groups mentioned above, many people came just representing themselves, and for privacy reasons their names have not been mentioned.
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