[Announce-DAN] International Collective Meeting Wednesday & a story

[<bninski@uswest.net>]

Hi,

I just wanted to remind everyone that the International Collective of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center is meeting this Wednesday, December 6 at 7 p.m. at 1520 Euclid. Current campaigns are:
1. World Bank Bonds Boycott in the Boulder City Council
2. Outreach to faith-based organizations on the issue of wealth inequality, globalization and corruption in our political system (campaign finance)
3. Fair Trade Issues & globalization
4. Campaign finance reform
5. Chiapas & Colombia
I'm also putting the issue of the current situtation in Palestine on the agenda and the employment situation of immigrants in the sweatshops of Boulder. . 

Hope you can come.  I'm also passing on the story below which I received from John Kefalas from Fort Collins. It brought tears to my eyes.
Carolyn Bninski
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
303-444-6981

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Dear Friends: 

Here is something very beautiful and offers us a simple reminder of our humanity and why we
do what we do. 

sincerely, 

john kefalas 
center for justice, peace & environment 
fort collins, colorado usa 


   >  Candles
   >
   > > ..........And they call some of these people "retarded"......A few years
   > > ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically
   > or
   > > mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100 yard dash.
   > > At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a
   > relish
   > > to run the race to the finish and win.  All, that is, except one little
   > > boy who stumbled on the asphalt,  tumbled over a couple of times, and
   > > began to cry.  The other eight heard the boy cry.  They slowed down and
   > > looked back.  Then they all turned around and went back..........every
   > > one of them.  One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and
   > > said, this will make it better.  Then all nine linked arms and walked
   > > together to the finish line.  Everyone in the stadium stood,  and  the
   > > cheering went on for several minutes.  People who were there are still
   > > telling the story.  Why ?  Because deep down we know this one thing:
   > What
   > > matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves.  What matters
   > in
   > > this life is helping others win,  even if it means slowing down and
   > > changing our course.
   > >
   > > A candle loses nothing by lighting another.
   >





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