Fw: Get ready for the World Cup 2010!

Get ready for the World Cup 2010! Hi Farhad, As football teams prepare for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, another team is also determined to succeed: Stand Up United, an international team defending human rights. They have one goal –equality, dignity and justice for all. Whether they defend the rights of migrants or of women, or of anyone else suffering violence and repression, they can be intimidated, threatened and sometimes even risk their lives. But they are able to continue their work because they have supporters from all around the globe. Check who's in the team and join the defenders And don't miss out! Amnesty International will bring you more news about Stand Up United throughout the World Cup 2010 Thanks, Activism Unit Join our Online communities Facebook   African | Arabic | Asia Pacific Youth | Bangla | India | Latin American Twitter       English | India | Spanish Amnesty International International Secretariat 1 Easton Street London, WC1X 0DW United Kingdom Become a member | Donate | Take Action

Amnesty International: Thanks for Shaming Shell-Protect the Human

TAKING ACTION TOGETHER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The ad van making people stop and think Dear Supporter, What a week! We've been amazed by you – our supporters, dismayed by the Financial Times and of course outraged by Shell. Thanks to your generosity and commitment to the people of the Niger Delta, we were able to realise our ambition of booking a full page ad in the Financial Times on the day of Shell's AGM. Then at 4:58pm the night before, the FT decided to pull the plug on the ad. It seemed like devastating news, but with so much at stake we couldn't despair. We had to find a way to make sure that shareholders still saw the message. We already had the Evening Standard on board and at the last minute we were able to place the ad in the Metro – a paper we knew shareholders would pick up on the way to the meeting. And if they didn't see the papers, they couldn't have missed the van outside the AGM (thanks to Steve who spent 12 long hours driving around London's financial district!). It was great to see the campaign hitting the streets and making an impact. This was your campaign – you made it all possible, and we completely understand if you're feeling disappointed about the FT's refusal to print the ad. It was a controversial decision – and one that led to more publicity for the ad and more people talking about Shell's operations in the Niger Delta than we could ever have planned or imagined. So you certainly gave Shell's shareholders something to think about. We will not give up until Shell cleans up its act and the people of the Niger Delta have their rights respected. We'll keep you updated. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you again for supporting this campaign. Yours sincerely, Naomi McAuliffe Campaign Manager – Poverty & Human Rights

Doctors Without Boarders: Global Vaccine Drive Faces Acute Crisis

DRC: Thousands Trapped By Fighting in Ituri MSF Frontline Podcast Survival Migrants and Refugees in South Africa Face Grave Dangers An MSF Nurse Recounts a Decade's Work in Colombia Forward This Newsletter | Unsubscribe | Twitter | Facebook | Donate Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in nearly 60 countries. New York office: 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10001

CodePink Where can you get green tea, nuke protests, and mamas?

April 30, 2010 Dear Farhad, We will march with our Japanese sisters and thousands of internationals gathered in NYC for the historic Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty conference at the UN--Peace Action and a host of other peacemakers will be hosting a shadow conference this weekend at Riverside Church (with Ban-Ki Moon!). Don't miss it! Great speakers, connect with peacemakers from around the world and more! More info on the conference at www.peaceandjusticenow.org Sunday, May 2 NPT March/Rally & Peace Festival~Join people from around the world for a day of action! 1:30 PM  Women's contingent Meet Up @ 7th Ave & 39th St) 2:00 - 3:30 PM  Rally 3:30 PM  March across 42nd Street to the United Nations 4:00 - 6:00 PM  International Peace & Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (look for the CODEPINK Table!) Tuesday, May 4th GREEN TEA PARTY with CODEPINK Osaka CODEPINK NYC, CODEPINK Osaka JAPAN & Granny Peace Brigade present: The Green Tea Party for a Nuclear Weapon- Free World! Let's enjoy the grassroots exchanges over a cup of genuine green tea from JAPAN !! Cost: Suggested donation of $10    When: Tuesday, May 4th, 6:30-8:30pm Where: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (316 E. 88th Street) Join us for inspiring and creative grassroots exchanges as we serve green tea from Japan. Among the evenings activities will be: ~Making "Orizuru", paper crane peace bird ~Sing along :  "Genbaku Yurusumaji" ( No More A Bombing )  etc. ~A-Bomb victims speak out             ~"Kamishibai", Story Telling with pictures ~Reading Poems on A Bombing in Hiroshima ~Skit : Women's Peace actions in Osaka! ~and more! RSVP to Dana@codepinkalert.org   Mother's Day is in only 9 days! Sunday, May 9th  4th ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY PEACE STROLL When: Meet at 11:30 a.m., (take off at NOON)  ending about 2pm. Stroll for as long as you can. Where: Merchants Gate, Columbus Circle, by the statue Celebrate Mother's Day in the spirit of Julia Ward Howe. Spread the message, "War is never a solution."   This Mother's Day, take a lively stroll with The Rude Mechanical Orchestra , your mothers, lovers, partners, friends, children, grans and perfect (or not so perfect) strangers. Share the original meaning of Mother's Day by leafleting all along the way with Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation. Route: Up Broadway to 66th Street, right to Columbus Avenue, up Columbus Avenue (where we'll share our leaflets with diners), to the flea/farmer's market at 76th Street, then cross to the Columbus Ave. Mother's Day Crafts Fair around the  American Museum of Natural History. We'll read the proclamation on CPW and 81 street, and then go into the park and stroll to  the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bring: banners, signs of peace, sounds of peace, balloons. Be creative or not-it really doesn't matter. We supply:  leaflets (with Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation)   We envision a kind of spontaneously evolving stroll with pedestrians invited to join us.  5 or 500-we have a message of peace. Cancelled in case of rain, but a go if it's just overcast. SAVE THE DATES: Thursday, June 3rd PROPHECY Theater FUNDRAISER -- buy tickets NOW! See you in the streets--don't forget your pink! The women of CODEPINK NYC No Nukes Int'l Day of Action Sunday, May 2 starts at 1:30pm Green Tea Party w/ CODEPINK Japan May 4, 6:30pm Save the Date! Mothers Day Peace Stroll Sunday, May 9 Theater Event: The Prophecy June 3 Buy tickets NOW! unsubscribe from this list

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CodePink : Peace Never Tasted So Sweet

May 1, 2010 Dear Farhad, Imagine you are a mother with a child in the military. Imagine your child is in Afghanistan, surrounded by constant danger and uncertainty. You have no idea when your child is coming home, or whether your child will come home safely at all. Of course some of you don't have to imagine this. Some of you are living it every single day. Now imagine how it would feel if you were told your child is coming home. Wouldn't that be the greatest gift for Mother's Day, or any day? Let's make that gift a reality for thousands upon thousands of mothers (both American and Afghan) by calling on our representatives to stop funding war. Call or email your Congressional reps today to urge them to co-sponsor the McGovern/Feingold bill (HR 5015, S.3197) requiring the President to provide a plan and timetable for "the safe, orderly and expeditious redeployment of US troops from Afghanistan." This is a very moderate bill, which a wide range of legislators should be able to support. With a large number of co-sponsors, it will hopefully generate a much needed Congressional debate on ending the war. But what Congress really can do to end war is to stop funding it. President Obama is requesting another $33 billion for war at a time when our schools and community services are all starving for funds. Tell them to stop funding war and use those funds for the real needs of communities at home and in Afghanistan! After you've made your call, you can give a more tangible (and delicious!) gift!  CODEPINK is proud to offer Peace Never Tasted So Sweet: Deliciously Sweet and Savory Pie Recipes from Women Around the World  for Mother's Day, 2010. Just as mothers nourish those they love, we at CODEPINK want to nourish your body and spirit and inspire you to bake and speak and dance for peace, crumbs of our recipes still on your lips. Order the book for the mamas in your life who are hungry for peace and justice here. Let's make this Mother's Day the sweetest ever by working to bring our troops home and baking pies that will give us the energy and joy we need to stay on the path of peace. With hopeful hearts and watering mouths, Dana, Emily, Gael, Gayle, Janna, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Prerna, Rae and Whitney Mayday Arizona! Mayday Arizona! End the War on Immigrants. Come out to March for Immigrant Rights on May 1. Find an action near you. Signed by Arizona Governor Brewer last week, SB 1070 is a misguided invitation to racial profiling, community discord and clashes between the state and federal government that does nothing to fix the broken immigration system. The legislation allows law enforcement officials to arrest people based on whether they look, sound or act undocumented. For people like Rep. Bilbray, it means recognizing people from the type of shoes they wear. Yes, shoes.  Moreover, it affects women disproportionately and increases crime. Peace begins in our communities, and this new legislation is a war against our immigrant brothers and sisters. We must stand with them, stand up for Arizona and end the new era of apartheid confronting us here. CODEPINK Phoenix has been demonstrating in opposition to this bill all week.  Will you join them and march this Saturday? Ask your reps to co-sponsor the McGovern/Feingold bill to provide an exit strategy from Afghanistan and to vote NO on war funding! Order our scrumptious Mother's Day cookbook today! Buy a Mother's Day Gift Package for the Mamas in your life! What a week! CODEPINK shames Goldman Sachs in Congress Arizona passed SB 1070 into law inviting racial profiling Find a protest near you!  Share this message on Tweet this message!   GET CONNECTED: