Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:05:09 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Richard Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Block Address Subject: 99 NGOs endorse COAT's festival of nonviolence, Oct.6 Updated list: 99 NGOs have now endorsed COAT's "No to NATO: Festival of Creative NonViolence" As of September 4, the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) has received almost 100 NGO endorsements for our "No to NATO: Festival of Creative Nonviolence," to be held on October 6 (1-5 pm), in Majors Hill Park, Ottawa. Some of the endorsers are large national organizations (like the Canadian Auto Workers, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Council of Canadians, the New Democratic Party-Canada and the National Union of Public and General Employees. Others are regional or local groups focused on peace, human rights, the environment and other issues. We now have 24 NGOs from 10 other countries. Please help us to build even more support for this initiative by encouraging other NGOs to endorse the festival. All are welcome. The more the merrier! The two main purposes of the festival are summarized <http://www.flora.org/coat/forum/216> We will list all endorsing organizations in written materials for the event, in COAT's quarterly magazine (Press for Conversion!), our "no_to_nato" list serve and the COAT website <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> Our website will eventually include contact information, web links and a 30 word description of each organization. Endorsing NGOs are also invited to provide a statement of solidarity for circulation at the event. Endorsers of COAT's No to NATO: Festival of Creative NonViolence (as of Sept. 4) Antiwar.com, USA Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates for Children - France Association of Serbian Women Australian Peace Committee (S.A. Branch), Australia Australians for a Free East Timor, Australia Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation Befriending the Earth Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK Bethune Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies British Columbia Voice of Women CAFIET Quadra Canadian Auto Workers Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture Canadian Federation of Students Canadian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev) Canadian Peace Alliance/l'Alliance canadienne pour la paix Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Central Alberta Raging Grannies Centre for Peace Studies (McMaster University) Centre for Social Justice Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade Convergence Council of Canadians Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee Enviro-Clare European Regional of the Humanist International European Youth For(est) Action The Netherlands Father's Day Coalition for Peace Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA FLORA.org Fredericton Raging Grannies Friends of Gabriola Island Gerald and Maas Global Compliance Research Project Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, USA Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, USA Green Party of Ontario Guideposts for a Sustainable Future Hamilton Action for Social Change Homes not Bombs - Toronto Illinois Peace Action, USA Industrial Workers of the World - Ottawa-Outaouais International Institute of Concern for Public Health International Society for Peace and Human Rights International Volunteers for Peace, Australia Island Catholic News Jonah House, USA Kashmiri-Canadian Council Latin American Circle for International Studies, Mexico Le Centre de Ressources sur la Non-Violence Lethbridge Network for Peace Ligue Anti-Impérialiste de Belgique M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA MakePeace Mama Terra / For Mother Earth-Romania Mauritius Action for Disarmament and Peace, Mauritius Nanoose Expropriation Objectors National Union of Public and General Employees New Democratic Party - Canada Nicaragua-United States Friendship Office, USA Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition, Philippines Nukewatch, USA Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton Ontario Public Interest Research Group - McMaster Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Windsor Ottawa Cuba Connections Peace & Disarmament Working Group/Social Responsibility Cttee., First Unitarian Congregation, Ottawa. Peace Alliance Winnipeg Peaceful Parks Coalition Peacemedia Project Peacemakers Project Ploughshares - Edmonton Project Ploughshares - Fraser Valley Project Ploughshares - Saskatoon Raging Grannies - Ottawa Rainforest Raging Grannies - Vancouver Science for Peace Sierra Youth Coalition Social Justice Committee of Montreal Social Justice Ministry Group at First United Church St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society Students for a Free Tibet - Canada Sunshine Coast Peace Group The Atomic Mirror, USA The Centre for Peace in the Balkans The Clare Community Health Board, Nova Scotia The Nuclear Resister, USA Third World Forum Toronto Action for Social Change Vancouver Island Earth Works Society Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - Canada Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - Manitoba Victoria Raging Grannies Voices in the Wilderness, USA Washington Peace Center, USA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Canada Woodstock Raging Grannies Zero Tolerance Network Notes: * Unless otherwise stated, these NGOs are located in Canada. * Further updates to this list of endorsing NGOs will be available in the archive of the no_to_nato list serve which you can check by visiting the COAT website <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> or <http://www.flora.org/coat/forum/> Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! 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