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WILPF’s Congo team treks to V-Day ({}) braving American Airlines Disaster.

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WILPF’s Congo team treks to V-Day ({}) braving American Airlines Disaster.
New York, NY—April 10, 08-- WILPF’s four person team, began a day of arduous travel bound for V-Day via Chicago, St. Louis and Washington, D. C. spending the entire day to get to New Orleans from New York. All dressed in “cloth” Vinie Burrows, Louise Meriweather, Bibiane Tshefu and Jennifer Thomas-Boateng are all about building coalitions aligned with NY Metro’s 2008 Congo initiative.
If you are interested in interviewing these Ladies LIVE from V-Day please, phone Jennifer Thomas-Boateng 347.232.9278
Draft Demands of Congolese Activists
1. U.S. Military Training programs must be subject to an oversight committee and provide total transparency.
2. Oversight committees must be set up to ensure that private military companies are subject the laws of warfare.
3. More substantial efforts must be made to prosecute arms merchants; with the harshest penalties reserved for those who provide “small weapons” for child soldiers.

WILPF joins V-Day ({}) activists to collaborate and raise awareness

New York, NY—April 08, 08-- The “Mother of all Peace Organizations”, the venerable Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, is joining V-Day ({})’s worldwide campaign to end viole

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