Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. MISSION: infiltrate U.S. Senator Herb ("nobody's senator but yours") Kohl's office, spewing peace-nic rhetoric and demanding action to protect community members of color and Muslim-Americans, and to protect our civil liberties. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! 08:00 hours to 08:45 hours, Tuesday, Oct 9, year 2001 C.E. SPECIAL MAPC AGENTS: x, x, x, x, x (x) x DEBRIEFING REPORT: MAPC special agents met with new regional office director x and staff assistant x. Meeting mood was cordial. MAPC agents introduced the coalition, our 3-point platform, organizational members, and strong support from individuals (150-200 people at general meetings, an estimated 5000 individual members). We thanked the Senator for his support of anti-racist resolutions (in the wake of the attacks; everyone voted yes...), and then got down to business. We detailed current "anti-terrorism" legislation and our concerns regarding it, especially highlighting the "Uniting and Strengthening of America Act" (S.1510), an especially scary measure which may be voted on by the Senate as soon as this week. Among other things, the "U.S.A. Act" would allow indefinite detention of non-citizens (even if they've won immigration hearings), expand the federal government's ability to conduct secret searches, extend the ability to conduct warrant-less internet and phone surveillance to anyone if "relevant to an ongoing investigation", etc. We also called on the Senator to support the establishment of an International Criminal Court, and to oppose the U.S. Servicemembers Protection Act (S.857), which would actively oppose the ICC, levy sanctions against other countries signing the ICC charter, and provide the Prez with the authority to "take any measures necessary" to free U.S. citizens detained against their will by the ICC (!!!). Kohl staff were not able to provide us with the Senator's stance on this legislation, but will report back to us. They will relay the extensive meeting notes they took to the DC office, and contact us with information on the Senator's stance on S.1510, the ICC/ S.857. They will also provide us with names and contact info for the relevant DC aides to contact regarding each issue we discussed. For interested readers, the general phone # for Kohl's DC office is 202-224-5623. We will share the other info with you once we receive it. Kohl's local staff also said they would relay info on MAPC to local people who call the office to express pro-peace views. They also told us that, except for the first day or so after the Sept 11 attacks, the many calls to the local office have been overwhelmingly pro-peace! (Hey, join the bandwagon. The phone # for the local office is 264-5338.) We left with the office written materials on MAPC, news reports on Sunday's rally, an article on the ICC (in the current issue of Ms. - check it out), and MAPC member x's recent Badger-Herald editorial on the complexity of getting involved with Afghanistan's politics. <a luta continua> ===>> transmission ends ____________________________________________ East Timor Action Network field organizer   ETAN field office Social Justice Center office 608-663-5431                         1202 Williamson St cell 608-347-4598                           Madison, WI 53703 home 608-255-4598                           fax 608-227-0141 Check out these internet sites! the East Timor Action Network/US http://www.etan.org Madison, WI - East Timor projects http://www.aideasttimor.org Madison's Social Justice Center http://www.socialjusticecenter.org "We struggled for more than 24 years for independence. We've learned the lesson that even small people have a voice."     -East Timorese leader Mari Alkatiri, during the August 30, 2001 Constituent Assembly vote September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:08 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients x September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. x [mailto:x] September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC] policy groupies report back on Kohl meeting Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC] policy groupies report back on Kohl meeting 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-10-09