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. I strongly support X call to keep the MAPC Nov. 17 event family-friendly and nonconfrontational.  Publicity has already gone out seeking to set that type of tone and attract people on that basis. MAPC is still in the process of establishing its identity in the Madison community.  Our effectiveness could easily be hurt by a few individuals who share our goals but feel compelled to chose their own tactics while marching under our banner. A member of our church passed out copies of MAPC's Peace Parade & Memorial flyers to members of the congregation during announcements on Sunday, and during the parish meeting which followed I was elected to chair our Social Action Committee.  The tone of the event on 11/17 could well decide whether our Social Action Committee and comparable groups in other Madison churches decide to join the MAPC coalition.  It only takes one or two people pursuing their own "radical" tactics to siphon off almost all the media attention and set the tone of the event in the mind of most of the public. I would like to see today's general membership meeting call on all who join us on Saturday to commit to keeping the event family-friendly and nonconfrontational.  If we approve a statement to that effect, I recommend that it be sent to the Chief of Police, in a spirit of openness.  It would be a mistake to start with the assumption that the Madison police are our enemy. A month ago I sent the following message to two members of the Outreach and Education Committee (below) which is still relevant. 'Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 Subject: Outreach Committee I have a concern that I hope you will raise with the committee.  It seems to me that while many groups who are potential coalition members would agree with the 3 MAPC goals, they would want to know HOW the coalition will pursue these goals before deciding to join.  Most church groups, for example, would probably like to see an explicit commitment to openness and nonviolence and a disavowal of the idea that the end justifies the means.  I recommend that this committee develop a proposal, in broad language, for adoption at the next general meeting.  This might involve, for example, a sentence to be used immediately below the name of our group, Madison Area Peace Coalition, in all the literature we develop, such as:  "Committed to nonviolent action aimed at breaking the cycle of hate and violence." ' _______________________________________________ discuss@madpeace.org mailing list http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-discuss September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:19 AM 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 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-discuss] Nov. 17 tactics 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-discuss] Nov. 17 tactics 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. 2001-11-13