[All] Fw: Our gifts of love should not fund hate

Sun Nov 8 10:41:36 EST 2009

Dear Folks,, as much as I try, I cannot currently attend meetings and most of all cannot possibly 
keep up with tons of emails that pour in weekly.  I feel many times the topics although interesting and
in one way or another relevent, are too indepth to research, absorb let alone apply to our local issues.
I was under the impression that GREN was a local initiative but it seems more often than not, there are 
multitudes of other issues that cross the airwaves as well.

With all that in mind, please take me off the mail list at least until I request to be put back on.
By all means, advise me of local pointed requirements that could use bums in seats etc. 

Rgds Les Kadar.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lori Strothard 
  To: GREN /Seven Generations Network 
  Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:21 AM
  Subject: [All] Fw: Our gifts of love should not fund hate

  this may be too huge a topic to research, validate and support, but anyway, I am just forwarding fyi as it was sent to me by a friend. Lori (Strothard)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Melanie 
  To: strothjkl at sympatico.ca 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:42 PM
  Subject: Our gifts of love should not fund hate

  You are receiving this email because Melanie ancientharp at gmail.com sent it to strothjkl at sympatico.ca via the "tell-a-friend" tool at Avaaz.org. Avaaz will not send you further messages without your consent--although your friends could, of course, send you another message. If you prefer to not receive further such emails, please click here to add yourself to the list of people we would never email.

  Hello, 

  Have you heard that Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is selling blood diamonds on the world market? His brutal army has seized diamond mines, 200 civilians have been murdered, and profits are used to finance political militias. 

  I've just signed an urgent petition urging international regulators meeting in Namibia this week to ban Zimbabwe diamonds, sending a clear message that we do not want our gifts of love to finance hate. 

  We have just 24 hours to persuade regulators to act. Join me by signing the Avaaz petition below and let's get a massive petition together that will be delivered directly to the meeting in Namibia. 

  http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr 

  Thanks! 

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  Forward the original alert below to your friends: 

  Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe has brutally seized control of his country's diamond fields and is using the profits from our precious wedding rings and jewelry to finance a vicious political militia. 

  The group of countries that regulate the global diamond trade are right now meeting in Namibia to decide whether to suspend Mugabe and stop him selling his blood diamonds on the world market. 

  We have just two days to persuade these countries to act − let's get a flood of signatures on a petition and deliver it directly to the meeting in Namibia. Sign at the link below and forward this email to anyone who doesn't want our gifts of love to finance hate: 

  http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr 

  All diamond producing countries know that their profits are dependent on the brand reputation of diamonds, and that increasing awareness of "blood diamonds" threatens that brand. A massive global petition will show them that the diamond−buying public is demanding action. 

  Zimbabwe's diamonds used to be mined by local people. But in the last several months, Mugabe's thugs have brutally taken over, murdering up to 200 civilians. An international investigation in July found "horrific violence against civilians". 

  The profits from these blood diamonds are being used to finance a political militia that has already killed thousands of Zimbabweans, and threatens the fragile unity government in the country. Letting Mugabe keep these diamonds could finance a whole new war. 

  All of us are learning the ways in which our decisions about what we buy and do can affect the lives of our fellow human beings half a world away. An engagement ring should be something given and worn out of love, let's tell diamond regulators to keep it that way: 

  http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr 

  With hope, 

  Ricken, Alice, Benjamin, Graziela, Luis, Milena, Paul, Ben, Paula, Pascal and the whole of the Avaaz team 

  PS: 

  Once you've taken action, vote for Avaaz on the influential Huffington Post "New Media Game−Changers" poll! http://www.avaaz.org/huffpo (vote 10 for Avaaz as the ultimate game changer) 

  Sources: 

  A Human Rights Watch report on the Zimbabwe mines: 
  http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/06/26/diamonds−rough−0 

  The Kimberley process report: 
  http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5303 

  Articles on the possible ban this week: 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8337385.stm 

  http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009−11−02−zim−faces−possible−suspension−from−global−diamond−trade 

  More from Global Witness, a member of the Kimberley Process: 
  http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/861/en/campaigners_call_for_urgent_action_on_zimbabwe_blo 

  More on Zimbabwe's political crisis: 
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6896171.ece 

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