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September 16, 2008 09:14.14 PM
One of the highlights of the week for us was the Peace Island Picnic, the brainstorm of FBI Whistleblower, Coleen Rowley.
In 2002, Coleen was named a Time "Person of the Year" for her memo exposing how the FBI ignored warnings of 9/11. Since then, she has resigned from the FBI and taken up activism, including speaking on ethical decision-making, running for Congress in 2006, organizing regular bannering vigils on overpasses in the Twin Cities and this idea to celebrate peace through music with performers from the TC area and around the country.
Coleen had been introduced to our music by Retired US Army Colonel Ann Wright, another one of our supersheros! ( Come here Col. Ann with us in Charlottesville, VA on 9/22!). When Coleen wrote to invite us to perform at the picnic, she mentioned how well the chorus to "Who Lies" worked as a banner. We thought that was perfect, given that Pat had been inspired to write "Who Lies" after seeing a CodePINK banner which came from a United for Peace & Justice sticker with those words back in 2003. What goes around, comes around.
And speaking of round, "Peace, Salaam, Shalom" was the anthem of the day and we sang it as folks gathered to create this beautiful, human peace symbol.
Photos here.
This update came from our enewsletter Sept. 15th, 2008. Sign up to get our monthly enewsletters!
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