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Hunger is Old Story
with a New Twist
Remember the Peacemakers
Those com m itted to
non-violent and civil
rights deserve honors
ian who was killed in that same Alabama county
by an Israeli Defense Force bulldozer driver as
in that same year. Daniels, a New Hampshire
she stood non-violently in front o f the home o f
native, was shot dead trying to protect a young
a Palestinian family? Even those whomight not
A frican American woman and friend after both
agree with her position must acknowledge that
had just been released from prison.
she was a young woman committed to peace in
Where are the national monuments and mo
one o f the most violent places o f a war-tom
B ernice
ments o f silent thanksgiving for all those who
world. As she stood there in an orange fluores
P owell J ackson
died who were incarcerated repeatedly, who
cent vest, she practiced what all non-violent
This Memorial Day
were harassed and beaten because o f their
protestors have been taught
holiday took on new
non-violent work on behalf o f the oppressed
your attacker in the eye with love and find that
m eaning to the 160
and disenfranchised in our own nation?
person’s humanity.
by
American families who
by
Earlier this year, the W orld Council o f
lost loved ones in the
tions o f Jean Donovan, a Catholic laywoman,
Churches issued a statem ent decrying the
war against Iraq. Sud
and Dorothy Kazel.an Ursuline nun, and Maura
war in Iraq. In it. Dr. K onrad Raiser, the
denly for them, this was more than a holiday for
Clarke and Ita Ford, both Mary knoll missionar
W orld C o u n cil’s general secretary, said,
barbecues and baseball. It’s appropriate that
ies, all o f whom were working with the poor in
“ W ars cannot be won, only peace can.” Last
our nation honors those who have died in war
El Salvador and were killed in 1980 by para
D ecem ber, on receiving the Nobel Peace
for our freedom. But why do we only honor
militaries financed by the U.S.? Extraordinary
Prize, form er President Jim m y C arter said,
those who fought in wars for freedom, why
women committed to peace for the poor in that
“w ar may be a necessary evil, but it is ev il.”
don’t we also honor those who make peace for
war-tom land. When do we honor them?
Yet we honor only war.
B ill C onyard
L o o k out y o u r w in d o w and p ic k out a house. N o w th in k about
w h o live s there and im a g in e that th e y ’ ve been la id o f f due to
to try to look at
O r do we pause to remember the contribu
our freedom?
G iving spirit is nourishm ent for
the soul and those in need
com pany d o w n sizin g . H o w long co u ld they s u rvive w ith o u t a
paycheck? H o w lo n g c o u ld you? It's a frig h te n in g th o u g h t, is n ’ t
it? U n fo rtu n a te ly i t ’ s a new re a lity fo r thousands o f O regonians
today.
T hursday, June 5 is N a tio n a l H unger Awareness D ay. It
prom ises to raise awareness and stim u la te new d onations to help
end hunger in A m e rica . B o rn o u t o f a post Sept 11,2001 nation,
last y e a r’ s firs t N a tio n al H u n g er A w areness D ay addressed the
g ro w in g num ber o f people fa llin g v ic tim to the e c o n o m y’ s
d o w n w a rd turn. In a d d itio n , budget cuts to the O regon D e p a rt
m ent o f Hum an Resources w ere huge, hunger r e lie f o rg a n iza
tio n s had less food to g ive and ch a rita b le d o lla rs w ere u n a v a il
Then there are the peacemakers like Amy
There is the Civil Rights Institute in Birming
Ofcourse, there is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Beale who made the ultimate sacrifice for her
ham, Ala. which tells the story o f not only the
and the day we have set aside to honor him. But
beliefs. Amy Beale was a Stanford University
civil rights movement but also o f human rights
Even the Society o f St. V in c e n t De Paul, su ccessfully h e lp in g
the needy since 1833, has fe lt the crunch o f the present rise in
able.
what about those others who died for their
graduate, whose Fulbright scholarship took
activists. There is the Civil Rights Museum in
commitment to non-violence and ci vil rights for
her to South Africa, where she was studying
Memphis, Tenn. located at the old Lorraine
p overty. F o r exam ple, in 2002 w e gave $641,500 in d ire ct
all Americans? People like Michael Schwemer,
and working with those trying to put back
Motel where Dr. King was killed. But as our
assistance and co lle cte d and d istrib u te d o ve r 954,000 pounds o f
Andrew Goodman and James Chaney who
together a nation tom asunder by decades o f
nation discusses whether more war memorials
fo o d to a to ta l o f 230,000 em ergency contacts in six counties.
went to Neshoba County, Miss, in 1964 and
apartheid. While driving in Capetown, her car
should be built on the Mall in Washington,
M o st w ere the w o rk in g p o o r o r homeless.
who were killed for their voter registration work
was surrounded and she was beaten and
D.C., perhaps someone should raise the ques
N o w we are seeing m any seeking assistance fo r the firs t tim e
- they never dream ed they w o u ld be in th is p o sitio n n o r do they
in the black community there. People like the
stabbed by a group o f outsiders who did not
tion o f where is the monument to those who
Michigan housewife Viola Liuzzo who was
know her or what she had done on behal f o f that
work for peace.
killed in Lowndes County, Ala. for her civil
community.
rights work in 1965.
And this year, when do we honor Rachel
Or Jonathon Daniels, an Episcopal seminar
Corrie, the 23-year-old young American killed
k n o w w here to turn fo r help. O u r cu rre n t resources a re n 't able
Bernice Powell Jackson is executive m inis
to keep up the pace - some o f those w h o donated before are the
ter o f the Justice and Witness Ministries fo r the
United Church o f Christ.
ve ry ones in need now . B u t together w e m ust fin d help fo r them
and everyone in distress. W e m ust defend against increased
homelessness and indigence. O u r hope is that N a tio n a l H unger
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Aw areness D ay w ill heighten o u r situ a tio n w ith a renew ed ca ll
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L o o k again at the house next d o o r and rem em ber, to d a y you
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w ealth is no lo n g er certain. The o n ly ce rta in ty is that a g iv in g
s p irit is abundantly n o u rish in g fo r the soul and y o u r help through
d o n a tio n and v o lu n te e rin g can f ill y o u r cup as w e ll as p ro vid e
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