NYC FRIENDS OF KUCINICH WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST

The Popularity of Peace and Presidents
September 9, 2005
by David Swanson
http://www.opednews.com/

Employing People Who Were Displaced by Hurricane Katrina - Dennis Kucinich speaking from the Floor of the House
September 8, 2005
http://www.kucinich.us/floor_speeches/work_employ_displaced8sep.php

Reps. Kucinich and Tubbs Jones Call On President To Hire Local Residents And Pay A Living Wage In Rebuilding Gulf Region
Washington, Sept 12, 2005
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=34059

GUEST EDITORIAL: International Day of Peace
September 12, 2005
by Rev Bernice Powell Jackson
http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/editorial.cfm?ArticleID=2246
Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson appeals to readers to writer letters to their Congressional representatives in support of A Department of Peace.

News Analysis: Those Peaceniks Are At It Again! Kucinich Brings Department of Peace Bill Before Congress By Christopher Krohn Special to the Planet
September 13, 2005
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=09-13-05&storyID=22293

Kucinich Introduces Legislation to Create Cabinet Level Department of Peace And Nonviolence
September 14, 2005
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=34292
http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0914-04.htm

Department of Peace Message from The Green Democrats
September 15, 2005
http://www.vote-smart.org
http://www.pulsete.com/article.php?sid=2054
Congressman Kucinich reintroduced his Department of Peace Bill on September 14 at the conclusion of the Department of Peace Conference sponsored by The Peace Alliance. At a meeting with the Department of Peace youth leaders in D.C., Senator Mark Dayton from Minnesota agreed to help "move this forward" on behalf of our children. This is a HUGE milestone in the DoP campaign and for the future of this legislation to have a member of the Senate to express such interest. The DoP campaign needs your support today to help keep up this momentum with Senator Dayton. [The new bill number in the House of Representatives is HB 3760]

Kucinich: Administration Must Not Use Katrina To Push Extreme Right Wing Agenda
Washington, September 15th
by The Associated Press
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=34385
The 224-188 roll call Thursday by which the House passed to establish a special committee (in the Republican dominated Congress) to investigate the preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina. Congressman Kucinich voted NO.

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... If we have not peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Theresa