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1. ORGANIZED A JANUARY 13, 2003 ARVADA PEACE RALLY.

2. AS A FOLLOW-UP, CREATED THE ARVADA PEACE & JUSTICE COMMISSION.

3. HELD (6) MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING ONE RETREAT AND ONE FAMILY PICNIC.

4. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE (3) DOMINICAN NUNS: 1) WROTE LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY 2) WROTE LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO THE FEDERAL JUDGE VIA THEIR PROBATION OFFICER 3) SPONSORED THEIR PRESENTATION AT SPIRIT OF CHRIST CHURCH AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM JAIL 4) ATTENDED THEIR SENTENCING HEARING: --GAVE INTERVIEWS --CARRIED BANNERS, SIGNS AND "MISSILES" --ATTENDED A CATHOLIC SIDEWALK MASS 5) "ADOPTED" AND DEMONSTRATED AT MISSILE SILOS 6) COLLECTED AND SENT A GENEROUS MONEY DONATION

5. HELD ANTI-WAR PRAYER VIGILS AT SPIRIT OF CHRIST, UNITED METHODIST, AND CHRIST THE KING EPISCOPAL-ALL ARVADA CHURCHES

6. SET UP A WEB SITE

7. GENERATED BUSINESS CARDS

8. CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED "PRACTICE PEACE" BUTTONS

9. HAD A VISIBLE PRESENCE AT NUMEROUS AREA-WIDE PEACE RALLIES AND EVENTS

10. PRODUCED COMMUNICATION MANUALS

11. ARRANGED FOR (3) EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT COMMISSION MEETINGS: 1) MICHELE BINKOWSKI-CONFLICT CENTER 2) DAN WINTERS-IRAQ EYEWITNESS 3) SALWA RAMADAN-PALESTINIAN HERITAGE 12. CO-SPONSORED THE "MARKETPLACE", A PEACE-ORIENTED BIBLICAL WEEK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AT THE ARVADA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

13. CO-SPONSORED THE PEACE ACTIVIST SPEAKER, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT AT ARVADA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

14. PROMOTED AND ATTENDED THE PEACEJAM DOCUMENTARY SHOWING AT THE ARVADA OLDE TOWN THEATER

15. BECAME AN ACTIVE PROMOTER AND SUPPORTER OF THE PEACEJAM ORGANIZATION

16. PROMOTED AND EXECUTED THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE RICE PROJECT

17. INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARVADA UNITED METHODIST PEACE FOR JUSTICE COMMITTEE

18. PROMOTED THE GIVING OF BLOOD FOR IRAQ WAR CASUALTIES

19. DEVELOPED E-MAIL AND POSTAL MAILING LISTS AND AN INDIVIDUAL TO MONITOR THESE LISTS AND SEND OUT INFORMATION

20. SPOKE TO THE "DEM FEMS" (DEMOCRATIC WOMEN) ABOUT THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION

21. INFLUENCED THE SPONSORSHIP OF A PRAYER VIGIL AT SPIRIT OF CHRIST CHURCH TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS

22. INFLUENCED ATTENDANCE AT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST PRESENTATION BY FR. JOHN DEAR, CATHOLIC PEACE ADVOCATE

23. HAS PROVIDED A FORUM AND A COMMUNITY AND ACTION VEHICLE FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT PEACE AND OPPOSE VIOLENCE