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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> This is an opportunity for
us to come together and to speak out as a community. Please join us and
bring a friend, neighbor, or colleague. I hope to see you on Wednesday
night! <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Pioneer</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Coalition Against Secrecy and Torture Invites You to</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>A Town Meeting</span></font></b></span><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>What Will Our Country Stand For?</span></span></font></b><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:
150%'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Wednesday
Night April 19, 2006 at 7 pm</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>First</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:
150%'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Churches</st1:PlaceType></span></font></span></st1:place><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:
150%'>, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">129 Main Street</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Northampton</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Join
us for a Community Conversation about</span></font></span><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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class=apple-style-span><font size=4 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Symbol'>·<span Times New></span></font></span><span
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</span></font></span><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Torture,</span></font></span><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
Times New></span></font></span><span class=apple-style-span></span><font
size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font></span><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Detention
without Charge or Trial,</span></font></span><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rendition (Kidnapping), and</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span
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size=1><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font></span><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Domestic
Spying.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Panelists Include:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Attorney
John Bonifaz</span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Constitutional
Lawyer</span></i></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Professor
Ervin Staub</span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Author of <u>The
Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence</u></span></i></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Professor
Christopher Pyle, </span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'>Expert on
Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties and Privacy.</span></font></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Moderator:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Michael
Bardsley, </span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'>President, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Northampton</st1:City></st1:place> City Council</span></font></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Readings</span></font></span></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> by:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Professor
Ellen Kaplan </span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'>and other members of
the Smith College Theatre Department</span></font></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Co-sponsors: </span></font><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> American
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Office, American
Friend Service Committee, Amnesty International Group 76, ARISE for Social
Justice, Bill of Right Defense Committee, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom/Jewish Alliance
for Justice and Peace: Western Massachusetts Chapter, Broadside Bookshop,
Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Franklin/Hampshire Chapter of CPPAX,
Franklin/Hampshire Health Care Coalition, Friends of the Greensboro Justice
Fund, Interfaith Coalition for Peace and Justice, Justice for Woody, Middle
East Peace Coalition, Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq,
Northampton Human Rights Commission, Progressive Democrats of America, Raging
Grannies, SAGE, Social Workers for Peace and Justice, Traprock Peace Center,
Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence Social Justice Committee, Valley
Greens, Veterans for Peace, Western Mass Jobs with Justice, Women in Black,
Women's Congress for Peace and others. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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auto;text-align:center'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>For more information call
413-584-1079 or email <a href="mailto:martygjf@comcast.net">martygjf@comcast.net</a></span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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