[Jewish] March 5th

[ehw99 at hampshire.edu]

Student groups, 

The last couple of weeks have been hectic at Student Action in effort to 
organize an anti-war event in conjunction with the March 5th international 
student strike day advocating "Books not Bombs," education over military 
spending. The day has been called by the National Student and Youth Peace 
Coalition. In our effort to coordinate a teach-in for March 5th we got 
overwhelmed by the scope of the event. As a result we poorly communicated our 
intentions for the day. We realize that we didn't ask what your groups wanted 
out of the day. It is everyones. If there is anyway your student group would 
like to shape the day and event, please contact us, we are coordinators only.

You may have been contacted already for your groups endorsement of the student 
strike, these are important because they send a clearer message to the media 
and the schools administration. Please discuss these endorsements within 
your groups. Specific information about the coalition and demands can be found 
at www.nyspc.net. The endorsements are just one small way to make the strike 
your own. Some of the other possible ways to do something for this day would 
include speaking at the teach-in (ie how are the politics of your 
student group effected by the war), reading poetry, tabling for your group, 
playing music, having a banner for your group etc. Also the teach-in is not 
solidified and if you have an idea about how it should be run please contact 
us. Hampshire is just one of other colleges and high schools in the valley who 
is doing something. Later in the day students will gather at UMass to march 
into Amherst as a coalition. 

We are in the process of compiling a list of growing faculty speakers for the 
teach-in at Hampshire. There will be an on going art activities, coffee and 
bagels, poetry readings, and more in the coming. 

We apologize if this event has come off as a closed Student Action event, and 
are continuing to work on the style and approach of our organizing. We are 
interested in your thoughts and look forward to talking with 
you.

ps please decide by MONDAY if you would like to do something.
email endorsements to jdwingo1 at yahoo.com

Thank you

Ahlena 253-8060 
Elisabeth x4811