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Friends,

The National Committee of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship has spent the last six months discerning how to get more deeply involved in the work of preventing gun violence in communities here in the United States. We have made a decision that we would like to partner with a project called "Heeding God's Call" that started last year in Philadelphia.

Heeding God's Call is a partnership between urban and suburban churches who band together to ask gun dealers to sign onto an agreement that they will act responsibly. If dealers refuse to do so, the churches organize to use nonviolent direct action to call attention to the irresponsibility of the gun store owners. HGC is interested in expanding into other communities across the country, and is looking for partners like the PPF to do so.

If you would like to get involved with our effort to support and expand the work of Heeding God's call, please send an email ppfwitness@gmail.com to let us know. We will respond with the information you will need to participate in a conference call on Wednesday night, June 2, at 9:00 Eastern Time.

Rick

The Convocation of Peacemakers at Stony Point Center was a very rich event. Keynote speaker Dr. Obery Hendricks challenged us to expand our understanding of violence to include systemic systems of violence that impact communities of color in the United States, and to demonstrate similar commitment to employ the tactics of nonviolent direct action to respond to that kind of violence. Those who attended committed themselves to work to prevent gun violence, a renewed commitment to the Colombia Accompaniment Program, and to develop a clear, unequivocal voice insisting that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan must come to an end.

Take a couple of minutes to check out the great video produced by Andrew Patterson! If you want to join in the work that's going on, check out our social networking site at network.presbypeacefellowship.org.