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1. Cannabis and schizophrenia 2. Pledge of Liberation on May 8th Powered by LSoft's LISTSERV(R) list management software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 08:46:19 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: Cannabis and schizophrenia Neurological biochemical analysis and behavioral tests carried out on the animals showed that only the genetically susceptible mice developed schizophrenia-related changes after being exposed to cannabis. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317170.php "People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 09:34:14 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: Pledge of Liberation on May 8th As we reach the 100 day mark for the Presidential administration, we know that all of our communities have been attacked. We also know that together, there are millions more of us than there are of them. As the Women's March reaches the 10th of our 10 Actions / 100 Days campaign, we lift up the intersectional platform that we all created together. We must continue to send a clear message that our movements are all working together, that all the issues we work on are intersecting, and that we will no longer accept attempts to divide us and pit us against each other for political gain. *On May 8, 2017 - exactly six months after Election Day and during the Congressional recess - we are calling for demonstrations and sit-ins at legislators' home offices. *We ask you to join us in one or all of the following 3 ways: - Sign on to the open letter we have attached to this email. *We would like our partners to sign onto the letter no later than May 4th. * - Share this letter and the May 8th action with your network. - Sit with us on May 8th. *Please fill out this google form <https://docs.google.com/a/womensmarch.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSr6TSiEz1d2zp4OMQn7sG1FAR6-gffss4cWWxxsBBxT1YIQ/viewform?c=0&w=1> by May 4th to let us know if you are interested in partnering on this action. * We will be specifically calling on Congress to uphold the values of the letter when considering the upcoming "America First" budget. We know this budget will attempt to put us in competition with each other -- to argue that funding the NEA is in conflict with supporting our national parks or public schools. We ask you to join us in rejecting this, and instead in banding together to pledge allegiance not to those seeking to oppress or harm us, but to each other. In the coming week, we will host a webinar training on nonviolent civil disobedience to help strengthen all our movements. We are also developing a toolkit with information on how to safely participate in demonstrations and civil disobedience. Please direct your questions about our #PledgeOfLiberation campaign to our action co-leads, Brea or Sophie, who are copied here. We hope you will join us in this cross-movement act of resistance! "People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions" ------------------------------ End of IRIS Digest - 21 Apr 2017 to 30 Apr 2017 (#2017-15) **********************************************************
