Excellent work in Amherst and Northampton. Thanks very much Joel, Jo, and
Carolyn.
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joel Dansky or Nancy Felton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
James M Leas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:48:53 -0500
Subject: visit of Noam Bahat
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Oct. 31
Dear Friends: Just a brief report on Noam's visit to the
Northampton/Amherst, MA area yesterday and today. He gave two
presentations, one for the general public held at the Unitarian
Universalist Society in Amherst organized by the Unitarian Society,
AFSC, and the Middle East Peace Coalition of WMass, a local group, and
the other, a brunch primarily directed at members of the Jewish
community organized by Brit Tzedek V'Shalom, Jewish Alliance for Justice
and Peace, held at a private home. Both events were successful. We had
45-50 in Amherst and 20 at the Brit Tzedek event. Noam's presentations
were excellent, clear and articulate. From the comments I heard, what
people were most impressed by was the way he responded to questions and
comments posed by the audiences. He was calm, direct, thoughtful, and
frequently offered a refreshingly different perspective than questioners
expected. His grasp and articulation of the political and moral issues
involved in his refusal were mature and well grounded. I was honored to
work with him and others involved in the tour.
We raised about $350 at each event from donations and selling the books
and t-shirts. (Thank you Judith and Lois. The boxes arrived on time.)
Noam's interview with the local NPR station was aired at least on
Saturday morning (which was when I heard it). Sunny Miller who
organized the event for Noam in Greenfield, MA for this afternoon picked
him up on time.
This was a good set of events for us to do and attracted some
attention--given the competition of the national election and other
activities here. Western Mass has a large and well developed audience
for speakers like Noam. Please keep us in mind for the future. I also
thought it was a good thing to link up with people in Brattleboro (Lou
Waronker) and Jimmy in Burlington,VT. Best wishes to you Noam and to
others in the Refuser movement, Joel Dansky, Northampton, MA
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->
Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar.
Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/MknplB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
