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<td valign="top">["<i>No one becomes president who isn’t a
true believer in the American empire of money and murder.</i><i>"</i>
~Margaret Kimberley<br>
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"<i>The nominal cost for the weekend is $60 per adult. As
always, we operate on a sliding scale. </i><i>..</i>."<br>
<h1><a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/ne_gathering_2013.php">War
Tax Resistance in Connection: Helping Us Help Each
Other</a></h1>
<h1><a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/ne_gathering_2013.php">New
England Gathering of War Tax Resisters</a></h1>
<br>
September 27–29, 2013 • Williamsville, Vermont<br>
<b><a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/PDFs/NEgathering2013.pdf">Click
here for the brochure and registration form (PDF).</a></b><br>
<br>
All are heartily invited to the 28th annual New England
Gathering of War Tax<br>
Resisters and Supporters, featuring a Friday evening talk
by peace activist<br>
and war tax resister Cindy Sheehan. Weekend discussions
will focus on the<br>
challenges faced by war tax resisters especially when it
comes to relations<br>
with family and friends, who may not be resisters and
often are not<br>
activists at all. As always, basic war tax resistance
information and<br>
support will be part of the weekend.<br>
<br>
The Gathering site is the <a
href="http://amazingplanetfarm.com/">Amazing Planet! Farm
and Justice Center</a>, which is about 10 miles from
downtown Brattleboro.<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#cc0000">[re this diagram i inserted: where
do you suppose the NSA/CIA $56 billion handout fits in?
Bet it's not 'military']</font></b><br>
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height="300" hspace="10" align="right">Theme &
background of this year’s Gathering</h2>
As War Tax Resisters, it is in the very nature of our
resistance that we<br>
undertake bold and mindful actions of conscience. We bear
witness to the<br>
appropriation and expenditure of our common wealth for
immoral and sometimes<br>
heinous purposes. By its nature, War Tax Resistance
confronts, to one degree<br>
or another, the most powerful governments in the world.<br>
<br>
For support we rely, also to one degree or another, on our
fellow Resisters<br>
and many other sympathetic and supportive people and
organizations within<br>
the spheres of our own personal lives.<br>
<br>
But what about our loved ones whom we sometimes simply scare
the daylights<br>
out of by our seemingly stubborn insistence to do the
right thing? What<br>
about friends and family for whom following their own
deepest moral makeup<br>
requires them to honor the commitments and
responsibilities of relationship,<br>
and who are understandably challenged by our practice of
Resistance, with<br>
all its potential fear, economic difficulty, and social
implications?<br>
<br>
At this year’s Gathering, we’ll talk about this. We invite
Resisters, those<br>
exploring Resistance, and supportive non-Resisters to
attend and take part<br>
in a real sharing of the challenges and gifts of being a
War Tax Resister or<br>
being close to one. We’ll share our stories about these
relationships and<br>
attempt to improve them by giving voice and time for
understanding to these<br>
sometimes difficult situations.<br>
<br>
Our Friday night session will feature peace activist and War
Tax Resister<br>
Cindy Sheehan! Cindy will speak about her own experience,
which is broader<br>
than WTR, and is sure to start us off with a powerful
preface to resistance and relationship. Cindy Sheehan is<br>
a resister and activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist
Casey Sheehan, was killed in the<br>
U.S. War on Iraq. She came to international attention
in 2005 for her extended antiwar protest<br>
at a makeshift camp outside of President Bush’s Texas
ranch. On April 4, the<br>
9-year anniversary of the day Casey was killed in action,
Cindy began the<br>
“Tour de Peace” from his gravesite in Vacaville, Calif..
This cross-country bicycle trip<br>
ended in Washington, D.C., on July 3rd.<br>
<br>
<h2>Weekend schedule</h2>
Friday<br>
<br>
<br>
5–7 p.m.:Registration and dinner<br>
7:15–9 p.m.:Cindy Sheehan Talk: “Peace Mom: A Mother’s
Journey Through Heartache and Activism”<br>
<br>
<br>
Saturday<br>
<br>
<br>
7:15–8 a.m.:Yoga (Gentle Mindful Stretch)<br>
8–9 a.m.:Breakfast<br>
9:15–10:15 a.m.:Panel discussion: WTR in Connection. Cindy
Sheehan will join other resisters, their family members, and
friends in sharing their stories.<br>
10:30–11:30 a.m.:Facilitated small groups: Personal
response to the panel — sharing our own stories of
connection, disconnection, and bridge building<br>
11:30 am–12:15 p.m.:2nd round of small groups (same as
above, but to allow for maximum sharing, participants are
new to each other and not from the previous small group.)<br>
12:30–1:15 p.m.:Lunch<br>
1:30–2:30 p.m.:Discussion topics. Choose one:<br>
Reaching out to other communities of
resistance — building the movement<br>
Support for non-resister family and friends<br>
Support for resisters in need<br>
Arts response to connection, disconnection, and bridge
building<br>
Other suggested topics<br>
<br>
2:45–3:45 p.m.:Reconnect in a large group. Open
discussion. (For example, time to talk about our life as a
resister, of life with a resister, without being held to a
certain topic of discussion.)<br>
4–5 p.m.:Q&A for new and potential resisters
orPlanning for next year’s gathering<br>
5–6 p.m.:Free time<br>
6–7 p.m.:Dinner<br>
7:30–9 p.m.:Talent show. Bring your instruments, voices,
songs, poetry, jokes, skits, etc.<br>
<br>
<br>
Sunday<br>
<br>
<br>
7:15–8 a.m.:Mindful Yoga<br>
8–9 a.m.:Breakfast<br>
9:15–10:45 a.m.:Options: Circle Dance with an experienced
dance leader or join in on a work project at Amazing Planet!
Farm<br>
11 a.m.–12 noon:Regional reports, announcements<br>
12 noon–1:30 p.m.:Lunch and clean-up<br>
<br>
<br>
<h2>Location & facilities</h2>
<a href="http://www.amazingplanetfarm.com/">Amazing Planet!
Farm & Justice Center</a> is a working organic farm
and<br>
retreat center located 10 miles northwest of downtown
Brattleboro, Vermont.<br>
This is our second Gathering held at this location — a
place of beauty and<br>
progressive values! (prior was 2009)<br>
We’ll send detailed directions in reply to your submitted
registration form.<br>
<br>
There is ample indoor floor space for sleeping and outside
areas for tenting<br>
(bring your own bedding). For folks who require or desire
a real bed, we<br>
will coordinate arrangements with hosts in the area. Beds
are available at<br>
the Center for a limited number of people. Please note
housing check-offs on<br>
the registration form.<br>
Children are welcome! If you need child care, please note it
on the registration form.<br>
<br>
Pets are not invited to the farm. Service animals, of
course, are welcome.<br>
<br>
Please feel free to inquire with any questions or concerns
you might<br>
have — we’re eager to make it a great weekend for everyone.<br>
<br>
<h2>Meals</h2>
Six fabulous meatless meals will be provided from Friday
supper through<br>
Sunday lunch. Please tell us on the registration form
about any special<br>
dietary needs or restrictions.<br>
<br>
<h2>Registration</h2>
The nominal cost for the weekend is $60 per adult. As
always, we operate on<br>
a sliding scale. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds. Pay less if<br>
necessary, more if possible. The challenge is for us to
just break even, so<br>
we ask folks to keep this in mind. No charge for children
under 12. For<br>
those attending the Friday evening Cindy Sheehan
presentation only, we<br>
suggest a donation of $10 to defray Cindy’s travel costs
from California.<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/PDFs/NEgathering2013.pdf">Click
here for the brochure and registration form (PDF).</a><br>
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