[kan-l] FLYER FOR PROTESTS

[Teresa Crawford]

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****
************************HOW TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED*******************

Here is a flyer you can hand out at demonstrations and protests.  Feel free to customize it with local contact information or additional ideas.  Any questions contact Teresa Crawford teresa at advocacynet.org

10 WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF KOSOVA

1. Get more information on the crisis and the conflict from a variety of sources. Possible sources:
*** www.alb-net.com, Website devoted to up to date information on the conflict, the status of the refugees, rallies around the country, aid agencies working with the refugees, letters from people fleeing Kosova, also hosts the Albanews and Albanian email lists.  *** Read Miranda Vickers' book, Between Serb and Albanian, for a history of the relationship of peoples in the region.  *** Check out Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org and Amnesty International www.amnesty.org and their reports on the repression in Kosova.  ***Visit the website www.commondreams.com for alternative media coverage.  ***Subscribe to Illyria

2. Call, Write, Fax, Email your congressperson.  Call their foreign affairs assistant.  Ensure they are informed about the crisis.  Tell him/her you support the people of Kosova and work that will lead to peace and justice, that you support independence not autonomy.  Urge them to support a blanket amnesty for Kosovar refugees seeking asylum in the US. Protest against their being kept at the Guantanamo Bay Military Base in Cuba.

3. Contact the Kosova Humanitarian Aid Organization (KHAO) to find out how to donate money, goods, blankets, or your time to the refugees. www.khao.org,  kosova at jps.net, 714-892-7283.  Other organizations include Mercy Corps International, www.mercycorps.org, 800-852-2100. Mother Teresa Clinics, Skopje, Macedonia, mother.tereza at usa.net, 389-91-136-553

4. Join the Kosova Action Network (KAN) to stay appraised of local, regional and national efforts to help the people of Kosova. Support the work of the National Albanian American COuncil (NAAC) naacdc at aol.com, 202-955-1428

5. Organize a charity drive at your local place of worship, student organization, professional group, or sports club.  Donate the proceeds or collection to an aid agency specifically earmarked for Kosova.  For a more extensive list of agencies contact KAN.

6. Write a letter to your local paper, call in to your local radio show and voice your opinion.  Remind people that this crisis is about people who are just like you and that you can do something to help. 

7. Put together a forum on the Kosova issue.  Invite local Albanian Americans, Serbian Americans from the community, Professors, Peace activists.  Pick a good moderator.  Decide ahead of time on the framework and goals.  Realizing these are tense, emotional issues for everyone.

8. Invite a speaker to your next club meeting, religious gathering, or class to talk about the crisis, share personal stories of friends and family who are affected by the crisis and give suggestions about how to help. 

9. Lobby the local city government and school governing bodies to issue a proclamation supporting the people of Kosova and a condemning the Serbian regimes tactics of ethnic cleansing.  Urge your religious leaders to issue a proclamation in coordination with other leaders supporting the people of Kosova..

10. Educate your children, family and friends about the situation.  Become informed about this and other liberation struggles around the world.  Visit the Peace Net website, www.igc.org, for more information on how people are working for freedom around the world.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LOCAL ACTION CONTACT:




contact information:
teresa at advocacynet.org
(315) 471-7790 voice mail
Syracuse, NY 13210

STOP THE VIOLENCE IN KOSOVA visit <http://www.alb-net.com/kcc> to stay informed.






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Submitted by: Teresa Crawford <tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu>