WELCOME TO GRAY PANTHERS OF MARIN
We can make a difference: Age and Youth in
Action
Contacts (co-convenors):
Louise Aldrich, 57 Meadow
Drive, San Rafael 94903 (415)
491-0113 louise@sonic.net
Yvette Wakefield, 3 Main
Court, Fairfax CA 94930 (415) 453-1550 yvette_wakefield@yahoo.com
Web address: http://graypanthersmarin.org webmaster: jwseps@comcast.net
We
have a new mailing address:
Gray
Panthers of Marin, P.O. Box 133, Fairfax, CA 94978-0133
NEXT MEETING:
Activities Room
THE REDWOODS, 40
CAMINO ALTO, MILL VALLEY
September 18, 2010,
1:00-3:00 pm
SPEAKER: Sue Severin
TOPIC: PLANTING TREES IN AFGHANISTAN
Sue Severin in Afghanistan, April 2008
Marin Gray
Panthers Picnic at the Redwoods, Mill Valley, July 24 Ô10
The Gray Panthers is an organization for
seniors so we need to be visible and we need to recruit new members. Also, it really is a lot of fun!
We now ask members to pay their membership fees
on January 1st for the year.
Any membership starting after January will be pro-rated. There is no charge for anyone who
cannot afford to pay.
Become a
Member!
Dues:
Couple $40, Single $30, Donor Couple $45, Donor Single $30
50% paid to National, 50% paid for
Sacramento representation, and local
needs
Mail your name, address, telephone and
email address to:
Gray Panthers of Marin, PO Box 133,
Fairfax, CA 94978-0133
Attn: Membership
As always, if it is hard
for you to pay the regular amount, pay what you can;
No one has
ever been denied membership.
See Michael MooreÕs web
regarding Grapy Panthers National opinion
on raising age for social
security to 70 from 65.
http://michaelmoore.com/tag/gray-panthers
NATIONAL GRAY PANTHERS
RESOLUTION RE: NEAR EAST CONFLICT
Resolution
on Israel & Palestine
Israel- Palestinian Position Statement
July 14, 2009
Whereas, Gray Panthers detest the continuing violence in Israel and Palestine and are aware that this conflict endangers peace and stability in many countries; and
Whereas, Gray Panthers recognize that the roots of the conflict trace at least to the end of World War I, the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and subsequent European governance of the area then known as Palestine; and
Whereas, the United States, among other nations, supported establishment of the State of Israel and has continued its support of Israel for more than 60 years, the United States has a moral obligation equally to Israelis and to Palestinians to work for a settlement that will bring justice, safety and lasting peace; and
Whereas, during the past 60 years, countless reciprocal injustices and grievances have accumulated as a result of wars, occupation, territorial disputes, allocation of resources such as land and water, terrorist attacks and reprisals, unresolved property and resettlement issues; and
Whereas, Gray Panthers believe that diplomacy, not war, is the surest and speediest way to a just Middle East peace.
Therefore, be it resolved that Gray Panthers:
Urges the United States to be a participant in the quest for peace, that strives to become an honest broker for a comprehensive settlement that assures the security of both the Israeli and Palestinian people; and
Supports the work of non-governmental groups which favor peaceful solutions, which provide humanitarian support to relieve acute human needs for housing, health care, food, rebuilding of public infrastructure such as schools, roads, clinics, etc. damaged or destroyed in the conflict, and which promote dialogue between and among all parties to current conflicts, and foster democratic institutions, and
Affirms a United Nations call for a halt to new Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory; and urges all parties, as soon as possible, to take all necessary steps to enable trade, commerce and the free movement of Israelis and Palestinians; and
Consistent with current U.N. policy, supports withdrawal from illegal Jewish settlements and a freeze on the establishment of new settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; and
Calls on the United Nations for a ban on further weapons sales by any party, public or private to any of the nations or other parties involved in this conflict; and
Calls on the United States to cease giving or selling military hardware or other military aid to the government of Israel or the Palestine people and their allies and supporters; and
Supports
continued efforts to establish a Palestinian homeland in which the rights of
the Palestine people are respected equally with the People of Israel; and
Urges
implementation of full political, social and economic equality for Israelis and
Palestinians, and recognition of equal and peacefully derived national
sovereignty, in the context of two states; and
Calls on
Gray Panthers individually and in their networks 1) to research and understand
the complexity and political, economic and social roots of conflict in the
Middle East and 2) to encourage and participate in local education programs
which offer the public balanced explorations of the conflict; and
Continues to
conduct frank, open and respectful conversations within and among Gray Panther
Networks about peace and justice in the Middle East.
Susan
Murany, Executive Director, Gray Panthers, 1612 K
Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006.
202-737-6637,
ext 28. Or 800-280-5362, x28. http://www.graypanthers.org/ email: smurany@graypanthers.org
GRAY PANTHERS PROTEST HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES
MOSCONE CENTER WEST AT NATIONAL MEETING, SF, JUNE 19, 2008
SINGLE PAYER ADVOCATES PROTEST PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANY
HUGE PROFITS AND INADEQUATE COVERAGE
GRAY PANTHERS are progressive environmentalist, anti racist, and anti-war.
We advocate and endorse positions and actions for peace and social justice, universal health care, electoral reform, non-privatiza-tion of public resources, civil rights, human rights, and civil liberties.
Gray
Panthers of Marin:
Organize to save Social Security;
Support a universal single payer health care system that covers all equally;
Defend the Bill of Rights;
Wish to repeal the Patriot Act;
Act to eliminate environmental racism.
GRAY
PANTHERS USA STATEMENTS
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Gray Panthers has been accepted into the Combined Federal Campaign.
That means if your employer participates in the campaign, this provides you with a unique opportunity for you to contribute to our important justice and peace work.
We are listed under Human and Civil Rights, CFC #12480.
If you participate in the Campaign, we hope you choose the Gray Panthers as your organization of choice to help us to advocate for the needs of people over profits through intergenerational, international, national and local campaigns for health care, social justice and economic security.
Thank you for your support.
HEALTH CARE STATEMENT
Gray Panthers strongly support public action to:
Create
and fund a single-payer, nonprofit and universal health care system.
Regulate
Health Maintenance Organizations comprehensively, for the protection of
patients and health care providers.
Legislate
a PatientÕs Bill of Rights.
Provide
funding for scientifically-based sex education and reproductive health care.
Legalize
medical marijuana.
Remove
barriers to stem cell research.
Give
health care consumers a seat at the table in setting Federal health research
priorities.
Return
to the public a proper share of pharmaceutical profits, reflecting public
investment in basic medical and health research.
Repeal
any privatization of Medicare and Part D prescription drug program.
Provide
gap-free coverage under Medicare at fair, affordable prices.
End
constraints on government negotiations, e.g. on obtaining large volume reduced
bulk drug rates.
LINKS
SICKO-Michael
MooreÕs film of our broken healthcare system
WHAT CAN
I DO NOW IN RESPONSE TO SICKO?
Scrap
the Medicare Modernization Act!
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