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The First Annual National ASK Day was
observed on Monday, August 20th - and we missed it!
This announcement reached your WebWeaver too late
for inclusion on the web in time for today's observance, but we think
the idea is worth our attention for the long term, anyway.
Received from the Presbyterian Washington Office
[8/20/01]
You may have caught this announcement this morning on the Today
Show--- THE FIRST ANNUAL NATIONAL ASK DAY MONDAY, AUGUST 20TH!!
On ASK Day parents will be urged to go to www.AskingSavesKids.com
to sign the ASK Pledge, making the commitment to ASK if there is a gun
in the home before sending their children over to play. You can sign the
pledge now at AskingSavesKids.com!
Don't forget to tell your friends to do the same!
Be sure to catch the Today Show on Monday August 20th
where they will do a segment on ASK Day, including an in-studio
interview with Ellen Levine, Editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine
and interview with Ann Marie Crowell, the courageous mother of Brian
Crowell who was accidentally shot 4 years ago while playing at a
friend's house. You can read about it in the September issue of Good
Housekeeping Magazine, which features Ann Marie's story and a Call
To Action from Editor Ellen Levine, as well as our full page
advertisement.
Additional media around ASK Day include ads in Us
Weekly and Redbook; television across the country on CNN,
NY1, Court TV and local affiliates in CA, PA, MO, NC, UT, DC, TX, OK,
IL, MI and others; and radio on Clear Channel Communications in NY,
Philadelphia and Chicago. Look for ASK Day in the editorial section of Parents,
and Working Mother Magazines! ASK Day events are taking place
across the country, including major press conferences in New York and
Baltimore, and many local grassroots organizations, such as local PTA
chapters, are hosting ASK Day events, including pledge drives,
canvassing efforts, and ASK Day mailings.
Thanks for supporting PAX and helping to make ASK Day
a success!
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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