> Friends,
>
> I am writing to introduce you to Occupy Amarillo. I think the best way to
> tell you what Occupy Amarillo is about is to send you our mission
> statement. It reads: We, the members of Occupy Amarillo, pledge to be
> non-violent and to resist the impulse to violence, even when met with
> violence or provocation. In solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and the
> Worldwide Occupy Movement, we oppose the corporations stealing homes,
> corporate contributions to politicians, stripping workers of their rights,
> raping the environment and profiting off wars and destruction. Locally, we
> are working to get money out of large corporate banks, push the city to
> eliminate long term homelessness and push local politicians and national
> representatives to outlaw corporate contributions to candidates, eliminate
> corporate personhood, audit the Fed, hold police accountable for
> assaulting non-violent occupiers in other cities, have the 1% pay their
> fair share of taxes, end wars and torture and use the resulting funds to
> help the needy.
>
> We are camped out at 7th and Harrison, across the street from the Chase
> Tower. We have meetings every day at 6PM, where we discuss camp business
> and plan actions. I would like to invite all of you to visit our camp and,
> if possible, attend one of our meetings.
>
> I am also writing this letter as a plea for help. Our camp is in trouble.
> The recent cold and wet weather has caused us to go through all our
> kerosene. We put the last can into our heater today. It only filled the
> tank halfway and will be gone by tonight. I am asking for donations of
> kerosene. If you can't afford kerosene, cash donations will help us toward
> the price. Unfortunately, our need for kerosene will continue for the next
> few months, so, I am writing to a large number of you, in the hope that
> more than one of you can contribute. Anything you can donate will help
> our camp remain viable and enable members to concentrate on our mission
> statement.
>
> As I said above, we are always anxious to meet new people. Whether you are
> able to donate kerosene, cash, or neither, your presence in our camp will
> enrich us.
>
>
> I wish you all peace, love, happy holidays and merry Christmas.
> Rusty Tomlinson
> Occupy Amarillo
> (765)722-1113
I've asked Rusty to send this out to all Peace Farm supporters. Merry
Christmas to all of you. May we continue to support all efforts at making
our world more just and safe for the future!
Jerry Stein
Peace Farm Board president
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