OMNI’S NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL DAYS PROJECT.    Affirming days supporting nonviolence, world peace, human rights, social and economic justice, democracy, and environmental stewardship; providing alternatives to the days approving violence (for example, Indigenous People of the Americas Day instead of Columbus Day). John Rodwan, Holidays & Other Disasters discusses the various issues U.S. holidays raise.    Link to Peace, Justice, Ecology Birthdays:  http://www.omnicenter.org/leaders-for-peace-justice-and/

Remember, this is simply one niche of thousands in resistance to the US Imperial Warfare State.  Achieving world peace and justice and a check on climate change for all species necessitates changing the political system USA—the Capitalism-Corporation-Money-Pentagon-Militarism-Congress-White House-Corporate Media-Secrecy-Surveillance-National Security Complex.  About time we got to work with all the other people told about in this and previous newsletters.

WE CAN make the world we want a reality for women and girls Dear James, My mom taught me so much. She taught me that the world we live in can be unjust; it can be cold; it can be full of suffering — and none of that stops being true if we close our eyes and ignore it. But her biggest lesson was this: we can create change. We have the power to build the world we want to live in. This Mother's Day, stand with Planned Parenthood Global, the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in the fight to make the world we want a reality for women and girls across the globe by signing the pledge — just click to add your name today. The World We Want I believe in a world where every girl can go to school without fear. A world where access to health care doesn't depend on where you live, or who you love. A world where reproductive rights are basic human rights. That's the world I want. And that's the world I'm fighting for. Planned Parenthood Global works in countries across the globe to make the world we want a reality. In Nigeria, we're working with local organizations to expand access to sexual and reproductive health care by training nurses, pharmacists, and even hairdressers to provide birth control options to women in their communities. In Peru, we're helping traditional midwives incorporate modern contraceptive techniques into their work. In Ecuador, Planned Parenthood programs are training young people to counsel their peers on birth control methods and reproductive health. Every day, we're seeing the world we want move one step closer for millions of women and families. In every mother who delivers a baby safely, every young woman who can access birth control, every family who can plan their own futures, we can see the world we're fighting for. But there's still so much work to do. Are you with us? Celebrate Mother's Day by standing with mothers around the world — add your name to our pledge today and share it with your friends. Together, we can make the world we want a reality. Thanks for standing with us, and of course, happy Mother's Day to you and yours. Sincerely, Cecile Richards, President Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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