In Boston-From The Smedley Butler Veterans For Peace-The Mothers Day Walk for Peace In Dorchester-May 13th

Smedleys,

Please mark the following dates and please read this e-mail

Sunday, May 13 – Mothers Day March for Peace – Dorchester (see info below)
Monday, May 14 – Smedley Monthly Meeting – St. Peters Episcopal, Cambridge
Monday, May 28 – Memorial Day Event – Christopher Columbus Park, Boston
Sunday, June 3 – Dorchester Parade – Dorchester
June 8 & 9 – Smedley Get-a-Way – York Beace Maine.

We recognize there are a number of activities we are involved within the next month.

Please try and participate in as many of the above activities that you can. We realize there are two events in Dorchester, three weeks apart. One is the Mothers Day March for Peace and the other is the Dorchester Parade. Both are important, if you can only make one, we suggest the Dorchester Parade. There are tens of thousands watching this parade, it will be an excellent opportunity to get our message of peace out to all these folks. The Smedleys used to have a pretty good contingent in this parade in the past. We are hoping to have as many flags and banners in the air as possible once again.

Information on our next meeting, Memorial Day, Dorchester Parade and the Smedley Get-a-Way will come in future e-mails.

For right now we want to give you some information on the Mothers Day Walk for Peace.

Mothers Day Walk for Peace
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Town Field Park, Fields Corner, Dorchester
Registration Begins: 7:00 am
Walk Begins: 8:30 am

Our brother Winston Warfield lives in Dorchester and sees the violence in his neighborhood on a regular basis. He has signed the Smedleys up as participants to walk for Peace on Mothers Day and we hope as many Smedleys and Samanthas as possible will try and make it. This is a fundraiser and Winston has challenged the Smedleys to raise $500.00
Please click on the following link and make a pledge for the VFP Walkers.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1012315&lis=1&kntae1012315=BCCB8A175070442D89DC257CD14E7086&supId=358877717&team=5081014


Why is there a Mother's Day Walk for Peace?

The Mother's Day Walk for Peace began in 1996 for families who had lost their children to violence. On a day that we celebrate mothers and children, the Walk became a place for families and friends to feel support and love with thousands of others who pledge their commitment to peace. Through the years, it has become a way for thousands of people to financially support the work of the Peace Institute.

Who Participates in the Walk?

The Walk draws people from the immediate community and outside Boston. Anuyone who wants to end violence and help families work through their pain can walk and pledge. Each uear we are join by thousands of people from he business community, city and state elected officials, professionals from alw enforcement, criminal justice, health care, the faith community, and hundreds of men, women, and children from the surviving families of homicide victims.

For more information and directions etc – See link to the flyer for the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace:

http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7B7cb966a0-f947-4689-86da-351cb3c70848%7D/DRAFTWALKBROCHURE.PDF

Please come and support this important event.
Thank you.
Pat, Winston and the people of the Dorchester neighborhood