Archive for August, 2010
Successful Phone Bank
Last night Georgia WAND completed its first phone bank to spread the word about New START and ask Georgians to call their Senators urging them to vote YES in order to ratify this important treaty. Our volunteers called from home and from the Georgia WAND office, making the phone bank wildly successful! We had 8 [...]
GOTV Events
Get Involved! If you’re interested in getting involved with events or any aspect of GOTV, please contact Michelle via email (GAGOTV@wand.org) or phone (404-524-5999). October 12 and 19:GOTV Phone Banking Come help us check in with newly registered voters from the 2008 and 2010 elections. We’ll be making sure they have voter registration cards, that [...]
Your 2010 Voter Guide
Ready to Get Out the Vote? Follow these four easy steps to get involved in the 2010 election and reach out to help others get involved, too. Step 1: Register to vote. Click here for voter registration information. Step 2: Know your candidates. Click here for your voter page. Use the MVP Login and then [...]
296 days without START
As of September 29, the U.S. has gone 296 days since START I expired and with it our on-site monitoring and verification presence in Russia. START expiration ends U.S. inspection of Russian nuclear bases By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 17, 2010; A01 For the first time in 15 years, U.S. [...]
Sally Wylde, Former Atlanta WAND Board President
Photo By www.twmeyer.com As many of you know, former Georgia WAND Board President, Sally Wylde, passed away on Thursday, August 19. The service will be held Saturday, Sept 11th at 5pm at Oakhurst Baptist Church (222 East Lake Drive, Decatur, GA. Lanny Peters, Melanie Vaughn West and Woody Bartlett have been asked to preside. At the [...]
Press Advisory: 8th Anniversary of Stand for Peace
Ruth A. Schmidt September 16, 1930 – May 24, 2010 STAND FOR PEACE: Marking 8 years of weekly vigils Wednesday, August 11, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bobbie Paul (678)-938-2598 bobbie@wand.org Nichole Arnault (404) 524-5999 nichole@wand.org WHAT: Atlanta’s longest running STAND FOR PEACE marks it’s 8 year anniversary WHEN: Friday, August 20, 2010; Noon to [...]
UPDATE: Senate Foreign Relations Committee START Vote
UPDATE: AUGUST 4 On August 3, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair, Senator John Kerry, announced that the markup of the resolution for New START would be rescheduled from Wednesday, August 4 to September 15 or 16. This means that Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson, a member of that committee, will not vote on New START until [...]
Reprint: Letter to the Editor, Macon Telegraph
Nuclear weapons The 65th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are coming up Aug. 6 and Aug. 9. Whether or not these bombings expedited the end of WWII can be debated, but the indiscriminate destruction, horror and long-term effects of nuclear weapons cannot. The Cold War between the U.S. and Russia ended [...]
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