HELP Rabbi Michael Lerner raise money for an important ad:
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A note from Rabbi Michael Lerner
March 27, 2003     8th day of the war

My friend, greetings in a troubled and scary time!

As you know we've been setting up public 
events to grieve and mourn the deaths on both 
sides. But for the moment, I want to address 
another terrible element of what's happening: 
the media coverage. 

Are you as upset with the way the media is 
dealing with this war, trivializing the horror, 
hiding the reality of the suffering being 
inflicted, filling the public with propaganda
about "Operation Iraqi Freedom," framing every 
issue as though of course "we" are all cheering 
on this war, and otherwise distorting things --
as I am? That's why we are trying to raise
money for ads to challenge these distortions.

Will you join me, and Susannah Heschel, 
Peter Gabel, Rev. Rick Lowery, Rabbi Gerry 
Serota, media critic Mark Crispin Miller,  Peretz 
Kidron, Henry Giroux, David Abram (author, 
The Spell of the Sensuous), Howard Winant 
(Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara), Mark Levine 
(Professor, UC Irvine), and dozens of others 
in signing this proposed full-page ad for the
NY Times and other national media? 
(SEE TEXT HERE).  

We need to raise the money for it IMMEDIATELY
--it is an important way to send a powerful 
message to challenge the media. Details on
how to sign and send money to make this 
possible are below, after the ad itself.   
When it's layed out as a full page ad it will be 
done in a graphically sensitive way, and there 
will not be too much text for a full page. 
It's too late now to change the text. If you 
don't want to sign, you might still donate 
to help us put it in. 
            
Email this to everyone on your list. 

Love and blessings for a speedy end to 
this war and for a world of justice, peace, 
kindness, generosity and compassion.

Rabbi Michael Lerner     
RabbiLerner@tikkun.org

TO SIGN AND DONATE TO MAKE THIS 
AD POSSIBLE, fill out the form under the 
ad and email to KBAKER@tikkun.org 
or call Kasey at 510 528 6250 with your 
credit card info or send your check to
Tikkun, attn. Kacey, 951 Cragmont Ave, 
Berkeley, Ca. 94708.

Now here is the ad (soon to be designed 
for maximum visible impact as well)

Signed by:  WE HOPE TO LIST YOUR NAME 
IF YOU CAN DONATE $100 OR MORE.
We actually need 200 people to donate $250 
or more. But even if you can only donate less 
than that, your donation will be GREATLY 
APPRECIATED--and may make the difference 
in whether or not this ad appears. If it does not,
we will tear up your check or destroy the 
record of your credit card--unless you specify 
that we can use it to support our anti-war work. 
 
Among the 100 signers so far: 
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Susannah Heschel, 
Peter Gabel, Rev. Rick Lowery, Rabbi Gerry 
Serota, Henry Giroux, Svi Shapiro, David 
Abram (author, The Spell of the Sensuous), 
Howard Winant (Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara),
Mark Levine (Professor, UC Irvine), and at least 
a hundred others who've already sent us their 
names and contributions--so yes, looks like this 
is really possible if you send us your help). 

FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW!!!!

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 [  ] YES, I want to help you bring this message to the
media. So I'll contribute. 
Enclosed is my donation of  [  ] $1,000  [  ] $500  
 [  ]$300  [  ]$250  [  ]$150  [  ] $100  [  ]$............   
Use this money to spread this message, 
buy ads in other media, and organize
people to challenge the media. 
 [  ] Yes, you can use my name in the ad
 [  ] No, don't use my name in the ad
If you don't raise the money for the ad,
 [  ] use it for other anti-war work  
 [  ] please do not use it for other purposes
--tear up the check or destroy my credit card info.
I will join The Tikkun Community (and get a 
one year free subscription to Tikkun plus a free 
copy of Rabbi Michael Lerner's book Healing 
Israel/Palestine.)
  [  ] $1000 World Transformer  [  ]$500 Founding 
Member   [  ] $300  Peace Maker   $120   [  ] Regular 
member with income above $80k/yr  
 [  ] $80   Regular member with income $40k-$80k  
 [  ] $40  Regular member or student with income 
under $40 k/yr.   
  
CREDIT CARD INFO:
Your name:
Your email address:
Your home phone:                   Your work phone:
Your home address:
City, State, Zip
[  ] Bill my credit card
Card Type:
Card Number: 
Name on card:
Expiration date:

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PAYING BY CHECK: 
Mail check to: Tikkun,  951 Cragmont Ave., 
Berkeley, CA 94708.  Make check payable to: 
Tikkun. Please specify in bottom left corner 
of check Media Ad.

CREDIT CARD: 
Phone: Call Kacey at 510-528-6250. If there is 
no answer, leave a message with your name 
as it appears on the card, the type of card, 
card number, expiration date, the amount 
you wish you donate and whether or not you 
want to have you name appear in the ad.
E-MAIL: Email the above information to 
Kacey at kbaker@tikkun.org.
FAX: Fax this form with credit card information 
to 510-526-7619.
Mail: Mail in this form to Tikkun, 951 Cragmont Ave.,
Berkeley, CA 94708.