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Oklahoma Needs Medicaid Expansion

Sent the following letter to eight newspapers in Oklahoma. Hope you will call the Governor about this.

Oklahoma needs the federally-funded expansion of Medicaid that Governor Mary Fallin is refusing. It would extend Medicaid to some 150,000 Sooners currently not insured. She says Oklahoma cannot afford it, but it is 100% federally funded the first three years, then Oklahoma begins to pick up a maximum of 10% of the cost. [...] Continue reading Oklahoma Needs Medicaid Expansion

Peace House contingent in OKC 2013 MLK Holiday Parade

Peace House volunteer John Walters helped make the Peace House “float” in this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade, which wound through Oklahoma City spreading our messages through banners, signs and flyers. And, he provided these great pictures.

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John Walters and David Brinker.

John Walters, OKC Amnesty coordinator

John with the Peace House banner.

The big sign that graces our monthly streetside demonstrations.

Peace House Director Batch and David Brinker

The poster below the banner is from Americans Against the Next War.

Israel & Iran: A Love Story – Tears For Peace

Please watch and share this 15-minute video of a TED presentation by an Israeli graphic artist who began posting “Israel Loves Iran” photos of himself on Facebook. He reports a whole movement of people-to-people Facebook diplomacy by Israeli and Iranian people guaranteed to move the hardest hearts.

‘Say Your Peace’ with Peace House T-shirts, stickers, buttons and yard signs

Be a proud advocate and promoter of peace and justice by wearing or displaying some of the Peace House merchandise. We have T-shirts for your body, buttons for your clothing, stickers for your car, and “War is not the answer” signs for your yard (or anywhere you can think to share it).

Check out photos of the Tee’s and samples of the wide variety of buttons and stickers on our [...] Continue reading ‘Say Your Peace’ with Peace House T-shirts, stickers, buttons and yard signs

Demonstrators tell Rep. Lankford: Protect the 98%

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President Obama asks YOUR help; have YOU acted?

PROTECT AMERICA’S MIDDLE CLASS FROM A TAX INCREASE – NOW!

In this week’s weekly address, President Obama restated his request from his news conference last Wednesday: “I ask Congress to pass quickly legislation protecting all income below $250,000 from any tax increase now or in 2013. … The Senate has passed this legislation, and House Democrats stand ready to do so IF enough Republicans will join in [...] Continue reading President Obama asks YOUR help; have YOU acted?

Word on the street: No War on Iran

Batch waves to drivers passing by during the “No War on Iran” demonstration on Friday, Nov. 11.

 

 

Peace House Director Nathaniel Batchelder joined other Oklahomans to say “No War on Iran” at a demonstration near Penn Square Mall on Friday, Nov. 2. For more info about the local effort to prevent another costly and unnecessary war in the Middle East, see the web site AmericansAgainstTheNextWar.org

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